You can do it! Don't overthink, just go have fun and let your true abilities shine

Nice!! Congrats on your season! Dayton was such a great time :)

I use the Promark Vegas. Not sure if there's an actual "best"

I know this is a year late but the very new prologix with the blue/green surface is PHENOMENAL. I've played on it it's definitely worth the price tag it's the best thing you'll get pad wise.

Those weird hollow notes with the slash through them mean that the hand that plays them is crossing over your other hand

The Vic fifth heavy hitter is usually my go to, you put laminates on if you want (mostly for scrapes)

for me it gets what I call floppy at higher tempos. think 2 strikes for every downward stick motion but the fingers aren't really doing a whole lot. However, there is pressure on your fulcrum. The stick is basically flopping up and the fulcrum forces it back down before the lift (up stroke) making 2 notes. It feels like cheating. Your wrists basically get still and your forearms start to pump up and down. Of course tap quality goes down. You can see that at @:52 and at @1:36. Sadly, flopping doubles is how I learned to double stroke roll even at slow tempos. Later, I had to learn to chop these slower doubles out with finger control with is pretty life changing for a drummer. Yes, confusing and annoying comment. Bill Bachman and Marcus Hawkins are masters at describing this.

@@JayJohnson4x4 I was taught those floppy doubles too, but that’s what I was doing for slow and medium tempos. I’m still in the process of getting better at keeping my fingers on the stick at all times for better control, I’ve gotten better at it for slow and medium tempos. But I have a hard time keeping my fingers on the stick and getting solid even more spacing on diddles at faster tempos, especially on my left, non dominant hand. When u go at fast tempos, do u just pinch the stick with your thumb and pointing finger and release the back 3 fingers and use forearm to push out those notes?

@@neb6208 exactly. when your are flopping doubles it is all fulcrum and pumping forearms. Some people develop bad habits such as straightening their support fingers, middle, ring, and pinkie, while flopping. Try not to do this. The support fingers come off the stick, but try not to straighten or stick out your pinkie like a Brit drinking tea. I'm an old school marching instructor and it's a pet peeve of mine. LOL. Also, when your are developing better doubles by chopping (using finger control) ditch the pad and play on a pillow. Also, look up inverted shots by Bill Bachman. that helped me tremendously. If you can't find it just think of doing straight 8 notes on each hand while accenting, or better yet rim shot, the off beat.

With all things music, play it slow and work your way up to it. It will never happen overnight.

Check our website under resources! The vortex 5 from prologix is a great pick as well as the vic firth quadropad

It should be very similar to how you play diddles on one drum at that particular speed. Typically, people oversqueeze and over work on scrapes. There should always be a wrist element to your rolls but its contribution will decrease as the tempo increases.

That's awesome! Appreciate you appreciating percussion :)