Robert McCarther no it doesn't. having speed is a good trait to have, but what makes you better as a snare player is the ability to catch rudiments, and your knowledge of rudiments. what's the point of being able to play the basic 40 at 300 bpm, when you can't catch snare parts, or complicated rudiments. there is none. so I'll say again, being fast is good, I know many fast players, but that's a one trick pony thing.
Darien Chopz Being able to catch rudiments and having a sufficient knowledge of rudiments is what makes you a sound snare player. These are things a snare drummer should already be able to do. The whole goal of rudiments is to be able to play them clean and to play them with speed (open-close-open). Say two players can both "catch on" to rudiments and both have a vast knowledge of rudiments, how do you determine the better player? So I'LL say it again. Speed does make you a better player, if it's cleaner than your opponent.
Robert McCarther that's because you've probably only come into contact with snare players who have a limited knowledge of rudiments. if both snare players are catching each others rudiments, then nobody wins. playing stuff open to close Is standard, but you can't call yourself better when all you can bring to the table is playing the basic 40 faster than me. so I'll explain it like this... are you better at math if you can spit your 1-10 times tables faster than anyone but that's as far as your knowledge goes. or are you better if you can multiply 1-100, big numbers, dividing, subtracting?
I hate to say this but im not surprised at what happened to the two dudes from SU at the 11 min mark. This was back in 14. I would have liked to see a rudiment chop session with some members of MSD and WT
