Pushing your boundaries is fun… It’s even more fun with a slapstik! Drummers – if you haven’t heard about this neat new contraption, don’t worry. I’m here to tell you all about it!
The slapstik http://www.theslapstik.com/ is a new and exciting tool that can bring your creativity to a whole other level! It basically consists of a regular drumstick, with a small bendable attachment on the end that lets you create upstrokes and down-strokes on the hi-hat, or anywhere else on the drum kit, with amazing speed and agility. It is intended to be used in the dominant hand, with a regular drumstick in the other hand. With the slapstik you can produce AMAZING new rhythms, and styles that haven’t even been invented yet!! – and anyone can use it! Whether you’ve played the drums for 7 years, or 7 days, you’ll find sounds coming out of your sticks you never thought could be possible!
New sounds, styles, and techniques are emerging from drummers such as LA artist Yotam Rosenbaum, check out his site at http://www.yotamrosenbaum.com along with his band, The Capitalist Hippeies http://www.capitalisthippie.com
The Slapstik. Let’s you end on an upbeat!
We’ve posted Yotam’s drum loops for you to download:
