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    Here's a really cool drum fill that Jeff Porcaro played for the song "Africa" with the rock band Toto. It's a classic fill with lots of space, and I think you'll have fun with it!

Комментарии • 172

  • @frankburdodrums8984
    @frankburdodrums8984 5 лет назад +56

    These videos are great.
    Love Toto's Africa. Who doesn't?

  • @MikeCarlucciMusic
    @MikeCarlucciMusic 9 лет назад +7

    Thanks Mike. Great to see you on Drumeo. Always enjoy the clarity and usability of your online lessons.

  • @NickWishesHeWasCool
    @NickWishesHeWasCool 9 лет назад +22

    Mike's such a great teacher, would love to see videos of him teaching advanced concepts

  • @erdemero
    @erdemero 7 лет назад +15

    one of the best sounding fills

  • @MrBarnOwl
    @MrBarnOwl 2 года назад +2

    Thank you, very well explained and getting directly to playing it. Was having trouble with these two fills, gonna try them out ASAP.

  • @garryraines2028
    @garryraines2028 8 лет назад +3

    You are doing the fills correct. And I'm practicing hard to do them correct myself. Thank you so much for your public video lesson.

  • @kbalu7488
    @kbalu7488 2 года назад

    Superb and awesome teaching Mike thank you.

  • @bridggirojas2692
    @bridggirojas2692 4 года назад

    Love this video, thank you very much. Greetings from Venezuela.

  • @alfredo733
    @alfredo733 8 лет назад +2

    GREAT JOB!! IT WAS VERY NICE TO WATCH YOU!

  • @stevevorass
    @stevevorass 7 лет назад +2

    Thanks Mike! You made this so easy to follow.

  • @waqqodonkey
    @waqqodonkey 9 лет назад +1

    simple fill , but a beautiful one! thank you guys!!

  • @Nicolastorresbravogr
    @Nicolastorresbravogr 8 лет назад

    gracias mil gracias por aver subido este video.drumeo

  • @TheZubaKing
    @TheZubaKing 9 лет назад

    Love this drumeo. Nice one. Keep it up

  • @denureang4460
    @denureang4460 4 года назад

    Nice drum teacher .... easy to learn .. looking forward for some more videos ..

  • @edmilsongatti8448
    @edmilsongatti8448 2 месяца назад

    Gostei. Explicação muito boa e fiel à transcrição original

  • @christophmeirich5928
    @christophmeirich5928 3 года назад +1

    Thx you so much!!!! Greetings from germany Christoph 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @lanqing9884
    @lanqing9884 Год назад

    Great teacher . Thank you very much for your video.

  • @sujeevanarulampalam6264
    @sujeevanarulampalam6264 Год назад

    Thanks man. That was great teaching. Much appreciated!

  • @smffd
    @smffd 9 лет назад

    Great cool lesson ! Thanks

  • @andreasherkenhohner485
    @andreasherkenhohner485 3 года назад

    Thank you so much. Very well explained

  • @The_Wasp016
    @The_Wasp016 5 лет назад +17

    This is incorrect. The bass drum part is a dotted 8th note followed by 2 16ths. The hihat part is groups of 3 16ths resting the other 16th note of the barre. Good video potentially. How can this have been missed however?

    • @douglashay8626
      @douglashay8626 2 года назад +1

      Watch Jeff play it live, he played it as a constant stream of 16th notes, as he was known to do.

  • @simoncarlsson598
    @simoncarlsson598 9 лет назад +4

    I love this song since the first time I heard it. Just beautiful!

  • @deich31
    @deich31 5 лет назад

    Nicely done!

  • @albertweber4423
    @albertweber4423 3 года назад

    Great Lesson.. Thank you

  • @AjyTojen
    @AjyTojen 9 лет назад

    Nice lesson thanks. The rhythm of the fill seems to be inspired by a typical motif found in many African rhythms, such as Makossa. Jeff Porcaro probably used it to add an African taste in this song.

  • @td-12kx53
    @td-12kx53 4 года назад

    Great lesson!👍

  • @dftns
    @dftns 4 года назад +2

    Jeff is a Deity! 🙌🏻 🙏🏼!

  • @muuriciodegollada3870
    @muuriciodegollada3870 9 лет назад +1

    Mike I love the way you break things down and explain the fundamental I enjoy all your lessons thanks to you I now playing paradiddles totally different it now sounds musical thank you

  • @steveclarke2189
    @steveclarke2189 5 лет назад

    great lesson learned a lot thanks

  • @leonardoboss1833
    @leonardoboss1833 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks Mike for showing us Toto's African👍👍👍☺

  • @machoenid44
    @machoenid44 6 лет назад +1

    Your extremely Right,that's is Music that's Spaces and what not to play.

  • @rolandgerard6064
    @rolandgerard6064 9 лет назад

    great lesson, thanks

  • @FLAMANGO12123
    @FLAMANGO12123 4 года назад

    Awesome

  • @ultimate_savage190
    @ultimate_savage190 9 лет назад

    Nice kit !

  • @tizianodifalco
    @tizianodifalco 5 лет назад

    Awesome video

  • @j.r.6111
    @j.r.6111 2 года назад

    thx, it helps me much!

  • @paulogrillo8836
    @paulogrillo8836 9 лет назад

    Excelent! Thanx

  • @FadjarMoeljarto
    @FadjarMoeljarto Год назад

    Waw...great🥁👍

  • @zorzo999
    @zorzo999 5 лет назад +46

    you know its a drumming tutorial when there's overcompression and gating on the voice mic

  • @MrSteviebaker
    @MrSteviebaker 9 лет назад

    Thank you very much for this video

  • @corazonmanosypies2
    @corazonmanosypies2 8 лет назад +3

    9:45 samba groove in bass drum / fill idea over 3:2 rumba clave

  • @haristola84
    @haristola84 2 года назад +1

    Alhamdulillah, ada kemanisan dc2 tuan.
    Mantiaeppp 👍

  • @alperkaradurmus9428
    @alperkaradurmus9428 9 лет назад

    Kick sounds awesome

  • @christophmeirich5928
    @christophmeirich5928 3 года назад

    Well done!!! 😉

  • @ajgagnon100
    @ajgagnon100 9 лет назад

    Nice!!

  • @racedrummer1
    @racedrummer1 9 лет назад +28

    Dear Drumeo,
    Dear Mr. Michalkow,
    Thank you for this great lesson!
    I'm a German drummer and I love the Band Toto. But my favourite drummer is Mr. Simon Phillips (Toto, too).
    If you make more Toto-Lessons, I would love to watch them.
    Cool Songs are e.g. "Bottom Of Your Soul" (especial the octoban stuff), "Stop Loving you", "Pamela" and "St. George And The Dragon".
    Hope you got some ideas for the next lessons.
    Greetings from Germany!

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 лет назад

      racedrummer1 man, I was there for an hour of those dammed 5 strokes on Pamela yesterday. Friggin Jeff, lol. And another hour for the perfect splashy hats.

  • @GersonFloresDrummer
    @GersonFloresDrummer 9 лет назад

    Great!

  • @VerbelMusicChannel
    @VerbelMusicChannel 9 лет назад

    Nice lesson. That snare thou

  • @praise_asalikeze
    @praise_asalikeze 5 лет назад

    Thanks a lot man

  • @Creativecoverz
    @Creativecoverz 9 лет назад

    Nice!

  • @johanlinde9545
    @johanlinde9545 7 лет назад

    Thanks Mike 👍

  • @RadioCulture5
    @RadioCulture5 7 лет назад

    Thanks a lot you are a great instructor but could you do a tutorial on how to play rosanna by toto as well
    Cheerio:)

  • @Werneurr
    @Werneurr 9 лет назад

    Hey Mike,
    Great lessons!
    For quite while now I'm trying to find out how to get the sound of Jeff Porcaro in this song. His tom during this fill sound amazing. Do you know how to get this sound?

  • @user-oq3tw4xt5b
    @user-oq3tw4xt5b 5 лет назад

    This guy mike is one of the easiest to follow drumteachers ive ever seen..great explanation

  • @charliehair5491
    @charliehair5491 6 лет назад

    I don’t have house to have a drum kit. I live in a condo so what do you recommend for equipment? Second, how does a band form?

  • @hipination1037
    @hipination1037 9 лет назад +3

    Great lesson! Really like it. But isn't the full bar fill rhythmically like a rumba clave?

  • @albertobazan1073
    @albertobazan1073 Год назад

    No Entiendo Un Carajo el inglés pero amo la Canción África y amo
    el Ritmo de Percusión que tiene.
    Y quiero Practicarlo...
    Thanks _ U !!!

  • @bonniehawkins2979
    @bonniehawkins2979 2 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @sergeisouzgin1621
    @sergeisouzgin1621 3 года назад

    Super

  • @raitoxote
    @raitoxote 9 лет назад

    Once you got this beat, try to play the one which Simon Phillips plays with Toto (the second snare hit comes in the "e" of the third beat), it seems easy to play, but it recquires some independence.

  • @room2growrose623
    @room2growrose623 3 года назад

    Awesome!! This is exactly how you learn to tap dance. I found this on Scott Adam’s (creator of Dilbert comic) RUclips channel play list. Ha ha!

  • @Mikimikey
    @Mikimikey 4 года назад +3

    Hello, great explanation although i think there is only one beat on kick first then following two, so ta, tata, ta, tata.
    I just say because I know the song Africa and I have learned watching to Jeff ‘s videos for a long time.

  • @MrTerryzhou1985
    @MrTerryzhou1985 6 лет назад +1

    不错

  • @LittleDrummerChannel
    @LittleDrummerChannel 7 лет назад +65

    Don't mean to be over critical guys, but you may check the kick pattern...only one down downbeat at the top of each bar. Good job on your channel though. I just uploaded a cover of this tune and it was fresh on my head. Much love friends.

    • @yamazakifed
      @yamazakifed 6 лет назад +1

      true... I couldn't find any version with this bossa kick pattern.

    • @SpiffaJ
      @SpiffaJ 6 лет назад +1

      Yes and that 1 then 2 bass drum pattern remains throughout the fill itself. Makes for a much better feel than demonstrated here

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 лет назад

      Little Drummer Channel I'd choose to be slick.if I had a better foot or were Jeff and missing a conga player. Play the conga part on your foot. so, "1, uh 2, 3 e, a 4." I think.

  • @davidcarbonnel6396
    @davidcarbonnel6396 6 лет назад

    Paiste and Yamaha ! Yes!

  • @toiverstret
    @toiverstret 4 года назад +2

    It was a simple fill, but it was amazing in the song

  • @trevormcmanis
    @trevormcmanis 6 лет назад

    Great Lesson!!

  • @alessandrozanotti8643
    @alessandrozanotti8643 8 лет назад +1

    I' ll try to practice with your video. Great job!

  • @Newbport849
    @Newbport849 9 лет назад

    I bless the rains down in Africa :-D

  • @chiconoriega7969
    @chiconoriega7969 9 лет назад

    thank you

  • @martinhrusovsky1733
    @martinhrusovsky1733 6 лет назад

    Best teacher great drummer - no doubt ! 👍

  • @MoMJovi88
    @MoMJovi88 6 лет назад

    Are the mid and low toms both 14" ??

  • @Android-rz8ph
    @Android-rz8ph 9 лет назад

    drumeo what's the name of that program?.....please

  • @hbrookes
    @hbrookes 6 лет назад

    I think I heard the fills were added after initial drum track.

  • @MoMJovi88
    @MoMJovi88 6 лет назад

    What about the beat in the refrain? Same as verse?

  • @durzzomusic
    @durzzomusic 8 лет назад

    hey you're so cool man

  • @DylanL69
    @DylanL69 4 года назад

    The beat slowed down is woman of the world by aerosmith or sounds like it

  • @jeanphilippelandry8295
    @jeanphilippelandry8295 8 лет назад +2

    first time i clap my hand on a beat so hard. first time that i learn a beat so quickly.

  • @H-RutherfordHill
    @H-RutherfordHill 2 года назад

    Jared needs to learn to play fills like this.

  • @jonsimon5779
    @jonsimon5779 6 лет назад +1

    I read an article many years ago on the creation of the drum tracks for the song "Africa". They created many tracks of the different drum elements one by one for 10 minutes or so. Then they went and found the best section that they liked and then cut that out and made a continuous loop of it. I believe all of the drum fills were added in afterwards on top of that loop.

  • @ricklang_drummer
    @ricklang_drummer 9 лет назад +1

    Quick note: I believe he need to retune his voice since the resonant snare buzz is quite prominent during the explanations. Easier to retune the snare though.

  • @austinchoatedrums
    @austinchoatedrums 7 лет назад

    That synthetic buzz while talking is driving me crazy

  • @presleypereira9551
    @presleypereira9551 5 лет назад

    Name of the drum beat?

  • @samsschool3639
    @samsschool3639 4 года назад

    Nice Video! But Mr Porcaro had 5 toms right?

  • @gabrielmcgann7736
    @gabrielmcgann7736 7 лет назад +4

    Maybe there is a bug on my ear... But im hearing different things on the hats and bassdrum. In the hats like triplets, and bass is 1kick then 2kicks and the 3dr kick goes with the snare (that is the tricky one for me). Well im not a musucian, and dont know shit about notes and music but that is what i heard in the song.
    However, this pattern can be also right. But is not what Porcaro does i think

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 лет назад

      Randy Severino that's what he's doing? What'd I miss?

    • @TheItalianoMafiosi
      @TheItalianoMafiosi 2 года назад

      @@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 first of all, AMAZING NAME DUDE lol. second, he's actually playing patterns of two on the bass drum every time instead of the 1+2 pattern. It's supposed to be "ONE e and A TWO e and a THREE e and A FOUR e and a", but he's playing an additional kick on the A before THREE. That's what Gabriel is talking about and it really bothers me... why would they make an educational video on Africa and get the kick pattern wrong?

  • @bongdones1017
    @bongdones1017 19 дней назад

    This is the way tutorial should be

  • @antonkruizinga1810
    @antonkruizinga1810 5 лет назад

    can the 16th also been played with 2 hands?

    • @Dave-us5fq
      @Dave-us5fq 5 лет назад

      Yes it could be but Jeff played it with the right hand, his signature groove (other than the Rosanna shuffle) I’d say, but I just say it doesn’t give the same feel but it does work just the same bud👍🏻

  • @alexeynaidiuk399
    @alexeynaidiuk399 9 лет назад +6

    Миша Михалков?

  • @danielrajkumar2888
    @danielrajkumar2888 5 лет назад

    👌👌👌👌

  • @mahs4987
    @mahs4987 4 года назад

    Nuuuu 9:47 maior samba, quase um pagodão

  • @titusyarnall6434
    @titusyarnall6434 9 лет назад

    I like dremeo védéo :D

  • @greg11311
    @greg11311 4 года назад +1

    I'm confused. Is it 93 or 95 BPM? It was said that tempo was 93 BPM. The whole fill, second time, at tempo was 95 BPM.
    See why I'm confused?

  • @HerbalistGuybrush
    @HerbalistGuybrush 9 месяцев назад

    I always heard it as quarter note triplets

  • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
    @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 лет назад +1

    action starts at 1:45 guys.

  • @nimratsandhu6125
    @nimratsandhu6125 6 лет назад

    They should add music at the end

  • @gertjanvandamme7180
    @gertjanvandamme7180 9 лет назад

    I'd love to start drumming but i can't find a decent instructor where i live :(

    • @mattwood1562
      @mattwood1562 3 года назад

      Highly recommend online lessons (although, after all this time, you may be sorted 😂)

  • @phil3636
    @phil3636 9 лет назад

    which snare is he using?

    • @panhead55
      @panhead55 9 лет назад +1

      his snare...

    • @yousuxalot
      @yousuxalot 9 лет назад

      Mark Kerr hahaha smartass

    • @tomwest9605
      @tomwest9605 9 лет назад

      phil3636 I guess it's the TAMA LMP1465F-SEN Sound Lab Snare. I've got the same model, so realized the wood hoops of his snare drum immedeately :P
      Link that brings you to the snare drum:
      www.thomann.de/de/tama_lmp1465f_sen_sound_lab_snare.htm

  • @silasisenmann8491
    @silasisenmann8491 9 лет назад

    which headphones does he use?

    • @HardRocker47
      @HardRocker47 9 лет назад

      In-ear monitors, it doesn't really matter wich brand, can be Shure, Earsonics, Sennheiser or a lot more.

  • @MaskeJ
    @MaskeJ 8 лет назад +36

    Was I rushing or was I dragging?

    • @gredangeo
      @gredangeo 8 лет назад +1

      +Jacopo Mascherini [Sarcastic laughing]...You serious?
      You don't know? well, gtfo then. lolololol!

    • @ezramancini1491
      @ezramancini1491 5 лет назад

      both at the same time.

    • @deich31
      @deich31 5 лет назад

      I got PTSD watching that movie.

    • @jamespooo1249
      @jamespooo1249 5 лет назад

      It was a quote from a movie dumbass

  • @blakejones6648
    @blakejones6648 2 года назад

    @2:27