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stapper15

01-22-2004, 02:47 PM

Lucius

01-23-2004, 05:03 PM

Pete Drummond showed me a bunch of things on twirling sticks, he's a monster at it, and Virg pretty much does it the same way, one of the ones is you get the stick in between your middle finger and index finger (make sure its all the way at the bottom) and the just do your average twirl, it looks mad, and its easy, but you can incorporate it with your bass drum with fills and then move it around drums and cymbals, people think your a genius haha, but yeh, thats one of them, hoped that helped, if not, ill try and think of a better way of explaining it over the net! :D

stapper15

01-23-2004, 05:17 PM

hey man thanks alot, also do you knwo of any like videos of this or anything, and about the twirling thing you told mei find it easyer to twirl when my hands are like higher up on the stick not to high but there not real low i find it much harder for them to twirl then they are any lower. thanks

Stapper

polydrums

01-24-2004, 02:53 PM

Hi stapper , there is a great book that comes with a dvd called "Drumstick Spinology "by Steve Stockmal you can buy it in the net also checkout diffrent Drum Corps I was in on a while back called the Bridgeman all the thing that Virgil does are derived from that . hope this helps
Rob

peter

01-24-2004, 05:37 PM

http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboard/showthread.php?t=41

stapper15

01-24-2004, 09:39 PM

Peter thanks alot for that link, and to everyone else thanks!

Stapper

alencore

01-25-2004, 10:02 AM

Ahh, twirling...i did it once onsatge on one hell of school concert and wow! the audience especially the chicks dig it..hahaha!

BrettLee

01-26-2004, 10:39 PM

Wow.. A lost topic revived! We actually discussed about this sometime ago.. With Peter being the leadman, explaining and sharing wat he knows about twirling. Cheers Peter. I think I've gasped quite alot about stick twirling.. I'm not perfect yet, but I feel I'm much more better at it now... :D

alencore

01-31-2004, 06:28 AM

How about twirling yoyo for once while the left hand and feets keeps drumming...hehe i'll try that out atleast once in a lifetime..LOL!

Lucius

01-31-2004, 01:49 PM

A guitarist called Jason Becker used to do that. He would play with a yoyo with his right hand, while he would go nuts with his left hand! Looked pretty damn cool :D

e-bee

02-05-2004, 11:17 PM

BrettLee

02-09-2004, 01:05 AM

i've been trying to twirl but doesn't seem to be able to do it. is there any illustration or video to learn to do it?

i know there's tones of ways to twirl.. but i can't even learn the easiest. pls help.

Oh well, here we go again...

http://www.virgildonati.com/msgboar...thread.php?t=41

and welcome abroad to Virgil land, e-bee...;)

Joss

02-09-2004, 11:16 PM

hey there drummer buddies! i was just wonding do any of you know how virgil twirls his sticks? i have watched that video in the multimedia many of times and i cant really sweet whast goin on haha. any one know?

Stapper

Hey Everyone, how are we all?? Hope we are all healthy and drumming.
OK, you want to know how Virgil twirls his sticks?? Well, here's how.

His standard one is where you (in right hand) are playing along, and then from the middle of the stick (in matched grip) you slip your middle finger, ring finger and pinky fingers behind the stick on the side closest to you, then push with those three fingers and make it roll over the top of your index finger and back into your hand...NB: MAKE SURE YOU KEEP UP THE MOMENTUM OTHERWISE THE STICK WILL FALL OUT!!
PRACTISE THIS LIKE AN ABOSLUTE MUTHA AND YOU'LL BE FINE ON STAGE -
Hope that one worked...Virg has a few ways of doing it, and I've worked out most, but they're complicated and they need a SHITE LOAD of pratise, so "stick" at it ;)

KEEP ON DRUMMING, WE PLAY THE BEST INSTRUMENT, AND THERE ISN'T A BETTER SOUL TOOL THAN THE DRUMS!

Strike the Drum, Hammer the Key!
Joss (Australia)