Tag: drumming
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Street Drumming, 2023/July/20
Motivation: Weather was beautiful, so I decided to drag the suitcase-kit out for some street-drumming. On the way: Dragging the suitcase up to subway platform, I heard this woman blasting “Green Onions” on her phone. I dug it, and we started chatting.She eye-balled the suitcase, and I told her it was a ‘traveling drum kit.’Pointing…
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Muscle-study for Moeller-ism on the foot-control of kick-drum pedal(s)
Motivation… Working with drum students, I find myself having to (repeatedly) explain to kids and adults how to think of their drumming as a concerted effort of separate motions. Controlling sticks with hand muscles is one thing, but learning to control the kick drum pedal(s) is another challenge altogether. It is often clumsy to…