Badass Gospel Chops Seven Stroke Roll Exercise

[frank4080]

What kind of heads do you use? Tx

[aaronedgardrum]

@frank4080 Hey bro! I'm an Evans endorser, in this video it's G2 clear tops with G1 clear bottoms on the toms, EMAD kick batter with an EQ3 reso, snare is a G1 coated with a Hazy 300 snare side. :)

[SwiftMediaSolutions]

If you are studying the drums, you should be able to play double strokes at faster tempos in a much more OPEN fashion that what is shown here. This guy plays grooves pretty well, and seems to have decent chops, but I don't quite get the limp wristed approach to doubles. To me this is unacceptable.

[aaronedgardrum]

@SwiftMediaSolutions That's cool man! My wrist really isn't part of the equation in my doubles. It's all fingers. I see what you're talking about though, looks like my wrist was just getting my hands into a lower position. I may have had my snare a little too low.

How do you do your doubles? Videos?

[aaronedgardrum]

@SwiftMediaSolutions That's not me calling you out or anything, I'm genuinely interested in your point of view. :)

[Aiwahhappen]

great drummer and great drumset. what do you need more?..

[xSeanDrumsx]

Is it just me or does he make you want to go buy a set of Hammerax?

[aaronedgardrum]

@xSeanDrumsx haha awesome! The guys at Hammerax'll like that comment :P

[deathwurst]

i really hope and wait.hav fun

[deathwurst]

hi aaron,i like it when you play bit spontanious things ,...please think about making a jam session with a cool baseplayer or wild guitarist,it would be the hammer

[aaronedgardrum]

@deathwurst Good call! I have a Tuba player coming over for a session soon, maybe I'll do that with him!

[aaronedgardrum]

Thanks dudes! And I know I screwed up on the voice this time, I tried recording a little differently and it didn't work out so well haha. I'll do my best to fix it for next time :D

[c0d3x001]

if you can make your voice a little louder... everytime you talk i have to turn my volume up

[MissionMetallica]

Thanks to Luke Snyder for linking to you and this awesome video. That made me subscribe!

[iplaywithnoshoes]

I love this setup better. Great licks.

[Kelavmeister]

I'm still frightened by the appearance of Hammerax cymbals.. hahah anyways, great vid! I'm gonna work on this a bit :)

[chris668899]

FUCKIN' TASTY

[LukeSnyderMusic]

Hey Aaron, I posted that video response with the paradiddlediddle tacked on the end! Its pretty sloppy, seeing as I haven't been able to practice it much yet, haha.

[aaronedgardrum]

@LukeSnyderMusic lol! I'm gonna watch/approve that right now! Damn that was fast man! :D

[LukeSnyderMusic]

@aaronedgardrum Well, I went straight to it! Would have been a lot faster if I could have found the power cable for my camera -_-

[allmetaliswelcome]

GUESS WHAT I'M GONNA PRACTICE!!!

[aaronedgardrum]

@allmetaliswelcome Polkas in 17/16? 

[allmetaliswelcome]

@aaronedgardrum that would be super neat. but first ima work my seven stroke roll.

[aaronedgardrum]

@allmetaliswelcome hahaha I was just buggin' ya. That's awesome!! You should post a video response of you doing some of it! Put i around the kit some way that's cool! :D

[aaronedgardrum]

I apologize for the voice being a little quiet in this video, I was recording differently and that part didn't work out as well as I had expected. I could have boosted it but it would have ended up hissy and gross. I'll fix it in the next batch of videos in this section of the studio.

Sorry guys!