What technique changed your drumming dramatically?
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britchops
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Moeller technique without a doubt while learning at drum college in the UK. Hands and feet transformed in little more than a few weeks! Remarkable and very satisfying!!
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and what specific hand technique was that?
jpfinch
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Studying polyrhythms. It opened up staggering amounts of possibilities for me to play more creatively without necessarily overplaying. Also learning the Moeller technique helps me keep 16th notes on the hi-hat without lighting my arm on fire. (I'm a skinny guy who doesn't rely much on speed.)
Jeff Almeyda
Senior Consultant
Learning how to play double strokes well. It seems to me that there is a great dividing line between those drummers that have doubles and don't. The level of expression is much greater when you are not just relying on singles. Accents pop out from the background more, it just sounds more... musical?
iwearnohats
Silver Member
Forcing myself to develop French grip (I put it off for a good 10-15 years depending on when you count from). It's done wonders for my overall technique, and now I'm actually building some REAL speed instead of being jammed into the wall at 170bpm.
Finding warm-up and speed development exercises that keep me interested and keep me wanting to come back to the kit every day.
Going 'back to basics' and really focusing on execution of strokes, timing and dynamics. I spent a long portion of my drumming time just kind of 'trying to make the drums sound how I wanted' and trying to sound like guys like Virgil Donati and Dave Weckl without actually understanding how they were doing what they were doing. So I learned a lot of stuff, and I could do a lot of stuff, but it was never quite 'right' and never sounded as good as they make it sound. That's all changed now. It's not that I didn't know any better, it's just that I didn't have the mental discipline to stick with it, but there are a number of reasons behind that which come down to my motivation and passion being severely dented by a psychotic ex...
Finding warm-up and speed development exercises that keep me interested and keep me wanting to come back to the kit every day.
Going 'back to basics' and really focusing on execution of strokes, timing and dynamics. I spent a long portion of my drumming time just kind of 'trying to make the drums sound how I wanted' and trying to sound like guys like Virgil Donati and Dave Weckl without actually understanding how they were doing what they were doing. So I learned a lot of stuff, and I could do a lot of stuff, but it was never quite 'right' and never sounded as good as they make it sound. That's all changed now. It's not that I didn't know any better, it's just that I didn't have the mental discipline to stick with it, but there are a number of reasons behind that which come down to my motivation and passion being severely dented by a psychotic ex...
beyondbetrayal
Platinum Member
Heeltoe/double strokes with my feet. (for deathmetal)
ERGONOMICS was huge..
not burning off all your energy being showy, setting your kit up in a position requiring minimal movement, and using proper technique (fingers, wrists,)
ERGONOMICS was huge..
not burning off all your energy being showy, setting your kit up in a position requiring minimal movement, and using proper technique (fingers, wrists,)
bud7h4
Silver Member
Absolutely.
Even after 20 years away from the drums (playing guitar), when I started drumming again I was 10 times the drummer I was before simply from listening to music with great drumming. It was then just a matter of getting my limbs back in the game.
John Lamb
Senior Member
Finding out about the Andover Method really changed my playing dramatically
Winegums
Silver Member
I totally forgot about that aspect of music, learning another instrument or multiple instruments will always help out your over all musical ability. My drumming helps my piano timing, my piano playing helps my guitar scales, and so on.