Lol right, it'll be cool to see what transpires after a few decades of generations having easier and ever expanding access to a wide range of talented and professional people in so many fields of study or skill sets.
You are a very good teacher! I'd like to see more videos on basic technique for those of us who got pretty good teaching ourselves but don't know how to do basic rudiments
Thank you so much for this video! I've been looking to improve my feet, and while I haven't practiced it yet, I think this is going to come incredibly handy when I am practicing!
I'm just starting to learn drums and your lesson was excellent. I will be watching more of your stuff. I'm going to go and practice right now! Thanks! Cheers!
This was VERY helpful! Thanx! I had a student just last week asking me about heel toe (which I now this isnt) etc., and now I now what to practice and go teach! :)
Hey all! I plan on posting some more updates soon, but have been very busy for a long while on recording an album. Thank you all very much for the comments, it is very humbling. Marc Anthony Gomez- thanks so much, you made my day. And- for one last time this is not the heel toe technique, I go to great lengths to explain how and why it is different, so just check out the video, its in there I promise. Keep in mind that sometimes the difference between two techniques can be subtle but the end result can be huge! Keep practicing and learning and your musicianship will grow and grow. Thanks so much! Todd
+THA KILLABUTCHA hey there, todd here. I think I got the kick pad at the guitar center a long while ago. I will look and see if I can find it and let you know. thanks!
+teachingbeats I FOUND IT AT LONE STAR PERCUSSION THEY HAVE A VARIETY BEEN WORKING ON THE MAYER TECHNIC EVERYDAY FOR 10 MINUTES AND I CAN FEEL MY SELF GETTING BETTER. THX AGAIN YOUR A GOOD TEACHER
Excellent...many thanks! Clearly and patiently explained. Nicely filmed. Beautiful idea I wasn't aware of...I was either flat or toe up...I guess Steve Smith style...the Jojo Mayer technique looks very natural (ergonomic in a way)...combining all three...I can see quite valuable.I have my practice pedal spring fairly tight/stiff...so I'll loosen it a bit. I read somewhere to practice with a stiff pedal...that way, when using a back line or sitting in somewhere you're ready for whatever's there.
that's probably the best tutorial on UA-cam. jojo mayer would sign this. idk why most ppl doing bass tutorials don't put their camera right beside the pedal like u did so you can actually see the foot movements. thx man very well explained!
I always wondered about his foot technique! It never looked quite like the heel toe to me but I just equated it with him being a monster. You're the man :)
Great video man! I've seen some other teachings of this method and have been researching and burning into my head and this really explains it well. Didn't realize this was used for strokes on toms/snare/cymbals.
Thank you for sharing this! It's pretty tricky, I saw this video a while ago and had to keep coming back every now and then until I got it. Now I'm trying to master and I'm back again lol helped me so much, thanks again :)
Hey all, thank you, as far as big feet go, i was comparing JJ's to my own as they rest on the pedal and for tension as I said things change based on where you are in learning the technique. Glad to hear from all of you! Thank you!
Great question. Yes, i have actually found that as i have developed in my use of this that i am playing mostly OFF the head, it seems to work very well. I think the key is finding what spring tension works for you after you have the technique figured out. Good luck, thank you. Todd
dude thank you for this video so much. seriously for the past month i have been trying to figure out a good way to blast double bass, like, really heavy stuff like Black Dahlia Murder fast, and i just havent been able to get my pedals to work with my feet right. now that i know this technique i can play better!
Thanks,very nice demonstration,I have been working on that for months,my technique is very similar to yours.I need more power in my upstrokes-I am getting there!Greetings from Athens,Greece!
Cool vidéo thanks ! I use this technique since a lot of years but i never seen the difference with the Jojo technique and the bounce ! Now i know !! Excellent
Thanks again for the comments. I explain the difference between this and heel toe in the bid, the differences are subtle but huge and change the technique completely. The bottom line is using your leg and foot as part of a modeller stroke compared to the two part heel toe stroke. Cheers, todd
Hey Dan, it is a Tama speed cobra, the board is longer which helps with this but then the mass of it can actually be hard to get used to with heel up technique. I have no like/dislike of chain, leather, etc...but I am sure close to getting one of JoJo's newly designed pedals, it looks really well thought out and fast. Thanks! Todd
Hey all thanks for the comments. To answer some of the questions...if you don't know who JJ mayer is, look him up this is HIS technique. I explain in the video how this is not heel toe. Spring tension is loose at the start, as you get stronger and gain more muscle memory you can tighten it up. I believe this is the best technique for fast triplets, but truly the best one is the one that works for you. Thanks so much, don't ever get discouraged, new techniques take time and patients, be glad you're not learning a new skateboard trick...now that's pain! Good luck!
Thank you all again, all of the things mentioned in the video apply to a 24", it's what I play. Tuning higher helps the inherent slowness of response in a bigger drum, and it still retains its punch. Thanks, keep playing! Todd
WOW !!!! Thank you for posting this video !!!! Great information....More than that your instructions..... "Don't worry about speed or power just feel it.....Forget about the speed ,forget about everything ...just learn the motion ,learn the Technique & then build it up slowly it will all come together....Practice 10 minutes every day....& you declaring....... "it took me a long time....so be patient"....are very Encouraging words to every one practicing..... anything for that matter. .... GREAT!!!!! ..... I have No questions....I am off to Practice room to LEARN the Technique.!!!!! Thank you once again.
liked it, for triplets, ive been told to try heel/toe followed by sliding... it kind of works it will let you do triplets, but if its hard to do anything else with that(possible to do something else? yes, but i bet there are at least 10 other easier ways to make it...)
Hey thanks for the nice comments, regarding speed tension and speed. The tension is less here for practice and learning than what I now use so for my needs the speed is fine, for some very fast speeds you may want to play with tension to find the sweet spot. Thanks.
Tariq- it may help to go to a long board type pedal, its not totally needed but I really like the extra room for many reasons. Hang in there and thanks!
Sorry fo the wait, yes my pedal is a speed cobra, and i learned it by watching everything out there, talking to people i know that have seen it up close and a lot of practice,trial and error over about 7 months. I also practice it now almost daily. Thanks, todd
beautifully DONE - excellently - EXPLAINED ! This is the same technique used by Steve Smith - which (I believe) he learned from Freddy Gruber and he called it "the Constant Release" technique. - No Matter what it's called YOU do an AWESOME job !
Thanks a lot, Todd, you really saved my right foot, no kidding, cause I trapped in a corner recording heavily in a studio and rehearsing after a very long break. So it was a disaster for my knee and all the motion became very wrong(( and I was looking for some emergent solution... so I was lucky to find two of your videos about the heel-toe and almost recovered from my problem after 3 or 4 weeks. Btw the control level, the input efficiency are a way better than I've ever had, so many thanks again
Hi! Well Ive seen your video and it like me very much.. And I have a question; Im a very impatience person and I like to know if I will get the speed practicing. Ive been practice daily about 3 weeks ago 30 minutes to 1 or 3hours
Yes, check out one of the long boards like the speed cobra and keep in mind the in the jj technique, the john blackwell technique and even the heel toe, they all get the job done mostly from the mid foot forward. Trust me there are a lot of big dudes with big feet layin it down. Good luck and thank you!
...and since i am commenting, it is very important to remember that application, of anything , can't come before learning, and learning takes time,dedication,patience and most of all not being hard on ourselves for trying.
11 years old but still so full of value, bravo!
Wish I was 35 years younger with access to this kind of knowledge.
Lol right, it'll be cool to see what transpires after a few decades of generations having easier and ever expanding access to a wide range of talented and professional people in so many fields of study or skill sets.
Totally mate played for 40yrs never reached anywhere near my potential but UA-cam has shown me loads.
No Kidding. I'm Blown Away by these Kids Now.
By far the best explanation of this technique I have seen on line. Thank you so much!
Good job explaining this technique. One of the best out there and gives you a lot of control over the pedal.
Nice explanation and nice execution. Thank you Sir for sharing.
You are a very good teacher! I'd like to see more videos on basic technique for those of us who got pretty good teaching ourselves but don't know how to do basic rudiments
Excellent tutorial
Thanks for being a badass and helping out other drummers by demystifying jojo's playing
Thank you so much for this video! I've been looking to improve my feet, and while I haven't practiced it yet, I think this is going to come incredibly handy when I am practicing!
Fantastic technique tutorial, thank you. I'm going to practice this tomorrow.
Well explained. Will definitely try and keep u posted. Thanx!!
Extremely helpful. Thanks a lot.
Excellent video! Thanks for making it!
Thanks for a wonderful tutorial.
Great video my friend.
Keep up the good vibes and the great info.
Thanks for this video. Great stuff!
Great breakdown of the method. Thanks
Thanks a lot Sir. This video instruction is highly appreciated.
Excellent video and teaching skills. Very well explained.
Great technique. Also, you are a great communicator. Thank you for sharing some of your wisdom.
I'm just starting to learn drums and your lesson was excellent. I will be watching more of your stuff. I'm going to go and practice right now! Thanks! Cheers!
Thank you Don!
This was VERY helpful! Thanx! I had a student just last week asking me about heel toe (which I now this isnt) etc., and now I now what to practice and go teach! :)
Thank you! The moeller foot stroke is much more comfortable than the heel toe that I had been trying.
Excellent and well explained lesson man!
How to make the impossible possible - what a fantastic lesson!
golden...absolutely golden information...thank you for posting this...off to the practice room!!! : )
Hey all!
I plan on posting some more updates soon, but have been very busy for a long while on recording an album.
Thank you all very much for the comments, it is very humbling.
Marc Anthony Gomez- thanks so much, you made my day.
And- for one last time this is not the heel toe technique, I go to great lengths to explain how and why it is different, so just check out the video, its in there I promise. Keep in mind that sometimes the difference between two techniques can be subtle but the end result can be huge!
Keep practicing and learning and your musicianship will grow and grow.
Thanks so much!
Todd
+teachingbeats where can i get that practice kick drum pad stand
+THA KILLABUTCHA hey there, todd here. I think I got the kick pad at the guitar center a long while ago. I will look and see if I can find it and let you know. thanks!
+teachingbeats I FOUND IT AT LONE STAR PERCUSSION THEY HAVE A VARIETY BEEN WORKING ON THE MAYER TECHNIC EVERYDAY FOR 10 MINUTES AND I CAN FEEL MY SELF GETTING BETTER. THX AGAIN YOUR A GOOD TEACHER
Nice video breakdown and thoughts my man. Thanks for this!
Thank you very much, this was really helpful.
Cheers and happy x-mas.
Excellent...many thanks! Clearly and patiently explained. Nicely filmed. Beautiful idea I wasn't aware of...I was either flat or toe up...I guess Steve Smith style...the Jojo Mayer technique looks very natural (ergonomic in a way)...combining all three...I can see quite valuable.I have my practice pedal spring fairly tight/stiff...so I'll loosen it a bit. I read somewhere to practice with a stiff pedal...that way, when using a back line or sitting in somewhere you're ready for whatever's there.
this is probably one of the most helpful video's i've ever watched. thank you dude!
Hey Jack, thank you-I appreciate it very much!
Thanks! Great technique and great easy going video!
it is a good one
please i need more of this
that's probably the best tutorial on UA-cam. jojo mayer would sign this. idk why most ppl doing bass tutorials don't put their camera right beside the pedal like u did so you can actually see the foot movements. thx man very well explained!
Hey, that's a really nice comment, deeply appreciated!
Great video, thanks!
I love the sleeping dog while playing and waking up when it's quiet, just like mine.
I always wondered about his foot technique! It never looked quite like the heel toe to me but I just equated it with him being a monster. You're the man :)
Great video man! I've seen some other teachings of this method and have been researching and burning into my head and this really explains it well. Didn't realize this was used for strokes on toms/snare/cymbals.
Thank you for sharing this! It's pretty tricky, I saw this video a while ago and had to keep coming back every now and then until I got it. Now I'm trying to master and I'm back again lol helped me so much, thanks again :)
Todd, you are the Man! I finally got it! Years of playing I finally got. I commented, liked, and subscribed. Thank you so much again.
Jeremy Spates Hey Jeremy, awesome!, I'm so glad I helped get you there. I really appreciate the comment, keep up the playing and learning. Todd
Hey all, thank you, as far as big feet go, i was comparing JJ's to my own as they rest on the pedal and for tension as I said things change based on where you are in learning the technique. Glad to hear from all of you! Thank you!
Great question. Yes, i have actually found that as i have developed in my use of this that i am playing mostly OFF the head, it seems to work very well. I think the key is finding what spring tension works for you after you have the technique figured out.
Good luck, thank you.
Todd
Right on dude.....!!! Great instruction......
Great lesson, thanks. Love the studio pooch‼️
Thank you very much!
dude thank you for this video so much. seriously for the past month i have been trying to figure out a good way to blast double bass, like, really heavy stuff like Black Dahlia Murder fast, and i just havent been able to get my pedals to work with my feet right. now that i know this technique i can play better!
Great tips and thanks!
I didn't realize this was a molar technique but i naturally acquired this through playing for years
Great lesson. Thanks mate!
My best 8 minutes of this morning . Thanks for your explanation. Ciao !
Thanks man, that's awesome. Getting better, trujnh to use on those single foot thrash beats.
Cool video, well explained and shown. Cheers TB!!
Just found this..Very helpful tx!
nice work man, thx
I'm going to be honest, this video is surprising in-depth and informative. :)
Cool vid. Very informational. Thank you!
Thanks,very nice demonstration,I have been working on that for months,my technique is very similar to yours.I need more power in my upstrokes-I am getting there!Greetings from Athens,Greece!
Cool vidéo thanks ! I use this technique since a lot of years but i never seen the difference with the Jojo technique and the bounce ! Now i know !! Excellent
Good tutorial, thanks!
Thank you all very much! We're all in this together,learning.
Todd
Dang this is cool. I need to try this.
Thanks again for the comments. I explain the difference between this and heel toe in the bid, the differences are subtle but huge and change the technique completely. The bottom line is using your leg and foot as part of a modeller stroke compared to the two part heel toe stroke.
Cheers, todd
Thank you very much. A good video about foot technicue, and I also like the dog moving in the end of the video. Nice.
great job dude, love your dog too, cheers
Very good. Congratulation for your explanation.Thank you!
nice the teaching ,i am from brazil and i like a lot of of your help ,thanks guy,and nice your dog too,congratulations for you
Lovely! This works!
Thats awesome! Thank you so much, todd
Thank you very much 👍🥁
Genius
Thank you
Great vid...well explained. Thanks!
Best lesson I've ever seen about mechanics. I kindly ask if you could do some deeper explanation about the pedal settings in general.
Awesome video.
Big thank you. I got new style
the best explain on the net
I do like that idea technique!!!!
Hey Dan, it is a Tama speed cobra, the board is longer which helps with this but then the mass of it can actually be hard to get used to with heel up technique. I have no like/dislike of chain, leather, etc...but I am sure close to getting one of JoJo's newly designed pedals, it looks really well thought out and fast. Thanks!
Todd
Hey all thanks for the comments. To answer some of the questions...if you don't know who JJ mayer is, look him up this is HIS technique. I explain in the video how this is not heel toe.
Spring tension is loose at the start, as you get stronger and gain more muscle memory you can tighten it up.
I believe this is the best technique for fast triplets, but truly the best one is the one that works for you.
Thanks so much, don't ever get discouraged, new techniques take time and patients, be glad you're not learning a new skateboard trick...now that's pain!
Good luck!
Thank you very much to your explaination!! It's not easy to do it! but thank you!
my backbone pains so much after drumming..
get a backrest on throne, fixed that prob for me. rocnsoc with back rest ftw
Great instruction, very concise. Even the dog had the whole Moeller wag thing going on.
Thank you all again, all of the things mentioned in the video apply to a 24", it's what I play. Tuning higher helps the inherent slowness of response in a bigger drum, and it still retains its punch. Thanks, keep playing!
Todd
WOW !!!! Thank you for posting this video !!!! Great information....More than that your instructions..... "Don't worry about speed or power just feel it.....Forget about the speed ,forget about everything ...just learn the motion ,learn the Technique & then build it up slowly it will all come together....Practice 10 minutes every day....& you declaring....... "it took me a long time....so be patient"....are very Encouraging words to every one practicing..... anything for that matter. .... GREAT!!!!! ..... I have No questions....I am off to Practice room to LEARN the Technique.!!!!! Thank you once again.
Very impressed with your teaching. Also impressed with how well behaved your dog is. He/she knows daddy is working
liked it, for triplets, ive been told to try heel/toe followed by sliding... it kind of works it will let you do triplets, but if its hard to do anything else with that(possible to do something else? yes, but i bet there are at least 10 other easier ways to make it...)
Love the sandal on the left foot
Thanks, i appreciate all of the good words!
Todd
Hey thanks for the nice comments, regarding speed tension and speed. The tension is less here for practice and learning than what I now use so for my needs the speed is fine, for some very fast speeds you may want to play with tension to find the sweet spot. Thanks.
very nice man, thanks for sharing!
I'm kinda gutted that you took down your first explanation. Thought it was really well explained again though. Glad I found your channel again!
Tariq- it may help to go to a long board type pedal, its not totally needed but I really like the extra room for many reasons. Hang in there and thanks!
I have the same water shoes. Love em
Sorry fo the wait, yes my pedal is a speed cobra, and i learned it by watching everything out there, talking to people i know that have seen it up close and a lot of practice,trial and error over about 7 months. I also practice it now almost daily.
Thanks, todd
beautifully DONE - excellently - EXPLAINED ! This is the same technique used by Steve Smith - which (I believe) he learned from Freddy Gruber and he called it "the Constant Release" technique. - No Matter what it's called YOU do an AWESOME job !
Thank you very much!
Todd
Thanks a lot, Todd, you really saved my right foot, no kidding, cause I trapped in a corner recording heavily in a studio and rehearsing after a very long break. So it was a disaster for my knee and all the motion became very wrong(( and I was looking for some emergent solution... so I was lucky to find two of your videos about the heel-toe and almost recovered from my problem after 3 or 4 weeks. Btw the control level, the input efficiency are a way better than I've ever had, so many thanks again
awesome, I'm so glad to hear that! you're comments mean a lot to me.
Hi! Well Ive seen your video and it like me very much.. And I have a question; Im a very impatience person and I like to know if I will get the speed practicing. Ive been practice daily about 3 weeks ago 30 minutes to 1 or 3hours
Nice video, very clear. :)
At the end I had to check the beginning again to see if the dog was there all along. :D
Yes, check out one of the long boards like the speed cobra and keep in mind the in the jj technique, the john blackwell technique and even the heel toe, they all get the job done mostly from the mid foot forward. Trust me there are a lot of big dudes with big feet layin it down. Good luck and thank you!
Thank you friend !
formidable
...and since i am commenting, it is very important to remember that application, of anything , can't come before learning, and learning takes time,dedication,patience and most of all not being hard on ourselves for trying.
so nice...thank you very much..
Very nice video mate!