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I had a lesson today with a new teacher, just looking around at some different guys in Melbourne, having lessons with each looking for someone I really gel with and who can take me in the direction I want to go.
This guy was great: open, friendly, very musical, and an awesome drummer to boot.
We played for a bit, worked on some time ideas, and then he turned to me and said: 'I'm very worried about your ride cymbal technique'.
I hurt my wrist about 3 weeks ago, and I've been playing around it, avoiding the techniques that seem to hurt it, but it hasn't really gone away.
He gave me some ideas for my technique, but he told me I should check out the masters on youtube, look at some different people's technique and build my own off of that.
Any ideas on people I should emulate?
He also talked about the idea of tension, and using it as a musical device (to create clarity in the RC pattern). Check out Jimmy Cobb as a guy who plays with a fairly stiff approach.
Watch this video for an idea of what (i think) he meant: http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/edsophkosa.html
Should I try and emulate Ed Soph's RC technique? I'm just concerned about not hurting myself. I'm going to guess the best approach would be to get a teacher to work on it with me. True?
This guy was great: open, friendly, very musical, and an awesome drummer to boot.
We played for a bit, worked on some time ideas, and then he turned to me and said: 'I'm very worried about your ride cymbal technique'.
I hurt my wrist about 3 weeks ago, and I've been playing around it, avoiding the techniques that seem to hurt it, but it hasn't really gone away.
He gave me some ideas for my technique, but he told me I should check out the masters on youtube, look at some different people's technique and build my own off of that.
Any ideas on people I should emulate?
He also talked about the idea of tension, and using it as a musical device (to create clarity in the RC pattern). Check out Jimmy Cobb as a guy who plays with a fairly stiff approach.
Watch this video for an idea of what (i think) he meant: http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/edsophkosa.html
Should I try and emulate Ed Soph's RC technique? I'm just concerned about not hurting myself. I'm going to guess the best approach would be to get a teacher to work on it with me. True?