Paradiddle Hand & Foot Exercise - Play Better Drums w/ Louie Palmer

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Pearl Masterworks Studio (maple/gum)
10x7, 12x8, 14x14, 16x16, 22x16, 14x5.5 snare.

Meinl Cymbals L to R:
14" Byzance Traditional Medium (bottom) over Extra Dry (bottom)
20" Byzance Vintage Pure Crash
22" Byzance Medium Jazz Ride
20" Byzance Vintage Crash
20" Byzance Extra Thin Hammered Crash

Vic Firth Buddy Rich sticks

Remo Ambassador heads

Earthworks Microphones (DM20's on snare and toms, SR25 for OH's, SR20LS on kick and 2x TC20 for room mics).

Alclair In-ears

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Now based in LA, Louie Palmer has played with Mike Stern, Tom Scott, Gary Husband, Luis Conte, Tim Lefebvre, Mitch Forman, Janek Gwizdala, Charles Altura, Ruslan Sirota, Bob Franceschini and many more.

Louie endorses Pearl drums, Meinl cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Remo heads, Alclair In-ears and Earthworks microphones.

[Mike-sfcg]

Great to see a master like you working through an exercise.

[neilmoneymaker]

I've read several comments on several different instructional tonight, and to all who wonder how to get your foot faster, or your hands quicker, or your technique tighter the answer is, PRACTICE man PRACTICE.

[SteveOsborneDrums]

Good evening Louie, I was browsing YouTube and saw this exercise and clicked on it. Brother this is creative and can’t wait to practice it. I just subscribed and looking forward to following you. Have a wonderful day Louie!👍✌️👊😁

[CarlHamilton]

Do you have a video explaining your right hand technique? It looks like your using French grip but you have so much control over your doubles. Thanks!

[johndiraimo]

Thanks for the great idea Louie. Well played and explained by you. Awesome as always.

[JulianFernandez]

Great one. Gonna try it myself! Thanks!

[matthewpaluch]

Great job Louie,
I really enjoyed the exercise and your input.

[DrumApe]

Sounds and looks great, man! Next exercise would be double paradiddle pattern or paradiddle diddle in the same fashion - hard as hell, or anything in three or six for that matter.

[keithmounts]

Nice job. Yes that is a great exercise for clarity between notes around the kit. Keep everything flowing is where the rubber meets the road. Also, ty for using a single kick for this exercise. Too many drummers get lazy, in my opinion with their dbl pedal. You give the hihat the credit it’s due. Very well played. Great job. Keeping the hats on the qrtrs will give me fits. But when I get it, I really get it. That hihat is so important.

[Summervibes-tz]

Wonderful. Any advice on how to improve doubles on the kick with one foot? I just can’t crack it and it’s bern frustrating me for months!

[garye]

Great exercises Louie. You could take your idea & use it with Stick Control For The Modern Drummer by George Lawrence Stone or maybe that's what you were doing already :-) Also using it with 16th note triplets or 32nd note triplets would be cool also.