Paul’s Ramblings

Today I got to live one of my dreams and visit a cymbal factory, and what’s more, one in the spiritual home of modern cymbals - Istanbul! The long trek from my cosy hotel in the historic Sultanahmet district to a drab industrial estate an hour to the west was immediately justified when I was greeted by some grubby young teenagers who assured my signed questioning that I had, at last, arrived at the Istanbul Mehmet Cymbal factory. You’ve just got to …

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In this, the second instalment of Playing with Paradiddles, I continue to experiment with different variations of paradiddles used for fills across the drum kit. Additionally, I spend way too much time editing and tweaking this video when I could be sleeping instead. Clearly, the funky monkey needs no more Dr Pepper tonight.

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In this, the second instalment of Playing with Paradiddles, I continue to experiment with different variations of paradiddles used for fills across the drum kit. Additionally, I spend way too much time editing and tweaking this video when I could be sleeping instead. Clearly, the funky monkey needs no more Dr Pepper tonight.

Paradiddles, double paradiddles, paradiddle-diddles. Which is your favourite? It depends on whether you’re having white meat or red meat, and how much you’ve practiced. Paradiddles are a sticking pattern, or rudiment, for drummers to practice and use; commonly they are practiced but not so much used. I’ve been working with paradiddles for sometime in an effort to discover how I could make them an indispensable part of my chops bag, here is one such discovery.

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Paradiddles, double paradiddles, paradiddle-diddles. Which is your favourite? A paradiddle is a sticking pattern, or rudiment, for drummers to practice and use; it is commonly practiced but not so much used. I’ve been working with paradiddles for sometime in an effort to discover how I could make them an indispensable part of my chops bag, here is one such discovery.