WFD Competition / 2007 NAMM Summer Session

[tomgrosset]

Hey everyone,

My name is Thomas Grosset and this is my first post on this forum.

This thread is based on the WFD competition that took place July 27-29th in Austin, TX.

I was labeled as the official WFD champion after winning the 2007 Summer NAMM World Finals in Austin, Texas with 1,156 singles which is currently the highest score that's ever been recorded during the finals. My highest preliminary run was 1194 single strokes which made me the new WFD 16 and under World Record Holder and ranking me as the third fastest in the world.

This is me winning the 2007 Summer World Finals with 1156 single strokes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=i9dLZ42S3aU

This is me performing 1194 single strokes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JaAWG_U-Q-s

1156 single strokes in 1 minute. This was my second run during the first preliminary day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yha3J9wlU-U

1186 single strokes in 1 minute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egID8WnPvaI

If you're interested, check out this run that me, Matt, and Daniel do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_qD6D6XiY

For more information on the event, visit this website.
http://www.extremesportdrumming.com/previous/NAMM/summer07/summernamm07.htm


Here is a clip of my drum set playing.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fjl0hQgqtDU

-Tom

[Anderton]

Congratulations Tom!

[Jon Chappell]

Good work, Tom!

What's your secret for increasing your speed? Or is it a trade secret? ;)

You seem very focused, and I wonder if your regimen is transferable to other instruments -- or even to other non-musical endeavors in life!

Congrats! :thu:

Jon