This is simply the best bassdrum technique lessons hands down. He mentioned that doing the ‘down-tap-up’ technique every day for 90 days you’d be killer in this. But even after 2 days of practicing this technique I’m noticing a tremendous improvement in my dynamic foot technique and speed.
9:40 I don’t think the “metal drummer technique with no dynamics” is a fair statement. As a metal drummer you don’t want dynamics in your bass drum. You want consistent fast strokes each time, which is why most metal drummers use triggers. Besides that, fantastic video!!
Exactly. A cool video and improving dynamics and fine tuning your leg technique can help in many ways. But jamming with my band, throwing a few blasts and bursts... I'd hate to have my strokes fluctuate like that.
There's plenty top tier metal drummers that use foot dynamics incredibly well. Patrice Hamelin, John Merryman, Fotis Benardo. Using strong dynamics brings an extra dimension to extreme music.
Genius idea teaching this technique on the hats: it made me understand why some of my bass drum hits were "jamming" my groupings and some weren't. Thanks Drumeo!
My old instructor taught this technique for jazz on the hats back when I was in high school in the 70s. After all these years, it's nice to see it again, and genius to apply it to the bass! Even if you don't want the accents, it's a great exercise in foot control and sync.
I have Russ Miller's The Drum set Crash Course book and cd from the 90s. He's a great teacher. His explanations are always clear. What I noticed was he 's probably one of the most effortless and most relaxed players I've seen. I tried this lesson for about a whole night and discovered I was missing out on the 2 other strokes he discussed here. The splash ( flat foot with leg- ) and the tap ( flat heel down ). All I ever did was heel up toe taps. Over time it makes me tired playing grooves since the foot floats the whole time. It also takes too much effort since the foot and leg never rests. I never bury the beater. The nextime day i woke up and tried applying it to some basic funk grooves. Suddenly I felt some extra dynamics in my playing combining all three strokes on my playing. Now my doubles are more relaxed and feel more musical with new dynamics. I have more control. Before it was more like using leg braun. It's like magic. I dont feel off balanced now. I feel more relaxed . This Moeler method is good stuff! I didn't even speed it up doing the exercises. It just happened naturally. I just tried doing my strokes with certain notes using the splash and flat tap incorporating those with my toe or ball taps. The foot sort of adjusts to it naturally. Now I dont tire as easily and feel more relaxed. I also gained some dynamics on the foot I never had. I don't know about the metal heads but for fusion, funk and jazz drumming this is the only secret you need. I was surprised it worked for me. Thanks Russ. You're a great teacher. This is probably the most valuable foot technique lesson online. Try it. It works. You get a feeling of sensation on your foot like you're tap dancing and grooving. You get more dynamic control and the foot gets more rest time when you play flat on the pedal. You get three strokes to play with. Great stuff Drumeo
Mr. Miller, you sir, are a really good teacher! 👍 I’ve been playing (off & on) for over 35 years, and in my 4 years of private lessons back in the early to mid eighties, I was never exposed to the techniques you illustrate here on Drumeo/TH-cam! Thank you, sir!
1:35 "The drum is gonna sound much better." is an completely subjective statement. Sometimes you want the short, cut low-end of drum and sometimes you want the "boomy" sound. All a matter of perspective and style.
Drums sound way better when you let em sing. Never understood people that pay thousands of dollars for the nicest sounding drums just to choke all the tones out. Save yourself a fortune and buy some buckets.
@@rafaelestrada1846 You forgot to add that what you said is your opinion, not a fact. If someone is going to spend a fortune on drums, then they can play them however they want. Also, it doesn’t really matter how good you are either, there is no correct way. If you don’t believe me, go watch Buddy Rich’s video about how traditional grip is the only correct way to play. He states very clearly that match grip is only good for playing timpani rolls, and nothing else. He claimed no one could get around the kit to play fills beyond quarters eighths or sixteenth note fills using match grip, which clearly isn’t true, it was just his opinion.
@@larrytate1657 it's Plantar foot, not planters. I've been burying the beater for rock and metal music for over 20 years with no issues at all. Letting the beater rebound isn't a superior technique, it's just a different technique. It all depends on what the music calls for. Sometimes I let the beater rebound on older funk tunes, sometimes I play heel down for a softer dynamic, sometimes I use heel toe for quick doubles. As long you can play in time and be consistent with your notes and dynamics, does it really matter what technique you use?
What a great video! I was struggling with bass drum triple strokes for a very long time. Watching this video changed it all for me. I at last have that great feeling of accomplished something. Thanks Russ Miller!
As another drummer who sits staring at my feet trying to figure this stuff out, I love the idea of using the HH pedal and listening for open sounds. I have the Jojo dvd but haven’t really been sure how to introduce my students to this idea. Def gonna steal this! Thanks
This is a very useful video to learn this particular technique, but I feel like after some drummers who are just starting may watch this and they might think, with the way that Russ talks about it, that this is the "correct way" to do it and sure it's a good technique to use but also it's not always a bad thing to bury the beater it just depends on the sound you are trying to achieve. Not to discount the video though it's very good.
Yes indeed but the point here is if you learn to not bury the beater you then have the option. If you want to play different styles of music that require dynamics then this technique is the way to go.
He mentions at the very end of the video that sometimes burying the beater for that particular sound is wanted, but the point of the exercise is so that burying the beater is not the ONLY method you have.
Disagree with this post. Learning not to bury the beater is a great foundation. Burying the beater is a crutch for beginners that lasts a lifetime unless/until it's consciously unlearned later. Do you bury the stick in the snare drum? No. Same thing with BD.
A gifted drummer and teacher! This video and the one for tripling hand speed have been invaluable. I can see how this is going to take my playing to another level. Many thanks, Russ and Drumeo!
Thanks for this lesson. I used to use the heel up technique and I wasn't having enough control over my continuous bass hits. Since I practiced your way of rotating heel and ankle muscles it kind of connects the dots I used to be frustratedwith.
I naturally figured this out since heel toe always felt way more comfortable and sounded better to me. So when I got to the point I wanted triplets the flat 2nd note was the obvious solution. My doubles are great and so are my quadruplets(considering how long I've played and compared to my other techniques) if I'm using heel toe style triplets I'm good but my heel up doubles quads an triplets are something I've been working on lately and they are finally starting to feel less forced. I've noticed that being able to do each technique and mix them together in a single groove has really expanded my bass drum dynamic range. Some beats are going to sound better heel toe(since it's naturally accented) and others are going to sound better and more powerful with heel up(but accents aren't natural to this technique). Anyways I liked the part about practicing this on the hats with splashes. I've also been working on my hat foot lately. I've been playing guitar about 20 years but only started druming about 4 years ago. Just like when I started playing keys druming has really improved my guitar playing aswell. I highly recommend learning multiple instruments. I learned music theory relating it to guitar which worked but was not ideal and concepts that would be easy to understand on keys were harder to grasp when applying it to the 4ths tuning of a guitar. Once I started playing piano I could easy find all my chords and scales since I knew how to build them from my guitar/theory knowledge and experience.
Super lesson Russ! Really looking forward to practicing it. One nice thing about drums is that you stay with the willingness to do it until you get your time slot with the drums! Nothing immediate xD
My god, this is the greatest tutorial I've ever seen on how to not bury the beater! (I've watched them all) I have to relearn my entire technique, but at least I know where to begin now.
This is a Great Lesson as well as the triple your hand speed method. You have to add this to your technique studies and not just concentrate on speed. The proper technique adds to your endurance. Interesting that he is studying tap dance to improve his bass drum technique. Great Conductors study Mimes. Athletes study dance. Dancers and martial artists study nature. Awesome lesson Thanks Russ/Drumeo
Gracias ,tarde años en entender esta técnica,te vi en medico el año pasado en una clínica que diste,quede impresionado ,eres parte de mi gusto por la batería ,muchas gracias
@@jeremiahdavis7904 It's about foot ,not snare .He's showing and trys to compare exercises ,so play them the same .Why dos'nt he add snare in the first one ?
This is essentally the moeller method applied to the bass drum. It's a great technique. But it's not an all-purpose technique as many advocates of that method seem to imply. Basically, when you're talking about the moeller method, you're talking about accents on the drums. But you don't always want to play the drums accenting every other note. For example, (Extreme) metal drummers don't want to do that. By the way, metal drummers use different techniques (for example, the swivel technique) to play fast. And, more importantly, they can actually play fast.
very impressive. i've been using the heel-toe method to some success, but this is pretty incredible. i don't play metal, but my drum fills are about to get a little more diverse
Recovering from a Neurological issue in my left leg but I can see the mirror benefits in this exercise. Tried it on my left foot and could before you went to the base drum from the hats an improvement in my motion from one du du du to dududududududud. Grazie!!! 😊
Russ is a boss. A great drummer and an ego-less ambassador for drummer as well-rounded musician. I saw him and J.R. at a Mars music store in Virginia back in the day when his first book broke and knew right away that he (and J.R.) were the real deal. Thanks again Russ.
Great teacher and drummer. I think it's worth developing this approach on the bass drum pedal, and to have it available in the "toolbox". The heel up technique has its own sound, thogh. It's up to the drummer to decide which one to use, depending on the song and the desired musical result.
His comparison between dynamics in the bass drum is weird.. When he add dynamics he add ghost notes on the snare.. Both exercise are not the same unfortunately.. But however I get his point.
Is there a teacher neat you that you can afford? A good teacher can straighten out a lot of problems and help you to not suck so bad, in fact, not suck at all.
you are not :-)--- I use the footplate to change the feel of the song.. a slow song with open bd sound is really cool with the foot almost ½ down the board.. also gives more motion and therefore more control with slow beats
I struggle to pay attention to what he is saying because I am just starting at the tom mounts. They look like they cost more than my entire kit and have more moving parts than a medium sized train.
At 9:40 , people don't actually "hold" their legs up. At high speed, your leg is held up as a reaction to the opposite force of pushing down on the pedals.
Great video! I have been practicing this and I can already tell the kick drums breathes a lot more. Everytime I try to get a more powerful stroke on the kick, I feel like I'm stomping my heel down on the foot board. I am still getting my beater off the drum, tho it gets taxing on my leg. Am I stomping too hard or will my leg build immunity? Thanks and be safe!🙏🏾
You should be able to also practice these motions slow without stomping to develop the control. To let the beater come off the head, your foot just has to move with the pedalboard and move with it instead of holding it down.
Great video! For me as a metal drummer, I really like this kind of stuff. It can improve you as a drummer in general and it opens a new world. But I don't think I gonna use that often, because most of my songs requires consistence double bass.
The "Triple Your Hand Speed Video" That Russ mentions: th-cam.com/video/r60tW8ZFvtg/w-d-xo.html
My hand speeds not the problem
Ok so then YOU don't have to watch that video 😆
This is simply the best bassdrum technique lessons hands down. He mentioned that doing the ‘down-tap-up’ technique every day for 90 days you’d be killer in this. But even after 2 days of practicing this technique I’m noticing a tremendous improvement in my dynamic foot technique and speed.
sanford moeller, jim chapin, and freddy gruber-- the gifts that keep on giving! thanks so much for paying the knowledge forward, russ.
9:40 I don’t think the “metal drummer technique with no dynamics” is a fair statement. As a metal drummer you don’t want dynamics in your bass drum. You want consistent fast strokes each time, which is why most metal drummers use triggers. Besides that, fantastic video!!
Yup. I especially like the really solid drummers that makes their heel toe sound like fast singles (like a machine).
Exactly. A cool video and improving dynamics and fine tuning your leg technique can help in many ways. But jamming with my band, throwing a few blasts and bursts... I'd hate to have my strokes fluctuate like that.
Agreed
There's plenty top tier metal drummers that use foot dynamics incredibly well. Patrice Hamelin, John Merryman, Fotis Benardo. Using strong dynamics brings an extra dimension to extreme music.
Him saying that has annoyed me a little bit. Load of rubbish tagging metal drummers like that. Most metal drummers would bury this guy.
Genius idea teaching this technique on the hats: it made me understand why some of my bass drum hits were "jamming" my groupings and some weren't. Thanks Drumeo!
Shoutout to the Drumeo team for their passion and for inspiring music lovers like me.
My old instructor taught this technique for jazz on the hats back when I was in high school in the 70s. After all these years, it's nice to see it again, and genius to apply it to the bass! Even if you don't want the accents, it's a great exercise in foot control and sync.
I have Russ Miller's The Drum set Crash Course book and cd from the 90s. He's a great teacher. His explanations are always clear. What I noticed was he 's probably one of the most effortless and most relaxed players I've seen. I tried this lesson for about a whole night and discovered I was missing out on the 2 other strokes he discussed here. The splash ( flat foot with leg- ) and the tap ( flat heel down ). All I ever did was heel up toe taps. Over time it makes me tired playing grooves since the foot floats the whole time. It also takes too much effort since the foot and leg never rests. I never bury the beater. The nextime day i woke up and tried applying it to some basic funk grooves. Suddenly I felt some extra dynamics in my playing combining all three strokes on my playing. Now my doubles are more relaxed and feel more musical with new dynamics. I have more control. Before it was more like using leg braun. It's like magic. I dont feel off balanced now. I feel more relaxed . This Moeler method is good stuff! I didn't even speed it up doing the exercises. It just happened naturally. I just tried doing my strokes with certain notes using the splash and flat tap incorporating those with my toe or ball taps. The foot sort of adjusts to it naturally. Now I dont tire as easily and feel more relaxed. I also gained some dynamics on the foot I never had. I don't know about the metal heads but for fusion, funk and jazz drumming this is the only secret you need. I was surprised it worked for me. Thanks Russ. You're a great teacher. This is probably the most valuable foot technique lesson online. Try it. It works. You get a feeling of sensation on your foot like you're tap dancing and grooving. You get more dynamic control and the foot gets more rest time when you play flat on the pedal. You get three strokes to play with. Great stuff Drumeo
Mr. Miller, you sir, are a really good teacher! 👍 I’ve been playing (off & on) for over 35 years, and in my 4 years of private lessons back in the early to mid eighties, I was never exposed to the techniques you illustrate here on Drumeo/TH-cam! Thank you, sir!
I appreciate the methodical explanation without showing off. Excellent teacher. Can’t wait to work on this and the hand exercises.
1:35 "The drum is gonna sound much better." is an completely subjective statement. Sometimes you want the short, cut low-end of drum and sometimes you want the "boomy" sound. All a matter of perspective and style.
totally agree.. I switch form tune to tune.. but play around 90% with the beater digging in deep in the head :-)
Drums sound way better when you let em sing. Never understood people that pay thousands of dollars for the nicest sounding drums just to choke all the tones out. Save yourself a fortune and buy some buckets.
@@rafaelestrada1846 You forgot to add that what you said is your opinion, not a fact. If someone is going to spend a fortune on drums, then they can play them however they want. Also, it doesn’t really matter how good you are either, there is no correct way. If you don’t believe me, go watch Buddy Rich’s video about how traditional grip is the only correct way to play. He states very clearly that match grip is only good for playing timpani rolls, and nothing else. He claimed no one could get around the kit to play fills beyond quarters eighths or sixteenth note fills using match grip, which clearly isn’t true, it was just his opinion.
Let the beater rebound is a superior technique than burying the beater. Enjoy your planter foot if you keep burying.
@@larrytate1657 it's Plantar foot, not planters. I've been burying the beater for rock and metal music for over 20 years with no issues at all. Letting the beater rebound isn't a superior technique, it's just a different technique. It all depends on what the music calls for. Sometimes I let the beater rebound on older funk tunes, sometimes I play heel down for a softer dynamic, sometimes I use heel toe for quick doubles. As long you can play in time and be consistent with your notes and dynamics, does it really matter what technique you use?
Best foot tutorial I’ve ever heard for the kick -AND the hat.
A GIFTED Instructor!
This is the first video that successfully taught me a comfortable way for fast kick hits. Thank you!
Just amazing... thankyou Russ...needed that ...extra few minutes of speed explanation...
Thankyou .
Colin
Essex
Uk
What a great video! I was struggling with bass drum triple strokes for a very long time. Watching this video changed it all for me. I at last have that great feeling of accomplished something. Thanks Russ Miller!
Thanks drumeo for this fantastic way of teaching
Best instructor with his demonstration and sound
I think this is the best and a decisive argument on weater to go foot down on the kikdrum.The beater muffle de natural resonation of the bass drum.
Wow, best musical tutorial I've ever seen!
As another drummer who sits staring at my feet trying to figure this stuff out, I love the idea of using the HH pedal and listening for open sounds. I have the Jojo dvd but haven’t really been sure how to introduce my students to this idea. Def gonna steal this! Thanks
My goodness. Thanks for this lesson. As a learning jazz drummer, I wanted to see what these drummers/tap dancers had back then.
Gives me painful anxiety watching this - as something I always looked away... Thank you for making me realise my comfort zone hehe
This is a very useful video to learn this particular technique, but I feel like after some drummers who are just starting may watch this and they might think, with the way that Russ talks about it, that this is the "correct way" to do it and sure it's a good technique to use but also it's not always a bad thing to bury the beater it just depends on the sound you are trying to achieve. Not to discount the video though it's very good.
Yes indeed but the point here is if you learn to not bury the beater you then have the option. If you want to play different styles of music that require dynamics then this technique is the way to go.
Imo letting the beater rebound is a superior technique for sound and speed. But to each his own.
He mentions at the very end of the video that sometimes burying the beater for that particular sound is wanted, but the point of the exercise is so that burying the beater is not the ONLY method you have.
Disagree with this post. Learning not to bury the beater is a great foundation. Burying the beater is a crutch for beginners that lasts a lifetime unless/until it's consciously unlearned later. Do you bury the stick in the snare drum? No. Same thing with BD.
You should be practicing
A gifted drummer and teacher! This video and the one for tripling hand speed have been invaluable. I can see how this is going to take my playing to another level. Many thanks, Russ and Drumeo!
This technique is amazing. It benefitted both my hi hat and kick speed and feel. Thanks.
Yes, HBT. Heel, Ball Tap, sounds like Moeller for the bass and hi hat. Thanks!
Thanks for this lesson. I used to use the heel up technique and I wasn't having enough control over my continuous bass hits. Since I practiced your way of rotating heel and ankle muscles it kind of connects the dots I used to be frustratedwith.
Mr Miller, Your teaching actually inspired me to start shedding again. thank you & keep it up. Peace in Him, William
Greetings from Malaysia! 👍
Eric Phua 🇲🇾 recognized!
BEST EXPLANATION OF THIS TECHNIQUE I'VE COME ACROSS
Thanx man this will help, it also makes me feel better about resting the beater on the drum like you were literally just doing from the overhead view
I naturally figured this out since heel toe always felt way more comfortable and sounded better to me. So when I got to the point I wanted triplets the flat 2nd note was the obvious solution. My doubles are great and so are my quadruplets(considering how long I've played and compared to my other techniques) if I'm using heel toe style triplets I'm good but my heel up doubles quads an triplets are something I've been working on lately and they are finally starting to feel less forced. I've noticed that being able to do each technique and mix them together in a single groove has really expanded my bass drum dynamic range. Some beats are going to sound better heel toe(since it's naturally accented) and others are going to sound better and more powerful with heel up(but accents aren't natural to this technique). Anyways I liked the part about practicing this on the hats with splashes. I've also been working on my hat foot lately. I've been playing guitar about 20 years but only started druming about 4 years ago. Just like when I started playing keys druming has really improved my guitar playing aswell. I highly recommend learning multiple instruments. I learned music theory relating it to guitar which worked but was not ideal and concepts that would be easy to understand on keys were harder to grasp when applying it to the 4ths tuning of a guitar. Once I started playing piano I could easy find all my chords and scales since I knew how to build them from my guitar/theory knowledge and experience.
10:09, more dynamic in the bassdrum means ghostnotes on the snare? Am I the only one ? Did I get something wrong? 🤘🏻😅
You are not wrong
Thank You so much for that great, great drum-lesson, Russ. Greatings from Germany.
I think lessons 🥁 in the year's 2014 and 2015 is the good learning's . With no pandemic covid - 19 case's .
You are a master instructor. Much respect. Thank you!
One of the best master lessons on this topic
Russ, as awesome a drummer and educator as ever
Super lesson Russ! Really looking forward to practicing it. One nice thing about drums is that you stay with the willingness to do it until you get your time slot with the drums! Nothing immediate xD
My god, this is the greatest tutorial I've ever seen on how to not bury the beater! (I've watched them all) I have to relearn my entire technique, but at least I know where to begin now.
Great video! Today we have 10000' tutorial videos out there, yet this one is sticking out! Thanks
Does he have a drum course? He is the best teacher I’ve seen so far!
This is a Great Lesson as well as the triple your hand speed method. You have to add this to your technique studies and not just concentrate on speed. The proper technique adds to your endurance. Interesting that he is studying tap dance to improve his bass drum technique. Great Conductors study Mimes. Athletes study dance. Dancers and martial artists study nature. Awesome lesson Thanks Russ/Drumeo
I just want to say thank you thank you very much! I have a new phone understanding for drums I'm just a beginner but thank you so much!
Gracias ,tarde años en entender esta técnica,te vi en medico el año pasado en una clínica que diste,quede impresionado ,eres parte de mi gusto por la batería ,muchas gracias
En Mexico
When you want to compare two exercises ,you have to play them exactly the same ,not adding more snare.
This foot technique causes you to play more ghost notes on the snare an improve the sound of your groove.
@@kstogie lol that's it)
Thanks for your input, oh super successful drummer... pay attention more next time and you'll see why it matters
@@jeremiahdavis7904 It's about foot ,not snare .He's showing and trys to compare exercises ,so play them the same .Why dos'nt he add snare in the first one ?
@@jeremiahdavis7904 It dos'nt matter ,superboy.
This is essentally the moeller method applied to the bass drum. It's a great technique. But it's not an all-purpose technique as many advocates of that method seem to imply. Basically, when you're talking about the moeller method, you're talking about accents on the drums. But you don't always want to play the drums accenting every other note. For example, (Extreme) metal drummers don't want to do that.
By the way, metal drummers use different techniques (for example, the swivel technique) to play fast. And, more importantly, they can actually play fast.
Thomas Lang uses this and can play fast and Russ wasn’t going 100 percent here. He was showing at teaching speed not performing speed. Wow.
Also you can get these all the same volume easily simply by going a tad bit lighter on the “down”
Metal drummers do one thing at one dynamic, over and over and over so, this technique has limited application for them.
very impressive. i've been using the heel-toe method to some success, but this is pretty incredible. i don't play metal, but my drum fills are about to get a little more diverse
Recovering from a Neurological issue in my left leg but I can see the mirror benefits in this exercise. Tried it on my left foot and could before you went to the base drum from the hats an improvement in my motion from one du du du to dududududududud. Grazie!!! 😊
Great Lesson!!!!
Very very instructive and useful!! Merci beaucoup Russ!
Thank you so much this has helped me so much
Russ is a boss. A great drummer and an ego-less ambassador for drummer as well-rounded musician. I saw him and J.R. at a Mars music store in Virginia back in the day when his first book broke and knew right away that he (and J.R.) were the real deal. Thanks again Russ.
Great concept for all kind of drummers!!!....amazing as always Mr Miller!!!
Your a master teacher. Thanks for the lesson
Excellent - I'd love you to show the technique working at full speed and then the deep dive - cheers!
I wish you were around in 1972 when I needed this badly.
It's never too late.
Thanks Russ!
OOOOO !!! That hi hat exercise is Great!!! Love it :D
Great teacher and drummer. I think it's worth developing this approach on the bass drum pedal, and to have it available in the "toolbox". The heel up technique has its own sound, thogh. It's up to the drummer to decide which one to use, depending on the song and the desired musical result.
It’s good to have them all for different dynamics.
Brilliant explanation man, best I've seen, thank you!
Thank you very much for your contribution!
Best way I've seen this explained!
Thank you. I will practice that tonight.👍
His comparison between dynamics in the bass drum is weird.. When he add dynamics he add ghost notes on the snare.. Both exercise are not the same unfortunately.. But however I get his point.
Thank you Sir Russ !!
My taps lessons taken so long ago might finally pay off 😭 this video was very helpful!
nice play, and this drum...sounds so good...
So good! Thank you Russ!
This guy is a master.
really cool way to practice this! tyvm
The best foot Technik i see
Wow this is what ive needed to work on for a long time. My drumming sucks so bad. Great reacher
Teacher
Is there a teacher neat you that you can afford? A good teacher can straighten out a lot of problems and help you to not suck so bad, in fact, not suck at all.
Incredible video! Thank you!
Why is Terminator's hand holding those Tom's?
Yeah man, what are they?? Sooo dense
Predator’s hands were off duty
For maximum resonance, then 90 percent of drummers stick a lil moongel or tape on anyway lol.
Another great vid. I've noticed I have more control when my foot is 3/4 up the pedal vs all the way up close to beater. I can't be the only one.
you are not :-)--- I use the footplate to change the feel of the song.. a slow song with open bd sound is really cool with the foot almost ½ down the board.. also gives more motion and therefore more control with slow beats
This is THE ultimate kick lesson. No need to go elsewhere
THE BEST! Thank you very much!
Great technique, thank u for sharing your knowlege.
The tom suspension system looks like a robot arm hahahahha
I struggle to pay attention to what he is saying because I am just starting at the tom mounts. They look like they cost more than my entire kit and have more moving parts than a medium sized train.
@@andrewmurphy5310 HAHAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHHA
Mapex suspension. With magnets. Totally stupid ofc.
@@youareliedtobythemedia It isn't stupid if it works.
over engineering at its best.. but someone is probably gonna take the bait and buy it ;-)
At 9:40 , people don't actually "hold" their legs up. At high speed, your leg is held up as a reaction to the opposite force of pushing down on the pedals.
YES I NEEDED THIS
I just so love traditional grip :))))
So... do the Moeller technique with your foot? Dope! Let's try it out.
awesome lesson
Great video! I have been practicing this and I can already tell the kick drums breathes a lot more. Everytime I try to get a more powerful stroke on the kick, I feel like I'm stomping my heel down on the foot board. I am still getting my beater off the drum, tho it gets taxing on my leg. Am I stomping too hard or will my leg build immunity? Thanks and be safe!🙏🏾
You should be able to also practice these motions slow without stomping to develop the control. To let the beater come off the head, your foot just has to move with the pedalboard and move with it instead of holding it down.
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Been burying the beater for years but I have been focusing on getting better at playing like this. Feels so foreign.
1:44 not better... Different, damn.. Now tell Larnell he has a bad technique. But yours is interesting too by the way. There's multiple approach.
Larnell has the best bass drum technique in the biz.
No way Larnell doesn’t even double kick. Russ has way better feet. Thomas Lang has the best feet in the business. Him and El Siberiano.
@@warrenoids What do you mean by "best?"
@@larrytate1657 I'll ask you too, what do you mean by "best?"
15:55 I like how he wants to show how to play up down strokes but then reverts to playing the down up technique again as the tempo got too fast
Exellent! Thank you very much!
Such a great lesson!
Great lesson!
Im 55 my parents can barley hear
Lol. I'm 45 and can barley hear.
Ok boomer
Lol
Stop eating so much barley and your hearing will improve.
Play louder. They sure want some music
Great video! For me as a metal drummer, I really like this kind of stuff. It can improve you as a drummer in general and it opens a new world. But I don't think I gonna use that often, because most of my songs requires consistence double bass.
some nice info on foot technic lately on the internet
Great video. Why aren’t most videos on drum instruction this educational ?
Fantastic!
What is that bit of wood on the right-hand side of the snare drum? I've never seen that before?
It helps you get a clearer side-stick sound, especially when using a smaller snare
Great video. Thank you. I noticed that as you get faster, your foot looked like it’s at an angle on the bd pedal. Am I seeing that correctly?