I think most people are under the impression that they need natural talent to be a good drummer. While natural talent is great for starting drummers to progress faster in terms of skill but I’m a self taught drummer. I didn’t have hardly any natural skill or ability. My best friends dad was a music producer who’s main band left their drum set in the studio leaving the ability for me to try and play along with my friend who played guitar well. I really had no skill but I could do some basic things but I loved it so I worked at a car wash all summer when 13 earning enough to buy a cheap 5 piece set. I learned alot playing Green Day it’s a great band to play along and progress as a beginner. I built up my set to have every cymbal and double bass and after a couple of years playing I was becoming much better and played increasingly difficult music to challenge myself. I had to sell my set before moving in 2008 and didn’t play until I bought a used set around 2017. Luckily besides being incredibly rusty I was quickly able to play as wif not better than in 2008. My main point being if you enjoy playing but aren’t really good if you’re looking to learn get a cheap or used set if you live in a place where you can play reasonably often or get an electric set to practice although electric drums are extremely different than playing traditional drums but you can still learn the basics to gain skill. I have to say to beginners or want to be drummers that playing is extremely therapeutic to me personally and I can release anger or play to be happy. Drums are very unique in that sense personally they really have a positive impact on my life and hope others can experience what I have
Thank you, Stephan, all these subtle "inside the hand" skills are critical to developing high levels of hand technique leading to exceptional drumming!
I am always trying to make my left hand more relaxed and in control. a good practice is really wide and relaxed single hits with a smallest wrist movement and a small finger driving the hit. these “snaps” help to give the left hand the fluidity and control that’s natural to the right hand. it allows you to adjust the wrist angle so the stick travel is correct and vertical
Thankyou Stephen. I am suffering tension through my arm (between wrist and elbow). Consequently my right hand (dominant hand) is very tight and I get no smoothness, nor can I actually create a good fulcrum (using my traditional technique). I will try the middle finger fulcrum. Thankyou.
Great Videos, Steve. You explain clearly. Could you do some videos on.... 1. 20in. PING vs. Ride cymbals? (more below)... 2. your thoughts on the heaviest/thickest weight THIRTEEN inch hi-hat cymbals one can find..? And-- 3. Imagine a Bass foot pedal at rest. Why a pedal that sits with the beater CLOSER to the Bass-head, but LOOSER, may be better than a beater further back with more tension. 4. SIZZLE cymbals-- why does hardly anyone use more than 3 rivets? And why do we only see very narrow/super-lite-weight rivets on cymbals? Why never anything flatter/wider or more like a Penny? or as wide as a Nickel, maybe from a hardware store? And is it better to have all rivets out at the edge, or "vertically" in a line from edge going inwards to the bell? why? 5. Stick definition. Some drummers use TAPE on the undersides of cymbals. Under what conditions or genres would anyone really want this? why? If yer not using just the bare cymbal itself, wouldn't the tendency in most scenario's of drumming to be to lean more towards a bit of wash and rivets, than to use tape? Thoughts? Thanks. These should be some juicy topics.
7:10 I’m not sure if your fingers are exceptionally long or if I’m missing something. You show it using the inside edge of the thumb. I lose control when I do that as if my thumb isn’t long enough. I can do it at the base of my middle finger, but not out at the first joint. Do you mean the edge of the tip of the thumb? Gimme some hints, please.
for context: i have an undeveloped hand, its very hard to grip i just place the stick in the little nook between the thumb and the rest of the hand i move my fingers towards the inside of my hand it works! it can hurt when you play too much, but its a nice method if you have a splint, just wear it on your hand, put the stick in the same way i get a rebound from the splint
Im right handed but play hi hat with my left..been trying to learn one handed 16ths with my left and finding my thumb is getting tired or locked up a lot faster than my right, not sure if my technique is putting too much pressure on my thumb or what
Love the idea of a middle finger fulcrum except I’m missing half the middle finger on my left hand. 😢 I’ll have to adapt everything else to my index finger. Great stuff though.
Anyone knows if there are flam doubles? Like 2 to flams after another, played through rebound/double strokes? Would be harder than classic doubles, because the sticks are not in sync right (because of the flams which are out of sync...right?😅
a pataflafla contains this sticking--viz. 'flafla'. but the american sticking has it written more like " flapatafla". For more specifically what you asked, off the top of my head, Gordy Knudtson and Claus Hessler both have exercises that essentially string flams together in various ways.
He's teaching extremely subtle but important topics (FOR FREE) and you want "quicker" 😂💩🤡 Consider yourself a selfish IDIOT for making such a comment to this saint of a man who GIVES, GIVES, GIVES sooo much quality insight and drumming wisdom for FREE! BTW, RUclips offers FF 10sec and Speed (1.25x==> 2.0x) if you want to digest any content faster.
This man GIVES, GIVES, GIVES tons of very subtle but essential drum technique training for FREE, and you COMPLAIN that it is too slow...go "quicker"!?? 😮 Consider yourself a selfish, rude person. BTW RUclips has controls for FF 10s and Speed controls (1.25x==>2.0x). Use them and shut up.
Totally agree. I love his lessons but just won't watch them because they're all 20 minutes long, and the first 3 minutes are a waste of time\ad for his other stuff. This is why I really like Mike Barnes' youtube channel -- they're all like 5-7 minutes instead of 22+.
I think most people are under the impression that they need natural talent to be a good drummer. While natural talent is great for starting drummers to progress faster in terms of skill but I’m a self taught drummer. I didn’t have hardly any natural skill or ability. My best friends dad was a music producer who’s main band left their drum set in the studio leaving the ability for me to try and play along with my friend who played guitar well. I really had no skill but I could do some basic things but I loved it so I worked at a car wash all summer when 13 earning enough to buy a cheap 5 piece set. I learned alot playing Green Day it’s a great band to play along and progress as a beginner. I built up my set to have every cymbal and double bass and after a couple of years playing I was becoming much better and played increasingly difficult music to challenge myself. I had to sell my set before moving in 2008 and didn’t play until I bought a used set around 2017. Luckily besides being incredibly rusty I was quickly able to play as wif not better than in 2008. My main point being if you enjoy playing but aren’t really good if you’re looking to learn get a cheap or used set if you live in a place where you can play reasonably often or get an electric set to practice although electric drums are extremely different than playing traditional drums but you can still learn the basics to gain skill. I have to say to beginners or want to be drummers that playing is extremely therapeutic to me personally and I can release anger or play to be happy. Drums are very unique in that sense personally they really have a positive impact on my life and hope others can experience what I have
A drum set is a multipercussion instrument and some ofthose percussion are played with footpedals. I use my practice pad to learn a lick or to warm up before a gig. Kit time is what you need as a drummer. Drums and cymbals have different tones of attack and decay resonance, and you really do need to master the use of controlling these tones. I'd say get as much kit time as possible.
As a general rule of thumb it’s commonly understood that there is such thing as talent in a variety of areas of life. A talentless person who studies and practices diligently will do more than a talented person who does not. That’s reality. It’s not that it doesn’t take talent to be a great musician, it’s just that the talent of undisciplined people is wasted and gives opportunities to the less talented. If all things were equal, the talented person would achieve great success while the talentless person would achieve moderate success.
I think most people are under the impression that they need natural talent to be a good drummer. While natural talent is great for starting drummers to progress faster in terms of skill but I’m a self taught drummer. I didn’t have hardly any natural skill or ability. My best friends dad was a music producer who’s main band left their drum set in the studio leaving the ability for me to try and play along with my friend who played guitar well. I really had no skill but I could do some basic things but I loved it so I worked at a car wash all summer when 13 earning enough to buy a cheap 5 piece set. I learned alot playing Green Day it’s a great band to play along and progress as a beginner. I built up my set to have every cymbal and double bass and after a couple of years playing I was becoming much better and played increasingly difficult music to challenge myself. I had to sell my set before moving in 2008 and didn’t play until I bought a used set around 2017. Luckily besides being incredibly rusty I was quickly able to play as wif not better than in 2008. My main point being if you enjoy playing but aren’t really good if you’re looking to learn get a cheap or used set if you live in a place where you can play reasonably often or get an electric set to practice although electric drums are extremely different than playing traditional drums but you can still learn the basics to gain skill. I have to say to beginners or want to be drummers that playing is extremely therapeutic to me personally and I can release anger or play to be happy. Drums are very unique in that sense personally they really have a positive impact on my life and hope others can experience what I have
Thank you, Stephan, all these subtle "inside the hand" skills are critical to developing high levels of hand technique leading to exceptional drumming!
All your lessons are informative, but this one made so much difference thank you.
I am always trying to make my left hand more relaxed and in control. a good practice is really wide and relaxed single hits with a smallest wrist movement and a small finger driving the hit. these “snaps” help to give the left hand the fluidity and control that’s natural to the right hand. it allows you to adjust the wrist angle so the stick travel is correct and vertical
You are just amazing helping so much 😮❤😊
Thankyou Stephen. I am suffering tension through my arm (between wrist and elbow). Consequently my right hand (dominant hand) is very tight and I get no smoothness, nor can I actually create a good fulcrum (using my traditional technique). I will try the middle finger fulcrum. Thankyou.
Great Videos, Steve. You explain clearly.
Could you do some videos on....
1. 20in. PING vs. Ride cymbals? (more below)...
2. your thoughts on the heaviest/thickest weight THIRTEEN inch hi-hat cymbals one can find..? And--
3. Imagine a Bass foot pedal at rest. Why a pedal that sits with the beater CLOSER to the Bass-head, but LOOSER, may be better than a beater further back with more tension.
4. SIZZLE cymbals-- why does hardly anyone use more than 3 rivets? And why do we only see very narrow/super-lite-weight rivets on cymbals? Why never anything flatter/wider or more like a Penny? or as wide as a Nickel, maybe from a hardware store?
And is it better to have all rivets out at the edge, or "vertically" in a line from edge going inwards to the bell? why?
5. Stick definition. Some drummers use TAPE on the undersides of cymbals. Under what conditions or genres would anyone really want this? why?
If yer not using just the bare cymbal itself, wouldn't the tendency in most scenario's of drumming to be to lean more towards a bit of wash and rivets, than to use tape? Thoughts? Thanks. These should be some juicy topics.
7:10
I’m not sure if your fingers are exceptionally long or if I’m missing something. You show it using the inside edge of the thumb. I lose control when I do that as if my thumb isn’t long enough. I can do it at the base of my middle finger, but not out at the first joint. Do you mean the edge of the tip of the thumb? Gimme some hints, please.
Lost half my right thumb and that hand is held together by metal and surgical tape. Any suggestions for an alternative grip? Thanks
for context: i have an undeveloped hand, its very hard to grip
i just place the stick in the little nook between the thumb and the rest of the hand
i move my fingers towards the inside of my hand
it works!
it can hurt when you play too much, but its a nice method
if you have a splint, just wear it on your hand, put the stick in the same way
i get a rebound from the splint
Im right handed but play hi hat with my left..been trying to learn one handed 16ths with my left and finding my thumb is getting tired or locked up a lot faster than my right, not sure if my technique is putting too much pressure on my thumb or what
Love the idea of a middle finger fulcrum except I’m missing half the middle finger on my left hand. 😢 I’ll have to adapt everything else to my index finger. Great stuff though.
skip first 5 minutes to get to the point
Anyone knows if there are flam doubles? Like 2 to flams after another, played through rebound/double strokes?
Would be harder than classic doubles, because the sticks are not in sync right (because of the flams which are out of sync...right?😅
a pataflafla contains this sticking--viz. 'flafla'. but the american sticking has it written more like " flapatafla". For more specifically what you asked, off the top of my head, Gordy Knudtson and Claus Hessler both have exercises that essentially string flams together in various ways.
I hold my drumsticks in the end of sticks,dont feel good on balance point.
Grip right
She was not the one to cap the price on insulin
I really would appreciate if you could get to the point a little quicker …
He's teaching extremely subtle but important topics (FOR FREE) and you want "quicker" 😂💩🤡
Consider yourself a selfish IDIOT for making such a comment to this saint of a man who GIVES, GIVES, GIVES sooo much quality insight and drumming wisdom for FREE!
BTW, RUclips offers FF 10sec and Speed (1.25x==> 2.0x) if you want to digest any content faster.
This man GIVES, GIVES, GIVES tons of very subtle but essential drum technique training for FREE, and you COMPLAIN that it is too slow...go "quicker"!?? 😮
Consider yourself a selfish, rude person.
BTW RUclips has controls for FF 10s and Speed controls (1.25x==>2.0x). Use them and shut up.
It's the tiktok attention span.
The amount of waffle tho
Totally agree. I love his lessons but just won't watch them because they're all 20 minutes long, and the first 3 minutes are a waste of time\ad for his other stuff. This is why I really like Mike Barnes' youtube channel -- they're all like 5-7 minutes instead of 22+.
Your drumming is as fast as a Turtle...Should not be teaching Speed Drumming Secrets..😂😂😂
Speed is important but not nearly as important as proper technique. Which is what he is teaching.
I think most people are under the impression that they need natural talent to be a good drummer. While natural talent is great for starting drummers to progress faster in terms of skill but I’m a self taught drummer. I didn’t have hardly any natural skill or ability. My best friends dad was a music producer who’s main band left their drum set in the studio leaving the ability for me to try and play along with my friend who played guitar well. I really had no skill but I could do some basic things but I loved it so I worked at a car wash all summer when 13 earning enough to buy a cheap 5 piece set. I learned alot playing Green Day it’s a great band to play along and progress as a beginner. I built up my set to have every cymbal and double bass and after a couple of years playing I was becoming much better and played increasingly difficult music to challenge myself. I had to sell my set before moving in 2008 and didn’t play until I bought a used set around 2017. Luckily besides being incredibly rusty I was quickly able to play as wif not better than in 2008. My main point being if you enjoy playing but aren’t really good if you’re looking to learn get a cheap or used set if you live in a place where you can play reasonably often or get an electric set to practice although electric drums are extremely different than playing traditional drums but you can still learn the basics to gain skill. I have to say to beginners or want to be drummers that playing is extremely therapeutic to me personally and I can release anger or play to be happy. Drums are very unique in that sense personally they really have a positive impact on my life and hope others can experience what I have
A drum set is a multipercussion instrument and some ofthose percussion are played with footpedals.
I use my practice pad to learn a lick or to warm up before a gig. Kit time is what you need as a drummer. Drums and cymbals have different tones of attack and decay resonance, and you really do need to master the use of controlling these tones.
I'd say get as much kit time as possible.
I didn't mean to reply to you, sorry. I was just adding my two pennies worth to the forum.
As a general rule of thumb it’s commonly understood that there is such thing as talent in a variety of areas of life. A talentless person who studies and practices diligently will do more than a talented person who does not. That’s reality. It’s not that it doesn’t take talent to be a great musician, it’s just that the talent of undisciplined people is wasted and gives opportunities to the less talented. If all things were equal, the talented person would achieve great success while the talentless person would achieve moderate success.