On this week's workout, we focus on hand speed and dexterity, and discuss applying paradiddles around the kit. For more information, please click here.
The Wednesday Throwdown is live on Twitch every Wednesday at 4pm eastern on our Twitch channel.
Wednesday Throwdown - Even More Brushes
The Wednesday Throwdown is back this week, with a look at the finer points of brush playing.
Wednesday Throwdown - an introduction to brushes
Wednesday Sermon: Why Are We Doing All This?
It is helpful to consider the question of why practice everyday, and why work so hard on technique and hand speed and dexterity? The answer is pretty simple. When the performance arrives, as a drumset artist you do not want to spend energy or time or concentration on how your hands and feet are going to work together. All those practice hours train your hands what to do.
All that training gives the performer freedom to simply be creative on the drumset and have a more effective communication with the audience. Any time spent thinking about how your hands work during a show is robbing the audience of something potential magical, which is the connection between performer and audience.
Wednesday Throwdown Video
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Announcing the grooveKSQ 2021 Virtual Percussion Competition
There are instrument competitions for every type of musical instrument imaginable. These competitions provide a framework for students and performers to hone their skills, and grow as performers. The 2021 grooveKSQ Virtual Percussion Competition is designed to provide that environment for high school aged drum set, rudimental and mallet percussion performers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.