I recommend you to play some jazz bits like bossa nova and fusion. And try to listen to some pro drummers play, like Dave Weckl and Omar Hakim if you know them. Ah yes one more thing, try this site Drummerworld. Damn good site.

k thx! i met a pro drummer before... brad knight... the drummer for desperation.. a christian band... if u knw la... he is reli gud. he got giv me some tips and web too...

btw, u guys knw where to get the cool stuff like some funky grooves?

funk got a few that are nice. But i don't know their names. I only know the bassist . But check out rocco prestia's drummer. Dave weckl is also another crazy chop guy. Steve Gadd is groove pur. And for shuffles look up that Purdie (however you spell it) guy on drummerworld.com

k... thx! i m still searching for better grooves actually but i don;t quite have the time nw... =) gonna study 1st... may be after STPM... =)

ice can,i've been playing drums around 2 years and ur 6 i salute you! double bass is easy but need lots of practice and few usefull tips

1:if ur tired carry ur legs up just play it and carry the back of ur leg for faster
2:left then right start <- start left leg then right
3:get a wooden beater if you wanna make it sound better

cheers

I've get use to the metal pedals and beater ler... chg to wood one would be hard and need sometime..

yea. i tried that.. but what i meant about double bass is with only 1 leg and not with both legs on the pedals... if with double pedals is much simplier... btw, thanks for the tips... =) i will try it on double bass... i will practise after my examinations..

I like funk, but i think funk grooves are a bit too simple. Indeed, because there are all simple 8th and 16th only.

Beginners should stick to single padle first, and best recommended with legs heel up.

well, wat kinda funking grooves you mean?

it depends what type of funk? Funk doesn't have to be simple. Shuffle things around and you don't have regular straight 16 beat anymore. 16 beat funk is the basic of funk. I have even seen people doing dotted note funk. Now that's is complex....

dotted note funk? erm... wats that actually... btw, im not professionally train... so i dun reli understand some of the terms... but i can understand only some basic... i can play but i duno how do u call it... erm... professionally...

neither am i. I think it's a term i created. Basically it's dotted notes. Like dotted quavers or crotchets.

its sounds something like, 1+ e n a , 2 e n a, 3+ e n a, they're pretty much a straight up 16beat rhythm just that the parts are syncopated thats all. Add a shuffle to it and you get a pretty sick groove there.

ic.. sounds kinda like 16 beat to me.

btw, gonne ask how u guys practise for getting the correct timing for these groove?

i have a beatbox software on my com. And i just use the hi hat function to get the different beats. halfnote, quarternote, shuffled, triplets whatever... Although the samples are super shitty, it's good enough for practice.
Dunno if the same thing works for drums, but i know alot of practice routines that work for drums work for bass as well

wow.. thats kinda cool... wat about electrical drums? wats the diff actually? i tried b4 once but feel very diff playing electrical drums... just not my type. i would jz bang everythg instead of heating it softly.

wow.. thats kinda cool... wat about electrical drums? wats the diff actually? i tried b4 once but feel very diff playing electrical drums... just not my type. i would jz bang everythg instead of heating it softly.

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erm... sorry... i don't get it..