Mike Clark Explains The "Actual Proof" Groove
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2017
- Watch drumming legend Mike Clark explain the famous "Actual Proof" groove from Herbie Hancock's "Thrust" album- only on DrumChannel!
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If you're a drummer, you know you questioned your entire life the moment you heard him goes, "the beat ain't that complicated"
For any drummers starting out, look how relaxed and laid back Mike is. It took me decades to realize the more relaxed you are the better you will play and the easier it will get as you age.
Back around 1983 I had what was already a battered copy of Modern Drummer magazine which featured my hero at the time, Bill Bruford. It also included an article about Mike Clark. I read it over and over because he sounded like a really intriguing cat. Then one summer day on my way to my buddy’s house (who had a drum kit) I passed a yard sale, and I’ll be damned if a copy of “Thust” was sitting in the grass. Paid about a quarter for it, and it changed my life. I still can’t play Actual Proof, but Mike’s linear approach has definitely become ingrained in my drumming. Thanks Mike for your incredible work.
Thank you Mike Clark for creating one of the most amazing drum performances with Herbie Hancock! ...smokin'!!!
This is the holy grail. Wish it went on for like 10 minutes and I’m not even a drummer
Great! Thanks a lot. The beat is not that complicated~!! It will take me "only one year or two years" to master the beat.
“The beat is not that complicated”
I'd been taking lessons for about 6 months and one day I walked in and Mike Clark (I had no idea who he was at the time) was there visiting. My teacher asked him to play a little bit for me and he threw down something that I later recognized as this groove. Played for thirty seconds, got up, shook my hand and said I don't want to take up too much of your time (I was all of 16 years old) & have a great lesson. From that 30 seconds he played I could just tell he had "it." And a super nice guy as well! Been almost 30 years and I'm finally sitting down to figure out this groove!
Thrust is one of my favorite albums, and Mike Clark just killed it on every song! What a badass drummer!
This dude is straight gangster.
Mike and Paul Jackson together really blew my young mind when I first heard them. RIP PJ.
I know I just said it but it's worth repeating... this is groove gold!!
That's some killer pocket right there kids!!
To have tortured my self over the years with a beat that is 'not that complicated' apparently and see Mike Clark so casually explain it....?
Unparalleled pocket shaping from this guy. Draws in so many different elements together like some kind of culinary wizarding genius. Oakland's finest right there.
Classic groove by one of all time greatest drummers.
“The best is not that complicated” is the funniest shit I’ve ever heard!
Mike Clark : out of this world underrated drummer. I loved harvey Masson, and i discovered Headhunters with headhunters album and Chameleon played by Masson. Then I listened to Thrust with Mike Clark and it just snapped in my head.
I have always loved this guy. The amazing MIKE CLARK!
The real actual proof. Thank you for the great play Mike.