My Bass Drum Foot Technique

[karmouss69]

Hi guys! Does anyone has a good tip to devellop more power with the heel down technique? Since we are on youtube, with a video showing it would be even better :)

Thanks

[MrBuzzoVerde]

when i started to play for the first time i used this tecnique too

[terecontrarecojo]

ammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmmmm  motherf.......

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

Is there any chance that the beater is one of those Vater Vintage Bomber beaters?

[Hollister1922est]

how do i adjust my foot pedal like yours...PLZZZ TELL ME I NEED HELP

[rklolson]

OUTSIDE LIKE A BOSS.

[johnfee33]

1:19 And I - Boxcar Racer

[TehBzNeez]

that snare

[LukesDrumsOnline]

What is the bass drum?

[uwepetersen]

@LukesDrumsOnline: it's a Yamaha HipGig with a 16" Kick

[LukesDrumsOnline]

@uwepetersen Thanks

[Ltdave123]

PLEASE TELL ME. HOW DID YOU GET YOUR BASS DRUM TO SOUND LIKE THAT???? WHAT HEADS?? PLZ REASPOND PLZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[uwepetersen]

@Ltdave123 Ok, ok ok here it is: Remo Clear Powerstroke4 on the beater side and a Remo Powerstroke3 Renaissance with a 5" hole and a felt stripe for muffling, no additional muffling in the drum. Very loose tuning on the beater side and medium tight tuning on the front side.

[Ltdave123]

@uwepetersen thanks :)

[19dingo76]

a very nice place to play drum`s *!*

[ttwyoyo]

just sex

[TeHUnreaL]

@allmetalisawesome Sounds like a china. Sounds around like 18 or 20"

[unholyafterlife]

dam o-o

[TheFrankieBuster]

Hey how do you do the thing on the toms at 0:33?

[wapsap101]

Love the video! I have been playing for years and have never been quite able to apply the heel to toe technique. I mean I understand the concept, just can't seen to get it to my feet! My bass drum pedal is a little loose, should it be tighter? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[uwepetersen]

@wapsap101: if the pedal is too tight, you have to work to hard with your foot. Try it with a medium tension and practice slowly. check out Jojo Mayer's video on his foot technique.

Good Luck.

[allmetaliswelcome]

what cymbal are you hitting at 0:36?

[uwepetersen]

@allmetaliswelcome: 18" Zildjian Oriental China Trash

[Pantovinate]

you are a fantasic player

[AirmanBeHeader]

haha you're shits outside? I wish I didn't have neighbors

[torturekillers2006]

Regardless of technique, you sure have a feel for the good grooves man!

[maidenlolage]

i have those shoes

[Timmyboy1717]

is that a 16x20 bass drum?

[fallengogo]

just outside in the middle of the desert drumming. metal

[brdane]

nice thats mostly heel toe. :) i've always wanted to learn how to do it, i can do it, but its just i can't totally get it down

[delijd1]

id love to just like drive out into the desert... far FAAAAAR away and like.. play the drums where its soo loud and i dont have to like.. worry about sound.. just play for freee!!!! :D

[cheatstar5000]

There's "schlagzeug" in the Tags... Do you speek German? I do....

[theplanet1985]

loooove southern cali..........no weather like it on the planet.

[handidrummed]

I love your technique. I've tried to adopt the same way of thinking in that I don't think, I just let my foot do what it wants to do and it feels really great. Using heel-down in spots where you'd think it would make more sense to use your whole leg to me actually makes more sense..if that makes sense :)

[pytnf]

really like your videos man. i just bought a hipgig. i was checking your kit out quite a lot before i decided to buy one. they are very cool drums.

[xXxPYRATExXx]

very nice groove, buddy! I really like all your videos !! they're soo groovy ;)

[spoomalin]

playing into the head like that chokes the sound and makes it sound like shit

[TheSaxplaya1]

@spoomalin i think it sounds fine

[SoundNextDoor]

@spoomalin

Nope, it doesn't make it sound like shit, it just makes it sound different. You get a short, powerful thump that sounds almost like it went through a compressor. If you release instantly, you get a longer, deeper boom that works great if you need to fill things up. The short thump is nice if you want to keep things tight or make precise footwork audible =)

[Cristlefrost]

...you make it look easy, man. :p nice

[micheal10250]

do i spy a jungle kit by any chance?

[BandaDK]

I remember when I was walking around in the desert with my drums... good times, good times...

[acdcjonnyboy]

why is your bass drum so hig off the floor? and nice china, what is it?

[boybawang9997]

what heads for bass drum

[uwepetersen]

@boybawang9997: Remo clear Powerstroke4 on the beater side & Remo Renaissance Powerstroke3 on front with a 5" hole at the 5 a clock position and felt stripe across the head

[AlecBFlores]

is that a floor tom????

[cclmagic]

@AlecBFlores 16" bass drum man.

[murdok620]

nice

[sebbimon]

Where's the leg hair? :O

[ghilliemaster]

Think about getting that beater off of the head and making a rounder, more tonal sound.

[gnisnot]

Those are some gay ass socks...Great foot work though!

[BootBazaar]

Hey, that's not "ALL" the techniques out there. I saw heal up, heal down, and heal-toe techniques but didn't see any slide or swivel techniques... I demand my money back! :-P lol

Oh well, great playing anyways.

[Towik182]

it is "up down" technique ?

[ofwhatisdeth]

@Towik182 i know youre being sarcastic, but i think thats actually called heel-toe

[thekitchenfreak]

These light cheap single chain pedals are the BEST ! All those Eliminators and Falcons and notwhat have these HEAVY footboards and chains... the pedal always feels stiff, whatever setting you put cause the footboard itself is just so damn heavy. It's like playing 7A sticks with iron gloves... If you want real control on your beater, it has to be heavier than the footboard... so that the resistance you wanna play with comes from the beater.... it's easily explainable by the basics of physic.

[AxisKing1]

awesome..the smaller bass drum sounnds awesome

[lmla192]

Personally, i took bonham's technique of toe-heel-toe and basically reversed it. So instead "Heel-toe-toe". The technique is performed simply with a walking motion and since i play heel-up its easy to come down for third note since my foot is already rebounded to its normal postion. I've tested it extensively and have even come up with 4 and 5 stroke techniques. If you're good you can even do away with need for a double pedal, which i never found to be necessary anyhow. :)

[RonnieBlack444]

Hey, why do you sit your bass drum so high off the ground? 

[Obscure76]

Ragazzi provate l'IRON COBRA SERIE 9000 SPEED e poi mi dite

[metalgrande95]

your kit sounds soo nice

[OfficialKaelenCanady]

is that a fuckin florr tom? : P

[Vlogofthewolfe]

That bass drum sounds amazing.

[thedrummerboycr]

Hmm.. i dont know what tell to you.. becouse your right foot technic looks very strange, and rare, .. something like wrong played.. but anyway sound fine and if works for you ..ok.. but by some momentes its rare - bad.. I just wanna see and listen the Yamaha Hip Gig, its great drums set, made by Yamaha.

[earlturner2]

You use your ankle for the most part. I'm a self-taught metal drummer and have conditioned myself to use the entire leg which results in fatigue, loss of speed and cramping when I'm playing 32nd notes. What's the best advice for conditioning the front calf and ankle muscles?

[gorma46]

@earlturner2 I have the same problem as you. There are two things i do.

I have an old shitty pulse pedal that was just laying around. So i tightened up the tension ALL the way and whenever I am sitting down, watching tv or playing games, I just play heel down on it really fast. It helps.

my other technique is playing with ankle weights on. If you do that you can play heel up or heel down. Or even your whole leg A.K.A stomping the pedal. Whatever works for you is what you should do.

[sobemanofpenis]

fuck you

[bamfreak249]

i love the way ur bass drum sounds that must be the coolest place ever to drum

[loveanianimeme]

I can't really do the heel toe technique cause i have my size 13 foot that is linger than the pedal itself!

[RawkinOutt]

@loveanianimeme You actually don't have to have small feet for heel toe technique.. type Jared Falk Heel-Toe Bass Drum Technique into youtube and click on the first video. Foot size doesn't matter, once you understand exactly what heel toe is. =)

[loveanianimeme]

@RawkinOutt

nice,

[RawkinOutt]

@loveanianimeme it's always good to know different techniques, but with bass drum.. You really should build up your own technique rather then 'learning' heel toe or the slide... as you progress your technique will come to you on its own. =)

[rooseveltsbones]

cool



[killsau]

then we are atleast two that use that tecniqe.

Use Dax!!!

[gazuregoathub]

i dont think that many people realize, its not the specific technique you use, or even the pedal, its doing what is comfortable and easy for you to get the desired sound. thats why we always see these videos with people doing a mix of things to get that sound.

[shankerman10]

its all about 9000s for pedals

[uwepetersen]

My favorite pedal is the DW 5000 accelerator.

[Buhzie15]

@uwepetersen Axis man

[DaysOfOurKnives]

@uwepetersen, i have those, they're pretty sweet :D

[newabortion19]

@uwepetersen

is the accelerator better than the turbo dude??

[ojetecalor2]

@uwepetersen Did you try Axis?

[TheUnconsecrated]

@shankerman10 wrond....pearl demon drive....fuck axis and trick...if you know how to do heel toe very well.....you'll decimate any axis or trick player

[utubermarc]

@shankerman10 tama iron cobras ftw sorryt haha

[SouthOfHeaven33]

@shankerman10

im gonna have to stick with cobras :P

just coz i have some though i guess haha

[ransisua]

Is that Yamaha Hipgig? Nice playing.

[uwepetersen]

Yes, thanks

[jacoboscar79]

actually that's a pretty good technique man! 10+

[crashman232X]

heel toe is the best...ive been using that since i was in middle school XD

[Ferage3]

cool:-)

[thelastpastsentence]

nice beats!

[6sic666666]

Is this a floor tom converted to a bass drum?

[KittenKiller]

Those are some tasty drum beats.

[NapoleanXV]

thats one of those tiny yamaha bass drums! ahhh! haha

[XxDerxX1]

HAMMA

[zubrang]

nice i couldn't play with this technique...i think it's a little bit abnormal, not? well, whatever, your a good drummer and your foot technique is awesome! 5*

[kplachner]

nice one :-)

[emmaslut69]

u turd

[uferorganization]

great drumming.. so nice

[myjizzureye]

Nice

[timmyp85]

Check out Steve Smith for a good example of 'Swivel Foot' technique. Also, Is that a 16" kick?

[IBL3]

why's your bass off the ground? can you not lower your pedal's head?

[DemonChamber666]

dude you totally forgot swivel foot

[uwepetersen]

@DemonChamber666

what is swivel foot ?

[DemonChamber666]

swivel foot is when you move your foot in a side motion back and forth its a technique used by alot of drummers because their legs dont get quite as tired when they play faster beats

[uwepetersen]

@DemonChamber666

Thank you, I will try that.

[DemonChamber666]

its cool dude though its mostly just good for double bass ive seen some people play on a single bass kit if you wanna see a couple drummers using swivel in action check out Tim Yeung and George Kolias those men are beasts on their double bass

[aileanwazere]

@uwepetersen

"swivel technique" as its called was sorta coined by the death metal drummer george kollias

alot of drummers use the motion but he turned it into a technique

swivel youre foot from left to right hitting two strokes on each side

use only ankle motion becouse this is meant for very high speeds

[aileanwazere]

@uwepetersen

also how come you have such a nice sounding kit but a shite pedal?

i have one just like it that came with my kit but i use eliminators now

[uwepetersen]

well, the pedal works for me and it fits in the canister.

[WannaRok]

@aileanwazere That pedal isn't as bad as you think, I play one at my high school and I dig how small the footprint of it is. Quick little sucker too.

[SuperDrummerJoe]

@aileanwazere these pedals are quality, just because they dont have some features

[aileanwazere]

@SuperDrummerJoe they are the ones i got with my pearl forum forum kit when i started playing

[cochambroso69]

so what?

[SlaShJordison1]

wat did you do to your double bass to make it sound that clean?

[wiirluvenit]

Heel toe

[IAmIDeFiiL3ID]

what hi-hats do you have i like them.

[IIIlllll]

I tried doing that on a dw5000. Didn't work out so well lol.

[pelzzy22106]

What if it rains?????

[uwepetersen]

...it never rains in Southern California

[ABRConstellations]

@pelzzy22106 You're an idiot! It's pretty easy to tell when it's going to rain. And he probably has his car right beside his kit, for a quick getaway lol

[uwepetersen]

@pelzzy22106 it almost never rains in Southern California, plus this is in the dessert.

[thezilla31]

@uwepetersen ooh dessert? does it rain ice cream and cake?

[Confuzzledism]

@uwepetersen It is in the dessert? Wow! AWESOME. WHAT FLAVOUR?! :p

[kyjello12]

does the kick sound like it does in the video?

[uwepetersen]

Yes, I put no effects on it. This is the drums natural sound.

[gcharocks]

y is ur drumset outside lol anyway nice

[uwepetersen]

Because I don't have a rehearsal room and I love the out doors.

[affirca77]

very good fills...very goods!!!, a lot of funk!!!...keep going!!!!

[keyhead101]

why is your bass drum way in the air

[uwepetersen]

The kit is the Yamaha HipGig and has a 16" kick, To be able to hit the bass drum in the middle, the bass drum has to be higher, that's why the bass drum is way in the air.

[roscherjt]

its a vintage set

[uwepetersen]

No not really, Yamaha introduced it in the early 90's I think

[somedudeiskool]

i didnt see nething that actually needs a technique. when i play double bass patterns with one foot though i find my self leaning forward a little thats all.

[airsoftguitardrum900]

hey dude, what heads do you use on your 16 inch bass drum, i cant find any 16 inch bass heads :S

[zibunnosekai]

しなやかですねぇ

[uwepetersen]

ありがとうございました

[afmarro]

good technique, good feelings!

[evans13]

ARE YOU LOST IN THE DESERT?

[ANTHONYxTK4]

hahahaahhaha

[ziyadelkadar]

man, what kinda throne is it? can some body explain..or you, thanks!

[uwepetersen]

It comes with the Yamaha HipGig it holds the hardware.

[kyjello12]

snazzy. what kind of set is this?

[uwepetersen]

It's a Yamaha HipGig

[MagooGleS77]

how do you doo that ....i have a double bass peddle but ...i dont get how to do heel to with it ??

[ddrumFranceSlipknot]

nice groove man !

[dfurnaridrummer]

very nice feel and timing

[BAxPercussionxSHIS]

how do you do that heel toe trick? i usually do what you're doing at the beginning with just my heel on the ground

[JaenVho]

What a nice rhythms. "Perfect" technique. Thanks

[Bwade87]

What size shoe do you wear?

[uwepetersen]

Why, do you wanna send me a new pair of Allstars?

I wear size 12.

[ledzep17395]

No I wear a size 13 and my bass drum pedal is too small to do heel-toe.

[herculesandco]

I wear size 17 and i can do double bass stop complaining.

[airsoftguitardrum900]

yeah right

[fldsryn]

that's encouraging.. i have size 10.5 and was having trouble with toe heel, so i'll stop complaining too and practice more! :-)

[GunMetalSparkle]

Very nice grooving man :D

Damn. I need to fint a stand for my 16-16 floor tom so I can use it as a bass drum :P

[uwepetersen]

I think you are looking for the PEARL JG-16 Jungle Gig Floor Tom to Bass Drum Conversion Kit. Or the Drum Workshop DWCP9909 Bass Drum/Tom Riser

[GunMetalSparkle]

But what drum head would you recommend to use as a batter head? I'm looking for a nice and low "thud". Kinda like yours :D

[uwepetersen]

in this video I use a Remo clear Powerstroke 4 but any 2 ply head should do it.

[westhofer8]

ya i'm getting a kit with a 18" bass and i really need the powerstroke for that. but out of all your kits this is my favorite. it's small sizes but with an excellent tight sound. If i had the money I would buy this kit anyday

[flesongo]

very nice just like chad although hed be a awesome in double kicks

[travisgalvin55]

nice

[uwepetersen]

This is the pedal that comes with the Yamaha hipgig.

Usually I use a DW5000 accelerator.

[cjcdrums]

Cool grooves as always man. What kind of pedal is that?