The invisible technique that makes DOUBLES work (1/3)

When drumeo fails you come to the non glamorous drummer

Nothing in life is free.....except that second rebound stroke with my doubles! " You must lose control to gain control, Grasshopper." It's the " Non-Glamourous " advice that has had the most positive impact on my playing. A thousand Thank Yous, Stephen!

I am 57, just started my drumming journey. Thank you so much for these lessons, you are essential part of my journey now.

68yo, 1 month into lessons, this was awesome, thx!!

I need to find that balance between loose grip, but not bouncing out of control at slow speeds, especially in the weak left hand. I'm just starting out at 62. Looking forward to the journey.

Your articulation of thought is second to none. Subscribed. I'm helping my wife (54) learn to play drums. She's secretly longed to acquire this skill all her life. I'm a lifelong multi instrumentalist (piano, violin, guitar) and am learning drums to help her get a solid foundation. This "catch" concept is very similar to a violin bowing technique called ricochet. I'm going to take your 3 step course on this technique and show your video to my wife. I think this is going to be an epiphany for her. Thank you.

Good lesson! I’ve been playing a loooong time and I’ve never really been good at doubles. This exercise is really helpful and seems to be right on the money. I’ll keep up with it and watch parts 2 and 3. See how it goes. I made this lesson take 30 minutes by pausing it and working the exercises, and already I think this is a really solid lesson. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Four Stars. 😎👍👍

Best drumming instructor and most helpful videos I've found. Started two years ago at age 59,working on all of it! Thank you for your work to help us beginners progress.

After 40 years of playing in different settings, it is refreshing going back to basics to keep everything working properly. As you age, your anatomy changes too, so, these kind of tips are very helpful to keep you competitive all the time. So, regarding your question: I have to work from the very beginning, redefining the fulcrum, looking for that second bounce to come freely and as smooth as possible, do the catch subtle and in time, then involve wrist movement to “reset” the old technique and assign the right moment where I should move it so the stick do the whole work. Thank you sir.

Yeah I like these videos. Answers a lot of questions. Very good 👍

Good lesson, thank you. I really am focusing on the "hinge" and switching to middle finger position. So that will be my main area of focus until lesson 2 hits. Looking forward to next lesson.

No perfect time videos. Good videos

your video is right in the moment i need it, thanks dude!

Playing relax is definitely the challenge, with the right technique. I’m playing 3 months now, started practicing doubles since 4 weeks ago. I got to 100bpm in 16th notes, but had to stop and re-analyse because I hit a hard wall there and got issues in my neckk/shoulder. It was absolutely due to the exercise of doubles at higher speeds and losing relaxed posture. After taking a few days off I’m back it focusing on posture and relax hands/wrists. Looking fw to part 2! Great channel! Also doing your feet exercises for 16th note kicks

Very well explained Stephen! Not too complicated to understand and you stayed on topic. Looking at your feedback, I see quality responses which tells me this is working. Keep up the great work!!

Going back and forth. That's my struggle. I like how you break it down into 3 steps. Well done!!

Great video. You hit on my weakness first thing, getting out of "control freak" mode. Other musicians can say or think what they want, but drummers, (often along with bass players), set the tempo, embellish the impact of and controls the breaks in the music we play. Normally, the rest of the band works from what we provide. Can't wait to move on to parts 2 and 3. Thanks!

Really love your channel, thanks!

Think you're one of my best teacher on you tube channel, you explain and show so well how to be loose wich for me was the most important think to understand after 3 years spending on too hard and stiff playing (I'm a french beginner drummer who play on a batucada's band in "Bretagne", the keltic area of France, so sorry for my english) since I follow your vidéos I definitely really improve my play and becmore relaxing, chillaxing and enjoy more to play obviously, thanks also for this unique explanation about the middle finger fulrcum who really change my drumming progress...I was an martial art teacher for many year, your pedagogy is awesome, so thanks a lot Master, domo arrigato gozeïmas, merci énormément, "trugarez vraz" (in Breton)😊

Thanks for an enjoyable lesson with details.