I am so AMAZED and TIRED of seeing the heel toe method to be considered a new technique, it is one of the lesser known, but it is not anything new. Pretty positive one of the few drummers that actually uses it in mainstream is Lamb of God's drummer Chris Adler. For those of you who don't know, or who didn't shell out too much money to find out for themselves, the heel toe technique is finally starting to surface as a quick way to get better. Practice the right way will make you perfect.SO, you put your toe on the bass drum pedal, and drop your heal...that is where you get the first hit, then you bring your heel back up and keep your toe into the pedal, that is where you get your second hit. SO, heel down and back up, the longer the foot board, the easier it will be. This one must be practiced a lot to be clean sounding. There are several systems out there if you Google them, that will train you how to do it. You really just need to learn all the basic rudiments again to be able to utilize it. It also really really helps, which not too many of the lessons will tell you, to put a little piece of wood like about a third of an inch tall under the back leg of your drum stool. This makes the function feel much more fluid, and it also shifts your hips forward a little bit. It is not a new technique, it is an old one that has been used for several years but a few guys got smart and started selling the technique. It is an old, but practical way to add style, comfort and different dynamics to your drumming. For a good demonstration Joe Stronsick has some videos that take it outside of just playing really fast. This is not a plug, I did buy the system, but the videos on his site simply show what directions you could go with it. Ballistic Drumming Technique.
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