Hello everybody, my name is Cara, and today I'm here with the Travel Book Tag.
You might be thinking that I have already done this tag and I have done a
different travel book tag so I will link that down below in case you're
interested, but today I'm doing the one that was originally created by
Bookish Paradise and I was tagged by the fabulous Steph from steph okay and I will
of course link both of them down below. Part One is Vacation Flashback: Talk
about one of your favorite places you've ever traveled to. Who did you go with,
what did you do there, why was it so memorable? And I love a lot of the
places I've visited, I don't travel a whole ton, um, I actually had never been out of
the country until a couple of years ago, but I really really loved my weekend
that I spent in Edinburgh in Scotland. Oh I just--it was so beautiful and I was
there with a couple of my friends and we were just there for a long weekend, we
couldn't stay very long, but I loved--I feel--I feel like the people were so
friendly there and the scenery was absolutely gorgeous and I really love
how there's like the kind of metropolitan area, like there's
definitely a lot of things you can do in Edinburgh, there's so many places to
go, but there's also like a really beautiful more... I don't know, kind of
rural area outside of that. You know, like there are definitely some places with a
lot of like natural beauty that hasn't been--hasn't been encroached on too
much by...by the city, at least that we could see while we were there, and I just--
I just really enjoyed it. I would love to go back someday and actually spend more
time there. Part 2 is the bookish questions and #1 is Booking the
flight: An expensive book or edition you own. Was it worth it? For that one I think
it was either one of the two goddesses books that I showed in my last book haul
or it would be this Random House Book of Opera Stories retold by Adele Geras and
I don't know who the illustrator is...oh and there's a ton of different
illustrators, that's really cool. So I don't remember how much this book
was but I think one of the ones I got at that time, it was either this book or one
of the goddess ones or like a similar kind of opera/ballet book, I think it was
like 32 or 33 dollars or something like that, it was a lot, I never buy my books
full price almost and I never spend that much on a book but I really really
wanted this one because it reminded me of some of my favorite books from when I
was younger. And I just really enjoy reading about opera and ballet stories,
but I haven't read this one yet so I can't tell you if it's worth it yet.
#2: Packing your luggage: A book you felt had a busy but organized plot.
I'm going with My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante and this is translated by
Anne Goldstein. And I loved this, this is the first book in the Neapolitan Novels
series and it's historical fiction set in I think the 1950's, in
Italy and it is just so compelling and well-done and you--it's amazing how
quickly I got sucked into these people's like ordinary lives. And the reason I'm
calling it busy but organized is that there's a huge cast of characters,
and there's a lot of kind of relationship dynamics to keep track of and like who's
in which family and which family owns which business and like who's kind of in
a rivalry with another family, but something I thought that helped keep it
organized that I really liked is that there's a full index of characters at
the front and it's pretty extensive so that really helped me kind of keep
everyone straight but I think even in the narrative itself,
I think the author did such an amazing job of like describing these characters
so well that especially when I had the like the index of characters I didn't
have a problem keeping track of who was who because they were so distinctive and
so memorable, and I just think this was fantastic. I really want to continue the
series soon and I think even if you're not...even if you're not like a historical
fiction person necessarily, I think you could really enjoy this because it
almost feels like a contemporary, like the time and the place is so well
described that there's not this--there's not this kind of like leap of
imagination almost, that I think sometimes people worry about with
historical fiction, you know you have to kind of like put yourself in a different
time and place and get to know like the world and everything. So highly recommend!
#3: Airport security check: A book that you analyzed the most,
annotations, notes, etc. So I don't annotate my books, I just, I don't write in books but
something that I have definitely analyzed I think the most is Measure for
Measure, which is a play by William Shakespeare, and I must have written like
four or five essays on that play, at least, and it's so interesting, it's
interesting like too because in a way you could say that it's one of my
favorite plays because there's so much to talk about and I find it so
interesting, but I also hate some aspects of it so so much, like it enrages me, like
some things about that play just make me furious but I think they're supposed to,
like I think the point is that you're supposed to get angry about the way that
these characters are treated and everything. *pause* I just spent like so long
trying to describe the plot of that play and why it's interesting and important
and enraging and I think I'm just gonna have to do like a separate little mini
review on that play 'cause like there's so much to talk about but um yeah I have
analyzed it so so much and I still--I still come up with new things to talk
about and it still remains one of my favorite / least
favorite / most interesting plays I've ever read. #4:
Airport meal: A book character you wish you could have lunch with. What kind of
questions would you ask? I'm going with Lou from A Sky Painted Gold by Laura
Wood. She is the main character and I would just love to spend time with her
and talk to her because I feel like we're very similar, and it kind of
surprised me that we were so similar because I don't tend to connect with
characters who kind of have like that wanderlust and they want to *dramatic voice* "do things
with their life [and go places]" and blah blah blah, like I--I don't know... Wanderlust is not something I
identify with basically *laughs* but I think with Lou I really do identify with the
specific kind of wanderlust or ambition that she has, like this--this feeling that
you want to be, you want to be more interesting than you are, and you want to...
you want to have your life be a more interesting story. I really just
connected with that aspect of her and I would love to talk to her about that and
kind of just....I think it'd be so fun to just, to talk to somebody who--who
like I had that in common with because I don't come across that very often in
fiction or I guess kind of in life, that very specific kind of like, like "I like
where I am, I'm comfortable where I am, but I want to be more exciting where I
am." As far as questions, I can't really think of particular questions I would
ask her. I think it'd be really fun to talk to her about favorite books but um other
than that I just would love to hang out with her and kind of just almost
commiserate in a way about feeling lost but not wanting to leave. #5:
Airport souvenirs: A book you have multiple copies of. I don't tend to buy
multiple copies very often but I'm gonna go with the Wrinkle in Time series by
Madeleine L'Engle and there's actually one missing from the box set right now
that I--'cause I have it pulled out, but I got these like fancy new shiny copies um
when I decided that I wanted to reread them because my old ones are really
falling apart and actually in my 10 Strange Bookish Facts video I talked
about how I got back into this series out of sheer spite *laughs* um,
I will link that below if you want to check that out [not posted yet!] but um I really really
love this series, it means a lot to me, and then my original copies are like so
beat up and like falling apart and they're like this weird sort of
mass-market paperback format and like three of the four books don't even match
and like they're--they're just falling apart but I don't want to get rid of
them because I have so many good memories
associated with these books, and I kind of like the weird haphazard like
mismatched set because there's history there so even though I like the like
beautiful...if I can show you...the beautiful um... if that will focus! the beautiful
colors and the like neatness of the new copies, there's something about the
history of these [old ones] that I just want to hold on to and I can't really see myself
getting rid of these any time soon. #6: Airplane turbulence: A book
with a plot that made you anxious or nervous. I'm going with A Winter's
Promise by Christelle Dabos, translated by Hildegard Serle. This was such a
stressful book to read but like in a good way because you really felt for the
characters and I could feel the uncertainty about how things were going
to turn out and I actually have a full spoiler free review for this book that I
will link if you guys want more information on it but I really really
liked this, I really like how you could feel how high the stakes were, although
that being said there were some parts that were like unnecessarily stressful *laughs*
but I guess in a way that's sort of like a point in the book's favor? #7 is
Landing: Your most anticipated release of the year. And I have like a whole video
on 2019 anticipated releases that I will link down below but I'm gonna go with--
I'm gonna mention two that I actually didn't include in that video that I meant
to, and the first one is Midsummer's Mayhem by Rajani LaRocca and I don't
actually know the date this comes out but I think it's in spring? summer?
It is a Midsummer Night's Dream retelling or inspired story with an
Indian-American main character and I think there's like
baking magic involved and it just sounds like just so many things that I love and
I'm so excited about it. And then the other one is the third book in the Red
Abbey Chronicles by Maria Turtschaninoff and the translator for that one is
A. A. Prime, and i think that one comes out in either May or June, I will put the
exact dates in the description, but I am so so excited for it, I think the English
title was originally Letters to Maresi but I think they changed it to
something else now [Red Mantle] but you guys know I love that series, I talk about it all the
time, I mentioned it in my feminist fantasy recommendations video and I just
really want it to get more love because I think the fact that it is translated is
one of the reasons it doesn't get a lot of publicity or attention but it's so
well-done, so powerful and well- constructed and just the characters and
everything and just the world and the setting, the themes of women
sticking together, I am just...I'm so excited for that last book but I am a little
afraid it's gonna break my heart, but you know. Such is the reading life. #8:
Baggage claim: A book or series that felt like a drag. And I'm gonna go
with Mistaking Her Character by Maria Grace. Um this was my first like official
venture into kind of the Jane Austen... like JAFF, like Jane Austen Fan Fiction,
kind of genre? which is basically what it sounds like, except that it is a published
novel, that's just kind of what the category is called, and I really didn't
like this! Um *laughs* I will link the wrap-up where I talk about it in detail down
below but um yeah, I hated seeing Lizzie and Darcy together and you know that's a
bad sign. #9: Destination: A book or series you could read over and over
again. And I had several answers I could have chosen for that one but I went with
the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer. We're currently doing our Artemis
Fowl Readalong which I'm sure you guys are sick of me mentioning but I'm
still so excited about it *laughs* and I'm still like enjoying it so much. I can and have
reread these books over and over and over and I feel like every time I find
new things to notice and to appreciate and I just really love this series and I
think that in addition to being a fun series and an important series when I
was younger, I think that there are a lot of important issues it deals with with a
lot of depth and compassion, and I just really appreciate that, and oh, man...like
the series meant a lot to me growing up and it still means a lot to me now, and
that's always wonderful when you come across a series that is like that, you
know, that's not just "oh it was fun at the time but I've moved on you know"; I
haven't moved on from these books, I don't think I ever will, and *happy sigh* I just love
them. Okay everybody, so that was the Travel Book Tag. I am going to tag Kazen
from Always Doing and anyone else who sees this and who would like to do this
tag. Thank you guys so much for watching, I will see you soon with another video,
and I hope you love the next book you read. Bye!
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30 Hour Fast Weight Loss Results | Fasting Journey Day 148 - Duration: 6:21.
oops hi everyone its Mieka fasting weight loss
and today is day 148 of my fasting weight loss journey I want to know if
you guys could see these numbers yesterday I did no food and this was a
30 hour fast so these are my day 148 30 hour fast weight loss results
I started 148 days ago at two seventy three point two today I am - Oh
something and I will save that for a few minutes because I want you to watch my
video I'm sitting on a marker okay so you guys saw my livestream yesterday I
unlisted that cuz I don't want to have that much stuff on this channel that's
unrelated to fasting weight loss or achieving goals even though that is
towards achievement goals so if you missed that sorry for those that stopped
by I appreciate it and I really hope you implement the YouTube channel strategies
that I shared so I'm going from hundred pound weight loss and I'm using fasting
methods OMAD one meal a day intermittent fasting and water fasting
for weight loss so this is gonna be really quick I did get up at 4:05 a.m. I
went to the gym got there by 5:00 and did leg day with my brother so the
thumbnail is my brother and I doing leg day whoo and that was that 30 hours
fasted or that was that like 28 hours fasting I ate at 7 a.m. okay now I'm
gonna read a quote by David Goggins I'm gonna just repeat people that I love
this man is like the ultimate beast okay if you are struggling you go look up
David gargons and you watch one of his interviews oh man if you need motivation
so this is a quote from him it's so easy to be great nowadays because everyone
else is weak if you have any mental toughness even if you have a fraction of
self-discipline the ability to not want to do it but still do it if you can get
through to doing things that you hate to do on the other side is greatness david
gargons it's so easy to be great because everyone is weak we are very spoiled
these days we don't like hard work we like what's easy if I added that if you
have any mental toughness if you have any even a fraction of self-discipline
he's saying just you don't even have to be like super self discipline just the
fraction of it and if you have the ability to do what you don't want to do
you guys do what you don't want to do the other side of that is greatness I
love that David gargons man look him up he's awesome okay so what did I eat
yesterday nothing so I'm on a 10-day routine I did oh man no food water
fasting water fasting hmmm I did low carb that day I ate all day really so
fast and feast fast and feast fast and feast I'm gonna say that's what it is so
I did this one good job no food nothing no food and no bone broth nothing um
today I'm just eating okay it's gonna be mostly low carb but I've already had an
oat meal I've had an oat meal like wine a tenth of a cup of oatmeal cookie okay
that I made for my kids yesterday and it had no sugar um let me see
so today is gonna be eating tomorrow and sunday is gonna be no food I am NOT
doing good on my exercise but I did do lower body which is good
mmm I'm not gonna finish that part I know it but I'm still gonna work out if
I leave work early I'll work out today if not Saturday and Sunday I'm feeling
good though my brother really worked me out like
really and he was kind of like personal training me today which I appreciate
Thank You Raphael um is that all I have to say so yesterday's exercise was the
elliptical but you guys were there for the whole thing and stretching that's
all I did and I walked a few laps maybe so today's
weight I'm 41 years old you guys um if I could do this you could do it so try to
do something eating is number one get your eating together number two add
any form of exercise I am 207 point 0 so I'm excited about
that because um fast eat fast 208 eat 211 fasting results 207 so you see 208
point 4 - Oh 7.62 Oh 7.0 so that is - 4 pounds if I kept that trend I think I
would keep going down down down down but I don't know I just kind of like it I'm
not saying that's what I'm gonna do I'm just sticking to this 3 this 10-day plan
and then I'm gonna Sunday I'm gonna reassess and I'm gonna write another ten
day plan I need a routine I need structure and I need to work on that
this plan that's it you guys I have work and I get to eat today and I'm excited
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Rise and Fall of Indus Valley Civilization - Duration: 10:10.
This video is in collaboration with 11 other history channels find the playlist
in the pinned comment below or in the description check out Epimetheus with
his video on Bronze Age China and check out knowledgia on his video on the
Hittites of Anatolia the Indus Valley Civilisation spanned the region around
the Indus Valley and included regions that are known today as western India
and Pakistan factors like trade farming suggested peaceful coexistence and
common practices played a vital part in its development and sustainability the
civilisations growth took place around 3000 BC and therefore constitutes some
of the earliest discovered and documented civilisations perhaps the
significant rise can be attributed to its location that being along a calm
reliable water supply rivers proved extremely useful for ancient
civilisations they provided a great source of fresh water and an area to
hunt and gather food when they flooded they left behind nutrient-rich silt and
this fertile soil was great for agriculture in the case of the Nile in
Indus River annual flooding allowed for the growing of crops in mass quantities
enough to feed a growing population rivers were also a natural fast
transport system both for the transportation of goods and migrations
of people the Indus Valley Civilisation had begun as simple farming villages and
later developed into advanced urban centres with well-developed City
structures these developments aided to the rise in population as well as the
adoption of economic activities such as trade which further aided to the growth
of these cities by 2600 BC the Indus Valley Civilisation was flourishing
everything we know about the Indus Valley Civilisation comes from
archaeology it remains the largest ancient civilisation discovered with
over 1500 sites a likely writing system has been identified though it remains an
unsolved mystery as historians and people who study linguistics have yet
to decipher how to read it through archaeological artefacts we can paint a
picture of what life might have been like the Indus Valley Civilisation
revolved around two prime cities Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro large-scale excavations
were carried out at the site Mohenjo-Daro under the direction of John
Marshall and Ernest Mackay and numerous other directors in the 1930s these
cities like most in the Indus Valley Civilisation portrayed a clear
indication of prior urban planning with straight roads elaborate drainage
systems and strong durable buildings houses in these cities were made of
brick either baked mud or wood bricks these were made by skilled craftsmen who
produced every brick the same size there was an advanced water supply and
sanitation system which provided a clean environment for the community and with
obvious hygiene benefits dwellings in these cities had private toilets that
connected to wider public drains these used gravity to transport waste and they
were covered by ornately laid bricks the sewer network emptied into the
surrounding water courses and cesspits that were regularly emptied and cleaned
both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were fortified by large robust walls
supposedly for the protection from either invaders or wild animals however
due to the close proximity of rivers it is more likely that these walls were
designed for flood control Mohenjo-Daro had two districts the
citadel evidently for the upper class and the lower town for the ordinary
citizens although evidence suggests there was relative equality amongst
citizens as all of the streets were well-drained
the city remained dry and clean thereby reducing the potential of disease one of
the most opulent features of the Indus Valley Civilisation can be found at
Mohenjo-Daro historians and archaeologists named it the Great Bath
there is no true consensus between historians on the purpose of this great
bath but some historians have speculated it was used for religious practices
perhaps as a spiritual cleansing effect for those that bathed in it the
spiritual beliefs of the Indus Valley Civilisation remain inconclusive however
it is believed that they honoured nature especially water which has similarities
with the present-day Hindu beliefs the population of these cities reached
around 30,000 to 60,000 individuals and during the civilisations peak the
population subcontinent grew to between four to six million people this large
population was sustained by the Indus River Basin and subsequent biannual
flooding the inhabitants of Dholavira created a minimum of 16 reservoirs and
developed a collection system based on harvesting rainwater this environment
was perfect for farming crops like wheat and barley providing a surplus of food
that was stored in granaries the rivers and watercourses would also have
provided fish in other types of crustaceans they farmed many herding
animals such as Bulls cattle short-horned buffaloes and elephants one
of the most interesting aspects of the Indus Valley Civilisation is how they
traded artefacts have been uncovered of seals that were made from clay or
ceramics although these seals contained writings
that remain undecipherable they depicted images of animals which may have been
used as an identification mark one of the most famous seals is known as the
Pashupati seal it depicts a man with a horned headdress surrounded by a buffalo
and a tiger along with elephants and deer's often
debated by archaeologists and historians it may suggest the representation of the
deity some surmise that this seal is one of the earliest depictions of the Hindu
god Shiva who was associated with yoga and regarded as a lord of animals
evidence has been found that the Indus Valley Civilisation were trading beyond
their region as numerous seals have been found in Mesopotamia as early as 3500 BC
traders carried a seal which was used as proof of their trade they utilised a
standardised measure for weights made from limestone there was no metallic
money instead a barter system was used one of the recorded trading partners of
the Sumerian States was the Indus Valley Civilisation who they called Meluḫḫa it
is not known whether this was their title or a name attributed to them by
the Sumerians cotton was one of the most important products for trade but other
items for example jewellery and animals were also exported evidence exists of
the bead and bangle factory at the site of Chanhudaro whereas the site of
Lothal is speculated to be a Dockyard providing ships to transport goods via
sea routes we know the Indus Valley Civilisation were accomplished builders
traders and farmers we can also interpret other findings discovered and
decode how they lived their daily lives just like archaeologists in the future
who will potentially uncover iPads and smartphones and surmise how we live
today findings discovered by archaeologists have unearthed many toys
and educational artefacts Terracotta toys found that most in descent spread a
glimpse of the pastimes that might have involved trained animals terracotta ox
carts with movable parts are perhaps the most common through the discovery of the
bronze statuette the poorly named dancing girl we can also see an aspect
to their culture another interesting sculpture found at Mohenjo-Daro is the
so called priest-king the sculptures made out of soapstone a type of
metamorphic rock showing a neatly bearded man with pierced ear lobes there
is a Fillet around his head possibly all that is left of a once elaborate
hairstyle or headdress his hair is combed back
he wears an arm band and a uniquely designed cloak there is no evidence that
priests or monarchs ruled Mohenjo-Daro and we still do not know who the statue
represented a priest or a king or just a prestigious person what caused the
downfall of this great civilisation is still debated clearly no defined answer
currently exist but there are many theories most research has concur that
due to the gradual decline the demise was either due to the climate of the
region changing or that the river changed course as a result of tectonic
variation this dramatic weather changed to a dry cold climate would have
decreased food production and productivity over this extended period
of decline many of the population would have migrated to find more sustainable
land for farming and survival weapons have not been found nor artwork
depicting warfare therefore this leads to the conclusion that they were a
peaceful civilisation there was no evidence that any city was ever burned
or besieged by an army or taken over by force from within what we do know is
during this period of decline many features such as writing the use of
standardised measurements and trade began to disappear many of their great
urban settlements were gradually abandoned at around 1500 BC the Indus
Valley Civilisation finally came to an end and as a result the city slowly
became ruins it was not until the 20th century when archaeological digs were
conducted that this fascinating civilization was uncovered without
written sources or documents available this civilisation will remain largely a
mystery we can speculate and create an idea of their culture and society
piecing together their way of life it is hoped that one day the mysteries and
secrets of this fascinating civilisation will reveal themselves but for now we
can only piece together parts of the puzzle and speculate how and why this
great civilisation rose and vanished thank you everyone for watching a
special thanks to our patrons Shara Ogilvie and Jimmy Alexander for
supporting the creation of this video if you haven't already remember to check
out Epimethius knowledgia and all the other creators in this collaboration
find the playlist in the description and the pinned comment below thanks again
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Drum Teacher Reacts To Gene Hoglan - Duration: 14:25.
hello and welcome back to another episode of my drum teacher react series
today I'm gonna be reacting to and analyzing a drum playthrough video of
the man and the living legend Gene Hoglan playing the strapping young lad
song Skeksis but before we start I want to give a big shout out the Samus
Paulicelli aka 66samus who just released a reaction video to all my
reaction videos so for everyone who hasn't seen it yet make sure you check
him out I'm gonna post a link in the description below now to the most
important announcement of today during the last couple of months I had the
honor and privilege to work on a new online project alongside some of the
most successful metal drummers out there I'm talking about drummers like Kerim
Lechner aka Krimh drummer of Septicflesh I'm talking about dan presland drummer of
ne obliviscaris, Ken Bedene drummer of aborted Kevin Paradis the drummer
of benighted mr. David diepold mr. Sebastian lanser the drummer of obscura
Oli drummer of Kataklysm and mr. Eugene Ryabchenko as well so just to name
a few this new project the drum technique Academy
will go online in the next couple of weeks so make sure to keep your eyes and ears
open for that one all right that's it for this short introduction now on to
the important stuff let's start with genes video gene has always been a big
inspiration for me the first time I met him was in 2009 somewhere in South
America at an after-show party he just finished playing his show with Fear
Factory and I was just done playing my show with Belphegor in another venue
that evening I remember him as an extremely friendly and funny guy always
cracking jokes but still it was a bit intimidating standing right next to one
of my biggest heroes in today's video analysis I'm gonna be focusing on genes
foot technique so beware that you're going to hear me talk a lot about his
hip flexors and his calf muscles in this one it's important to mention that all of
that stuff is just a short introduction to his technique so if you want to learn
more about his foot technique make sure to check out his two drum dvd's first
the atomic clock and second the clock strikes two I'm going to link his
homepage down in description below as well so make sure to get a copy of these
two amazing DVDs there's so much we could talk about it when it comes to
gene so I'm pretty sure that I'm going to record another video about him in the
future now I'm done let's get it on
alright one thing I have to mention right away is that gene's playing
left foot lead so he's leading with his left foot all the time he's also playing
open handed and left foot lead the pattern he played right now goes
something like this so he's playing all the offbeat's with his right kick on the
beat he's always playing with his left foot a drummer who is leading with his
right foot just like me for example would play it the total opposite way so
leading with the right foot and the offbeat's with the left foot
all right let's continue
by the way if you want to dive into this topic of offbeat syncopated drumming
with left and right foot make sure to check out Thomas Lang's DVD creative
coordination and advanced foot control I think that's the title this DVD is full
of great information about that topic
now it's time to talk about his foot technique bear with me you're gonna hear
a lot about hip flexors and calf muscles right now so gene changed his foot
technique during the last couple of years in the first DVD he explains his
foot technique like it's a full leg motion a lot of hip flexor involvement
all the time and he's using ankle weights all the time recently he changed
his foot technique and he explains that stuff in his second DVD in detail where
he is not using his upper leg anymore almost no hip flexor involvement at
all and everything's coming from the calf muscles heel down but we're gonna
talk about the heel down technique a little bit later now let's focus on his
heel up technique that he describes in his first DVD and the use of ankle
weights in his first DVD he explains that he uses ankle weights as
practicing tool but also live on stage so what he does and what he did back in
the days is he started to play a show with ankle weights attached to his ankles
and after a couple of songs the easier songs once he hit the point were okay
now it's like the fastest song of the set that's the point but he gets rid of
the ankle weights and then he's totally flying alright let's continue
sliding up the foot board
gene blast we're gonna talk about the gene blast in another video
during the quad fillss you can see when he's playing two hits with his kick
drums he is also leading with his left foot all the time
I really like this particular pattern so let's talk about that one
what he's doing here is his hands he's playing a 3 over 4 beat the first
part followed by double bass in the second part I really liked that beat in
combination with the foot pattern he's using alright let's continue
in this video he's still using the old tama camco pedals which he's been using
for years recently you can see that one on the drumeo YouTube video that they
put online great video about gene and his 10 secrets to metal drumming think
that's the name he's using pearl eliminator redline pedals I really like
the old Tama camco pedals but for some reason I don't really like the newer
version of the tama camco pedals that they released a couple of years ago I
think it was 2 or 3 years ago I'm not really sure if he totally switched to
pearl Eliminator redline pedals but both pedals the camco and the pearl
eliminators work fine
hitting both kicks at the same time you don't see that one really often
during that trash beat not fresh beat trash beat that he played right there he
switched between right foot and left foot leading that's something that he
does many times so he's not just open handed and sometimes playing left foot
left hand lead and right hand lead he's also sometimes switching between
left foot and right foot lead
how can he play with those boots
now he's adding the ride cymbal as well in between
like I mentioned before his foot technique seemed to change during the
recent years the first DVD it's all about ankle weights lifting your full leg
and you can always see him lifting his full leg up and down but now he seems to
switch to the heel down technique so I'm not gonna go into that much detail make
sure to check his DVD because he explains it really well in there so just
to give you a little overview about his technique at the moment he's using the
heel down technique so but he's not using a basic heel down my foot is
resting on the footboard my strokes are just generated by contraction of my calf
muscles so I just contract my calf muscles to push the beater against the
bass drum head and as soon as I relax my calf muscles again the beater is just
returning because of the spring and I can also use my shin muscles to lift my
foot again after each stroke so slow it looks something like this little bit
faster but what you can see here what gene is doing is the following he raises his
heel that's the starting position and he drops his heel for the first stroke
and then he continues to play like this so basic heel down looks like this gene
plays it like that same with the left foot
dropping my heel for the first stroke and then following up with regular heel
down combining those two alright that's it about the heel down technique again
make sure to check out his DVDs because he explains it really well in there
when he starts and stops the bass drum pattern the beater is always resting
against the bass drum head
again this 3 over 4 feeling
nice alright that's it for this video again a big thank you to everyone who
watches my videos commenting and sharing my content thank you very much for that
in the next couple of weeks my main focus is going to be the drum technique
Academy again make sure to keep your eyes and ears open for that one this
platform is gonna be a big game changer alright that's it for today's video
thanks again have a great day cheers from Vienna bye
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