Playing... wrists flat

[slinky]

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.

[slinky]

Well so much for that. That was a pretty good video too.

[drummerMD]

Well so much for that. That was a pretty good video too.

Wouldn't it be like wrist control versus more like finger technique?

[inthpktplayer]

Dang.....ya think being on DC pissed him off?