Some Newbie Questions (Mostly about blast beats)
Hey all! I'm a newbie drummer (just past a year!) whose a long time metal fan. I've got a few related questions for all the drummers better than me out there:
How can I build my timekeeping effective both on and off the kit? I'm from an orchestra background so I'm used to "following" a timing source, but the subdivisions between get kind of dicey and I have a tendency to drag for a couple bars here and there before pulling back onto the click.
Related to this, how can I keep my limbs on the correct subdivisions when doing traditional blasts? Up to about 120bpm I can separate my kick and snare by ear since it sounds like a skank beat, but faster than that the subdivisions start blurring. When I practice single strokes I find that my ears automatically help me readjust limb phases but when each hand is on a different part of the kit I just can't seem to place everything right. With hammer blasts or hellhammer blasts (that's what I've heard them called, it's half time on the cymbal hand and unison on kick and snare), I don't really have issues with going up to even 180bpm, aside from the aforementioned tempo drift.
How can I build up the limb speed while still keeping reliable time? My snare hand has gotten pretty comfortable on push-pull/open close (it came more naturally than flying fingers), but my lead hand is pretty stubborn with moeller, which tops out faster and has less stamina. However, I find that when I was training push pull on my lead hand, my timing reliability got significantly worse.
Huge thanks in advance! Looking forward to a long drumming journey.