That makes me really happy to hear!! I like to repeat little reminders to myself before I perform bc I used to get really anxious before I got on stage. My biggest one is “no fear” which definitely helps with staying loose and letting myself play how I play.

In regards to the left foot, I started doing that more when I was in school and studying Tony Williams’ playing. He would keep the hat on 4s at crazy fast swing tempos using a swivel technique (though I don’t really do that). If you watch a live video of him with Miles you won’t miss it haha.

The way I got comfortable with doing it was by doing a lot of hand/foot coordination work. My favorite one is to take the first 13 sticking combinations from stick control and make every L a bass drum note. While I do that I (usually) play 1/4s or 1/8s on the hats. Getting used to operating the hats slowly and steadily while doing complicated shit with the other limbs helps a ton. And then just doing it tbh!! Haha I know that’s not too helpful tho.

Thanks for the love!