really cool demonstration man! Been applying live finger drumming to give my beats a bit of a life to them and it's been worth it! love the potential with finger drumming when it comes to approaching traditional sampled styled beats.
Ayyye that's awesome! Yeah it's such a great way to add a touch of humanity to your beats. Plus it'll always be YOUR groove and feel in the track which can end up feeling super authentic. Love to hear it 💪🏽
Hell yeah you're very welcome! Yeah there always seems to be a disconnect when you see someone shredding out some ridiculously complex stuff so I was really happy to show how it all builds together from the basics.
Well done man. You delivered here. I'm on about level 3. Playing 16th note breakbeats. Practicing paradiddles and as of yesterday paradiddle inversions with both hands. I really want to get to the sample triggering stage but I need more grooves before that.
Nice! That's a great place to be! Paradiddles for life mate, they're so fun. But yeah holding down a groove is going to be way more foundational than any crazy sampling stuff. Althouuuuggh you could layer some samples onto your kick/hat/snare/crash so that you're only playing the groove, but you're still getting to hear some other samples. That's one way I've been playing a lot lately. Check out my video on "how to make a layered drum rack" if you wanna know more about that.
I just did a quick google search and my mind is already blown! I’ve wanted to explore ragas for a long time now so this seems like a perfect entry for me. Down the rabbit hole I go!! 🙏🏽🐇🕳️
Really cool video man, glad I stumbled upon it. Just purchased a maschine mk3 mikro and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I've started off pretty well with finger drumming because I know how to play acoustic drums too, so that helped a lot rythmically. The only thing now is to learn how to make more complicated fills without stumbling. I really like how the samples sound, do you have any recommendations on how to make good samples? I've been using the ones that come with the MK3 which are good, but I'd be interested in making my own (I also have an arturia minilab). Anyways, awesome video, gonna check out your channel a bit more!
Nice, welcome to the party mate! Hope the video on my channel help make the transition to e-drumming a little easier. I would say for sample selection apart from recording sounds yourself you can find sample packs from some of your favorite artists. I even have a few of my own sample packs on Bandcamp and Patreon you can check out if you’re interested!
@@hawtcocomusicappreciate you! I also noticed The Artist’s way behind you, I recently got that and stopped a couple chapters in because it seemed like a lot of hocus pocus to me to be perfectly honest. Mind you I’m big into personal development so I’m not the type who’s against self-help, I have books for days. Just wondering your thoughts on/experience with that book if you’ve finished it. Might be a useful idea for a future video 🤷🏽♂️
The Artist's Way is one of those books that you only really need at a certain time in your life, so for some people it might feel a bit whatever, but for others it can totally change their life for the better. Maybe one day you'll come back to it and it'll resonate in a totally different way. I love the idea of doing some book reviews actually, I'm totally going to write that down on my ideas list! Thanks mate @@TheBlackJewelz
Outstanding! Will try your routines with a different layout, mate. I practice thumb on a kick, index finger on snare and the middle is a hi-hat, all allocated bottom-up in the middle two rows of a 4*4 grid.
Nice! Yeah all of this should work with any layout that works for you. Seeing everyone’s unique approach is one of my favorite parts of e-drumming. I come from a marching percussion background where there is tons of “correct” prescriptive ways of doing things so the radical individual freedom is so refreshing.
Thanks! I’ve really been tapping my ass off lol But if you wanna step up your finger drumming game I have a ton of exercises and practices on my channel that’ll help you level up. You got this! 💪🏽
You’re very welcome! Lucky for you I actually made an entire tutorial on this exact concept called How To Add Crazy Bassfills to your Drum Rack! It goes over my sample cycling technique that you could really use for any sound you want. Hope that helps! :) ruclips.net/video/YSscwqOyDtI/видео.htmlsi=hbMltId8zouJIhto
Nice! You can totally learn this. You can start by trying to play along with the stages of this video. I also have a ton more videos on my channel that breaking down drumming techniques and Ableton breakdowns for how I play all of my own sets. You got this! 🙌🏽
Sure, if you check out the rest of my channel I have a ton of videos breaking down different parts of my setup. But if you’re just referring to the velocity stuff it’s really two different things here that are both in the simpler: For affecting the gain with velocity there is a knob in the bottom right of the simpler called “Vol
So much good information here. Why not use thumbs? I’ve found using more of a vertical pattern layout easier, and the thumb is used for the kick. I’m maybe at level 5 here.
Nice, level five is great! These are focussed more on the complexity of playing than on the actual technique so you should be able to do most of them in a variety of different layouts. Glad you've found one that's working for ya! Lately I've been using my thumbs more to trigger extra samples and crashes and such. Definitely a useful digit lol 👍🏽
Thanks! I went through the archives and I unfortunately no longer have the project files for this. But I’m pretty sure it was a mixture of some drums I’ve recorded and some splice samples. But it’s mainly some drums and some simple chords, I’m sure you could put together something super similar!
Hey, mate! Amazing video it seems like im between 4-5 levels. Can you give us some recommendations for learning materials because they are not that easy to find it seems like? I watched all JBlacks Old Video Tutorials and Checked few sections from Quest For Groove.
Yeah sure! Well of course you can cruise through the rest of my page, I have some great videos on building skill and technique. Im a big rudiments fan coming from marching percussion so I would recommend broadening your scope from "fingerdrumming" to just "drumming" when looking for learning resources. A good 90% of technique, music theory, groove, etc. is the same no matter what you're drumming on. If you're looking to do more acoustic style stuff Dragon Finger Drums has some great tutorials. The Sample Music Festival does the fingerdrumming world championships and a bunch of other stuff so you can follow them and all the people that show up in that ecosystem. But honestly the biggest resource is actually going to be yourself and your own curiosity. Just play around and have fun with it! Fingerdrumming is such a new art that there are very few rigid guidelines or traditions, so you can make up your own techniques and styles. Just remember to have fun with it :) hope that helps!
Absolutely! If you check out the rest of my channel I actually have a whole playlist of finger drumming exercise videos that I think you would really appreciate. Let me know whatcha think! Good luck :)
Thanks! Hope it helps you on your finger drumming journey! Also, looks like you've got that a little backwards, this video has about 10x more views than likes. 🤷🏽♂️
Nice demo dude!, do you find this drum pad layout is optimal for you? Also, how did you address the arrangement view overdub issue with push 2 in ableton?
Yeah I have a pretty unique drum layout that I've developed just based on my own style of playing. I have a video on the channel breaking down where I normally arrange all of my drum racks. As for the overdub issue I'm not sure what you mean exactly, care to explain? Maybe I can help.
@@hawtcocomusic Thanks for your reply man :) When you are in arrange view in ableton, set a loop for 4 bars. Arm a track with a drum rack and start hitting pads. Once it loops back over it will begin to record over the top of the previously hit notes replacing everything. If you hit the "+" at the top of the ableton UI, it activates the "arrangement overdub" which gets rid of this issue and lets you add to whatever drum pads recorded in the 1st loop through (so you can build the drum loop over many loops). My question is how do you hit the overdub arrangement option from the push 2? I find it kinda annoying that it appears ableton push 2 does not have a button to switch on/off the overdubing of MIDI notes? By default push 2 seems to loops and record over the top
@@CH-fb4lz I don't have a ton of experience using overdubbing personally, but I think the Push 2 is primarily designed for Session view overdubbing instead of Arrangement view. If you're still struggling with it after awhile I suggest you hit up AbletonDrummer.com. they'll either have some tools that will help with this, or Tobi can even make you some custom plugin stuff to help, he's amazing at this kind of stuff. Here's what I found in the Push 2 Manual: Press the Record button to begin recording. Now any Drum Rack pads you play will be recorded to the clip. Pressing Record again will stop recording but will continue playing back the clip. Pressing Record a third time will enable overdub mode, allowing you to record into the clip while it plays back. Subsequent presses continue to toggle between playback and overdub. During playback, a small progress bar will appear in the display to show the playback position of each playing clip.
Np! Hope it helps! I formally started fingerdrumming on hardware around 2015 but I’ve been drumming on tables and desks and stuff since probably around 2003 or so. ⌛️⏳⌛️⏳
And only getting sicker! 🤧🤧🤧 If you were digging this I just posted another video in the same style that breaks down some hands-on exercises. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it!
real drummer here that also translates it to pads. You gotta give yourself the best chance with some bigger pads than a push offers. You've managed to get around this and work your muscle memory to align with tiny pads like that, but nobody should really be expected to do this. You want to be able to smash larger pads if you want to and not feel like you're dancing on a typewriter. You're not using all 16 pads here. So no reason not to use something limited to 16 pads that are much larger. Get a Preonus ATOM for cheap and you'll be able to use two fingers on one hand to trigger and still have enough real estate on the pad. You're already good with this handicap. So you will absolutely take off flying on something with larger pads.
I have indeed played on a lot of bigger pads! Also very fun. I’m not sure if you’ve played on a push but it might be easier to play with the smaller pads than you think. I’ve also had a lot of fun making 64-pad drum racks that operate more by “zones” than individual pads so that I can be more expressive- planning on making a vid about that soon! But to be honest fingerdrumming will always be 2nd to drumming with sticks for me. The tactile experience of the stick and the sensation of some good rebound… there’s just nothing like it. 🥁
@@hawtcocomusic Hats off for evolving your own efforts like that. It all really comes down to what you are working with, what you are trying to accomplish and what makes you pleased with the results. I ultimately decided on a direction more similar to Spinscott. Where it's more about smashing out processed classic breakbeats that have been sliced up and no velocity to volume on the 16 pads. It just seems to favor the Dilla way of making the most out of the least. Your technique requires serious finger dexterity and exactness to get around those lil pads.
It's all good, that's how your start! Soon you'll be able to build up to two sounds at a time and you'll only go up from there. Just stick with it! And let me know if there are any topics I could cover that might help you with your process :)
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really cool demonstration man! Been applying live finger drumming to give my beats a bit of a life to them and it's been worth it! love the potential with finger drumming when it comes to approaching traditional sampled styled beats.
Ayyye that's awesome! Yeah it's such a great way to add a touch of humanity to your beats. Plus it'll always be YOUR groove and feel in the track which can end up feeling super authentic. Love to hear it 💪🏽
YOOOO super helpful and awesome to see how this is done.
Hell yeah you're very welcome! Yeah there always seems to be a disconnect when you see someone shredding out some ridiculously complex stuff so I was really happy to show how it all builds together from the basics.
Thanks for the inspiration! Very nice drumming and that kick sample sounds sooo smoooth 😊
Aye you're very welcome! Only the smoothest 🏂
Well done man. You delivered here.
I'm on about level 3. Playing 16th note breakbeats. Practicing paradiddles and as of yesterday paradiddle inversions with both hands. I really want to get to the sample triggering stage but I need more grooves before that.
Nice! That's a great place to be! Paradiddles for life mate, they're so fun. But yeah holding down a groove is going to be way more foundational than any crazy sampling stuff. Althouuuuggh you could layer some samples onto your kick/hat/snare/crash so that you're only playing the groove, but you're still getting to hear some other samples. That's one way I've been playing a lot lately. Check out my video on "how to make a layered drum rack" if you wanna know more about that.
If you really want to dig deep .... the Carnatic Tala. ❤❤❤ super slick on the cutoff filter. thanks for posting
I just did a quick google search and my mind is already blown! I’ve wanted to explore ragas for a long time now so this seems like a perfect entry for me. Down the rabbit hole I go!! 🙏🏽🐇🕳️
Really cool video man, glad I stumbled upon it. Just purchased a maschine mk3 mikro and I'm having a lot of fun with it.
I've started off pretty well with finger drumming because I know how to play acoustic drums too, so that helped a lot rythmically. The only thing now is to learn how to make more complicated fills without stumbling.
I really like how the samples sound, do you have any recommendations on how to make good samples? I've been using the ones that come with the MK3 which are good, but I'd be interested in making my own (I also have an arturia minilab).
Anyways, awesome video, gonna check out your channel a bit more!
Nice, welcome to the party mate! Hope the video on my channel help make the transition to e-drumming a little easier. I would say for sample selection apart from recording sounds yourself you can find sample packs from some of your favorite artists. I even have a few of my own sample packs on Bandcamp and Patreon you can check out if you’re interested!
Absolute beast mode fam. Thank you for breaking this down
Yo my pleasure! Hope it helps you crank out some epic beats 🦾
@@hawtcocomusicappreciate you! I also noticed The Artist’s way behind you, I recently got that and stopped a couple chapters in because it seemed like a lot of hocus pocus to me to be perfectly honest. Mind you I’m big into personal development so I’m not the type who’s against self-help, I have books for days. Just wondering your thoughts on/experience with that book if you’ve finished it. Might be a useful idea for a future video 🤷🏽♂️
The Artist's Way is one of those books that you only really need at a certain time in your life, so for some people it might feel a bit whatever, but for others it can totally change their life for the better. Maybe one day you'll come back to it and it'll resonate in a totally different way. I love the idea of doing some book reviews actually, I'm totally going to write that down on my ideas list! Thanks mate @@TheBlackJewelz
You motivated me yesterday to open up to more finger drumming!
Nice! Welcome to the party! 🥳 Let me know if there's any tips you'd like me to make a video about. :)
those skills are insane
Aw thanks! Comes from many years of practice and goofing around. 🤡 But hopefully my channel will help you get even doper than this!
Dude you are awesome! Thank you for these amazing videos. Binging your channel rn
Hell yeah glad you're digging it! Let me know if there are any topics you want me to cover next. 🤠
Awesome! 🎉 grooovy pocket
Ayyyye I live for the groove. Thanks mate 🪩
Outstanding! Will try your routines with a different layout, mate.
I practice thumb on a kick, index finger on snare and the middle is a hi-hat, all allocated bottom-up in the middle two rows of a 4*4 grid.
Nice! Yeah all of this should work with any layout that works for you. Seeing everyone’s unique approach is one of my favorite parts of e-drumming. I come from a marching percussion background where there is tons of “correct” prescriptive ways of doing things so the radical individual freedom is so refreshing.
Damn man you coldddd on the drum pad. I never seen anyone use the push like this. I have it but I’m no where near this good with the finger drumming
Thanks! I’ve really been tapping my ass off lol
But if you wanna step up your finger drumming game I have a ton of exercises and practices on my channel that’ll help you level up. You got this! 💪🏽
@@hawtcocomusic I’m definitely going to check out some more of your videos and put this Push 2 to use finally. Thanks my man
Thanks so much for this vid 🔥🔥🚒🚒🚒 better than any finger drumming tutorial I've ever seen 🤘⚡🤘
Yoooo thanks homie 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 happy to do it!
dude, you are so cool
Aw dang, thanks ☺️
Just doing to lords work, pressing buttons and making whacky noises 🔉🔉🔉
Great tutorial, thank you! it's difficult to break the bad habits and reach the next level. helpful video:)
Thanks, you got this! Just make sure you push yourself a little further each time you play and you’ll hit like level 100 in no time 💪🏽
There are probably 20 more levels to this.
Hell yeah! Should I make a sequel? 🤔
Yes please, that would be greaat
Fire Coco! ☺✌🏼🔥
Thanks!!!
Thank you very much for this tutorial. How are you getting the bass to change key while just pressing one key?
You’re very welcome! Lucky for you I actually made an entire tutorial on this exact concept called How To Add Crazy Bassfills to your Drum Rack!
It goes over my sample cycling technique that you could really use for any sound you want. Hope that helps! :)
ruclips.net/video/YSscwqOyDtI/видео.htmlsi=hbMltId8zouJIhto
@@hawtcocomusic Thanks a lot let me check it out.
this is amazing i want to learn this
Nice! You can totally learn this. You can start by trying to play along with the stages of this video. I also have a ton more videos on my channel that breaking down drumming techniques and Ableton breakdowns for how I play all of my own sets. You got this! 🙌🏽
Nice Nice! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! I've got a lot more finger drumming video on the way 🙏🏽
this is awesome man!
Yo, thanks! Did you give it a shot? What level have you made it to?
im trying to master the 16th notes @@hawtcocomusic
Nice, you got this! Stay relaxed, take it slow, and find the groove 🌊@@latorreoscar
7:00 - can you explain how to set it up in ableton? Any resources?
Sure, if you check out the rest of my channel I have a ton of videos breaking down different parts of my setup. But if you’re just referring to the velocity stuff it’s really two different things here that are both in the simpler:
For affecting the gain with velocity there is a knob in the bottom right of the simpler called “Vol
So much good information here. Why not use thumbs? I’ve found using more of a vertical pattern layout easier, and the thumb is used for the kick. I’m maybe at level 5 here.
Nice, level five is great! These are focussed more on the complexity of playing than on the actual technique so you should be able to do most of them in a variety of different layouts. Glad you've found one that's working for ya! Lately I've been using my thumbs more to trigger extra samples and crashes and such. Definitely a useful digit lol 👍🏽
Nice video. Thank you
You're very welcome! Hope it helps you wiggle those phalanges with style 🤓
Love this content! Keep it going
Aw, thanks so much! There’s a lot more on the way :)
lovely format, you got a subscribe here :)
Hey thanks! Welcome to the party 🥳
Super cool!
Thanks! Hope it inspires you to wiggle some digits!
Amazing video
Thanks so much, this one was a blast to make. :)
thx its most useful
You’re very welcome! If you dig this make sure to check out the rest of the channel, I’ve got a bunch more where this came from :)
What is the name of the pads you’re using pls?
I’m using an Ableton Push 2!
I love the samples you are using, are those from one of your songs? can we get them anywhere?
Thanks! I went through the archives and I unfortunately no longer have the project files for this. But I’m pretty sure it was a mixture of some drums I’ve recorded and some splice samples. But it’s mainly some drums and some simple chords, I’m sure you could put together something super similar!
@@hawtcocomusic thanks for taking the time to check !
Hey, mate! Amazing video it seems like im between 4-5 levels. Can you give us some recommendations for learning materials because they are not that easy to find it seems like? I watched all JBlacks Old Video Tutorials and Checked few sections from Quest For Groove.
Yeah sure! Well of course you can cruise through the rest of my page, I have some great videos on building skill and technique.
Im a big rudiments fan coming from marching percussion so I would recommend broadening your scope from "fingerdrumming" to just "drumming" when looking for learning resources. A good 90% of technique, music theory, groove, etc. is the same no matter what you're drumming on.
If you're looking to do more acoustic style stuff Dragon Finger Drums has some great tutorials. The Sample Music Festival does the fingerdrumming world championships and a bunch of other stuff so you can follow them and all the people that show up in that ecosystem.
But honestly the biggest resource is actually going to be yourself and your own curiosity. Just play around and have fun with it! Fingerdrumming is such a new art that there are very few rigid guidelines or traditions, so you can make up your own techniques and styles. Just remember to have fun with it :) hope that helps!
Heyo! Do you have any finger drummin courses or drills to recommend? Any specific drills etc? Cheers!
Absolutely! If you check out the rest of my channel I actually have a whole playlist of finger drumming exercise videos that I think you would really appreciate. Let me know whatcha think! Good luck :)
Nice
Thanks! Hope it gets you to the next level :)
Love this!
Just cueious, how do you have 10-20 times the likes as you do views ??
Thanks! Hope it helps you on your finger drumming journey!
Also, looks like you've got that a little backwards, this video has about 10x more views than likes. 🤷🏽♂️
Nice demo dude!, do you find this drum pad layout is optimal for you? Also, how did you address the arrangement view overdub issue with push 2 in ableton?
Yeah I have a pretty unique drum layout that I've developed just based on my own style of playing. I have a video on the channel breaking down where I normally arrange all of my drum racks. As for the overdub issue I'm not sure what you mean exactly, care to explain? Maybe I can help.
@@hawtcocomusic Thanks for your reply man :) When you are in arrange view in ableton, set a loop for 4 bars. Arm a track with a drum rack and start hitting pads. Once it loops back over it will begin to record over the top of the previously hit notes replacing everything. If you hit the "+" at the top of the ableton UI, it activates the "arrangement overdub" which gets rid of this issue and lets you add to whatever drum pads recorded in the 1st loop through (so you can build the drum loop over many loops).
My question is how do you hit the overdub arrangement option from the push 2? I find it kinda annoying that it appears ableton push 2 does not have a button to switch on/off the overdubing of MIDI notes? By default push 2 seems to loops and record over the top
@@CH-fb4lz I don't have a ton of experience using overdubbing personally, but I think the Push 2 is primarily designed for Session view overdubbing instead of Arrangement view. If you're still struggling with it after awhile I suggest you hit up AbletonDrummer.com. they'll either have some tools that will help with this, or Tobi can even make you some custom plugin stuff to help, he's amazing at this kind of stuff.
Here's what I found in the Push 2 Manual: Press the Record button to begin recording. Now any Drum Rack pads you play will be recorded to the clip. Pressing Record again will stop recording but will continue playing back the clip. Pressing Record a third time will enable overdub mode, allowing you to record into the clip while it plays back. Subsequent presses continue to toggle between playback and overdub. During playback, a small progress bar will appear in the display to show the playback position of each playing clip.
@@hawtcocomusic Thanks for your help man :) i'll play around and see if it works
Ограмаднейшее спасибо! ❤️🎶🪇
This is a great tutorial,
Thanks! I was worried 13 might be too many levels, but I figure people can go as far as they need to lol. Glad you enjoyed it!
you dope my bro
A thousand thank yous 🤓🙏🏽
Great explanation m8! ty so much for this!
how long did it take you to get that good on finger drumming?
Np! Hope it helps! I formally started fingerdrumming on hardware around 2015 but I’ve been drumming on tables and desks and stuff since probably around 2003 or so. ⌛️⏳⌛️⏳
Impressive ❤
Thanks! Hope it helps you move up a level or two :)
Really dope video!! Do you use Melodics?
Ayyye thanks so much! No I haven't used melodics yet, should I check it out?
@@hawtcocomusic hell yeah! They would probably sponsor you!!
Damnnnn good lookin out! I'll definitely give them a peep 👀@@djDivineJustice
man, that was so sick
And only getting sicker! 🤧🤧🤧 If you were digging this I just posted another video in the same style that breaks down some hands-on exercises. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it!
At 5 I already couldn’t imagine how there is any more levels lol
Haha I love that. Honestly I’m sure there’s at least 13 more levels past these! 🤯
What’s the name of that pad you’re using?
This is called the Ableton Push 2. Really great hardware if Ableton is your DAW.
@@hawtcocomusic thanks sir
I stick to level 1 😂😂 great vid..thanks..
Level one is a great place to be! Haha This video isn't going anywhere so check back in when you're ready :)
real drummer here that also translates it to pads. You gotta give yourself the best chance with some bigger pads than a push offers. You've managed to get around this and work your muscle memory to align with tiny pads like that, but nobody should really be expected to do this. You want to be able to smash larger pads if you want to and not feel like you're dancing on a typewriter.
You're not using all 16 pads here. So no reason not to use something limited to 16 pads that are much larger. Get a Preonus ATOM for cheap and you'll be able to use two fingers on one hand to trigger and still have enough real estate on the pad. You're already good with this handicap. So you will absolutely take off flying on something with larger pads.
I have indeed played on a lot of bigger pads! Also very fun. I’m not sure if you’ve played on a push but it might be easier to play with the smaller pads than you think.
I’ve also had a lot of fun making 64-pad drum racks that operate more by “zones” than individual pads so that I can be more expressive- planning on making a vid about that soon!
But to be honest fingerdrumming will always be 2nd to drumming with sticks for me. The tactile experience of the stick and the sensation of some good rebound… there’s just nothing like it. 🥁
@@hawtcocomusic Hats off for evolving your own efforts like that. It all really comes down to what you are working with, what you are trying to accomplish and what makes you pleased with the results. I ultimately decided on a direction more similar to Spinscott. Where it's more about smashing out processed classic breakbeats that have been sliced up and no velocity to volume on the 16 pads. It just seems to favor the Dilla way of making the most out of the least. Your technique requires serious finger dexterity and exactness to get around those lil pads.
sper video 🔥🔥🔥
Hell yeah. I hope it helps you reach level 13 and beyond! 💥
I know I can't finger drum for shit. I have to do one sound at a time. Spastic
It's all good, that's how your start! Soon you'll be able to build up to two sounds at a time and you'll only go up from there. Just stick with it! And let me know if there are any topics I could cover that might help you with your process :)