i saw this video on drummerworld.com with Dennis Chambers playing a beat and he suddenly plays this incredibly fast tom fill with ONE HAND!

i almost wanted to burn my sticks after seeing him do that

Could anyone explain how one can gain such mobility on the kit?

see the video at http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/Dennischambers2.html

Dennis is a gifted freak of nature!

Vinnie does it too - I think he calls it "glancing". Check him out on the Buddy Rich concert when he is playing with Gadd and Weckl. He pulls off a sick version of it plus some other one-handed miracles.

I saw Dennis in clinic. He did a very intense solo and was not breathing hard at all. He bases a lot of his endurance on correct breathing - not as easy as you would think. Play the hardest song you know and check out your breathing at the end.

its all in that hat, i tell you!

Here we go...this is what I was talking about - watch Vinnie's first solo


http://drummerworld.com/Videos/gaddwecklcolaiuta.html

and Mr Weckl and Mr Gadd are distincly average. Am I nearly as good cos I play a Yammie RC???

another thing that both vinnie and dennis do while playing the hand/foot doubles is break the doubles. in other words the first note of the double is on one tom and the second is on another tom...this adds to the illusion that it is a one handed roll.....very cool

Vinnie got that insane RH-LF-LH-RF.
That's something to practice.
I got a pretty fast foot and the way I developed it was by:
1. Six in hands, two in bass drum.
2. Four in hands, two in bass drum.
3. Two in hands, two in bass drum.
4. One in the hand, two in bass drum.
5. One in the hand, one in the bass drum.

Start slow and at first try without a metronom, just going up and down in tempo.

I agree Vinnie can't come from this planet!!