Hey Anthony! Thank you so much for answering my question. I feel somehow relieved realizing it can take a while to develop the fishhook 😅 It's not an easy movement and I was almost getting a bit frustrated by practicing all afternoon.

So nice of you to take some time for us! Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it. I would like to ask a question though, if I may. I was wondering if you could show us how to play the fishhook in matched grip (unless it's already somewhere and I haven't seen or found it yet, of course). I'm having some trouble doing it and I do like the traditional grip, but I also like the idea of symmetry, meaning to practice things the other way around sometimes, for example play the cymbals mainly with the left hand and snare/backbeat with the right hand. So for that matter, matched is an easy way to be able to switch the guiding hand, and thus the hand techniques, quickly. I hope that's somewhat coherent 😅 Thanks a lot and have a good Q&A session!

Hello, everyone! My name is Kevin, I live in Switzerland near Lucerne and, as everybody else, I would like to improve my brush skills on the drums 😊 I am a forester by profession and so I do very much enjoy the outdoors, having long walks in the woods or just be in nature generally. Other than that and playing drums, I love to ‚refurbish‘ them. Meaning I enjoy taking old drums apart and putting new veneer on, maybe new lugs and/or hoops. Like this 9“ by 15“ snare I am currently practicing my brush technique on, for instance. It used to be a Tama Rockstar rack tom, but it was in no good condition, the bracket was broken and some screws or lugs weren‘t functional anymore. So I took the old hardware off, sanded the shell and put on a nice walnut veneer. Then I brought it to a professional drum builder in Zurich with some old pdp lugs I had left from another project and he finished the job for me (I didn‘t really feel comfortable making a snare bed…). I like the result very much. It is a bit massive, but it sounds quite decent and it‘s my personal custom snare drum. Once I’ve put on a head that is more suitable for brush work, I should be able to get a great tone out of it. Anyway, thanks a lot to Anthony for initiating this community and I am looking forward to seeing it grow and get news and inputs from you guys. Cheers!

Great stuff! It's going to be stave shells then, I suppose? You've got plenty of wood there, that should be enough lumber for a nice drum set. Have you settled on drum sizes yet, or do you have any particular ideas?

@Eric Kenlin Well, I'm looking forward to seeing the results 😊 Thanks for sharing!