little tricks of the trade

[mulla14]

a post on one of the threads here got me thinking, i dont remember who but he w2as saying about a little trick he does to play fast notes on the bass pedal where the first hit is normal and on the second hit you move your foot to the side.

i do something like that too where the second hit my foot would slide down slightly on the pedal or move to the side slightly( hope this makes sense to people)

anyway what i was wonder does anyone else have little technique tricks or whatever to play faster, harder, play better in anyway. this threqad might have been done before but lets do it again haha

[fiacovaz]

It wasn't me who Posted that thread but I do recall reading about that pedal technique in Modern drummer years ago. It seems to work fairly well. I use the sliding foot when playing triplets around the kit and doing RRL RRL RKK LKK

[crazymanwithaplunger]

Sliding your foot to the side sounds like the swivel technique that I saw Tim Waterson doing - very effective it seems for getting good double pedal speed too.

[Larrysperf]

Dave Weckl has a vidio on it. Nuff Said

[ratmycue]

get a really comfortable throne, nothing will fatigue you quicker on gigs than a cheap seat.

[Tazmania]

I have to give this a try, heard of it myself too.

[Tru_Power22]

How about practice? That seems to let you play harder, better, faster, stronger.

[MortalDrumbat]

i could swear pedal response from two single's if you move the bass drums in different positions. maybe im crazy

[Ethel_The_Frog]

i could swear pedal response from two single's if you move the bass drums in different positions. maybe im crazy

Maybe that sentence lacks a coherent structure and it's a little hard to derive what you're saying from it. At least you're not crazy.