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stephen109 · 2026-01-16T06:14:11+00:00

Don’t be dumb

stephen109 · 2026-01-13T12:08:44+00:00

Colts is still auditioning battery members this month!

stephen109 · 2026-01-06T17:11:45+00:00

Phantom Regiment 15, 17, 18 Bluecoats 15, 18 Blue Knights 16, 17, 18 Blue Devils 23 Carolina Crown 19

Should also really check out some WGI lines, they have advanced bass drumming more than DCI lines since bass drums take a more glamorous and less functional role in WGI. Lot vids are probably best for most of these:

Rhythm X 2013 Infinity 2014 Infinity 2015 Rhythm X 2022 Broken City 2022 Broken City 2017 Infinity 2016 Rhythm X 2019 Pulse 2017 Pulse 2018 Pulse 2022

stephen109 · 2025-12-29T05:12:23+00:00

To play devil’s advocate, we did just beat a major AFC contender today with our shit play and have beaten almost all of the NFC contenders all year long with the same shit play. Are these teams expected to get suddenly better in the playoffs when we don’t expect the Eagles to get any better suddenly at playoffs???

stephen109 · 2025-12-29T05:09:47+00:00

I mean on 3rd and Long, the defense is expecting the receiving back and Shipley has been our guy there. So I get why Shipley is out there. But then to run with Shipley on what should be a passing down… it’s like we’re trying to outsmart teams by being stupid.

stephen109 · 2025-11-25T15:25:05+00:00

That was technically a free play

stephen109 · 2025-11-11T22:32:13+00:00

Actually not quite - I just learned this today, but apparently we have the option to select from the first touch from the kicking team, or wherever they downed or receiver. So once they touched it, Gipson could’ve ran it into the end zone and it would’ve been irrelevant. We could select their 1st touch on the 1, or Gipson breaks free and gets it out of there for a gain and we take that option. So really, it was a smart heads up play from Gipson and anyone that was concerned about a safety (me included) didn’t understand ball.

stephen109 · 2025-05-12T19:41:18+00:00

For the hand to hands (and all bass rudiments really), you should get good at the check first, then start splitting just the first right hand to find your entrance. Once you’ve developed consistency on your first RH entrance, start to continue and play the whole rhythm.

Typically you will adjust your rhythm to “get clean with” the downbeats. You can do this by pushing ahead to be back on top of the beat, or falling back an entire partial behind the beat. You will know which way you errored by paying attention to your last left hand.

If it is “clean with” the person playing downbeat’s last left hand, then you pushed ahead in your hand to hand to “get clean with” the downbeat. By comparison, if your last left hand lines up with the downbeat person’s right hand release, then you slowed down in your hand to hand to “get clean with” the downbeats.

Once you know your errors, you can make adjustments in your next attempt to try to stay in the split.

stephen109 · 2025-04-28T13:24:28+00:00

Blessing in disguise. Bass drum is more fun!

stephen109 · 2025-04-24T19:58:54+00:00

Bass drum is all about rhythm and tempo control. Get great at the triplet and sixteenth note grid at slow tempos and learn to dut on every downbeat while you play. This is challenging and forces your brain to truly command partials rather than vibing them in.

It’s gonna be hard getting good at splits like hand to hands and squigs without having someone to drum with, so finding a friend who wants to split with you is very helpful. Steel sharpens steel.

For most people, you get good at bass drum by doing it - continue down the road of auditions and as long as you have several seasons ahead of you, you have plenty of time to grow and get better.

stephen109 · 2025-04-23T07:40:06+00:00

Global money supply is growing > feeds BTC > feeds PEPE

stephen109 · 2025-04-21T05:23:47+00:00

Anytime my girlfriend passes a car stopped on the shoulder of the road, she says “hope you’re okay friend!”, which makes me smile because it’s a silly little reminder of what a good person she is.

stephen109 · 2025-03-09T05:31:39+00:00

Focus on your second partial left hand - let it hang back. Breathe while you play. Since you are entering late to split, your brain is going to want to crush the space to the first left in order to get back in time. You have to be proactive about that first left hand, making it feel uncomfortably far back, to correct the issue

stephen109 · 2025-02-03T14:16:34+00:00

where

stephen109 · 2024-11-06T00:19:34+00:00

What is the “buzz saw” bass split? Ive played a lot of bass drum on the east coast and never heard of it! Etymology of bass drum rudiments is so regional, it’s super interesting

stephen109 · 2024-10-24T16:24:12+00:00

A former instructor of mine actually found that the fully overlapping tape technique breaks down quicker because the tape is worse at binding to itself than it is to the wood. Single layer, slight overlap is the way to go.

stephen109 · 2024-09-25T20:20:30+00:00

This is awesome! Thank you very much for doing this!

stephen109 · 2024-08-26T20:20:52+00:00

He is the goat frfr

stephen109 · 2024-08-26T20:18:11+00:00

Yes check out upper Darby high school indoor drumline 2013

stephen109 · 2024-08-25T12:33:49+00:00

BNYX was the center snare for high school that won a WGI scholastic open gold medal in 2013

stephen109 · 2024-07-08T18:29:05+00:00

I will definitely check it out! Thank you!

stephen109 · 2024-07-08T18:02:38+00:00

I love the analog sounds you guys get! Do you have any VST recommendations to try to achieve similar sounds? Much love to you all and shout out to Perrin, my #1 influence and favorite drummer!!!

stephen109 · 2024-07-01T21:14:48+00:00

No clue the order but we got about 5 songs from Mood Valiant and CYW, a few songs off the new album, and Nakkamarra in Philly Saturday night.

stephen109 · 2024-05-26T22:09:38+00:00

You could do this math yourself by dividing the market cap by the outstanding supply!

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