Dang! Can't get it to come up on this computer. Well, like I said, groove is 99% of the battle. Two or three different grooves should be plenty and make sure your transitions from one groove to the next make musical sense (i.e. don't loose your audience). Don't blast their heads in with 5 minutes of doubles. A little bit goes a long way. You'll see some guys just blasting away the whole time. If you can have a big dynamic swing (very soft to face melting) without speeding up or slowing down, it'll make a good impression. I saw the judges actually counting with the solo's, so stay in time. If you retard, do it on purpose.
As far as the level of your competitors, at the store competition level, it goes from total hacker to very, very talented. Don't be intimidated. There will also be a bunch of guys there who drum but didn't have the huevo's to sign up. Just by being in the Drum Off you've set yourself above most of the crowd.
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