Ms Deville después de beber una taza de café.

[MsDeville]

Ms Deville después de beber una taza de café.

Roughly translated:

"Ms Deville, after drinking a cup of coffee."

After watching SpeedBagAtaraxis punch drum to Canadian guitarist, Jesse Cook, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIyHH...layer_embedded I was inspired to follow suit.

The tempo in this particular song really grabbed me, not to mention the title – "Cafe Mocha." I L - O - V - E my morning coffee...

¡GOCE!


Bag on!







Okay. So I am a full-fledged ADDICT to punch drumming and especially to Jesse Cook's fabulous music.

I filmed this practice session yesterday (Aug. 14th) and decided to go ahead and post it on You Tube today. It's not perfect, and since it was the first time punching to it, there are several imperfect moments. Hopefully, it's worth watching...

[ebozyn]

That sounded Killer Ms D. Very good timing. and i liked that little reverse fist roll, you threw in there.

Good Video, I'll be watching this one a few times.

[Zaza]

...Why is it I suddenly feel like a cup of "de cafe" myself?

Great hittin' as usual. What is that platform made of? It has a plexiglass kind of sound to it.

Now... try it again after 3 Venti cups of joe! I love my coffee too, can't start the day without it.

Many bags from me on this one:

[MsDeville]

Originally Posted by ebozyn

That sounded Killer Ms D. Very good timing. and i liked that little reverse fist roll, you threw in there.

Good Video, I'll be watching this one a few times.

Thanks ebozyn. Nothing fancy here, but I liked how it sounded with the song. I think this type of music really lends itself to the speed bag sound.

Originally Posted by Zaza

...Why is it I suddenly feel like a cup of "de cafe" myself?

...What is that platform made of? It has a plexiglass kind of sound to it...

Why, it's my STEEL DRUM, of course! Actually, it really is a sheet of 1/2-inch steel that was cut in a 32-inch circle. My "Trainer Raul" designed the free-standing setup. It's very sturdy, and has a great rebound. But, the sound is quite different from the traditional wood platforms. I'm okay with it, but someday I would really like to have a butcher block-type drum.

[Zaza]

Originally Posted by MsDeville

Why, it's my STEEL DRUM, of course! Actually, it really is a sheet of 1/2-inch steel that was cut in a 32-inch circle. My "Trainer Raul" designed the free-standing setup. It's very sturdy, and has a great rebound. But, the sound is quite different from the traditional wood platforms. I'm okay with it, but someday I would really like to have a butcher block-type drum.

Oh... that explains it! I remember reading something about a concrete drum or something? Thanks.

[metaldad]

Bravo Denise! your punch drumming has come a long way. Sneaky reverse fist roll to the front of the bag! Looking great. Keep em coming!

[Speedbag]

Magnifique! or something like that. You're really rockin' out to it.

I'm proud of your punch drumming improvement over the last year! I can tell you're really feelin' the bag beat.

...and you gotta love Jesse Cook and that music.

[Roc Stone]

A+

What a fantastic array of combos, and a good trak to punch out.

Personally I've had limited success with the under forward fist roll, with what little time I've put into it and it's been kinda noisy at best, but I have found the BFF to be the most user friendly of the bags for this manoeuvre. You appear to be rolling along with them nicely.

Good stuff

[novaspeedbagger]

Originally Posted by MsDeville

Ms Deville después de beber una taza de café.

Roughly translated:

"Ms Deville, after drinking a cup of coffee."

After watching SpeedBagAtaraxis punch drum to Canadian guitarist, Jesse Cook, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIyHH...layer_embedded I was inspired to follow suit.

The tempo in this particular song really grabbed me, not to mention the title – "Cafe Mocha." I L - O - V - E my morning coffee...

¡GOCE!


Bag on!

Love it Dee!

Great Job with adding some variation to your punches again. I really like 1:39 - 1:41; right after the continuous linking you throw a FDP then split fist to catch the bag on the up beat with a RSP triplet rhythm then begin more spit fists by starting with a RDP. You give it a catchy bag beat there. To me that indicates a major jump in your sense of the "Bag Beat" Denise!

Also, being the first take I really like how you hit the one handed linking while simultaneously matching the beat of the violin strikes (1:59 - 2:01 and 2:13 - 2:15).

2:22 - 2:39 you use Inward outward double elbow strikes to the Rhythm. You also mix in some front double punches or a front circle punch to help stay with the beat of the song. I find using the inward outward elbows are very difficult to do much less to music so this impresses me incredibly and then when it becomes a little hard to stay with the beat you improvise with the double or single basic rhythm punch to match the bag beat to the music again. Good recovery with the split fists there!


And lastly, the upward rolls at the end, were actually 2 upwards and a downward to complete the 3 punch roll from the front of the bag. This allows you to use the downward as a more powerful punch as a triplet rhythm punch to use your bag beat to match the music beat.

I can see why you love punch drumming so much Dee you are an inspiration for taking on the challenge that a song brings and trying new and unique music.

And the courage to record your first take while improvising deserves a big round of applause.

Nicely Done MsDeville!!!

Oh and what does ¡GOCE! mean?

[paranday]

Originally Posted by novaspeedbagger

And the courage to record your first take while improvising deserves a big round of applause.

Rhonda Applause agrees. No complacency, this gal. Thinks she might become the North American spokeswoman for BFF, too. Could happen, Dee!