Drums
Forget about Anika — This is The Guy, uh, Singled-Handedly Putting Drummers to Shame
One-armed TOM SAWYER! Where there’s a will, there’s an arm. Needs a fitting for attaching tambourine or vibra-slap?
Benefits of using the PureSound Concert Series Snare Wire C1412 (12-strand, 14″)
Snare Wire shootout / soundoff. BUY FROM AMAZONhttps://amzn.to/4p3ELvW When it’s the right pick Common tradeoff Will the C1412 work on a piccolo snare? Sound/feel: what it tends to do on a piccolo Piccolos are typically quick, articulate, and sensitive because of the reduced depth. (Pearl Drums)The Concert Series design goal is subtle response that doesn’t … Read more
Fast Brained
It is arguable that formation of brain – by wifi and chemical/drug pollution inescapable in modernity – enables this kind of mechanical perfection. The 64th note blast borders on physically impossible if not mentally so, perhaps for those not also raised on the alterants? Has this black magick been replicated yet? Just a thought. 120bpm … Read more
Syncopation
The amazing aspect of this stunning playing is that he ‘holds the notes’, meaning the hands / feet / sticks are not rebounded until needed. That seems counter-intuitive for speed, and does indeed go against basically all formal training, yet the proof is undeniable.Read more
The atto-second-thin ‘One’ — Every Note Micro-Flammed
Sharp comment on timing, flamming — 1 or 2 or 3 or any note is an infinitesimally brief instant, a marker, not a note. Because every note has an impact envelope that spans time, there is inherent blur – a ‘flamming by nature’ that is inescapable without sampled notes per SMPTE time-perfect synchrony. These are … Read more
Among the best Drum Tuning Howto videos I’ve seen
Dude, this video was what we all knew was awaiting us in the future when we were 7 and watching Mr. Rogers visit a toy manufacturer’s shop. I’m NOT a drummer but I’m super addicted to drums, as both a guitarist and engineer. Hell yeah, it’s so much a rescue to the depressed/disgruntled psyche to … Read more