USA's Fastest Drummer - Double Bass

*UPDATE: Drumrival on youtube is currently the fastest in the world with a mindblowing 1,530 single srokes in one minute!

Steve Hill AKA "thelinearpractiseday" on youtube is the current record holder for double bass single strokes with a score of 1,205 in one minute. Check out his videos to see it. Mine is the 2nd fastest run ever scored on double bass in one minute and it's to prove that I'm still in the race for 1,200!

If you're checking for accuracy, the metronome you hear is at 296 bpm. A perfect run would have landed an 1,184 (296 x 4 sixteenth notes) but I flammed or dropped 21 beats.
Some of my other personal records, of which none have yet been beaten:
1 second, 1 foot = 13
1 minute, 1 foot = 670
10 seconds, 2 feet = 206
5 minutes, 2 feet = 5,239
15 minutes, 2 feet = 14,034

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[alcoholocaust]

You don't kick hard enough. Fail.

[Dreammotive]

@alcoholocaust lLol we have the worlds official kick hardness judge here

[Shooter854]

hmmm its pretty simple, you just have to put the hammer a couple centimeters away from the drum and then make the same movements like you and we all can have 1,200 bpm

[Dreammotive]

@Shooter854 Many have tried, you can count the number who have succeeded on one hand. So it's not so simple as that. There is a little truth in that however, if you learn the technique I am doing, and adjust your pedal to the appropriate feel, you will be able to play a lot faster than you ever could with a simple stroke and a pedal adjusted for power strokes.

[Dreammotive]

@RedCl0ud22 Its not true because I say it, its true because you can see it in the video I mentioned.

[RedCl0ud22]

@Dreammotive If you say so...

[Dreammotive]

@RedCl0ud22 Playing sloppily at maximum speed trains you for even playing at lower speeds. The technique is very effective and controlled, allowing all sorts of new opportunities that are not available with most standard techniques. You can see in my video: Contra Video game remix a relatively even and musical demonstration of 16ths at 250 bpm. I wouldn't be able to do this without training at my max speed demonstrated here.

[RedCl0ud22]

I know you're just going for speed and all, but it seems like you're sacrificing good foot-board placement and technique just for this game. I'm not sure I get the point, because you're just doing sloppy heel-toe at high speeds. Doing clean heel-toe with proper technique at somewhat lower speeds seems like a much more useful and impressive task, which is why I don't understand what you're doing.

[Dreammotive]

@MrMetalcobra Check out my video called Contra: Nintendo Soundtrack remix and you will see this skill used in what I would call a real song. What you are seeing is a more controlled, smaller stroke, which when obtained, allows me to play faster than most people. You will have the same results on bass if you have a smaller controlled motion among your fingers. You probably know this already.

[Dreammotive]

@MrDougToo 1.There is no law against heel/toe. The only rule is that the strokes alternate one for one between feet. 2.Cleanliness doesnt matter in a speed contest. The only thing that matters is high numbers of beats hit. When two beats hit at the same time, as I admit they do sometimes, the drumometer only counts it as one hit so I did lose several points to that. 3. Ive practiced quite a bit and can play extremely clean and even at. lower speeds BECAUSE ive practiced at this speed