That hand motion is soooo clean. Even at 120 bpm, it was clean like it was sanitized. Gonna go and try this on my inferior, single-sided, one surface practice pad :P
There's nothing like getting nowhere for like 10 years trying to follow all the "thumb on top" metal videos, then reading The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten causing me to abandon pad practice, & flipping that kit completely lefty & forcing my left hand to progress the way my right did. I put my thumb completely on the side & went for cymbals as much as possible to correct my dynamic grip pressure. It took 6 months to get past what 10 years of practice & playing with thumb on top could not do.
Great lesson! After playing for decades I find that when you play L hand lead and/or open handed especially accenting the shoulder of the L hand stick on the bell or edge of hi hat on groves or through a song; if you can dedicate certain amount of time each day, it will blow you away how your weaker had comes around. Case and point if you never played left hand lead and you just start to accent the bell on your L side cymbal lol you'll see what I mean by how week your L hand is... Peace
Thank you so much Mike! I am left handed playing open handed and I run into situations trying to lead with my right. I'm going to practice this lesson! Oh, and I live just down the freeway from you in Elk Grove. Cheers! ;)
Hey Mike, I love your channel! I've heard different answers to this question but I figured I'd ask you. Do thin cymbals crack easier, or do heavier cymbals crack easier?
Hey Ben, that's a great question. The answer isn't in the cymbal as much as it's in the drummer. If a heavy drummer with great technique is playing then the thin cymbals will last longer as far as cracks go because the flex a bit more. That being said, they might tend to bend/warp. So they don't crack as easy, but they can get a tad disfiquerd. The thick cymbals rarely get bent, but they just give into the abuse and crack. If the drummer plays super hand and has poor technique, then my advice is to get a sh*t ton of used Sabian B8's because your gonna be going through them like tinfoil anyway, lol. The lesson here is swipe the cymbal and it will last MUCH longer! Hope that helps.
Bonjour from France ! Your exercise is really really cool ! I am in holidays and i am doing pad everyday with pleasure ! Thapnk you ! Could you tell me why you do not follow the metronome on the 3 flam and the 2 flam, as you do it on each 4 flam , please ? Thank you so much for your work, and all your videos.
Unfortunately the algorhythm doesn't count comment under 4 words, but I appreciate the effort since boring pad videos like this never do well, LOL. That being said, all good in your world old friend?
@@mikeslessons I cant belive its taken so long for a pad like that to come out, I have an eveans and a zildjian reflex to get that. Pads are so over priced is a cnc piece of MDF with ruber on one side and neoprene rubber on the other, super easy to make in a factory, should be $50 max.
Well I should have keep my first account from 2008, it seem that your most popular video with 1.7 millions views goes back to 17 years ago, but the 247k subscribers is something almost impossible to reach for any drummer out there. Even legendary drummer like Weckl doesn't have that number, he is at 120k subscribers. Which is very hard to understand in my perspective.
Love your energy Mike. Hasn’t changed one bit over the years mate.
Mike I want the pad. No, I need the pad! Release it brother hahaha
That hand motion is soooo clean. Even at 120 bpm, it was clean like it was sanitized.
Gonna go and try this on my inferior, single-sided, one surface practice pad :P
There's nothing like getting nowhere for like 10 years trying to follow all the "thumb on top" metal videos, then reading The Music Lesson by Victor Wooten causing me to abandon pad practice, & flipping that kit completely lefty & forcing my left hand to progress the way my right did. I put my thumb completely on the side & went for cymbals as much as possible to correct my dynamic grip pressure. It took 6 months to get past what 10 years of practice & playing with thumb on top could not do.
Sick little trick, gonna build some dope fills
Very Nice Vocabulary ❤
Gracias
Awesome! Definitely gonna give this one a try.
Looking forward to working on this sticking... especially when I can buy a certain new practice pad... ;-)
TY Mr. Mike 😎
You are very welcome my friend!
You flipped that pad so fast I didn't even see it!! 😅 Great teaching, as usual.
Love this. You make it look so easy.
Awesome mike thank you.
Going through all of these videos, as I fight the jet lag ;) Awesome video, bro!
Great content man 🎉 luv ya ❤
Great lesson! After playing for decades I find that when you play L hand lead and/or open handed especially accenting the shoulder of the L hand stick on the bell or edge of hi hat on groves or through a song; if you can dedicate certain amount of time each day, it will blow you away how your weaker had comes around. Case and point if you never played left hand lead and you just start to accent the bell on your L side cymbal lol you'll see what I mean by how week your L hand is... Peace
thanks mr Johnston 😊
Hey Mike. Another great exercise!! I also tried doing the second measure as...
3-3-3-3-4 to alternate hands.
Thanks!
As always, you contribute so much value - hope that one day you will hold a Drumcamp in Denmark
Excellent exercise, thanks! (And the Gadson beat advice is great as well!)
Happy to help!
I love the 332323 feel! I always defaulted to 332332. Thank you so much for all your efforts to share and help all of us grow ❤
then can practice 3-2-3 > 3-3-2 / 3-3-2 > 2-3-3 / 2-3-3 > 3-3-2 etc.
Thank you so much Mike! I am left handed playing open handed and I run into situations trying to lead with my right. I'm going to practice this lesson! Oh, and I live just down the freeway from you in Elk Grove. Cheers! ;)
it's so refreshing to see you get challenged by one of these exercises! good to know there's always something to work on
Yes❗️🥁🔥
I in fact shall be shedding this, as I could not play it up to speed!
땡큐
Need to try this exercise💪🏻 when the pad is coming out?🔥
Hey Mike, I love your channel! I've heard different answers to this question but I figured I'd ask you. Do thin cymbals crack easier, or do heavier cymbals crack easier?
Hey Ben, that's a great question. The answer isn't in the cymbal as much as it's in the drummer. If a heavy drummer with great technique is playing then the thin cymbals will last longer as far as cracks go because the flex a bit more. That being said, they might tend to bend/warp. So they don't crack as easy, but they can get a tad disfiquerd. The thick cymbals rarely get bent, but they just give into the abuse and crack. If the drummer plays super hand and has poor technique, then my advice is to get a sh*t ton of used Sabian B8's because your gonna be going through them like tinfoil anyway, lol. The lesson here is swipe the cymbal and it will last MUCH longer! Hope that helps.
@@mikeslessons Thanks Mike for the help. I've been working on swiping the cymbals instead of chopping at them because I know I am a heavy drummer.
Bonjour from France ! Your exercise is really really cool ! I am in holidays and i am doing pad everyday with pleasure ! Thapnk you ! Could you tell me why you do not follow the metronome on the 3 flam and the 2 flam, as you do it on each 4 flam , please ? Thank you so much for your work, and all your videos.
That pad looks awesome, where can I get it?
So glad you like it. We just finished the prototyping phase. I'll post like a madman on here once it's officially available :)
@@mikeslessons Makes me want to practice :D
How does this channel have
More like... how fortunate am I that almost 250 thousand people care to watch and listen to me teach drums? Freaking AMAZING!
❤ Edit: Five+ words for the algorithm! 😊
Unfortunately the algorhythm doesn't count comment under 4 words, but I appreciate the effort since boring pad videos like this never do well, LOL. That being said, all good in your world old friend?
@@mikeslessons All good man! Still drumming away! And now I know to do at least five words moving forward 😆
When is your new pad going to be available?
The goal is to have it to market in time for Christmas :)
@@mikeslessonsok I’ll be looking for it. Thanks
awesome man, what pad is that???
Its called the Balance pad
What practice pad is that?
It's called the Balance Pad by Aquarian. It comes out towards the end of the year :)
@@mikeslessons I cant belive its taken so long for a pad like that to come out, I have an eveans and a zildjian reflex to get that. Pads are so over priced is a cnc piece of MDF with ruber on one side and neoprene rubber on the other, super easy to make in a factory, should be $50 max.
Have you tried doing pushups on your fingers? 👍👍👍
Thanks a lot! The only thing that disappoints me there is no “shugadaboop”(
@@ИванЧекмарев-й7й I definitely owe you a shigadaboop in the next video :)
Shugadawhatnow?
Start brushing your teeth with your left hand, allow it to take the lead on every day things you do. And of course start with slow song and so on...
Well I should have keep my first account from 2008, it seem that your most popular video with 1.7 millions views goes back to 17 years ago, but the 247k subscribers is something almost impossible to reach for any drummer out there. Even legendary drummer like Weckl doesn't have that number, he is at 120k subscribers. Which is very hard to understand in my perspective.