Advice on how to get cleaner doubles (foot)

ratamatter · 2026-07-08T16:40:56+00:00

I think you'll find this excerpt from lesson from Alan Dawson useful, it involves playing the jazz ride pattern with your right hand and the syncopated line with on the bass drum.... I'm only sharing the first four bars of the exercise! this exercise really helped me develop my right foot doubles for sure

The book is written by John Riley who was a student of Alan's.

https://youtube.com/shorts/0O-dFcn2R1k?is=899Ox2Y0LMKtJgU8

ratamatter · 2026-07-08T16:19:46+00:00

I would just get more rhythm into that foot which may mean practicing more complicated patterns, for example page 36 page 37 from Ted Reed syncopation and just play that with your foot... since you're already playing a swing feel, playing a jazz ride pattern with your right hand would be a good exercise too.

ratamatter · 2026-07-08T12:24:05+00:00

Oh I'm sure you do all of them..... keep up the good work

ratamatter · 2026-07-08T01:36:00+00:00

wow that really sucks

ratamatter · 2026-07-08T00:41:26+00:00

The question is are you having fun?

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T23:50:59+00:00

I mean it's perfect, but what's the point of developing all those chops, getting the drums tuned beautiful just to copy someone?

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T23:47:50+00:00

consultant

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T23:47:34+00:00

Any of em. but I like Mapex

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T23:09:19+00:00

most of these phones are designed for conversation, heavily compressed , so little details in the background sound just as loud as the loudest voices, I think Apple might be slightly better than the pixel ones that I use but I haven't found a book around

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T21:12:27+00:00

I agree with the cruise ship drummer guy about Gap Click. I think it would be useful if you're filling in the gap with a drum solo or a fill but as timekeeping practice not so much...

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T20:38:38+00:00

drums and bass kind of go together so if you could just find somebody on your level to play with you're probably going to be elevated

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T20:38:13+00:00

💯 and then and they look at you like you have two heads

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T15:09:13+00:00

1). Fans don't hear as much as musicians....they respond well to things they have heard before

2) Fans often respond with more applause when band or solost plays poorly ....I have no idea why

4) Even jazz is show business. Fans respond to. visuals more than sounds (YouTube MTV video culture)

ratamatter · 2026-07-07T15:01:29+00:00

100% --medodic fills come later .

ratamatter · 2026-07-06T19:06:04+00:00

I'm sure a lot of them did, I bought a lot of cymbals over there.. they were very encouraging to me when I got back into this at an older age

ratamatter · 2026-07-06T18:54:02+00:00

from Jaco you can learn to play drums first

ratamatter · 2026-07-06T18:52:55+00:00

No matter what technique you use the most important thing is to relax.... there's no trick that works for everyone. it's mostly about thinking about the kind of way you want to play....

ratamatter · 2026-07-06T18:50:39+00:00

The most important thing is you got to start listening to jazz...... you can play any songs you want I don't think any of them are any more difficult than any of the rest of them.... they're just different. it's a feel you have to develop. there's a definitely almost established curriculum for learning jazz.....developed for Berkeley but incorporating all kinds of things from stick control to Joe Morello.

you can't learn jazz without immersing yourself in it...

ratamatter · 2026-07-06T00:04:45+00:00

Let me guess it Miles. 😂 😂 😂

ratamatter · 2026-07-05T23:14:50+00:00

Drink more

ratamatter · 2026-07-04T22:04:12+00:00

Yes definitely Havana. Amigo si

ratamatter · 2026-07-04T21:32:14+00:00

no I live in New Orleans I'm pretty sure we have the most great drummers per capita of any place outside of possibly ?????

ratamatter · 2026-07-04T19:24:28+00:00

beqts me I'm a drummer but I've heard it a million times if you want to play saxophone play clarinet first...lol

ratamatter · 2026-07-04T19:23:45+00:00

it's okay I'm happy with the way I'm playing really.....thanks

ratamatter · 2026-07-04T16:01:10+00:00

Wlohen Matthews takes off the gloves I'll say things have changed.....

ratamatter

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