Here are some 4 mallet exercises I made a long time ago. These are just some ideas of how to create exercises to practice 4 mallet playing. I hope you like these. See the attachment for the pdf.
I've watched the video I linked to above here several times now. There is a whole study out of how this guy plays. And I think if any 2 mallet player incorporated that into his playing he opens up a whole new world of things.
Since the…
Can I ask you guys a favor? Could you go into itunes and then go to the store, search for 'Percussion Geeks'. Then just write a glowing review of the video podcast.
I would REALLY appreciate it. Even subscribe to it if you can. It will…
I mentioned something about swiss drummers in another post and thought I would post this. This is pretty amazing to see. It's called basel drums, and they play with these realy thick sticks and most off the rolls they do are not using…
My office got wind of me taking vibraphone lessons and asked if I was interested in getting together with some colleagues to play our company's annual Christmas party cocktail hour.
It might end up with just vibes and bass but possibly…
This is a sample of something I recorded today. It's a short sample of me playing along for a demo, but I noticed something that John Piper mentioned after one of my earier recordings. There is a low thumping noise coming from the pedal.In…
Maybe it's easier said than done, but pick something and practice it.
Ok, that's the smart ass answer. There's a TON of stuff here and more is going up all the time. 100's of posts to help you become better.
So the answer is to make a…
