Thomas Pridgen On Being Fast Around The Kit

Oldie but goodie! Watch the incredible Thomas Pridgen talk about being fast around the kit- only on DrumChannel!
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[@haydendraycott7897]

That hi-hat...holy god!!! Kudos to Thomas for being able to handle that monster!

[@StuartJrBarrett]

Those drums sound KILLER!!!

[@allmetaliswelcome]

MAN that floortom!

[@Celtica111]

that 18" floor tom is evil

[@ianalthouse8790]

its from Thump Drums check them out! Their drums are pure art

[@1166sss]

Great exercises

[@bakerfam1000]

son: dad why did double bass drum pedals go extinct?
dad: Because of one drummer; Thomas Pridgen

[@austenomar2218]

Sean Baker two drummers
Thomas Pridgen
Zach Hill

[@Matthew_Campbell_Drums]

"Sometimes I add a bass drum in the middle." Bruh...

[@JesseP.Watson]

Yeah. He took me from inspired to 'Oh f*** off' in an instant there.

[@CameronFleury]

Love this guy!

[@johnybozor2765]

Who dislike advise from one the of greats Thomas pridgen 😕

[@AMIR-nw8co]

Big Up T.P.

[@ashleymerritt9461]

Gospel chops blast beats

[@lorenzoperez5214]

is that 13" 14" 16" 18"??????? holy shit!

[@jayysoglizzy]

More Thomas Pridgen videos

[@J0intV3nture]

#massivehihats

[@pranagrunge]

It's all about wrist or fingers?

[@DerMarKoZ]

pranagrunge it's all about wrists, because Toms and floor Toms don't have the rebound a snare drum could have

[@TehSeanRadcliffe]

this exercise isn't about going fast. it's about performing singles with your body in irregular playing positions, like left hand on second floortom.
to get speed, practice fast stuff on a surface with no rebound at all, that'll train the muscles on top of your wrist to lift/assist the stick up when you lack rebound, the fingers should always assist the wrist, which is assisting the arm. it's all one motion. you just focus in more on the smaller muscles the faster you go.
from:
arm/forearm/wrist/fingers.
forearm/wrist/fingers
wrist/fingers
fingers.
though fingers would only really be used on their own for things like blast beats on snare and ride cymbal at like 280+bpm.

[@jackvankouwenberg3379]

Its a combination of being very relaxed, having strong hands, and being very good at the muller technique. The rest is just letting GAWD take over

[@ianalthouse8790]

Thump Drums customs!

[@haydendraycott7897]

And btw does anyone know what pedal he's using?

[@josuecharry8228]

Bill Day it’s a dw 9000 pedal.. the footboard looks different because he sends it somewhere to get milled down and smoothes out the logos because he said the footboard logos and text would tear holes in his socks.. other than that, it’s a regular dw 9000 pedal lol.

[@ND-iz6dd]

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[@musshwins412]

#shoelessjoe

[@larrytemp3063]

HOW TALL IS THOMAS?