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Brushes… fast… hoo…

  • January 7, 2012
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As I finish up the thing I’m working on, do yourself a favor and visit The Melodic Drummer for an excellent post on playing brushes at really, really fast tempos. You can also brush up […]

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Todd’s methods: Son of Daku-daku-paradiddle

  • October 13, 2011
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Right, I’m starting to regret the name I made up for this thing– until I think of the alternative, long-winded description for this very common pattern. Now if I can just bring myself to call […]

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Know your tempos: what’s meant by up

  • September 24, 2011
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In case you were wondering how fast you need to be able to play, here are a bunch of your favorite tracks spanning the break between “medium up”- where it’s still possible to swing- and […]

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Todd’s Methods, Pt. 1: daku-daku-paradiddle

  • February 24, 2011
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New series: quick and dirty presentation of some of my practice methods. The idea is to write them up fast and on one page, so explanations may not be as thorough as everyone would like. […]

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