WFD IN NASHVILLE WITH JOHNNY RABB

WFD IN NASHVILLE WITH JOHNNY RABB

In 2 weeks. Check it out.

http://www.extremesportdrumming.com/upcomingevents.htm

I'm planning on being there.

Dan

WFD Summer competition 2008

WORLD’S FASTEST DRUMMER
REGIONAL COMPETITION

(PRELIMINARIES BEGIN @ 6:30 PM)
THURSDAY JUNE 26th @ 7:30 PM

THE RUTLEDGE
410 4th AVE. SOUTH, NASHVILLE, TN 37201
ALL AGES SHOW - $8

Wfd Competition In Northern Michigan

Jim's Music will begin preliminaries for a WFD contest in Marquette and Escanaba. Check out it out at

http://www.jimsmusic.biz/

World's Fastest Gamer?

We'll have to wait and see the the WFD engineers have come up with now.
World's Fastest Gamer Link

Dan

Going to NAMM 2008 Anaheim

Yes the plane and hotel are booked and I'm off to see the latest and greatest new drum stuff next week.

Dan

http://teachmedrums.com

VIDEO 4 U

TEACH ME DRUMS

DAN

Can I Speed Control Only ?

Stay tuned for exciting news and ideas here.

As some of you already know, I play double bass drums using the "3 foot" technique. My right foot plays the bass drum and my left foot plays the hyhat BASS drum. The heel plays bass and toe the hyhat.
Now I'm working on playing Conga drums with my left hand while playing the drumset WITH MY RIGHT HAND AND FEET. It will be a while though before I post any videos of that stuff though!!

Dan

I was 4th at the Summer NAMM in Austin

I was 4th at the summer NAMM WFD in Austin. I had a few curves thrown my way, but I'm not going to make any excuses. Lord willing, I'll be back at it again next year.

Dan

Will Your Audience Understand You?

So now you have learned super polyrhythms! Your hands are as fast as the wings on a humming bird and your feet sound like rolling thunder, but will the general public understand what you are trying to do??

If you get as fast as a machine, will you sound like one? How many people will sit down and listen to a a machine?

Perhaps introducing the public to your arsenal of CLASSIC RHYTHMS and CLASSIC rolls will get their attention first. Then play the same old stuff with ONE HAND. Then introduce your other hand for the timekeeper or swing/shuffle.

Another thing that I'm trying now is playing the same things with my feet as I would on the toms with my hands using accents and rudiments. Perhaps this would also help the audience CONNECT with something that sounds sort of familiar. You can also play old things but using DOUBLING/flamming. That is playing the SAME THING with both hands or a hand foot combination at the SAME TIME. This will make you solo sound more powerful.



Dan