paul bostaph

[robertsixkiller]

I would like to ask fans of testament and drummers at the same time if there are some how to play the bass drum like in around 1:28 in this video when Paul Bostaph plays the skank/thrash beat?



I am interested mainly in the fact that his whole leg is moving quite high up. Does anybody here also play like that? What is the position of the foot on the footboard, beater angle and the angle of foot to the floor?

Hopefully the question is not overly stupid or trivial. I am really interested how to play like that.

Thanx a lot

 

[ms. anthrope]

skank beat? is that a real drum term?

 

[redfly]

skank beat? is that a real drum term?

Hahaha,I was wondering that myself! It doesn't sound like something that would be in thrash.But I'm not a drummer.

 

[kleo706]

Isn't skank a Ska term?

 

[redfly]

Isn't skank a Ska term?

I have no idea..I'll go with it though.

 

[kleo706]

Back when ska was the next big thing for a few months before people got really bored with it.. i saw this girl doing the same move over and over and over and over at a metal fest to every band. Think I asked the person I was with wtf that was all about and got informed it was called "skanking."

 

[ms. anthrope]

everytime i hear the word skank, a few faces come to mind...

 

[redfly]

HAhahaha! priceless

 

[kleo706]

Yeah. I think the Ska kids appropriated thwe word "skank" as an ironic empowerment thing. The fact we go "why the hell would you call your dancing skanking" makes them elite and awesome. It's sort of like how being brutally hung over and deaf at work twice in one week made me "cool."

 

[redfly]

hehe, I'm not sure Ska kids are that clever

 

[carvedones]

Its an old term used to describe the thrash beat.

 

[erik1987]

the video doesn't work...please fix it so I can help you out