More of an expansive double bass method using the book Syncopation, that I’ve been developing with a student. Here we’ll get into 16th triplets on the bass drums. The method is a little obscure to […]
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Reed interpretation: Matt’s double bass method – 02
Continuing a double bass drum method I’m developing with a student. I don’t play double bass, and have very little to teach on the subject, but we’re building a pretty substantial drill out of it. […]
Double bass drum: 5 and 7 stroke singles
A student request. This is the first thing I’ve ever written for double bass in my life— I don’t play it, it’s not my thing. It doesn’t matter. This page of exercises will work for […]
Practice loop: Black Sabbath – The Wizard
I’ve been making and using a lot of sampled loops lately— it’s a fun way to practice. And this is a fun one: the main riff from The Wizard, from Black Sabbath’s first record. It’s […]
This / not this: what’s a bass drum for?
First, an eerily-passionless video demonstrating the manipulation of a piece of machinery: a pedal mechanism, which is attached to a product called “a bass drum.” We are left to speculate about what purpose these space […]
This/not this: death metal
By popular request (well, one guy), here’s another one of these— we’ll take this in reverse order: Not this: This: [h/t to Bo] Bonus Melvins after the break: Hog Leg, from Eggnog, still my favorite […]
Clive Burr 1957-2013
Sorry to hear that original Iron Maiden drummer (he played on the first records, anyway) Clive Burr died yesterday, of multiple sclerosis, at age 56. Heavy metal drummers tend to be pretty anonymous sounding to […]