what did you play George? I've been playing about 3/4 years and now I play lashed to the slave stick so much just to get kicks upto speed and alot of slayer for less painful drumming, I play lashed all the way through at a rather slow speed then challenge myself to try and speed it up as much as possible each time but so I can still play the whole song and it hurts my legs so much keeping double bass on that much, I'm suspecting no pain no game but I woundered if you had any alternate double bass practise ideas

thanks

That's a good thing to do,i did (and still do) the same.I was playing along my favourite albums for hours and hours everyday,trying to kep up the song,i use to challenge myself with different drummers,different fills and not so much with speed.I think it's not so hard and so "good" to focus on speed,i think it's much better to copy fills from your favourite songs and have them in your pocket to use them whenever you want.Ideas are coming by listening other drummers,taking THEIR ideas and bring them IN YOUR PLAYING,developing your skills and your abbilities to play/follow/orchestrate.There isn't any drummer in this world that he became great by playing alone and listening to his drumming only.
Listen to other drummers,try to get stuff from them,listen ALOT of music and play along with your favourite songs.Find a band to lead the dance,that's YOUR and ANYBODY'S goal........


george

yeah, I must say I learnt one or two new fills recently and when I'm improvising I over use them so much because they're the only new thing I've got, I learnt one or two the other day. thanks for the sacrifice unto sebek fill tab