burke wrote:My theory is this is the way that best introduces a beginner to somewhat successful slap - so that’s the way it gets shown and later after some success comes refinement and better ergodynamics (sp?)
No, just deep.
Thomas Altmann wrote:No, just deep.
An old habit of mine - can you imagine how many girls I have already driven away because of this?
TA
I don't know if you've ever seen the Bobby Sanabria stuff but he uses the "cupping water from a bucket beside the drum" analogy which is highly likely to encourage that type of hitting motion.
Thomas Altmann wrote:...because he is a very, very self-confident person; and, no matter how some people achieve that, it seems to help their drumming.
maybe, from the height of your scholarly experience, mr. TA...you could drop that "seems".
Thomas Altmann wrote:Hi Johnny,
regrettably I do not have a video of my playing. There is one DVD out with me playing on the Burghausen Jazz Festival with Joe Gallardo's group, and I suppose that my solo is on it, too. I haven't even seen it to this day. People told me that they had seen me on TV with it, but so far, I couldn't get a copy.
Also you probably know yourself that when you perform "in reality", you do a lot of things, technically, that you would not put on a video for your students. I find that you need a good technical foundation first - that's what you usually learn in drum lessons, and then you go out to play and better do not try to consciously duplicate what you practiced, because now you are going to play MUSIC (different ballgame). Your hours of practice rather help you subconsciously. Isn't it like that?
Maybe one day I find someone who has a digital camera and who is interested in documenting some sort of "lesson" with TA. I'm afraid it won't be Mel Bay, though.
Thomas
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