I saw Dave w/Chick Corea back around 86 when he played at my college here in LA...I was in charge of setting up and drove Chick's right hand man to his house to pick up a last minute something. Took my drum teacher and he was floored by the bass player John Patitucci...then said, "That drummer never cracked a sweat...who is this guy!" I never heard of him until that performance.
Thanks for your hard work breaking down these challenging licks. I think you do a great job explaining and demonstrating fills from these world class drummers. Anyone who thinks it's easy transcribing stuff like this is full of S%#@ and obviously has never tried their hand at such a tedious task.
Hi Austin, thx a lot for all the hard work and details that you put into this analysis. You are clarifying many doubts here. Your work is outstanding, man..! Blessings and Greetings from Costa Rica.
Love it Austin. Oh man, you made me for real LOL when you said he was still rocking the "the sick ass mullet and the traditional grip super far-back in the left hand..."! LOL Great breakdown, as usual.
Thank you Austin, you have no idea how inspiring this is to me and other people to have someone take the time to really sit and watch/listen to a phrase/groove over and over and logically break it piece by piece. That's what all the great musicians did period. It's inspired me to really listen and understand what these guys are playing. Thank you again brother, peace.
Dave's mullet definitely needs it's own video. You could breakdown how he achieves the perfect front length to back length ratio. How often and for how long did he blow dry his hair? These are things the hardcore Weckl fans need to know!
Back in the day, drummers were far more interested in Gadd’s hairstyle and beard. When he shaved it, one of the mags commented “Gadd clones, get out your razors!”.
The only regret I have after watching your channel is that WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T I DISCOVER THIS EARLIER! Love what you do man, I have spent so much time trying to understand a lot of interesting fills but gave up on most of them as understanding them with my limited knowledge and effort was a tough job. Thanks a lot for this channel :)
Still is now even. Saw him at a clinic last year and it was mind blowing. He has a variety of chops that he can tie together seamlessly while soloing . Without even repeating the same fill much at all. I don't know how someone can have such a wide vocabulary of chops it's crazy.
Sjoerd Beetsma It's an old DVD of his from around that time called "The Next Step." The section where he talks about hand/foot combinations is about an hour in. There's really good stuff on these DVD's so I'd definitely recommend checking them out if you get a chance.
I still have several pairs of Weckl's old, pre-Freddie Gruber grip re-think sticks from back in the day. In a video clip, he talked about how his old sticks were basically weighted in such a way to make this super-far back traditional grip working better. When I bust those sticks out and play (I play trad grip mostly) I've found this to be exactly the case. Those old sticks were really long, and when you try to play them with the more conventional Gruber/Morello/Rich left hand placement, they do indeed feel funny...
I used to be obsessed with Tool when I was younger and Danny Carey was a huge influence on me so yea, I'm sure I will make a video on him. Not sure when, but he's on my list 👍🏼
Anyone can answer me? How Logic works in this case? Did he generate the notes or had Logic listen and create itseld like how shazam works to identify music?
sick lesson Austin! You dominated that fill. How did you get the midi drum sounds to sound that good in Logic x? Maybe you could give a tutorial on how to do drumming midi in Logic X. I don't know how to even program ghost notes.
I do have a video on how to set up Logic for drum notation I did a while back. I'm also going to post a video shortly showing my process for transcribing so stay tuned for that.
Ramiro Morais I have Logic set up to output the transcription for me when I program drums in the midi editor. I still have to transcribe by ear in terms of understanding what they are doing, but instead of manually notating out the transcription, I just program the drums in the piano roll and Logic automatically outputs the transcription for me.
It's not a 6/8 feel. To me it has no musical sense to write in 6/8 so I think it's really in 3/4. Also some mistakes like missing notes or elements to be replaced.
I'd hate to be that guy, but you mistranscribed the fill. Starting with the left tom on 1 (bar four in your writing, it goes (L)ssHsssHssHMFFMLLF*F* With the last foot being with crash. H is for high tom, M for Mid L for low. He only uses 3 toms on his right side. Sticking is LrlRllrLrrLrfflrlf*f.* Accents in capitals
+Austin Burcham Not gonna lie I love the sound effects. Because everytime I hear fills like this I'm thinking in my head "Mmmm" or "Nasty." So I appreciate it Austin keep it up it makes me laugh
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I LOVE how you get right into it without a lame ass intro that takes 30 secs! Mucho respect.
I saw Dave w/Chick Corea back around 86 when he played at my college here in LA...I was in charge of setting up and drove Chick's right hand man to his house to pick up a last minute something. Took my drum teacher and he was floored by the bass player John Patitucci...then said, "That drummer never cracked a sweat...who is this guy!" I never heard of him until that performance.
I really respect what you're doing man. You have really unique content on your channel, keep up the amazing work.
Thanks for your hard work breaking down these challenging licks. I think you do a great job explaining and demonstrating fills from these world class drummers. Anyone who thinks it's easy transcribing stuff like this is full of S%#@ and obviously has never tried their hand at such a tedious task.
Well done Austin!!! best wishes from Spain
Austin! You sir, are a BEAST!! Niceness! 🙂👍
Who are the 11 people who disliked this??? I've watched a gazillion drum videos and this was excellent.
"MMMMM!" Gotta love that after every lick.
Hi Austin, thx a lot for all the hard work and details that you put into this analysis. You are clarifying many doubts here. Your work is outstanding, man..! Blessings and Greetings from Costa Rica.
Love it Austin. Oh man, you made me for real LOL when you said he was still rocking the "the sick ass mullet and the traditional grip super far-back in the left hand..."! LOL
Great breakdown, as usual.
That was awesome, great playing. I was watching then ran to my kit and so on... AHH, The litany of drumming. LOVE it.
Thank you Austin, you have no idea how inspiring this is to me and other people to have someone take the time to really sit and watch/listen to a phrase/groove over and over and logically break it piece by piece. That's what all the great musicians did period. It's inspired me to really listen and understand what these guys are playing. Thank you again brother, peace.
Dave's mullet definitely needs it's own video. You could breakdown how he achieves the perfect front length to back length ratio. How often and for how long did he blow dry his hair? These are things the hardcore Weckl fans need to know!
Business in the front, party in the back!
Back in the day, drummers were far more interested in Gadd’s hairstyle and beard. When he shaved it, one of the mags commented “Gadd clones, get out your razors!”.
Still rockin' the sick ass mullet... Great stuff.
Hello Pal, Great stuff! Can see you've put a lot of time and effort into your videos! Digging it in the UK.
Great stuff bro!
Keep going!
I've already subscribed
The only regret I have after watching your channel is that WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T I DISCOVER THIS EARLIER! Love what you do man, I have spent so much time trying to understand a lot of interesting fills but gave up on most of them as understanding them with my limited knowledge and effort was a tough job. Thanks a lot for this channel :)
THANK YOU
Siiiiickkkk! Weckl was a sick beast back in the day, love it!
Still is now even. Saw him at a clinic last year and it was mind blowing. He has a variety of chops that he can tie together seamlessly while soloing . Without even repeating the same fill much at all. I don't know how someone can have such a wide vocabulary of chops it's crazy.
Love your videos! You’re a great player and appreciate your analysis. Thanks so much, sir!!
Awesome!
I've been waiting for this all week long haha, thanks for uploading :)
haha hell yea man
***** What DVD are you talking about btw about weckl
Sjoerd Beetsma It's an old DVD of his from around that time called "The Next Step." The section where he talks about hand/foot combinations is about an hour in. There's really good stuff on these DVD's so I'd definitely recommend checking them out if you get a chance.
I still have several pairs of Weckl's old, pre-Freddie Gruber grip re-think sticks from back in the day. In a video clip, he talked about how his old sticks were basically weighted in such a way to make this super-far back traditional grip working better. When I bust those sticks out and play (I play trad grip mostly) I've found this to be exactly the case. Those old sticks were really long, and when you try to play them with the more conventional Gruber/Morello/Rich left hand placement, they do indeed feel funny...
I study you...you're great. thx
the best part of these videos is hearing you react to the licks because we're all doing exactly the same thing hahah
Dude this series is so great I love it. Please do something from Matt Garstka's performace of Lippincott!!
super cool man
Very cool....
i think one of the best parts of these videos is when u go hgmphhhh!!!good luck with new studio
Thanks for the lessons.
Great video and transcription! Awesome!
buen video bro saludos desde peru
useful Thanks!
Great content! And great playing!
bro love your videos been searching all over the place for these kinda drum instructional vids!! subscribed bro
Thanks 👍🏼
Great work man! Thanks for this :) What would really help, it if you would count yourself in when playing the roll as it starts on a syncopated snare.
very cool!!!
well played
AUSTIN ,ITS AWESOME HOW YOU TRANSPOSE TO SHOW HOW ITS WRITTEN THEN SHOW HOW TO DO THE LICK .DIGGIN IT MMMMMM.LEARNING A TON...
muito bom! !!! very Good !!!!
Great lessons. Any chance of breaking down some Danny Carey stuff?
I used to be obsessed with Tool when I was younger and Danny Carey was a huge influence on me so yea, I'm sure I will make a video on him. Not sure when, but he's on my list 👍🏼
Awesome. I'm still in that phase. Thanks for the lessons, app it.
Love to see one of his sick tom grooves :)
traditional grip.,
super far back in the left hand😃😃
im kinda stuck into that too,
it's hard to get rid off..
Amazing stuff! Keep it up. :)
Live the signature “mmmm”
excellent - not bothering with the fill - just going to do the groove :-)
It's the whole Side Walk thing going on
Awesome video man!... Subscribed!.. Can you show us how you transcribe in logic? Thanks!
+Derrick Huntington Was going through your vids and saw you have a video on notation.. sweet!.. thanks
Anyone can answer me? How Logic works in this case? Did he generate the notes or had Logic listen and create itseld like how shazam works to identify music?
I program every note myself, manually.
dat mullet though
I would like put accent sign on the note
sick lesson Austin! You dominated that fill. How did you get the midi drum sounds to sound that good in Logic x? Maybe you could give a tutorial on how to do drumming midi in Logic X. I don't know how to even program ghost notes.
I do have a video on how to set up Logic for drum notation I did a while back. I'm also going to post a video shortly showing my process for transcribing so stay tuned for that.
+Austin Burcham Cheers Austin I found the video. I'm looking forward to some more videos!
Yo I got the same glass bottle in the beginning on the right.
LifeFactory for life ✊🏼
I feel that he plays diddles on the bass drum towards the end of the fill. But I'm not sure.
dude where were you 20 years ago when I needed you desparately! Hey, can you do some live Bonham? I will PAY YOU
Fucking, Weckl...
good ass video ;) , thanks
Hi. A question, you transcribe by ear or create midi clip?
Ramiro Morais I have Logic set up to output the transcription for me when I program drums in the midi editor. I still have to transcribe by ear in terms of understanding what they are doing, but instead of manually notating out the transcription, I just program the drums in the piano roll and Logic automatically outputs the transcription for me.
***** thank you. great videos.
Elvin used to kill those R L F - L R F triplets...
Not 6/8, but 3/4.
Omar kakim loop
It's not a 6/8 feel. To me it has no musical sense to write in 6/8 so I think it's really in 3/4. Also some mistakes like missing notes or elements to be replaced.
Definitely 3/4
I'd hate to be that guy, but you mistranscribed the fill. Starting with the left tom on 1 (bar four in your writing, it goes (L)ssHsssHssHMFFMLLF*F* With the last foot being with crash. H is for high tom, M for Mid L for low. He only uses 3 toms on his right side.
Sticking is LrlRllrLrrLrfflrlf*f.* Accents in capitals
Mmmhmm!!!!!! Nasty!!!!!
Really need to chill with the sound effects... We get it. They're amazing drummers.
My first official hater! 👏🏼
+Austin Burcham No way. Love what you do. Extremely helpful. Just the sound fx come off a little unnecessary. We know all the fills/grooves are sick.
+Austin Burcham Not gonna lie I love the sound effects. Because everytime I hear fills like this I'm thinking in my head "Mmmm" or "Nasty." So I appreciate it Austin keep it up it makes me laugh
haha 👍🏼
+Austin Burcham totally agree with lev!!! I just love those sounds!! :D