This month Modern Drummer will begin to include excerpts from Michael Packer’s essential book on bass drum control and technique The Bass Drum Owners Manual: Applying the Moeller Technique to the Bass Drum. As you will see, this is a new way of thinking about bass drum control that is based in an old, popular, and useful hand technique called The Moeller Technique. In this first installment, Michael addresses the essential components of bass drum control. Let Michael’s wisdom and the wisdom of the Moeller Technique help you improve the control, sound, and eventually speed, of your feet, regardless of musical style. Introduction Hi, welcome to The Bass Drum Owners Manual. In this book and digital downloads I will take you through my method of applying the Moeller technique to the bass drum. This technique is a series of motions designed to achieve power, speed, flow and an open sound. […]

May 2023 Issue