{"id":6140,"date":"2017-05-08T09:50:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/blog\/?p=6140"},"modified":"2023-11-21T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T22:51:03","slug":"drum-speed-tips-derek-roddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/drum-speed-tips-derek-roddy\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Helpful Tips For Speed Drummers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Kn1-wLrsGNI\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Try Drumeo! \u00bb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are THREE practical, essential, and often overlooked things you should keep in mind if you want to play the drums fast! In fact, you should make these a habit no matter what style of drumming you&#8217;re playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Hydration<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Not beer. Not soda. Water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You need to stay hydrated when you&#8217;re doing anything physically demanding or else you&#8217;ll notice your performance take a nose dive. Remind yourself a take a few swigs in between songs! Keep those joints lubricated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. Breathing<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When the majority of people do something strenuous, they&#8217;ll often hold their breath while performing the task. That&#8217;s generally not what you want to do when you&#8217;re doing this sort of physical activity for longer periods of time. If you don&#8217;t have oxygen in your blood, you&#8217;re going to cramp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you get better at breathing? Try this: breath in for 4 counts, breathe out for 4 counts. You&#8217;ll notice that with slower tempo music, you&#8217;ll breathe very slow and deep. With faster music, you&#8217;ll be breathing a little quicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Being Aware<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re aware of a problem, you can fix it. Make a list of important things you want to keep in mind and even write a list on your snare drum! For example: breath, sit up straight, drink water, relax, and so on. If you&#8217;re not consciously thinking about these things, they can tend to float away on you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bonus Tip: Balance!<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Balance is especially important when it comes to playing double bass. When one foot goes down, the other comes up. You&#8217;re constantly shifting your weight! This means you need to have a strong core and keep yourself centered on your throne so you don&#8217;t have to rely on your legs for balance. Watch the video for a quick exercise you can try to test and improve your own balance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to be a fast drummer? Derek Roddy shares these three simple tips.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4029,4018],"tags":[13,9,408,152],"class_list":["post-6140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice-tips","category-technique","tag-drum-lessons-2","tag-drumeo","tag-drums","tag-free-drum-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6140"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49452,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6140\/revisions\/49452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}