Technique
Take a Deep Breath & Relax
We’ve had some fun with the recent posts about how to relax while playing the drum set. You saw a picture of my chipped teeth from playing drums in Relax…It’s Just a Drum Set! Scumbag Steve made a cameo appearance in I’ll Practice Drums on the Weekend! I wrote an Alaskan story about meeting jazz drumming great James […]
Speed, Power, Control, Endurance by Jim Chapin
Great drummers focus on doing the basics very well. Once they know the basics, they have a solid foundation upon which to build a more complex drumming vocabulary. I consider the drumming basics to be hand technique, foot technique, drumming posture and hand/foot coordination. Master these 4 areas and you will have the building blocks […]
How Whale Blubber Improved My Drumming Posture
Muktuk. You ever hear of it? Loosely translated it means “whale blubber.” I had never heard the word let alone understood its meaning until I played in Anchorage, Alaska with a rock ‘n’ roll band called The Family Jewels (good band with a funny name). My band mates and I flew to Anchorage to play […]