Playing... wrists flat
I was watching this old Blas Elias video the other day.. he was the drummer for Slaughter back in the 80/90's and now performs with the blue man group..
He shows how he plays his set with his wrists flat vs sideways which came from his days in drum corp. I can see how you can get snappy wrists playing that way. I once in awhile consciously play flat wristed on the hi hat but working around the toms i go right back to sideways.
I think he claims flat wristed is the right way to play. I could be wrong gotta watch it again but a lot of really good drummers play sideways like Mangini for example so seems like it just comes down to preference. He's very technical in his approach.
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