How To Play The Drum Beat From "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Shoutout to Malcolm who's working on this, the opening drum groove from "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Great little funk groove around the Grade 3 or 4 level.
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Notation and practice-along on my Buy Me A Coffee channel members’ page as usual, here: www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums/dani-california-drum-groove-notation-practice-along
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[@MegaDeox]

Hey Mike, a general thank you for your work and content. It's helping me a lot as a beginner drummer.

[@markielinhart]

I second this emotion‼️

[@johnwayne6363]

Hi Mike. So. What if I'm listening to a youtube video of a live concert and I'm counting the beat and there "appears" to be a complete mistake in the song. E.g. band finish one section of 4 / 4. Move to the next but come in after 3.75bars (. Is this a mistake ? Note : bass and guitar give a cursitory glance although everyone keeps playing. It doesnt make any sense why the beat would go 4 / 4 for 8 bars, then for one bar go 3.75 /4 then back to 4 /4. When transitioning from a quiet part of the song to the chorus. Is it possible the drummer just came in early and the band followed - realise this is a self defeating question if they do, but its hard to judge when your new.

[@Razorrr16]

Completely nailed it! Even the snare sound! Amazing work & explanation 👏

[@harpersdaily5929]

Thanks a lot for that it really makes sense to me and I really appreciate it

[@jimbrey1138]

Thanks Mike - appreciate the video for a song I’ve been playing off and on for years - this lesson breaks it down perfectly. Appreciate you as always.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Jim! And thanks so much for the support on BMAC, very much appreciated. So glad you dig.

[@MrChasingMe]

Real helpful Mike, thanks alot. I've been practicing Wet Sand by the Peppers lately and I think that might be a fun one to do a video on. Has an awesome fill near the end.

[@julianhernandez988]

Buen tutorial, suena genial la batería

[@jtcb.t]

Hi, Mike. Could you possible suggest a drum and Trumpet ensemble? (Roughly Grade 2 level for drums)

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[@jirimichalek7840]

Nice but Chad Smith doesn't burry the beater into the drumhead.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Thanks for watching Jiri! Interesting comment and it's something people often ask about. I wouldn't say I'm "burying" the beater - as in maintaining forceful downward pressure after the strike, but rather leaving it on the head as I relax and my foot comes to rest after playing the last stroke in a sequence. I personally find that a good way to stay relaxed and flow when playing bass drum in rock/pop/funk/R'n'B styles (where the number one thing we want from the bass drum is a nice "thump" - as opposed to jazz, say, where your bass drum my be tuned a little higher and we want it to ring out more). My experience is that a large number of top drummers do/did it in this fashion for those sort of musical styles, for example...
Jeff Porcaro - who you can clearly see doing something similar here whilst demonstrating the "Rosanna" beat: ruclips.net/video/NMI81yIlT0Q/видео.html
Thomas Lang: ruclips.net/video/j0uS-_bzqIo/видео.html
Steve Gadd: ruclips.net/video/Yl-GjiJUNt0/видео.html
And Chad Smith himself, check his Red Hot Rhythm Method video which has great close-ups of his bass drum foot: ruclips.net/video/Hwt9dvhkglU/видео.html
Anyway that's how I see it, and think that method works and sounds great for those sort of styles and allows me to stay relaxed and flow while producing a great bass drum sound. There are other musical applications where I'd be more conscious of the beater bouncing right back off the head. And needless to say, you can do it whichever way you want to - If the beater bouncing back at the end of a sequence is important to you in the music you play, cool! Focus on that. Thanks for watching and taking an interest.