ChaseGlomstad
Member
One thing that I've always wanted to be better at is the traditional blast beat. I know how the blast goes, but there are key issues I run into:
1. It's incredibly hard to keep my limbs properly in time. I do my blasts with two feet, not one also.
2. Its very tough to keep my wrists going as compared to my traditional hammer blast which uses finger motion on my right hand (my left hand has absolutely no grasp on flying fingers). I've tried implementing a whipping motion, but that actually makes it tougher, and I'm also at a point where my hands won't even begin to do it unless I use the whipping motion, so I feel trapped in a sense.
3. When switching between a hi-hat and a ride cymbal blast, I find that the hi-hats have absolutely no bounce which makes them incredibly hard to play on, and the ride cymbal has way to much bounce it seems like.
4. I can keep it together for about 3 seconds at 180bpm, but I can't play it at faster speeds, or lower.
I'm probably rushing into this technique like always and not doing it properly, so I figured I should probably start off at square one to make sure I'm getting it down properly.
For those who are confused as to which blast this is, it's this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDys8lDyCFI
The first blast are what I'm trying to learn. He plays them pretty damn tight, and that's what I'd like to be at.
1. It's incredibly hard to keep my limbs properly in time. I do my blasts with two feet, not one also.
2. Its very tough to keep my wrists going as compared to my traditional hammer blast which uses finger motion on my right hand (my left hand has absolutely no grasp on flying fingers). I've tried implementing a whipping motion, but that actually makes it tougher, and I'm also at a point where my hands won't even begin to do it unless I use the whipping motion, so I feel trapped in a sense.
3. When switching between a hi-hat and a ride cymbal blast, I find that the hi-hats have absolutely no bounce which makes them incredibly hard to play on, and the ride cymbal has way to much bounce it seems like.
4. I can keep it together for about 3 seconds at 180bpm, but I can't play it at faster speeds, or lower.
I'm probably rushing into this technique like always and not doing it properly, so I figured I should probably start off at square one to make sure I'm getting it down properly.
For those who are confused as to which blast this is, it's this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDys8lDyCFI
The first blast are what I'm trying to learn. He plays them pretty damn tight, and that's what I'd like to be at.