Posting has been lacking, but practice has not! This is from my practice session yesterday, with some jamming, double bass and whatnot. I believe it’s the first video with my pedal triggers! I’m back on Czarcie Kopyto now (from a brief stint with Demon Drives), after relaxing the springs quite a bit, along with some other adjustments. More on that in a later video. I’m also experimenting a lot with heavier sticks (although this particular session happens to include lighter ones…).

I took another shot at blasting away at various speeds. And the snares are off because it makes it so much easier to distinguish the individual hits. Have fun!

I took a break for about three weeks recently, where I didn’t touch the sticks, and this is the second time I play since then. Letting your body rest can be very powerful sometimes. In these short videos, I play around some with a paradiddle, some rolls and a blast beat. I tried to keep them pretty similar, as I decided to progress from 200 to 240 bpm, in increments of 10.

I’ve been practicing my blast beats, of course. This is a video at 200 bpm, doing a blast beat with the snares off. Having the snares off gives me better rebound and it makes me feel better. I usually alternate between having them on and off. I think I used more fingers for this blast beat, especially for the left hand. I practice both wrist and fingers, but for higher speeds (which I still consider this to be) I tend to last longer using fingers.