Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Jim,

I must confess that the only times I've ever tried double bass 
figures were away from a drum kit. Like yours, my initial 
impressions of that style of drumming tended toward bombast. Mine 
were formed largely by hanging around Ginger Baker for a while when 
Cream first came to the US.  It all seemed so extravagant and 
exotic, even though at the time, his technique was mostly, if not 
exclusively, single-stroke, more about stamina and sound than 
nuance. I'm not surprised that Billy Cobham and Steve Gadd have 
those kinds of chops, though I wouldn't have expected Paul Weller's 
drummer to have them. It is true, however, that drummers who have a 
lot of headroom in their playing somehow make even relatively simple 
rhythmic material sound special. Witness the pop session work by 
Gadd or Vinnie Colaiuta, for example. Anyway, your article is 
wonderful and clear, and turns double bass into the kind of art that 
we clubfooted single pedal pushers can now appreciate better (and 
envy).

Thanks,
Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "James Sharp" <jimbosharp@t...> 
wrote:
> I wrote an article on heel/toe a couple of years ago that may 
help. It's
> especially useful with DTXpress users who use the hi hat pedal as 
their
> auxiliary bass pedal.
> Let me know what you think, here's the link: -
> 
> http://www.drumset.com/articles/jun-99.html
> 
> Jim.