This deceptively simplistic concept of building a conversation from the bottom up really free'd up my jazz playing. I'm having so much more fun playing swing. My left foot is finally joining in on the groove opposed to lazily keeping time.
Baked? I get it, you cannot understand the concepts he is examining, so you feel the need to meet what you do not know with derision...and cliches. Do you play jazz?
Thank you so much. I finally GET it! I'm new to jazz drums... and I could always swing with my upper body; but connecting it all was beyond me. I could not for the life of me incorporate the kick drum into the swing feel. It always felt "out" and forced... awkward for sure. Now it makes absolute sense. The way you break it down from a basic 4/4 level makes my brain happy. I can then extrapolate and add variations; all the while having a solid foundation. I'm not sure why there are so many stupid and irrelevant comments on here btw. Why anyone should hate on a person who takes their time to make instructional videos to help others, for free no doubt, is beyond me. Your concept of a drum "conversation" between all the limbs is spot-on for me. May you know that the time and effort you took to make this video helped at least one drummer finally lock in and understand how to make the swing feel work with the bass foot. I'm a gigging drummer, and this will help me for the rest of my life. Please keep it up!
The single greatest drum lesson on RUclips!!!!! There are a handful of drum educators on RUclips that I have a tremendous amount of respect and gratitude for. Largely they are 80/20 Drummer, Rob Brown and Max Sansalone (dimsunk). But in my humble opinion and for my personal growth, this has been the single greatest drum lesson on RUclips. this lesson has truly helped me frame the whole (swung 16th) and swing verses shuffle feel and trips over 1/8th etc etc that was always been pretty muddy for me. After this lesson, I can feel around in a song in seconds and see if it actually just falls into what I call "fast 4" category verses straight 8 and wham......I get the feel. Suddenly I'm swinging those 1/8 notes and it locks up so nicely. It makes so much sense and becomes so fun to be playing a classic rock tune, and feel the Swing/Bop right on in there. Of course!!!! And playing along to hip hop takes on an entirely new light and feels amazing. I really appreciate the huge breakthrough I made from this lesson!!!!!!! …….and next time I'm in New York......The meals on me. Thank you Nate!!!!!!!
To learn how to play jazz is to play jazz and work with people who are better than you. Books are great for independence, but experience is the best teacher.
Billy Barton True, but sometimes it's important to play with people Weaker than you as well. If you someone can't hold a band together without leaning on a rhythm section that's a red flag:)
After years of experimenting with rhythms i finally started to teach myself how to play jazz and you ar the one showing me exactly what i needed and wanted to hear. Thanks. Now i remember why i use to practice playing along with D'angelo records so often.
F’ing awesome. I’m just learning drums, via RUclips and the Syncopation book. I’m from N.O. and have always noticed the connection between rap beats and the 2nd-line jazz rhythms , so cool you put it all out like that . Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, love your style .
Ok, I’ve watched this twice now. This is 1) a killer “level up” video with these high hat left foot variations. 2) a moment in our musical history when the straight 8th note conceived at the birth of the Rock era has finally strangled the swung 8th note that we would now be approaching Jazz swing from the decidedly not swung “On to the next one.” Don’t get me wrong, I get that these hip hop beats have a “swing” to them, but they don’t swing like traditional jazz swung 8ths. On to the next one is straight 16th notes hands down, yes “funky” but not “Fly me to the moon” or any traditional Jazz tune triplet swing. Having said that, I’m down with seeing hip hop having a say in the matter. Quincy Jones is cool with it, too. I’ve seen other RUclips videos recently where Swing is being referred to in new ways. But, for my two cents, if it doesn’t swing by way of quarter note triplets in all their wonderful ways, let’s not call it swing with a capital S.
Just found you online. Good stuff. Long-time drummer here, good groover, need help with Jazz. I like the hip hop/jazz connection. At 49, I still learn every day... I'll keep checking our your vids.
Man, your videos are great. When it comes to Jazz I think concepts are where it's at. There is some serious independence shedding that needs to happen but it's not just about memorizing patterns and getting them burning fast.. This is great.
I gave up teaching because I wanted to offer a more organic method of teaching drums… You’ve inspired me. And enlightened me to an approach I can relate to. (Even adding latin grooves are more interesting using your method; think Samba)
Just spent the last hour trying to play off beats to the metronome and the most I have managed is about a minute of a simple bass drum hi hat ride rhythm. Madness!
Ah after many hours it suddenly clicked. Totally forces you to focus on keeping the left hand in sync and just let the feet do their thing. I can really see the value in this! Thanks, great video!
Man this lesson was incredible, it said a lot stuff that i needed to know. Also the way you edited it with the jazz playing behind is genious. By the way im also high mr youtube guy
I jus got here didn't see comments or hear you so prob 1sr thing ranted-..jus give him a miles davis album called KIND OF BLUE, tell him if he's short on time and can only do one at the moment, All Blues should get him up n running with a 6/8 classic, super simple(for novice 1st glance)& great practice for brushes too
I've watched your 3 jazz videos. You play well, but I can't make heads or tails of what you're talking about in the lessons. Maybe I'm too old school, learned jazz playing bop, where there's a definite 2+4 anchor, then moving on to the Elvin triplet feel, then freer playing like Tony Williams and Jack DeJohnette. I just don't feel any crossover from jazz to the hip-hop rhythms you're playing. But hip-hop's not a basic reference point for me, I guess it would need to be for the lessons to make sense.
A hip hop producer named J Dilla brought this cool new feel that wasn't quite swung and wasn't quite straight into hip hop. That influenced today's jazz cats, Chris Dave, Mark Guilianna and many of today's top jazzers. Neo soul music like Erykah Badu shows this feel off well, and it's a staple in a lot of modern jazz records. It's certainly not in relation to standards like All Blues, etc. But that's what's so hip about Jazz, when people first heard bitches brew they were like, what the hell was that? Keeps progressing with every generation!
I think you're right. The best thing is to listen to actual jazz if you play jazz drums. But for someone who never listens to jazz, it might be useful to start out with something more familiar. I interpret this video as an introduction to jazz drumming. That being said, there's obviously a lot of room for creativity when combining the two genres, as shown in 6:35, for example. I'm sure advanced jazz drummers can learn a lot from these methods.
@@AJK.630 Agreed, the music needs to keep evolving. It may be getting a bit beyond this old school guy, but that doesn't mean it isn't legit. As far as Bitches Brew, it was my first Miles album and I connected with it even if I didn't "get" it all. On the Corner was another matter, those looped drum rhythms just seemed insane after all the virtuosity of Jack DeJohnette on Bitches Brew and Live/Evil. It took me years to finally get a feel for it.
Sounds like you just wanna refuse to give credence to other styles of music. Cross training exists in multiple disciplines. He’s essentially stating that by stepping outside of Jazz for the uninitiated will allow those who can’t swing, to learn how to swing in a different context.
You could “least-common-denominator” your tag to “The 4/1 Drummer”...or do you play in 80/20? Shee...I ain’t sure... Either way, this is the coolest guy out here, I tell you...At first, he drove me nuts, the edit-redit-edit-edit-bedit-redit-shedit-shredit-edit....but after you get on that rhythm, you become into it...some. I’m still acclimatin’... Brrrapp Tzz!
What are a few compositions I can listen to in order to begin studying "jazz"? I like the sound of (I guess) smooth jazz, cool jazz, and some of the big band stuff. I don't think I'm interested in avant garde, or free jazz. I'm using genres listed on wiki lol. I'm a drummer, primarily hard rock, heavy metal, nu-metal, and pop, and I've got a couple reasons for wanting to learn what you do. I can't afford electric drums, so the speed and finesse you have at low volumes appeals to me. Limb independence is something I would like to increase, and I think jazz would help there too. I don't know how to read music well, and I need to just put my head into and do it... And finally, I do actually like the sound of some types of jazz, and want to learn it. Send me a few artists/tracks I should listen to and study if you get a chance.
Thanks! I have several in which I unfairly impugn the syncopation book:P In all honest I think Sooooo much instruction has been predicated on these books about what do with the left hand and right foot while you play spanglang and 2 and 4, I wanted to "fill in" the instruction on the other side of the scale. I do have a couple of lessons in the works that will fill in the gaps though, and will probably satisfy what you're getting at. I'll be sure to paste the link as a reply to this thread when it's posted.
Start with getting a comfortable armchair. Play jazz records for a year. Listen to the greats with trio, quartets, quintets, small groups & big bands. Take piano lessons. Later buy a drum kit with good quality cymbals. Concentrate with time, grips & feet & hand co-ordination. Minimise time taken on technique but develop melodic playing. Practise with small groups. Circulate & get gigs.
I just stumbled on to you recently and have really been enjoying your videos. After years of playing rock and funk and reggae I have been bit hard by the jazz bug and am currently building a 4pc jazz kit. What heads do you use / recommend for the higher tuning? Emperor or Ambassador or if using Evans?
Hey Jeff I'm using coated ambassador. That's going to give you the basic jazz sound:) I've seen Brian blade use Renaissance too, and Evans works great if you want more pure drum tone.
Hey I'm a little confused on the comparison to hip hop. Most hip hop (including the song you referenced) is in straight time while the beat you demonstrated (as well as most jazz) is in swing/shuffle time. Like... that Jay Z song is in straight 8th notes while you're talking about 8th note triplets. I'm not trying to say you're incorrect, cause after checking out that song and listening to the beat you demonstrated they do sound similar. I'm just wondering about the comparison and if you could clarify a little?
+David Martin It may be written with straight 8th notes, but it is swung. Ever hear of the "Hip Hop Swing Beat" or the "New Jack Swing"? It is the feeling these 8th notes are played that cannot always be conveyed in it's written form.
Hi Nate...thank you so much for providing such mind altering interesting things to practice! Random qu that is literally *nothing* to do with this excellent lesson: at 1:06 you buzz from the snare onto the ride, a little kinda fill in the groove...is that just a 5 single stroke ruff basically? With the fifth on the ride? I've been scouring the web for nice mini fills to play while comping to add texture and highlights...this kind of thing. I'd be a big fan of a lesson looking at options there! Thanks again and keep up the amazing work
Hey 80-/20, Ive heard of you, but stumbled across this and it was well worth a watch, got me thinking differently. I would say there is def. some outside the box thinking and/or concepts that people need to know prior to seeing, but I see where you are going and now gonna check out the second video. just curious, do you ever notate any of this stuff? thx! -Jeff, SF, Cali.
prague How so? They could start with something simple just to start with the feel. Like F.F. or Moanin. If they wanna play Jazz I don't see how playing to song like those would hurt.
there's no reason why not. Personally I wouldn't try to learn that way from scratch if I wasn't already playing that way, but as long as it swings it's valid :P
This deceptively simplistic concept of building a conversation from the bottom up really free'd up my jazz playing. I'm having so much more fun playing swing. My left foot is finally joining in on the groove opposed to lazily keeping time.
can't wait to try that..
yo this guy is baked
Baked? I get it, you cannot understand the concepts he is examining, so you feel the need to meet what you do not know with derision...and cliches. Do you play jazz?
What’s the difference between being baked and simply having a different cognitive architecture?
shane campbell yes. But naturally,,,.baked and sweet like a brownie without any nuts in it...think on that.
this guy is mad chill bro lol
This guy is mad at chili...
the 4*/20 drummer.
Alex pött made my day niggaaaa
Thank you so much. I finally GET it! I'm new to jazz drums... and I could always swing with my upper body; but connecting it all was beyond me. I could not for the life of me incorporate the kick drum into the swing feel. It always felt "out" and forced... awkward for sure. Now it makes absolute sense. The way you break it down from a basic 4/4 level makes my brain happy. I can then extrapolate and add variations; all the while having a solid foundation. I'm not sure why there are so many stupid and irrelevant comments on here btw. Why anyone should hate on a person who takes their time to make instructional videos to help others, for free no doubt, is beyond me. Your concept of a drum "conversation" between all the limbs is spot-on for me. May you know that the time and effort you took to make this video helped at least one drummer finally lock in and understand how to make the swing feel work with the bass foot. I'm a gigging drummer, and this will help me for the rest of my life. Please keep it up!
What a nice guy
Yee. I am pretty good at playing and improvising but I don’t have much control over my drums
The single greatest drum lesson on RUclips!!!!!
There are a handful of drum educators on RUclips that I have a tremendous amount of respect and gratitude for. Largely they are 80/20 Drummer, Rob Brown and Max Sansalone (dimsunk).
But in my humble opinion and for my personal growth, this has been the single greatest drum lesson on RUclips.
this lesson has truly helped me frame the whole (swung 16th) and swing verses shuffle feel and trips over 1/8th etc etc that was always been pretty muddy for me. After this lesson, I can feel around in a song in seconds and see if it actually just falls into what I call "fast 4" category verses straight 8 and wham......I get the feel. Suddenly I'm swinging those 1/8 notes and it locks up so nicely. It makes so much sense and becomes so fun to be playing a classic rock tune, and feel the Swing/Bop right on in there. Of course!!!! And playing along to hip hop takes on an entirely new light and feels amazing.
I really appreciate the huge breakthrough I made from this lesson!!!!!!!
…….and next time I'm in New York......The meals on me.
Thank you Nate!!!!!!!
To learn how to play jazz is to play jazz and work with people who are better than you. Books are great for independence, but experience is the best teacher.
Billy Barton True, but sometimes it's important to play with people Weaker than you as well. If you someone can't hold a band together without leaning on a rhythm section that's a red flag:)
Just paid for your roadmap. Five bucks? What!?!? This video alone has helped me more than $5 worth. Can’t wait to get home and check it all out.
Excellent video. As a hip hop producer and a drummer, this was really helpful
After years of experimenting with rhythms i finally started to teach myself how to play jazz and you ar the one showing me exactly what i needed and wanted to hear. Thanks. Now i remember why i use to practice playing along with D'angelo records so often.
hahaha, loved the "you guys are along for the ride" and cymbal ride begins to sound :P
Love getting together with you and examining drumming, rhythm DNA. Food for rumination. Thanks.
What’s behind the mask?..everything looks good.
F’ing awesome. I’m just learning drums, via RUclips and the Syncopation book. I’m from N.O. and have always noticed the connection between rap beats and the 2nd-line jazz rhythms , so cool you put it all out like that . Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge, love your style .
Max was a big proponent of hip hop and jazz informing each other. Good lesson
Wow. What a brillant person.thank you for those amazing free lessons.
I know f**k all about jazz, but you got some great concepts, man...awesome ideas...thank you
Ok, I’ve watched this twice now. This is 1) a killer “level up” video with these high hat left foot variations. 2) a moment in our musical history when the straight 8th note conceived at the birth of the Rock era has finally strangled the swung 8th note that we would now be approaching Jazz swing from the decidedly not swung “On to the next one.” Don’t get me wrong, I get that these hip hop beats have a “swing” to them, but they don’t swing like traditional jazz swung 8ths. On to the next one is straight 16th notes hands down, yes “funky” but not “Fly me to the moon” or any traditional Jazz tune triplet swing. Having said that, I’m down with seeing hip hop having a say in the matter. Quincy Jones is cool with it, too. I’ve seen other RUclips videos recently where Swing is being referred to in new ways. But, for my two cents, if it doesn’t swing by way of quarter note triplets in all their wonderful ways, let’s not call it swing with a capital S.
This is Great! BTW. The Black Eyed Peas song "lil lil" is great for getting the hang of the swing feel in a hip hop context.
Just found you online. Good stuff. Long-time drummer here, good groover, need help with Jazz. I like the hip hop/jazz connection. At 49, I still learn every day... I'll keep checking our your vids.
excellent explanation on how to build free jazz grooves. i will learn this for sure. thank you very much.
Love the sound of the snare and I liked how you brought it over from hip hop to jazz feel.. tricky stuff but interesting.😜
Your words at the beginning about who this is for... That's me. Thank you so much for doing these videos.
You are fantastic thank you, i discover your videos, you give me the keys to solve the precise issues i have with my playing.
Man, your videos are great. When it comes to Jazz I think concepts are where it's at. There is some serious independence shedding that needs to happen but it's not just about memorizing patterns and getting them burning fast.. This is great.
I gave up teaching because I wanted to offer a more organic method of teaching drums…
You’ve inspired me. And enlightened me to an approach I can relate to.
(Even adding latin grooves are more interesting using your method; think
Samba)
This is very understandable for punk or metal players that want to learn how to slow down the beat but still play fast. Thanks
Just found this awesome info thankyou
Another great resource for swing study is Manic Depression from Jimi Hendrix.
Thanks for being brave and delving deeper. Kudos to you my man.
This lesson is a gem 💎
Thanks man, you have a great way of unlocking musical doors! Really appreciate it.
one of the other legendary books is by jim chapin.
Great ideas man. I really like the off beat metronome suggestion. Definitely helped me out.
Really cool concepts. I love the offset metronome idea!
Great video! What an awesome conceptual framework articulated really well. Love it.
Yes. Awesomero, anybody at any level can learn from from yoy& ur vifs
I wish I were this good because I would love to be able to reach and teach our brethern. “Hang on until then, the best that we can”
-Steppenwolf
Thank you for sharing this valuable piece of information, it helped me allot!
Great approach to this lesson!!
Super cool!!!
Just spent the last hour trying to play off beats to the metronome and the most I have managed is about a minute of a simple bass drum hi hat ride rhythm. Madness!
Ah after many hours it suddenly clicked. Totally forces you to focus on keeping the left hand in sync and just let the feet do their thing. I can really see the value in this! Thanks, great video!
Just finding this stuff! GOLD! Seriously awesome!! You're gonna make a difference, man!!
Thank you so much! I really understood what you were saying, and I love your ideas!
it fucking insane how good this video is
Very interesting ideas!
Amazing videos, I’ve learned a lot! Thank you!
dude....
you are pure gold
Some very useful tools there
Great insights! Thanks a lot!
sheldon cooper of jazz
Hahaha , watching this 8 years.
You should back on the weed man, you vibing hard hahahaha
Genius lesson. Thanks dude!
Man this lesson was incredible, it said a lot stuff that i needed to know. Also the way you edited it with the jazz playing behind is genious.
By the way im also high mr youtube guy
This is crazy, cause this video felt like it was made for me, lol great stuff, I needed to see this
What are those bizarre piano chords at the end of the lesson? Love it.
so sick, thank you!
thanx for this man...learnt a lot cheers.
HE SO BAKED. HE IS SOOOO STONED. like most jazz players
Hopped up on goofballs
Great video! Thank you!!
I like you as a drummer/teacher
Hi Nate, three minimum effective words:
1) Thank's
2) We Love You
3) The rest is noise
Thank you sir, thanks a lot
I like it thanks gonna try the hi hat thing hadn't thought of that part
@0:45 I didn't know John C. Riley actually played the drums, I thought that was just for the movie!
Great video thank you. I'm just starting outnwirh jazz drumming. Probably a little above my skill set but hey...why not?
I jus got here didn't see comments or hear you so prob 1sr thing ranted-..jus give him a miles davis album called KIND OF BLUE, tell him if he's short on time and can only do one at the moment, All Blues should get him up n running with a 6/8 classic, super simple(for novice 1st glance)& great practice for brushes too
I've watched your 3 jazz videos. You play well, but I can't make heads or tails of what you're talking about in the lessons. Maybe I'm too old school, learned jazz playing bop, where there's a definite 2+4 anchor, then moving on to the Elvin triplet feel, then freer playing like Tony Williams and Jack DeJohnette. I just don't feel any crossover from jazz to the hip-hop rhythms you're playing. But hip-hop's not a basic reference point for me, I guess it would need to be for the lessons to make sense.
A hip hop producer named J Dilla brought this cool new feel that wasn't quite swung and wasn't quite straight into hip hop. That influenced today's jazz cats, Chris Dave, Mark Guilianna and many of today's top jazzers. Neo soul music like Erykah Badu shows this feel off well, and it's a staple in a lot of modern jazz records. It's certainly not in relation to standards like All Blues, etc. But that's what's so hip about Jazz, when people first heard bitches brew they were like, what the hell was that? Keeps progressing with every generation!
I think you're right. The best thing is to listen to actual jazz if you play jazz drums. But for someone who never listens to jazz, it might be useful to start out with something more familiar. I interpret this video as an introduction to jazz drumming. That being said, there's obviously a lot of room for creativity when combining the two genres, as shown in 6:35, for example. I'm sure advanced jazz drummers can learn a lot from these methods.
@@AJK.630 Agreed, the music needs to keep evolving. It may be getting a bit beyond this old school guy, but that doesn't mean it isn't legit.
As far as Bitches Brew, it was my first Miles album and I connected with it even if I didn't "get" it all. On the Corner was another matter, those looped drum rhythms just seemed insane after all the virtuosity of Jack DeJohnette on Bitches Brew and Live/Evil. It took me years to finally get a feel for it.
Sounds like you just wanna refuse to give credence to other styles of music. Cross training exists in multiple disciplines. He’s essentially stating that by stepping outside of Jazz for the uninitiated will allow those who can’t swing, to learn how to swing in a different context.
this is really smart, I'm totally subscribed!
You should really really really make videos like this again.
This works!
Thank you!!! So much!!
You are so great!😧
Thank you!
You could “least-common-denominator” your tag to “The 4/1 Drummer”...or do you play in 80/20? Shee...I ain’t sure...
Either way, this is the coolest guy out here, I tell you...At first, he drove me nuts, the edit-redit-edit-edit-bedit-redit-shedit-shredit-edit....but after you get on that rhythm, you become into it...some. I’m still acclimatin’... Brrrapp Tzz!
It's a reference to Pareto's 80/20 rule, not a time signature.
What are a few compositions I can listen to in order to begin studying "jazz"? I like the sound of (I guess) smooth jazz, cool jazz, and some of the big band stuff. I don't think I'm interested in avant garde, or free jazz. I'm using genres listed on wiki lol. I'm a drummer, primarily hard rock, heavy metal, nu-metal, and pop, and I've got a couple reasons for wanting to learn what you do. I can't afford electric drums, so the speed and finesse you have at low volumes appeals to me. Limb independence is something I would like to increase, and I think jazz would help there too. I don't know how to read music well, and I need to just put my head into and do it... And finally, I do actually like the sound of some types of jazz, and want to learn it. Send me a few artists/tracks I should listen to and study if you get a chance.
Nice video man appreciate it.
Thanks Thomas!
Very nice entry point to swing using hip hop! You don't happen to have any videos where you show applications of the syncopation book etc?
Thanks! I have several in which I unfairly impugn the syncopation book:P In all honest I think Sooooo much instruction has been predicated on these books about what do with the left hand and right foot while you play spanglang and 2 and 4, I wanted to "fill in" the instruction on the other side of the scale. I do have a couple of lessons in the works that will fill in the gaps though, and will probably satisfy what you're getting at. I'll be sure to paste the link as a reply to this thread when it's posted.
Oh yeah where can I see a vid of you playing live?
Start with getting a comfortable armchair. Play jazz records for a year. Listen to the greats with trio, quartets, quintets, small groups & big bands. Take piano lessons. Later buy a drum kit with good quality cymbals. Concentrate with time, grips & feet & hand co-ordination. Minimise time taken on technique but develop melodic playing. Practise with small groups. Circulate & get gigs.
i like the band MORPHINE
you play with swing!!!!
stoned********* good drummin tho man lol
I just stumbled on to you recently and have really been enjoying your videos. After years of playing rock and funk and reggae I have been bit hard by the jazz bug and am currently building a 4pc jazz kit. What heads do you use / recommend for the higher tuning? Emperor or Ambassador or if using Evans?
Hey Jeff I'm using coated ambassador. That's going to give you the basic jazz sound:) I've seen Brian blade use Renaissance too, and Evans works great if you want more pure drum tone.
Hey I'm a little confused on the comparison to hip hop. Most hip hop (including the song you referenced) is in straight time while the beat you demonstrated (as well as most jazz) is in swing/shuffle time. Like... that Jay Z song is in straight 8th notes while you're talking about 8th note triplets. I'm not trying to say you're incorrect, cause after checking out that song and listening to the beat you demonstrated they do sound similar. I'm just wondering about the comparison and if you could clarify a little?
+David Martin It may be written with straight 8th notes, but it is swung. Ever hear of the "Hip Hop Swing Beat" or the "New Jack Swing"? It is the feeling these 8th notes are played that cannot always be conveyed in it's written form.
He’s talking about the emphasis on the ‘and’ = 1/8 note feel. I could hear that on Jay Z’s song he used as an example.
thanks fo your lession. my level number 1.5 or even 2 is coming....... )
Hi Nate, I’ve never really explored playing along to hip hop. What other tunes do you recommend besides on to another?
It all makes sense now.
Ha! You're ready to start cashing Jazz Drum checks? Me too brother!
Hi Nate...thank you so much for providing such mind altering interesting things to practice! Random qu that is literally *nothing* to do with this excellent lesson: at 1:06 you buzz from the snare onto the ride, a little kinda fill in the groove...is that just a 5 single stroke ruff basically? With the fifth on the ride? I've been scouring the web for nice mini fills to play while comping to add texture and highlights...this kind of thing. I'd be a big fan of a lesson looking at options there! Thanks again and keep up the amazing work
I haven't played Beyond Bop Drumming but The Art of Bop Drumming, which I like a lot. Syncopation just confuses me, it's so bare
Hi Brother . youre vids are great...who do you play with in nyc ?
Hey 80-/20, Ive heard of you, but stumbled across this and it was well worth a watch, got me thinking differently. I would say there is def. some outside the box thinking and/or concepts that people need to know prior to seeing, but I see where you are going and now gonna check out the second video. just curious, do you ever notate any of this stuff? thx! -Jeff, SF, Cali.
Classic
I think you can use any music/song if it's for education purpose without worrying about copyright issues.
Bill Brandt say that to umg
I am quite fascinated with this macro time concept, do you recomend to work on it full time or it's only an option?
Very nice. What's the song in the end? What other hip-hop tunes would you recommend besides that Jay-Z track?
Hey! Are there any videos of you playing straight ahead with a combo or big band? Thanks!
Any alternatives for those of us who hate hip hop?
Play to hip hop records to get better jazz feel? Playing to Jazz record seems a lot more effective.
+Anthony Huggins Hip Hop sometimes has an easier triplet feel to interpret and understand for drummers beginning to grasp swing.
+Drum Walrus Playing to Jazz will only discourage drummers who are beginning.
prague How so? They could start with something simple just to start with the feel. Like F.F. or Moanin. If they wanna play Jazz I don't see how playing to song like those would hurt.
Neil Bailard Freddie Freeloader, Just another tune at a playable tempo that wold help people get the feel down.
It's also important to learn about form as soon as possible. JazzDrummersResource has a good video on that.
So knowing the strong traditions in jazz drum technique, do you feel that playing open handed is even a feasible way to be a convincing jazz drummer?
there's no reason why not. Personally I wouldn't try to learn that way from scratch if I wasn't already playing that way, but as long as it swings it's valid :P
Teaching the unteachable.