Used this video on my demon drives and loved it. Just finished applying the same settings to my speed cobras and they feel amazing. Now making the switch to my speed cobras. This is the most important pedal setup video out there.
If it's cramping, you gotta slow down more. Your muscle is under too much stress and isn't strong and fast enough yet. Stretching actually doesn't help especially before the workout. Makes things worse as it stretches apart the muscle fibres, when they're supposed to do the opposite, contract faster during the exercise.
Would you suggest 5B sticks for beginners to practice? I recently bought a practice pad with stand and sticks from amazon, sticks are 5A but I find them too light, hard to bounce.
That's a good indication your sticks are too small for your hands/built. Try a 5B or even a 2B, going to a store and trying the different sizes is the best if you can do that.
hello i just found this video and im loving these muscle exercises in the first 2 stages. nobody else seems to talk about this but man are these kicking my ass! ive recently joined a metal band and realized ive been neglecting my double bass for about 3 years now. i used to be able to play 200 bpm but now im more stuck at shorter bursts of 150 bpm. my band practices for hours 2 days a week so for now ill be doing this 3 days a week and taking 2 rest days. i hope these exercises can help me play upwards of 200 bpm but i understand that will take time. thank you for the great lesson.
I‘ve watched this a bunch of times and tried but I don’t get it. When I rest my foot on the pedal the beater doesn’t move at all. No matter the spring tension. What did I miss? Am I supposed to lift my heel?
Oh hey this one's outdated. Try my latest double bass routine, much better ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SM-Wc6AOki0.htmlsi=UCnVj0y8UI7yHQ32
Thanks, I've been drumming for 21 years, and been quite serious about practice most of the time haha, so I'm pretty sure you can do it too given the commitment:)
I'v been double bass drumming for almost 10 years now. All over this time I have experienced difficulties in like "engaging" my left foot into fast patterns. I could play at high speeds for long periods but I struggled when starting those patterns after some bars without kiks. At the begginning I used to think that increasing the speed and putting more pressure in my left foot would solve the problem but over a certain speed that didn't work. During all this past year I've searched for routines to improve my left foot. When I found this one I thought that it would be easy for me since all of it was below 160bpm but nothing short from reality: I realized that I didn't have any control in my left foot so I decided to restart from the very beggining. I put my metronome back in 100bpm and started to relearn all my technique all over again. I found that I didnt have any control in my left hip flexors and I spent several weeks creating that neuromuscular conection from the very beggining. It's been 6 months since I started this routine mixing exercises from routines 1 and 2 and some from my own. I've been doing it 4-5 times a week between 1-2 hours per day focusing in proper activation of my left foot when starting the patterns. I've been increasing my metronome between 3-5 bpms every week when I felt my technique was controled. Here are some things I've learned durint these months: - Warming up is key. There is a big difference between jamming for 10-15 minutes before starting techinque excercises and a proper muscle groups warm up. - A proper ankle technique involving the hip flexors will bring you 2 advanteges: you need less time warming up until you reach your struggling speed tempo and you need less sessions to maintain a maximun speed over time. You can just play 1-2 times per week at maximum speed and that's enough to not going back in your kicks. - Shoes aren't holding you back. I used to play barefoot since I felt my feet where hevier and slower but I've found that my old vans gime be an even platform to attack the kick in a more symetrical way. And it also heps you when you're not playing your own kit. Since I started drumming I can say this period has been the most productive one in my feet technique. Right now, more than 80bpm over where I started in March, I can feel my left foot is almost as good as the right one and my drumming has improved way more than expected. For the first time ever I'm playing things that where imposible a year ago, I don't know how far I can push with this technique but the journey is being incredible. Maybe I'll post back in another 6 months Thank you and keep it up!
Thanks for sharing your experience and struggles! I was also in the same spot with my left foot not being able to engage properly, especially after resting a few bars. Which is why I built this routine in the first place. I've got way more experience with students struggling with double bass over the past 2 years, and I'm on the verge of making a more advanced routine. But more testing first. Thank you again! Glad you're finding joy in this journey! It can be very frustrating
then how do you evenly split motions between two legs? my biggest issue has to do with speed. after a few seconds of doing this on both pedals one gets completely offset from its original timing and they blend together creating chaos. as is the same problem with many drummer
