so now let's start with the topic of
2-foot blastbeats versus one foot blastbeats my personal story is the
following I personally started when I started practicing traditional
blastbeats I started working on two foot blastbeats and the reason for that is
the following at tempos between 140 and 150 it was 170 BPM in the beginning I
had a hard time playing eighth notes with just one foot it was crazy
mid tempos so this turned out to be a big problem since I am a big fan of and
a big believer in if you practice something on the drum kit you have to
start slow so I started at 80 BPM traditional blast speed worked my way up
to BPM ladder but with the right foot I had a problem at 140 up 170 BPM so I
couldn't work on my blast beats at those tempos because my right foot was not
able to play consistent tight eighth notes so that was the point in time and
I started to use the two foot blast beat I'm gonna give you an example at the
tempo of 160 BPM so back in the days to foot blast beat the young version of me
22 year-old Martin 20 or Martin working on that stuff okay again switching
separating the notes between right and left foot following along with that in
unison with the right hand and left hand is playing in between after my timing
belt figure I switched to and I started working on single foot blast beats and
the reason for that was just one simple reason it was a coordination exercise
that I wanted to include dan presland talks about that topic a
lot and what I did after that after my time with belphegor is I went from the
two foot blast beat to a regular single foot blast beat but I constantly switch
between right hand for a cup playing with the right foot leading for a couple
of bars traditional blast beat and then switching to the left foot this was just
another coordination exercise and something I did and that helped me a lot
coordination and tightness so let's see an example of that first the two-foot
blast beat and I'm going to switch to just singing full blast with my right
foot and then single foot blast beat with my left foot best-case scenario I don't
have to stop in between alright so for all of you who have problems at mid
tempo zones with problems I mean if you're not able to play perfectly tight
eighth notes with one foot at mid tempo between 140 and 180 then choose the 2
foot blast option because this way you can work on your hands and your your
right foot and the mid tempos are not getting in your way it was not a big
problem for me back in the days again I start with the 2 foot blast beat and if
I have to play faster stuff till this day I prefer to play 2 foot blast beats
but once you're done with that and if you want to go to in the direction of
single foot blast beats and if you're able to play mid tempo staight eighth
notes with one foot at a time then choose the option of single foot blast
beats last thing i want to mention is the following optimal fast traditional
blast beats single foot versus two food like I said before I am preferred two
foot blast beats for higher tempos and two reasons the following if I'm
separating the notes between right and left foot that's pretty easy I don't
have to think about that and this way I can focus on my hands if I play a single
foot blast beat at high tempos I also have to focus on my right foot which
takes away some of my brain power which I want to invest into my hands so that's
why I prefer separating the notes between right foot and left foot
