Derek Roddys Drum Lessons & Solos Part 1

Derek "One Take" Roddy shows how to practice Speed and Endurance.

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[conman1136]

FUCK JOEY JORDISON

[sprstrdstryr]

Derek is a god

[rollaablader]

are you playing heel up or heel down?

[pacman491]

I needs endorsements from head and shoulders! wtf its flowing nigga

[ACardFan]

@ItalianAvalanche Definitely. They sure are hard to find among YouTube.

[ItalianAvalanche]

@ACardFan Haha I can live with that. Good debate!

[ACardFan]

@ItalianAvalanche I suppose that's a valid concern. But your qualm should be with people who abuse trigger use, and not triggers themselves.

[ItalianAvalanche]

@ACardFan I find that a lot of drummers who use triggers end up placing their beaters extremely close to the head, to the point that it's barely audible without the triggers. They end up relying entirely on the trigger for their bass drums. THAT is my qualm with triggers.

[ACardFan]

@ItalianAvalanche The difficulty is exactly the same with triggers. A trigger is a little rectangle shaped thing that goes on your bass drum that picks up vibrations. It does not affect your pedal in any way. However, once you play about 200bpm+, regardless of how talented you are, the individual hits begin to resonate together and it sounds like a big jumbled mess. It's simply acoustics.

[ItalianAvalanche]

@ACardFan no, I haven't, but it's very difficult without triggers. That doesn't mean I'm not a talented drummer, don't judge me until you hear me play.

[ACardFan]

@ItalianAvalanche Something tells me that you have never played 16th notes at 200bpm+ on the bass drum before.

[ItalianAvalanche]

@ChronoGXay I don't think he's using heel-toe, I'm pretty sure he's just using flatfoot single strokes. The motion of the leg is not really directly related to the strokes being played, because most or all of the motion comes from the ankle and calf muscles. He might be moving his thighs up and down at half the speed he's playing because it makes it more comfortable for him. Many players do that with their hands, also.