PROGRESS
IS MADE
June
2004: Getting "serious".
l/r: left/right
BF: back flip
FF: forward flip
BS: back spin
FS: forward spin
0.5 .. n.5 : number of turns
b: blind
=: simultaneous
a: air-drumming/pillow-drumming
j: juggling
rjl: r2lBF1, ljrn: l2lBFn
Cymbals: HH, CR, RD, SP,CH (hi-hat, crash, ride, splash, china)
Toms: HT, LT, SN (high tom, low tom, snare drum)
tg traditional grip
db double bass
June 8: First really good round. BF1 ok, BF2 turns out BF1.5 often.
BF1b trials. Extra: BF1a..BF3a and BF1ab.
Some FF1.
downset.
June 9: Left hand hurts. First rBF3. BF0.5 on off-beats r/l. FF1 and
FF1.5
Trying lBF1=rBF1.5 - complicated.
Wheezer.
Idea: on verse>chorus, throw snare stick up, pass HH-stick over,
and catch stick with other hand. First juggling trails: possible...
Internet research.
June 10: Juggling r on crash/ride to l BF1 - l on HH/crash to r BF1.
First rBF3 while playing.
June 11: Moved kit to living room - ceiling is up at 4m there. Pretty
nice. FF2cr/sp/rd etc. "on time".
Wondering about stick-clicking.
June 12: Playing with one hand and spinning with the other. Obviously
slept too much. "Juggling", that is, just throwing up sticks l-r-l-r-...
How about three sticks? Must be hard...
June 13: Sunday
June 14: tg (traditional grip). Cymbal/Snare-shower-juggling in
reverse. Playing one-handed while throwing the other stick - not easy!
Some lFF2, occasional rFF3, playing with mirror. First air-juggling.
Linkin Park.
June 15: Playing CB style (Christian Blome), meaning that I play
one-handed and the other hand (usually l) fills in the HH-beat when r
hits the snare. That leaves a lot of time for l to spin/spend.
Alternate sticking (something like off-beat r with every 2nd off-beat l
on HH... To be continued!) - good idea: l plays 2nd off-beat, r plays
off-beat on ride and snare with BF1 in between.
Ska Ska Club: "Twelve Ways to Go"
June 16: Throwing against the wall - prohibitive due to neighbors. HH
from below to FF (usually left). Counter-rotate: lFF1=rFF1. First
juggling on set (not yet...).
Juggling: BF1 r-l-l-r for one round. Several rounds "chaotic". 2BC...
Tried some balancing.
deftones "around the fur"
June 17: LOTS of ideas.
- Horizontal (helicopter)
- Horizontal spin (Tina)
- first juggling @ kit, juggling w/ one beatt (HHljrSNrjl & reverse,
rLTrjlSNljr &reverse - one each at least!!!)
- r: LT-BF1-SN-BF1.. l:
SN-BF1-HH-BF1.. (to practice juggling)
- db (the
feet have plenty of time)
- making fun of NOT catching ("Ozzy")
- 3 sticks (two in one hand, spinning the 3rrd, end: just throw it
off...)
- stick-clicking (on off-beat eg.)
- butt-playing
Ideas:
- count along
- catch w/ mouth (fox)
- LT SN LT LT SN HH SN SN
r l
l r r
l l r
- juggling two sticks in one hand (way to goo)
- juggling 2 sticks on the left side, one onn the right...
lBF2 goes pretty well, some BF1b, just playing.
Yes:90125, Lacuna coil (played two sets)
June 22: Only one new idea: Catch between fingers after BF3/4 or the
like, balance. Not easy.
Playing off-beat r and spinning l.
4-stroke HH start blind. Hard.
First juggling incorporation.
Biohazard/"Mata Leao", Green Day/"Dookie"
June 25-27: Southside festival, Tuttlingen, Germany. Gluecifer had a
stick-spinner.
June 29: Eschwege, that is: Flat ceiling. Pretty well. Throw stick,
catch or redirect it w/ other stick. Rebound from real drums. Great
snare.
Stuck Mojo.
June 30: Off-beat on Ride, throwing r between and l on snare hits.
Requires semi-blind spinning. Some juggling.
downset.
June 31: Pretty cool playing, actually juggled once w/ 2 beats. I'm
probably better than I think.
1st try to catch behind back. Gotta work it out. Snapping fingers,
licking.
Ideas:
- shouting, screaming, burbing, yelling, plllll, whatever
- caught stick from below after a little morre than BF1, to hit cymbal
etc.
- Off-beat on HH gives a lot of time to spinn.
- Third plane (Propeller)
ratm: "evil empire" - excellent material.
July 1: Only new idea: Doing nothing.
July 4: Sunday, back in B. Started using other body parts
(head&shoulder) for 5min.
July 5: Left hand problematic. But: Real juggling incorporation in
drumming, one at a time. Surprisingly good.
Tried catching behind back - gotta work at it.
Could use other 3rd item, like eating an apple. Far out...
Molotov: "donde jugaran las ninias"
July 6: Playing and juggling, l always behind. Start j: Two
simultaneous strokes, throw r, throw l.
Lotsa db.
Idea: Off-beat on HH, throw l, throw r after snare. Hard.
Pantera: "Vulgar Display of Power"
July 7: Some good throwing, lBF2 getting better. Trying to juggle all
over. Creative mixing all over the kit. Fun.
Off-kit juggling: Incorporating BF1.5 and BF2, juggling with rhythm -
feels great! Counting along. Then shifting slightly off-beat to make
strokes possible. Way to go.
Some nice propeller throws.
"bloodlines" sampler.
July 8: Creative: lHH - rHH - rSN - lHH as an "easily" playable pattern.
Catch on/off beat.
ternary rhythm: rl-lr-rl..
July 9: Pause. Juggled hacky-sack, scotch tape and sock once (rlr and
catch lrl)
July 10: Just playing, too tired. rSN, throw high to l, another lHH and
throw quickly l2r.
kyuss: "and the circus leaves town"
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