Tobias Ralph Clinic
November 13, 2009 in PASIC Blog by Dave Kropf
1:02 Intro from Paiste guy. He keeps going on.
1:05 TR takes the stage. Dons headphones and plays to a drumnbass track. Man, this guy is fast! Blowing heat all around the kit, up and down the toms. Seems like there are drums on the track. Hard to tell what’s live or not.
1:11 Track morphs into chops solo. Moves in and around grooves. He’s doing this thing where he plays the hh with his right hand while making contact on the sd with the butt of the stick.
1:24 TR takes mic. Thank yous.
1:29 Demonstrates splitting up double strokes between surfaces. Then applies it to a groove. RLL sticking. Break it up between hh and snare
FP: now we’re gonna take that broken sticking idea and put it in a 16th pattern that creates a 3 over 4 feel. (demonstrated in various tempos). Before you get it fast, you want to make it feel good at a slower tempo. The whole thing is to keep people dancing. The other thing is what we call hh fill ins. Take the sticking of an inverted paradiddle and put any R and sub out the hh foot. The last concept is hand foot overlaps. When we’re playing with hh sd and bd, there’s a lot we can do. (plays overlapping rudiments across hh and sd)
1:45 Takes questions. One about seat height and one about double bass technique.
1:49 Thank yous
i saw this clinic at pasic in indy, too! one word for you – WOW! i live in williamsburg brooklyn and hear this guys name around the scene a LOT… he’s freakin’ awesome. it was great to see him in this kind of a setting – and try to get a glimpse of what the heck he’s actually doing. he sure got me thinking and i’m gonna work on that broken double thing. good luck to me… but i’ll follow his advice and start slow (in my case, real slow). i’m late to the drums- always loved music and started on guitar then tried bass but always wanted to be a drummer, so i’ve only been playing the last few years. will never be like him, but it’s inspirational and gives me hope! maybe he gives lessons??