I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the different grip and technique options we have as drummers, and reconsidering which ones I show to my beginner students. For a long time I’ve defaulted to the way I was originally taught, prefacing the discussion with my classic line, “This is the grip that I feel is both the easiest to learn, and most versatile.” So I feel that it’s time to take a closer look at how we approach the grip, and discuss some of the more underrated and unheard of approaches to see how they might serve us as drummers.
Read MoreIn my first instructional video, there’s a clip near the beginning where I’m playing the first few seconds of a piece called “The Adventures of Joe 90.” Never mind the title, I think it’s named after an old kids’ TV show, but it’s written for “The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps.”
Read MoreOver the past couple weeks I’ve been working on a new skill: Video production and editing. I had done 3 drum cover videos last month, but those were a simple matter of syncing up the audio and video, and then alternating between two different camera angles. These instructional videos, however, were a whole new beast!
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