Re: zak vs ringo

["Scott Schrade" <schrade@akrobiz.com>]

> Since nobody appeared to talk about grip tonight, I'll have a go at it.  
> There is a traditional drummer's grip where the sticks are held something 
> like a pencil.  You see it in older pics of drummers all the time, the drum 
> and fife corp, and all that.  I don't know anything about it really, but I'd 
> say it has the advantage of speed.  All you have to do is rock your hand and 
> you get noise (drumroll, please!).


C'mon, keets.  Get a grip.  (Saw that one coming up Main St.)

Actually, I think the standard grip is fist-grip with the left hand & pencil-grip
with the right hand.  But the whole thing is like a baseball hitter's stance in the
batter's box.  You approach it the way that feels most comfortable to you.
With practice, either grip will get the job done.


- SCHRADE in Akron