Stuck in an apartment, so I'm want to learn to brush.

[C_F_H_13]

Well It's official that I'll be stuck in "no drumming at home land" at least till next december. I've decided that I'm going to try and teach myself to use brushes since up till now, I've been a self proclaimed skin basher. So here' my questions.

 

I have to buy a new snare, so is there anything I should look for when considering it only for brush work (for now)?

 

What kind of brushes should I get? plastic,metal, what?

 

Any good beginner books or helpful hints?

 

I'm a matched grip player. Can I still learn the brushes without learning traditional?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Merry Christmas

[freelance]

If you buy a snare, buy it cause it speaks to all your needs (vs. something just for brushes). Many times, drummers have the snare strainer off when doing brush work. That being said, I prefer smaller snares (like a 13x3) rather than something like a 14x6.

 

Matched grip can work fine with brushes, but the traditional "stir the pot" technique lends itself more to traditional grip.

 

Ed Thigpen has a book (and I think video) called "Art Of Living Brushes" that is good and Clayton Cammeron has a good video (can't remember the name).

[adam b_dup1]

Ok this is something i actually know about,

i've been getting jazz drumming lessons so one of the things i learn about is brushing, (im still not very good at them) so here are some of my tips and pointers

 

-for the basics make sure you get the brushes that have the hundreds of little metal wires, dont use the ones with 10 or so wooden ones, i've seen some drummers get turned down all because they try using the wooden ones. all i have to say about playing with brushes is to master having a light yet quick and powerful touch, just little wrist spams, cause most of the hitting snare work is done with only one hand with brushes while the other is usually making circular motions around the snare

 

Even though im a beginner on brushes i find them the funnest way to play drums and be creative

 

Make sure though, dont have your brushes lying around at all, cause i have seen so many dumbasses who pick up my brushes look at the and say "what the hell do you use these for?!?" then start beating on the drums with them causing high risk of them breaking. they break very easily and are not used for pounding at all.

 

once you learn to use them youl find how fun they are.

 

hope this helped its all i could think of, but have fun learning

 

(*Note* brushes make great impressions!)