WFD Champs!

[centersnare]

Calling out to all WFD champs!! If you've ever won an official WFD Finals or have an official record in the books, then drop through this thread and talk about memorable times in the contest or how you made it to the top.

[Jim Richman]

I had a great time in 2002 when I won hands and feet at the Va Warped Tour stop. My foot scores are still up there, woohoo! It was a blast that afternoon! 895 feet is me.

I recorded "The Quantum Hack Code" with Amogh Symphony this past year, as well as "Temp To Quit" by Hypnorock. I am currently recording the upcoming Feathers of Jatinga album.

http://amoghsymphony.bandcamp.com
http://hypnorock.bandcamp.com/
http://feathersofjatinga.bandcamp.com/t ... rk-hawkins

[Boo]

Jim, you were awesome at WFD Warped 2002! Great music you guys are doing, love the CD! As a side bar if we wanted to use some of the material for WFD viral type videos, would there be large publishing hoops to jump through, legal issues etc.......?

Great seeing you here, and oh folks this is an honor for Jim is one of the pioneers n the drum talk forums.

Can anyone guess the site he founded ? Thanks Jim for taking the time….

[mattsmith]

Wow good question Boo, isnt it www.drums.com
I dont remember who told me that...I could be wrong though

[Boo]

No, I you are right and Jim is one of those guys with the vision to see the early stuff. Great having him as a member of WFDTalk 895 with feet is still in the top 10 I believe, Jim you ought to go for the foot record........?

[Jim Richman]

Hey Boo and Matt! drums.com was the good ole days! I think the first product we sold was the DRUMOMETER!

Next time you do WFD event in Manassas Va, let me know.

I used an unorthodox grip when I did my hand runs. I was forced to name it on the spot at the NAMM show. I came up with the awful "chop stick" technique, which was nothing like holding chopsticks. I overturned a trad grip with my left hand, but held the stick in the crook of my thumb and first finger, using my wrist only. My right hand was a french tympani grip. ...942...

[mattsmith]

Hey guys, just noticed seconds ago that my video of me breaking manginis record went over a million!!
As of now its 1,004,184
Hey Jim btw i'd like to see what exactly your 'chopsticks' grip is
is there a video of it somewhere?

[Jim Richman]

[mattsmith]

Ok that'll be really cool! Looking foward to seeing that.

[centersnare]

Here's a video at NAMM 2007 of Mike 'The Machine' Mallais breaking Mike Manginis 15 minute foot endurance record with a score of 13,222!! and Tim Watersons 1 minute record scoring 1034!! Way to go Mike...correct me if im worng but are you using only the 'heel up' method? I could'nt quite tell it was so fast

[centersnare]

Sorry...videos down here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thc32oyG ... ata_player

[Mike Machine]

Hey Heyyyy!!! ..thanks for the shoutout!!! ...yes sir... all singles...all the time...

[drumrelaxed]

Howdy folks! Hey, I watched the above video post by centersnare and was really impressed by Mike the Machine breaking the dbl foot pedal record, and as a matter of fact; I was impressed by the entire video and its presentation of Mike's record with the accompanying rock song music that had the lines "Here's some living proof" ... & "Thats the stone cold truth" !!! ... and ... btw, the band that did that song ROCKS!!! Thats a 'Rock'n' ROCK song and I totally dig it ... and it enhanced the video presentation!

[WFD Teamster]

Machine breaking Tim's record was nothing short of amazing! Still stands at 1034. The band you referring to is CURB Recording artist Eric Hamilton Band with WFD creator Boo McAfee on drums. BUT it sounds like you already know all that!

[moe moeller]

in one of the videos i saw jim chapin that would be my favorite because of his video on moeller

[Boo]

Hello MOE, just wondering have you read the WFD rules by chance? Just asking......

[moe moeller]

i read the rules but think you should change a couple of things as the sport grows add a seperate division for moeller and heel and toe like chapin and jojo used