Jeff Bowders Double Bass Drumming Workshop

In this Hal Leonard video series, double bass drum specialist Jeff Bowders shows you tips and techniques for getting the most out of your double bass drum playing.

Videos
Introduction (04:28) - Jeff performs some metal tunes to show us some of the precision that we'll be learning in this series.
Pedal Technique & Balance (03:12) - In this video, Jeff explains pedal or foot technique. Jeff also gives some foot placement and setup advice to help us set up our double bass drum pedal.
Mirrored Warm-Ups / Coordination Exercises (05:40) - Jeff gives us some simple warm-ups and exercises to help us before drumming. These exercises will help coordinate our hands and feet to help tighten our playing.
16th Note Mirrored Grooves (09:02) - In this video, Jeff helps us understand 16th note rhythms and gives some warm ups to help us get ready to rock out. Mirrored grooves are a two-bar phrase with reversed footings.
Triplet / Shuffle Mirrored Grooves (13:48) - Jeff discusses Triplets and describes the different feels between triplet and straight beats. Jeff also takes us through some exercises that will help us practice Triplets and become comfortable playing and adding them into your performances.
Endurance / Stamina Exercises (03:40) - In this video, Jeff gives some routines to practice that will help us develop our Endurance and Stamina.
Double Bass Fills & Soloing Concepts (15:17) - Jeff talks about incorporating Fills and Solos into your playing, then he breaks down the different types of Fills and Solo Concepts so that we can understand how to put these techniques in our performances.
"4 Pennies" (Performance) (05:20) - In this video, Jeff speeds up the pedals and shows us a solo called '4 Pennies'.
"Milk Shake" (Performance) (03:52) - Jeff performs 'Milk Shake' along with some music and shows off some of what we have learned in this series.
Wrap Up (02:12) - Jeff gives us some final words before signing out.