No we don't, i mean no I'm no professional but I'm a drummer in a punk band, yeah they were some nice fills but if you can't play, well if you find the 4×4 rhythm hard, you shouldn't be a drummer 😂
My drum professor in college used to make us do this excersize where it was a simple 4 4 groove with no fills at about 65-70bpm (16th) and would set a 10 minute timer. No fills. No flash. Or you start over.
An alteration you can do to this is to start with a very simple beat and every 4 bars you add a single note to it. Play it with the single note added for another 4 bars then add another and so on, never playing anything other than the original beat and the notes you intentionally added
I wish I could just teleport through that screen and play with this dude. It’s my biggest dream to be a pro drummer up there in front everyone. To actually be something.
@@andriemirasol0185 yeah I heard him before. He’s a good drummer but I don’t plan on learning things that you’re probably never gonna use in an actual song. You see Stepario is an excellent and brilliant inspiring drummer but I don’t plan on learning a bunch of really cool things which I probably will never use in a song.
@@andriemirasol0185 unfortunately, watching stepario makes one LESS inspired to play. I actively avoid watching him. It’s like a, why even try thing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🍻
Bruh the adhd thing bruhhhhhhhhh. my bruh has the same issues man, no matter what we gonna roll on the 4 fuck everybody else 😅😂 you feel me I mean fuck the keyboardist, the base guitar, man lol if my brain says roll I roll 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Indeed that's the hardest part, but that's our job. I always try to make my beats challenging in a subtle way (toss an accent on ever the "a" of the 3rd beat every 4 bars or something that I know will make me focus)
i can agree with this is i play guitar not drums but still i feel discipline is a very important skill when playing one especially when your a human metronome as a drummer
This can be incredibly true for bassists as well. It’s good to have impressive chops, but even better to have those impressive chops and still know to serve the song with every note
Thats what makes Charlie Watts and Ringo and the like the best. Simple, yet tight, with just a perfectly placed accent hear or there. I like modern as well, but alot of that is all accents with a "beat" thrown in now and again.
Keeping tempo, and listening to the group as a whole. Knowing when, when not, and what to play to compliment the piece and fellow member's playing is what makes someone truly great.
That's why Ringo was so great! He could do fast fills or drum rolls (and he did do them in a few songs), but he chose not to, because serving the song is the best service a drummer can offer to his band mates and fans.
So true. As a drummer myself, everytime I hear a band playing, I'm not listening on what groove, or licks he's playing, I'm listening if he stays on tempo throughout the whole song.
Exactly, my drum teacher back In the day always had me practice simple beats as slowly and quietly as possible whilst keeping perfect time and groove, far more difficult than it would seem!
As is Chatlie "Cool" Watts of The Rolling Stones. A human metronome for sure as the world over has pointed out. RIP. Sugarfoot Moffett is good, too. He was Michael's Jackson's drummer for a while for a couple of tours. And Madonna's, too.
played in an orchestra as a percussionist on a very young age, the toughest thing i learned then was actually restraint so you wouldn't overpower the entire orchestra haha. a trap i think for many young drummers as this is not exactly an instrument that inspires "restraint"
LMAO@ what you said. And it's so true. I saw a clip where even James Hetfield of Metallica was actually bitching at Lars about adding too much on the fills. So there you have it, that an actual metal band, at times, would agree about stuffing too much in there. I started listening to AC/DC in the early 70s, and Phil Rudd has always had just the perfect amount or right fills, or lack there of.
That's y some drummers couldn't play for Gregory Isaacs most of his songs from the intro is over its straight hi hat snare and bass then properly 1 crash and snare so steadiness for the entire 3 mins 4 mins
Thats one thing i miss about duranguense. The drums being used exclusively as a lead and fills instrument because the rhythem is covered by the tuba board.
Gavin Harrison said that it makes no sense to work on fills that are just few % of a song if you can t keep your time consistent, precise and accurate.
Everything is hard. You need never ending discipline to conquer all of it and then work all over again to keep repeating that brilliance over and over again.
Keeping consistent tempo was the hardest thing to learn when I first started playing back in the day. That’s what sets drummers apart from every other kind of musician. Guitar and bass players can follow each other, but drummers have to be totally focused on the technicalities of their own beat and also be in sync with guitar and bass at the same time. It’s so easy to get distracted sometimes and if our tempo is off, everyone’s tempo is off. The drummer is another kind of animal lol.
The last band I was in as a drummer, the rhythm guitarist had the most consistent tempo. So I followed his tempo - we didn't use click tracks - and always asked for his signal to be loudest in my monitor mix. But everyone has an equal responsibility to stay in tempo. The only difference for drummers is that our mistakes are often more obvious due to the nature of our instruments.
yes your actually correct i’ve been playing drums for almost four years and this is true no kidding it’s confusing cuz you have to hit the hi hat at the same time as boom and ye
I know one thing....those are the best sounding drums, and the way you play them is awesome! You got those drums sounding GOOD! I've been playing drums since I was 9 years old. Playing the groove is like walking over the Grand Canyon on a tightrope with blinders on. The groove is very,very difficult to do, whether slow, fast, or medium tempo. The power in the groove is to keep it steady and with a human feel. You're spot on! MJ
It’s always a challenge to make a straight 4/4 groove FEEL GOOD. that’s the real challenge. Can you feel ever single aspect of the groove, and make others feel what you’re feeling.
It's technique, timing, discipline. It's easy to go off on one and lose timing and focus. But making a simple beat sound fitting to the music is an art form.
Follow up comment: Playing by feel is hard. It's hard to picture a tempo and then play a groove that fits into it. Major props to all the old school bands that played everything by feel without a click, especially their drummers!
as a guitarist, I solely depend on the drummer to stay on tempo and I can hear the changes by the drum fill. It’s easier to hear the beats and strum on beat for me.
The actual definition of "does not play well with others." I absolutely must show this to my drummer, he pissed me off the other day, he had something to prove. He proved his point, we weren't exactly all proud of him. These were the words I was looking for at that moment. Thanks for having my back involuntarily.
Well, this is the harsh truth in the music world. If you playing prog, fusion or whatever other genre (with more musical freedom), then it's fine. But every musician should always play for the music, not the ego.
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@@mdacosta7013 lol how
the caption says pro drummers knows instead of pro drummers know
@@30SecondDrumLessons hey thanks for the reply I really appreciated it and I've been playing drums since I was 5 and love every minute of it 🥁
Beginners: Ah yes, managing tempo
Advanced: Resisting temptation 😅
trueeee
YES
IT’S SO HARD NOT TO JUST-
*hits all the places possible*
This!!! 😀
“Don’t playy unnecessary fill” 😅
Resisting the intrusive thought to turn an entire track into a jazz drum solo is the greatest challenge a drummer will ever face.
hi
True
Some of us have the discipline to play for the song without temptation ;)
Especially after the 100th or 1000th time playing song as "support".
@@EnergeticSpark63Hiya
Drummers getting tempted to just blast off into a solo is hilarious.
Sometimes our intrusive thoughts just win and we get carried away 🤷♂️
It's not hilarious if you're the drummer 😂
@@DrumRockMusicc I know the feeling. I’m a drummer too 😎
@@blazeythelazy haha lol
That's not the point of the video.. It's proving that what is actually hard doesn't always sound hard to do
I'm a drummer and i can say that... All drummers find this hard 😀
Both are easy
No we don't, i mean no I'm no professional but I'm a drummer in a punk band, yeah they were some nice fills but if you can't play, well if you find the 4×4 rhythm hard, you shouldn't be a drummer 😂
fills will get you laid, groove will get you paid baby!
nobody is getting laid from that 😂
I gotta use this line 😂😂😂 very clever
Hahahaha nice
fills bring the thrills but groove pays the bills
Drummers don't get laid sorry
I’m not pro, but I agree! Staying in tempo and solid playing is harder than just fast soloing 👍
True that, buddy!
you can be out of tempo as well if you're not be careful on drum fills.
@@JiTiAr35 yeah, usually the problem is people holding their breath while playing a fill.
Yeah.
@@30SecondDrumLessons woahhhhh, I had no clue of this
That's why Ringo was so good. A perfect time keeper.
Pocket is everything
As someone who has only started learning the drums 3 hours ago, i've already felt this.
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LOL. I'm only starting now. It's so hard if you suck at hand eye coordination.
@@Pulang_Diwa I find playing in the dark to help with that
Same here!!!
Me with my drum I got on Facebook just 9 hours ago
My drum professor in college used to make us do this excersize where it was a simple 4 4 groove with no fills at about 65-70bpm (16th) and would set a 10 minute timer. No fills. No flash. Or you start over.
My full respect to your professor.
@@kenanwallace2124 right? Solid is what books gigs.
No…
An alteration you can do to this is to start with a very simple beat and every 4 bars you add a single note to it. Play it with the single note added for another 4 bars then add another and so on, never playing anything other than the original beat and the notes you intentionally added
@@callanc3925 that is a great permutations exercise
As a drummer this is completely correct
I wish I could just teleport through that screen and play with this dude. It’s my biggest dream to be a pro drummer up there in front everyone. To actually be something.
Then work. And learn when to say _no_ and when to say _yes,_ but say _yes_ a lot even if you don't want to. Iykyk
Goodluck
Bwahaha just search for STEPARIO and listen to how he plays the drums
@@andriemirasol0185 yeah I heard him before. He’s a good drummer but I don’t plan on learning things that you’re probably never gonna use in an actual song. You see Stepario is an excellent and brilliant inspiring drummer but I don’t plan on learning a bunch of really cool things which I probably will never use in a song.
@@andriemirasol0185 unfortunately, watching stepario makes one LESS inspired to play. I actively avoid watching him. It’s like a, why even try thing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🍻
Staying consistent throughout an entire song while still trying to keep it from being boring is quite difficult
Imagining trying to do this with people with no timing experience
Yeah, it’s a lot easier to cover up in songs with big flashy fills, but a lot harder to fill a simple groove while keeping it engaging
Especially for those of us with severe adhd. Its my biggest problem
Bruh the adhd thing bruhhhhhhhhh. my bruh has the same issues man, no matter what we gonna roll on the 4 fuck everybody else 😅😂 you feel me I mean fuck the keyboardist, the base guitar, man lol if my brain says roll I roll 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
It’s why Ringo is actually looked upon so well as a drummer. The Beatles called him the human metronome.
and drummers dont like his playing🤔
@@DongusMcBongus i guess you didn't read what i said..i was agreeing with you
@@cyclops-king-crap-music-videos 🤷♂️ you weren’t clear. Sorry bro.
No prob mr mcbingus
@@cyclops-king-crap-music-videos nah he is one of the best and most respected drummers of all time
That's probably the most truthful thing EVER. I'm a drummer as well
Yes...after playing for many years, this is what you end up learning. This is a true statement.
Staying in tempo but also not getting bored and going over the top
Exactly!
Indeed that's the hardest part, but that's our job. I always try to make my beats challenging in a subtle way (toss an accent on ever the "a" of the 3rd beat every 4 bars or something that I know will make me focus)
The challenging part is no ghost note to spice it up 😂😂😂❤❤
i can agree with this is i play guitar not drums but still i feel discipline is a very important skill when playing one especially when your a human metronome as a drummer
it feels good being the thousandth like
The hardest thing is not playing while the guitarist and bassist are tuning their instruments😅
Hahaha well yeah, that too!
This dude has second best comment
Great comment man...so true
same with me, I can never stop playing, no matter what
Apparently it's impossible since it hasn't been done yet.
I can't get enough of your content.
Making a song into #1 because of the drums is actually insane.
One of the most important drum lessons on RUclips and in only 16 seconds.
For ppl who dont know, he said its hard bc we have to stay on tempo doing that and sometimes we can slipped so thats why 😁😁
And also resisting the temptation to add in other more interesting hits
Not only tempo
Thanks captain obvious
@@pkennedy0219Would you like some fries with that elitism of yours?
That sounded dumb. Sorry but it needs work.@@Nabekukka
This can be incredibly true for bassists as well. It’s good to have impressive chops, but even better to have those impressive chops and still know to serve the song with every note
Thats what makes Charlie Watts and Ringo and the like the best. Simple, yet tight, with just a perfectly placed accent hear or there. I like modern as well, but alot of that is all accents with a "beat" thrown in now and again.
Mick Fleetwood too
I think it was Oscar Peterson who, when asked "What's the hardest thing you've ever played?" ...answered "4 quarter notes".
Keeping tempo, and listening to the group as a whole. Knowing when, when not, and what to play to compliment the piece and fellow member's playing is what makes someone truly great.
Not really. It makes them truly professional not great. Greatness is reserved for dudes who can do that, have amazing groove and crazy chops.
You just described Ringo perfectly
Str8 up yeah - this guy knows exactly tha keys in and out - hes A real musician .. very Exp
That's why Ringo was so great! He could do fast fills or drum rolls (and he did do them in a few songs), but he chose not to, because serving the song is the best service a drummer can offer to his band mates and fans.
The hard things here is:
1.Tempo
2.Dynamic
3.Making people dance with that beat
If you have all these....you're well on your way
So jump in the pit an kick some old fogey in the face to the first drum pattern!
Honestly the dynamic and tempo seem to be what makes something feel danceable
Ac/dc's drummer made a career out of that beat
@@KingMarcusTheThird i mean.....it worked...
I have 1 and 3
So true. As a drummer myself, everytime I hear a band playing, I'm not listening on what groove, or licks he's playing, I'm listening if he stays on tempo throughout the whole song.
Pocket makes the bus go round and round!
Nobody will die if whole band shifts tempo little bit during a song
@@kuikukui5077 who asked who's going to die.
@@scribble9431 hahahha
Why would you subject yourself to such a boring listening experience
Exactly, my drum teacher back In the day always had me practice simple beats as slowly and quietly as possible whilst keeping perfect time and groove, far more difficult than it would seem!
This guy is a quality drummer! I enjoy his tutorials!
Staying in the pocket ✨
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What’s harder than staying in the pocket is staying in your own pocket with no other instruments!
@@Name-el9ps yep 😫
Omg yessss!!!as a beginner,managing tempo is the hardest part for mee😭
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Same
It ain't managing tempo, it's resisting the urge to go full speed on the drums 😂
Metronome is a drummers best friend I just listen to met in my headphones instead of music sometimes lol
Great meter, consistent hits on all 3 instruments and playing on the back side of the pocket is NOT easy…and you nailed it
Yessir, you're keeping the timing so you're band is tight. Throw the fills in later.
First one : Quick
Second one: Patience
Those are both hard 💀
This is one of the most true statements I’ve seen the urge to turn a song into a solo is to much
Nice Drum Set UP Sounds Good TO Also Nice Drum 🥁 Playing Also Nice 😂
Lol and this is why sugarfoot Moffett is a metronomic legend!!
As is Chatlie "Cool" Watts of The Rolling Stones. A human metronome for sure as the world over has pointed out. RIP. Sugarfoot Moffett is good, too. He was Michael's Jackson's drummer for a while for a couple of tours. And Madonna's, too.
Bro I can't resist adding in some ghost notes on the snare😂
Me neither
It's like cigarettes
DEFINETLY MAN, 100% AGREED! STARTED PLAYIN IN 96🎉❤
As a drummer with 8 years of experience, I can relate😂😂😂😂
I am 12 BTW.
played in an orchestra as a percussionist on a very young age, the toughest thing i learned then was actually restraint so you wouldn't overpower the entire orchestra haha. a trap i think for many young drummers as this is not exactly an instrument that inspires "restraint"
Yeah I get it and I know tempo is hard, but it’s also like that itch to do a lot more than just the same beat sometimes.
LMAO@ what you said. And it's so true. I saw a clip where even James Hetfield of Metallica was actually bitching at Lars about adding too much on the fills. So there you have it, that an actual metal band, at times, would agree about stuffing too much in there.
I started listening to AC/DC in the early 70s, and Phil Rudd has always had just the perfect amount or right fills, or lack there of.
That's y some drummers couldn't play for Gregory Isaacs most of his songs from the intro is over its straight hi hat snare and bass then properly 1 crash and snare so steadiness for the entire 3 mins 4 mins
@@douglasvesey3811 that's something different. The only thing Lars does all the time are completelly unnecessary snare rolls all over the Songs
Thats one thing i miss about duranguense. The drums being used exclusively as a lead and fills instrument because the rhythem is covered by the tuba board.
@@xBorisAntasx what you consider to be unnecessary are some of my favorite parts of the songs!
Precisely why Purdie, Porcaro and Bonham are challenging to get right.
Gavin Harrison said that it makes no sense to work on fills that are just few % of a song if you can t keep your time consistent, precise and accurate.
Anyone can make noise but not everyone can groove
Everything is hard. You need never ending discipline to conquer all of it and then work all over again to keep repeating that brilliance over and over again.
This man speaks the truth. Record urself playing “Back in Black” and listen to only you on the playback
As a drummer i agree that playing 1 beat for 5 minutes straight is really hard
That first lick is definitely honor thy father/dream theater. Can't wait to hear new music from them with the goat MP back on the kit
I was looking for you
@@BiiraHD same hahaha
For those of you confused, us drummers have a harder time going like even just 5 minutes without doing a fill 😅
Or you can see it as being hard to keep tempo
To be a steady drummer is the best. I like Stevie Ray Vaughan's drummer. He's steady as hell.
It's hard to contain the thirst of grooving, to be a formal rhythmic drummer
Keeping consistent tempo was the hardest thing to learn when I first started playing back in the day. That’s what sets drummers apart from every other kind of musician. Guitar and bass players can follow each other, but drummers have to be totally focused on the technicalities of their own beat and also be in sync with guitar and bass at the same time. It’s so easy to get distracted sometimes and if our tempo is off, everyone’s tempo is off. The drummer is another kind of animal lol.
The last band I was in as a drummer, the rhythm guitarist had the most consistent tempo. So I followed his tempo - we didn't use click tracks - and always asked for his signal to be loudest in my monitor mix. But everyone has an equal responsibility to stay in tempo. The only difference for drummers is that our mistakes are often more obvious due to the nature of our instruments.
Dynamics, control, and solid time keeping. 👍
Serving the song too
@@deadshot4245 absolutely right, sir.
That’s why Ringo is the best.
yes your actually correct i’ve been playing drums for almost four years and this is true no kidding it’s confusing cuz you have to hit the hi hat at the same time as boom and ye
I’ve only been playing for two years but he’s definitely right
That's why i love the play of Jonathan Moffett
Theres a reason why Jonathan played for Michael Jackson 🐐
Being musical and not just acrobatic is the hardest thing for drummers
I've always said it was more challenging for a drummer to play slowly and tastefully...
lol "whats actually hard" getting drummers not to throw chops into everything
Yup!
Yes!! Must learn how to stay in the pocket. In other words, keeping the tempo🥁💯
Dawg….youre funky! 😂Fresh!
I can confirm what people think is hard is way harder than “what’s actually hard” 😂
even tho I'm not a pro, I agree on this staying in tempo is harder for me than showing some fills
Yep staying in the tempo "pocket" is the hardest part in all of drumming.
As a guitarist, I confirm that playing on time is a real pain in the ass...
This dude has single handedly helped improve my drumming so much. Anytime a video of his pops up I immediately take it to my kit
👊🔥 cheers, bud!
I know one thing....those are the best sounding drums, and the way you play them is awesome! You got those drums sounding GOOD! I've been playing drums since I was 9 years old. Playing the groove is like walking over the Grand Canyon on a tightrope with blinders on. The groove is very,very difficult to do, whether slow, fast, or medium tempo. The power in the groove is to keep it steady and with a human feel. You're spot on! MJ
Wow, thanks!
What's actually hard is living with a band!!!
That fill is pretty awesome though 🤩
But I get what you’re talking about 💪
If you don't enjoy playing a plain 4/4 beat, ad nauseum, you might as well put down the sticks. We are the backbone of any combo.
the real key is landing back in the groove after the fill without losing tempo.
Louie Bellson once told me, “It’s what you don’t play”
Have lived by that for 55 years.
He also said if you don't have a drum kit just use chairs and I just use chairs it's sweet.
Keeping that groove is hard asf man😩
True!
can I just say your kit sounds beautiful
It’s always a challenge to make a straight 4/4 groove FEEL GOOD. that’s the real challenge. Can you feel ever single aspect of the groove, and make others feel what you’re feeling.
Man staying on beat and being consistent on slower tempos is a nightmare for me
That part!!!! Pocket Perfection!
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Man, such quick hands. After 50 years, my tempo is rock-solid (Ha!) but I’d give my eye teeth to cruise around the set like that. Rock On!
Timing is everything.
Maintaining tempo, not overplaying, keeping everything consistent, etc. Any mistake is magnified because there's so much time between the next note.
Simplicity is always more difficult. Groove is everything. ❤
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Yep. keeping a straight beat can be very challenging I agree. Good video and nice fill btw
It's technique, timing, discipline. It's easy to go off on one and lose timing and focus. But making a simple beat sound fitting to the music is an art form.
Truth!!!✌️🔥
Thats why Ringo is my favorite drummer ❤
Bros a complete SAVAGE!!!!
Drummers gotta know the importance of staying in pocket
Follow up comment:
Playing by feel is hard. It's hard to picture a tempo and then play a groove that fits into it. Major props to all the old school bands that played everything by feel without a click, especially their drummers!
as a guitarist, I solely depend on the drummer to stay on tempo and I can hear the changes by the drum fill. It’s easier to hear the beats and strum on beat for me.
Yes! Remaining restrained and just letting the music grow or diminish organically
Ah yes the urge to show off all your hard work, time, and dedication
i am not a drummer but i love listening to heavy metal drums, never thought that staying on tempo is hard
The actual definition of "does not play well with others." I absolutely must show this to my drummer, he pissed me off the other day, he had something to prove. He proved his point, we weren't exactly all proud of him. These were the words I was looking for at that moment. Thanks for having my back involuntarily.
Well, this is the harsh truth in the music world.
If you playing prog, fusion or whatever other genre (with more musical freedom), then it's fine.
But every musician should always play for the music, not the ego.
Those who didnt understand
He is basically saying that for a pro drummer its hard to control the speed of tthe beat
Discipline for the consistent sync of rythm & harmony ❤