Bill Bachman

I’m looking forward to this!! I hope to see a lot of people with sticks in hand. :)

🚨 Attention High School Percussionists!! 🚨
Come check out the MWSU Drumline Camp with special guest Bill Bachman! At the camp, students will get the chance to rehearse and play with the MWSU Drumline, as well as getting the opportunity to learn from Bill Bachman and Matthew Halligan. If you’re interested in registering, the link is posted below!

https://www.missouriwestern.edu/music/drumline-camp/

Here’s a bit of random drumset noodling I recorded with my phone. I record stuff pretty often in order to listen back and find the warts that I can improve. Sorry for the bad audio, I’ll upgrade to use the recorded sounds soon.

Drumset freestyle practice with the click -Bill Bachman I haven’t posted in a long long time! This is just my phone sitting next to the kit that I put up for my own critique. I think I’m about to do some projects ...

Who’s ready for some fresh insights to dial in their hands? I’ve made sone room in my schedule & I’d love to be of service!

My inEarz are here and they’re amazing. These are from the people that brought you the Earaser ear plugs. Psyched! InEarz.com

That time of year is coming again for the youngins`!

Don't forget to get your LOGIC on, for the upcoming marching season! bachman https://www.rowloff.com/BooksFolder/BooksMenuLogic.html

This is a set up for a good time! I was just a guest artist for S. F. Austin High School percussion concert down in the Houston area. They played really well and it was a fun & challenging gig with lots of reading. (And Tom Sawyer too actually, no reading required in that one!)

BB Drums for sale!

3 BB Drums for sale! 5"x14" maple with walnut outer & rich mahogany inner veneers & maple re-rings, $550, 4.5"x14" 12 ply oak, $475, 4"x14" 16 ply maple with some figuring inside & out, $425 (because of a couple minor cosmetic imperfections). New year, new drum made with lots of love!

BB Drums

Here are 5 drums that should be available for Christmas! Alls that’s left is drilling, snare beds and assembly. All are 14” diameter, there are 5” & 7” deep maple with vertical walnut outer and mahogany inner plys w/maple re-rings, a 5” maple with walnut outer, 4.5” all oak and a 5.5” basswood & maple with re-rings. $475-$600 depending on hardware options. Who needs a beautifully detailed hand crafted work of art that’ll sound fantastic? :)

BB Drums

Christmas bells are about to ring! These 5 “drums” are available, finished/complete drums will range from about $450-$600 depending on the shell and hardware options. Hit me up if interested in a finely detailed work of art made with a**l retention and love. :)

Interesting answer to an interview of sorts from earlier today: "The mechanics of drumming tend to revolve around the battle of nature –vs-- man. The philosophies in the Extreme Hands Makeover on drumworkout.com are all about minimizing our manipulation of the stick in order to maximize what nature will do perfectly every time. When we do this there’s always a bell curve in improvement in terms of musicality, flow, groove, consistency, speed and chops. Once diving into the makeover one should expect new insights on drumming mechanics and practice strategies which will make for immediate gains in the fore mentioned qualities, improved results in their practice time, reduced strain on their hands and some drumming inspiration through tangible progress!"

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Drumline 8 on a hand @ 250 bpm -Marcus HS 2018 https://t.co/6zpF2XYNaK: https://t.co/lsQqW7nqF9 via

drumworkout.com The only place you get to practice with a pro & take online drum lessons with world famous drumset clinician, Bill Bachman. Your hands are in good hands.

I just answered a question about lesson formats: "I do a lot of teaching in different formats, there are in person lessons locally in Dallas, Skype lessons with people all over the world, and then there's drumworkout.com with streaming lessons and workouts (which do a heck of a lot more good than just a lesson), and some books which I have published.

In person lessons are great as I can play along with the student the whole time (a lot of what I do focuses on hand technique). With skype I model and the student plays it back--I tweak them until they're doing everything perfectly, then send them off to get tons of reps to solidify and see them a week later. It works great, I have (& have had) many students whose hands ended up absolutely amazing from skype lessons.

I use drumworkout.com (and sometimes my books in addition) to go along with the lessons (live & skype). The student can watch the lesson there (which saves time in the actual lesson) and can then do workouts that I assign out of the Extreme Hands Makeover. When students take a first lesson after having done some drumworkout stuff ahead of time I'm always amazed by the number of common mistakes that they're not making--it definitely works way better than simply watching a lesson from a DVD or such.

So yes, there are multiple ways to go about it and multiple ways that have been proven to work very well."

Had a great question from a Bill Bachman's Drumworkout.com subscriber on the forum about pushing past the red line to achieve speed. To paraphrase, "I know I'm supposed to get the perfect reps, but is pushing past the red line time well spent? or will doing so just make me worse?" There’s a judgement call here for sure. 90% of the time I’m going with the “lots of perfect reps under the red line using the next faster tempo’s technique,” but occasionally it’s good to just push through and get it done. Sometimes this can force you to figure out how to get out of your own way to achieve it, however people who are all into this though generally practice wrong and never get the desired results or even injure themselves. So yeah, use your judgement and push through occasionally. Good luck!

I (re)started a project today which I think has the potential to turn into a pretty big deal and offer something positive to many. When will it be done? Maybe a year? We shall see. I'm excited about it though!

Discussions in Percussion

Episode 72 went up on Tuesday: https://apple.co/2DzHPK2 and features an interview with Bill Bachman. Damon Grant and Marcos Torres talk with Bill about his upbringing, history through drum corps, and how he excelled at his craft. They also talk about how he filled the void with the need for products and educational books among other things. There's an educational spotlight, product reviews, music news, mail time and gig alerts. As always, bonus content in the show notes on the website: https://www.discussionsinpercussion.com/

FB live Drum Hang with Bill is once again happening! Every Wednesday at 5 central over at Bill Bachman's Drumworkout.com. Feel free to join & discuss who knows what!

Almost go time with Herd of Instinct...

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Faceboook live drum hang w/Bill--1/2 hour from now! It's on Bill Bachman's Drumworkout.com at 5 central. (Sorry I forgot to tell anybody, but come & hang out!)

The 3rd Facebook LIVE Drum Hang with Bill is kicking off at 5 CST tonight! It'll be on the Bill Bachman's Drumworkout.com page. Feel free to stop by to chat about drumming & who knows what else! Make sure you're getting notifications from Bill Bachman's Drumworkout.com so you can stop by and say hey.

It's happening again! Drumworkout.com LIVE session with Bill this Wednesday, 18th April at 5:00pm CST. Please stop by to chat about drumming & who knows what else! Make sure you're getting notifications from Bill Bachman's Drumworkout.com so you can stop by and say hey.

This B.B. Drum is all done finishing! (Other than final polish/wax.) open grain walnut over maple. Beauty!

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drumworkout.com The only place you get to practice with a pro & take online drum lessons with world famous drumset clinician, Bill Bachman. Your hands are in good hands.

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5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OFFER: 3 MONTHS FOR THE PRICE OF 2!

It's a little hard to believe, but April marks the 5 year anniversary since the launch of drumworkout.com....!

We are so grateful for the support we have received over the years and are running a few great promotions to say thanks to our users and spread the drumworkout.com love even more.

Check it all out below:

https://www.drumworkout.com/5-year-anniversay-celebrations/

A QUICK LESSON FOR FASTER ROLLS!

To develop the forearm pump for faster rolls try this unconventional and weird trick which isolates the forearm pumping motion, do so with one arm/hand/stick at a time and later combine them:

Hold the stick about 3" from the bead and with your fingers pin the back end of the stick under your forearm. Make sure that your palm is not quite touching the stick because then you can't apply pressure from the fingers and you may be tempted to use the wrist and not the forearm (plus this is the position you'll end up using anyway when actually playing it). Make sure your hand is at about a 45 degree angle and that the thumb is on the topside 45 where in can apply the downward pressure/set up the finger control. Note that there will be no gap between the thumb and hand because the thumb wants that real estate on the topside of the stick (not literal direct top like in French because then we'd lose the use of the palm in back).

Now with the wrist & hand held in that static position and the thumb pushing down/fingers pulling the stick up against the forearm "play" 8th notes on the pad using your elbow as the fulcrum. It's a dead stroke at the bead (this is not the point) and you'll probably hear the stick briefly pop off the forearm and snap back "clicking" against the forearm with each 8th note stroke about a 32nd note behind the 8th. Don't turn this into a science project or intentionally activate fingers to play this rhythm, just focus on forearm pump with constant pressure from the fingers and no wrist. Do this for about 2-4 minutes, then slide the stick down to its normal position and play buzz or open doubles, just DON'T CHANGE THE ARM/HAND MOTION. Go back and forth with these until your body has learned how to pump the forearms for faster rolls instead of forcing the wrist to struggle on its own. (Unless you want tendonitis, if you do then continue playing faster rolls as flat to the drum as possible with no arm, German grip and squeezing the thumb on the side of the stick.)

Videos make this stuff easier, if interested it's steps 11 & 12 (for buzz and open) in my Extreme Hands Makeover on drumworkout.com. Good luck!