I too did all those wedding gigs, my wife still thinks I am a drummer and I haven't had a kit for about 40 years ( I'm 80 ). But when I sit down my thighs are a set of Ludwigs, a hard surface is my practice pad. Inthe kitchen, I'm Buddy Rich. Wolf Trap is my theme music. I guess once a drummer, always a drummer. Love your RUclips sets.
@@BobSchoepenjr Hi Bob, thank you for getting in touch with me, so good to hear from you and meet my family. All my best to you all, I'm happy to know you, We drummers, past or present need to stick (no pun intended) together.
Lol, yeah. When I started learning to play drums and people are telling me what rudiments are called and how to mouth them, all I said was WTF. That sounds made up lol. It's only until you begin to advance you understand it like your grandfather explaining his bowel functions.
Sometimes I get a bit nervous watching drumming videos online because I can find it incredibly daunting watching a really talented drummer play something so great and make it look so easy. But I find you so inspiring. You make me want to continue learning as much as I can on the drums :)
I’ve never seen nor heard of this cat. With the ocean of channels like these, I’m SURPRISED to find this guy! He’s “friendly and INforMATIONAL!” No bad ego; no fronts; no age-inappropriate vines or dyed lettuce; and really unique topic niche (here for SURE). I’m SUBBED! A nice balance between Harry Miree and Nate. 🤘🤙
For some artists I love their playing, for some I love their representation, for some it's something else. But for Mike... He's the whole package of a great drummer, a great teacher and a guy with keen sense of representation (Visuals, Videography, content, everything... ). I learn so much from him. I dream to meet you one day, Mike!!! ❤️
You're not "a "drummer.....you're "THE DRUMMER" ...your not lucky To have a gretsch drum kit, the drum kit is lucky To have you!!!😁 you truly are passionate human being , you not only make me wanna be a better drummer , but a better personne To ! I just discover you a month ago , after à few year of stopping playing drum , now i'm going back on the kit !! Merci beaucoup Mike !! Greeting from the province of Québec !!
"Ooh I worked on that fill! Here it comes..." 🤣 I thought that was just me! Another great lesson Mike, thank you. Very happy to have found your channel. 👌👍🥁👊
Absolutely love this Breakdown for sneaky fill. But damn son your video editing is something out of Hollywood brother! Talk about adding some “paprika” and “spice”. It's not just in your playing and way of explaining complex Drumming skills but your video editing "chops".... Are stellar! That's some serious spice right there too! 👊👍
Hi Mike, great lesson, thanks a lot. Not least, your snare sounds amazing - is there any chance you'd explain your tuning, use of heads etc for this particular snare or have possibly already done so in another video? Thanks and best greetings.
Thank you for all do do be do and all of the great shabakbaboo groovy stuff and enthusiasm. I am like sooo close to buying on of your lessons pack things. ( I do own your Linear book and it is killer !.., great source)
Beautiful fill. Talking of spice, Gadd did it ALL the time in terms of sneaking things in, and HOW! Mike, I've been on your channel since 2005, just wanted to take this time to let you know how positive a dude you are, on too of being a fab instructor and of course, a killer drummer! Hope to meet at 21 Drums some day :)
@@mikeslessons That, and EVERY Paul Simon record, ever. He's my number 1, and as I get older, I understand why He is Gaddfather. There really isn't a quartet like him, Vinnie, Porcaro and Carlos Vega. Vinnie is an 👽, but these FOUR guys, man: pocket, feel, taste, the RIGHT things for a song. All my life, I have had ONE goal: to be a SONG drummer, and you definitely know what I mean. That's also why I'm a HUGE fan of Ash. I HAVE to meet the bunch of you guys. Damn this pandemic!
Damn! Just stumbled across this and instantly subbed. Amazing energy, amazing drumming and really motivating to get behind my kit and put in the time it takes to learn this fill. Thank you for really exceptional content! Now off to consume the rest of it:)
Nice lesson! I call it compression and expansion :D Or tension and release. cramping a lot of strokes and then the release with a few simple ones. Much like building tension with dissonance and relieving the listener with the resolution in beautiful harmonics.
Just started watching a few of your videos and I have to say, I just love your energy and enthusiasm. You make it fun to want to learn new things. Thanks!
So much fun finding your channel! So entertaining, short and to the point, and enlightening for a rusty barely intermediate. Getting back into drums after a 12 year hiatus, being an average wannabe guitarist forever, and learning how to play drums back then from Rock Band. Random youtube suggestion brought me here, and I am having fun digging through the library of fun and helpful stuff! Happy New Year and byeya 2020!
Mike, I just watched your Ted talk for the first time years after following your lessons on your channel. I get it. I always thought you were the best educator online. Now I know why. Sorry to hijack this video to post this comment but I needed to let you know. BTW I got choked up at the end too. Thank you for sharing your passion.
@@mikeslessons So I saw this comment and went searching for that Ted Talk, and I feel like I experienced the whole point of that talk first hand. I've been drumming for about 21 years now (since I was 6 years old) and i've never fully grasped the concept of time signatures properly until you explained it in that video. Man you truly are an amazing teacher and I can also attribute some of my growth as a drummer in my earlier years to a number of your lessons. Thank you Mike for what you are doing for the community and all the best going forward.
must be around 10 years on from when I started watching you're videos. Spent a bit of time on your live lesson. I'm still learning new things form you! Cheers for the education!
Great video Mike. I haven't played the drums since lockdown happened. I hope to get back to playing gigs soon. I can't believe it's been 13 years since we were jamming on the drums together at heros last missions practice spot.
@@mikeslessons yep. I have been living in China for 9 years now. I play sometimes corporate events in Beijing. Me and Adam Roth tried to make a band to play festivals in China but new work regulations made things complicated. So now I just make travel videos in mostly Asia but I keep Beijing my home base for now.
@@mikeslessons but actually because of the virus I left Beijing 3 months ago. I went to Malaysia and Indonesia for 2 months and before international flights were cancelled I came back here to California to shelter in place. Now I'm thinking that I was better off staying in Beijing.
Your energy is so great in these videos. gets me excited to try and study these things you show. I love it! I have one critic though... It needs more Juneau!
Take the video to 1:06. The fill starts on beat 1. We're not counting the 32nd notes, but I'll explain where the entire fill fits. Kick (1), right(1), right(e), left(e), Kick(&), right(&), right(a), LEFT snare accent (a), RIGHT snare accent (beat 2). left (e), right(&), LEFT tom accent (a), right (beat 3), LEFT snare accent (e), RIGHT snare accent (&), Left hat scoop (a), beat four is rest (silent), LEFT snare accent (e), RIGHT snare accent (&), LEFT snare accent (a), Right hand crashes on 1. Sick fill.
LOL! I wasn't kidding at all. Before this career that I have now it was all cover gigs and weddings and man... I was CHOPPING out in my head while playing Girl From Ipanema 😂😂😂
Aaaaand just like that, I'm subscribed. Great video. I shall now proceed to pilfer through all your vids and anxiously await the new ones. Also, I enjoy your fluent drum-speak. Spot on!!
MAGIC!!....for sure, I have been using that, and rolls like it, for a couple decades.....hahaha, like you said, a LOT of wedding gigs. Those GRETSCH are sweet, is that wrap original? I had three shells from the mid 50's circle badge that I recovered....miss them for sure. Great videos bro.
Yer awesome. And ya keep good time and have good timing. I was just going through a confidence thing trying to make a video of my own it's not rocket surgery but sometimes we need to hear what we already know. Keep up the good work and thank you.
Pat Boone Debbie Boone?! I’m never getting that outta my head now! Sheesh Dude... it’s like... you’re all: “I’m so scary good at teaching, it’s gonna hurt you...” but you ain’t gonna forget!!! 😳
Tasty stuff, Mike! Sneaky details make for a more intriguing listening experience regardless of style or genre! ^^ Might I also suggest doing a "sneaky series" of some sort if/when you have the time. That would be truly epic! :))
Definitely not sure if I play this already I always sit Soren with these to figure out I do something similar. Other people’s playing always sounds better to me than my own and has this mystifying quality 😉🤷♂️
I too did all those wedding gigs, my wife still thinks I am a drummer and I haven't had a kit for about 40 years ( I'm 80 ). But when I sit down my thighs are a set of Ludwigs, a hard surface is my practice pad. Inthe kitchen, I'm Buddy Rich. Wolf Trap is my theme music. I guess once a drummer, always a drummer. Love your RUclips sets.
haha RON your comment made my day! Say hello to your family. Grts from Belgium, and be safe.
@@BobSchoepenjr Hi Bob, thank you for getting in touch with me, so good to hear from you and meet my family. All my best to you all, I'm happy to know you, We drummers, past or present need to stick (no pun intended) together.
your ability to explain and teach is almost as impressive as your drum skills.
Much appreciate Thom! That's my true passion :)
Exactly, you said it right thomaaz!
Lol, yeah. When I started learning to play drums and people are telling me what rudiments are called and how to mouth them, all I said was WTF. That sounds made up lol. It's only until you begin to advance you understand it like your grandfather explaining his bowel functions.
Low key diss
Sometimes I get a bit nervous watching drumming videos online because I can find it incredibly daunting watching a really talented drummer play something so great and make it look so easy. But I find you so inspiring. You make me want to continue learning as much as I can on the drums :)
"Playing with confidence takes so much repetition, that's where the confidence comes from."
I’ve never seen nor heard of this cat. With the ocean of channels like these, I’m SURPRISED to find this guy! He’s “friendly and INforMATIONAL!”
No bad ego; no fronts; no age-inappropriate vines or dyed lettuce; and really unique topic niche (here for SURE). I’m SUBBED! A nice balance between Harry Miree and Nate. 🤘🤙
AJ Constantine Thanks AJ! That means a lot my friend. Glad ya found me :) 🙏🍵🙏🍵
AJ Constantine : we forgive you😂
For some artists I love their playing, for some I love their representation, for some it's something else. But for Mike... He's the whole package of a great drummer, a great teacher and a guy with keen sense of representation (Visuals, Videography, content, everything... ). I learn so much from him.
I dream to meet you one day, Mike!!! ❤️
You're not "a "drummer.....you're "THE DRUMMER" ...your not lucky To have a gretsch drum kit, the drum kit is lucky To have you!!!😁 you truly are passionate human being , you not only make me wanna be a better drummer , but a better personne To ! I just discover you a month ago , after à few year of stopping playing drum , now i'm going back on the kit !! Merci beaucoup Mike !! Greeting from the province of Québec !!
Finally, an online drum tutor who gets to the point quickly, like it, v cool.
Awe man... thank you so much 🙏🍵🙏🍵
"Ooh I worked on that fill! Here it comes..." 🤣 I thought that was just me! Another great lesson Mike, thank you. Very happy to have found your channel. 👌👍🥁👊
Absolutely love this Breakdown for sneaky fill. But damn son your video editing is something out of Hollywood brother! Talk about adding some “paprika” and “spice”. It's not just in your playing and way of explaining complex Drumming skills but your video editing "chops".... Are stellar! That's some serious spice right there too! 👊👍
0:09
Oh my god, after all of these years - someone has mapped my brain activity
LOL!!! Welcome to the club :)
@@mikeslessons
Feels good to hear it from someone else's point if view, you know? Haha, cheers buddy! 🤘
How dare you suggest that something like 3:05 ever happened to me?
OK, maybe once or twice. It’s a great way to get the band’s instant attention!
I love your example of the "I've been learning that fill," followed by the awkward "yeah"....it's like you know me. 😂
Jonathan, I wouldn't know to say it unless I had been through it myself... MANY time, LOL
@@mikeslessons haha, we probably all have at some point.
@@mikeslessons random question, have you ever listened to the band Lettuce?
@@jonathanbormann5077 Yep, Adam and I are good friends. Lettuce is amazing!
@@mikeslessons should have figured...lol. Listening to their new album and I'm blown away. Lovin it.
5:23 thats me, the best mouth drummer in town.
My man you are an amazing teacher!
Hi Mike, great lesson, thanks a lot. Not least, your snare sounds amazing - is there any chance you'd explain your tuning, use of heads etc for this particular snare or have possibly already done so in another video? Thanks and best greetings.
Ok I’m in. Love your energy.
You’re the man Mike. Your attitude is as accomplished as your chops bud. Stay safe 🇨🇦
This is great. Picked it up very quickly and already came up with “my” versions for use from now until the day of time, lol. Thanks Mike
Looove it. Really awesome methodology and great “music” humor. Thanks for putting these videos out
Thank you for all do do be do and all of the great shabakbaboo groovy stuff and enthusiasm. I am like sooo close to buying on of your lessons pack things. ( I do own your Linear book and it is killer !.., great source)
Beautiful fill. Talking of spice, Gadd did it ALL the time in terms of sneaking things in, and HOW!
Mike, I've been on your channel since 2005, just wanted to take this time to let you know how positive a dude you are, on too of being a fab instructor and of course, a killer drummer! Hope to meet at 21 Drums some day :)
Oh man, have you ever heard that BOMB he snuck into We're In This Love Together by Al Jarreau? Bananas! Thank You for all the kind words my friend.
@@mikeslessons That, and EVERY Paul Simon record, ever. He's my number 1, and as I get older, I understand why He is Gaddfather. There really isn't a quartet like him, Vinnie, Porcaro and Carlos Vega. Vinnie is an 👽, but these FOUR guys, man: pocket, feel, taste, the RIGHT things for a song. All my life, I have had ONE goal: to be a SONG drummer, and you definitely know what I mean. That's also why I'm a HUGE fan of Ash. I HAVE to meet the bunch of you guys. Damn this pandemic!
Damn! Just stumbled across this and instantly subbed. Amazing energy, amazing drumming and really motivating to get behind my kit and put in the time it takes to learn this fill. Thank you for really exceptional content! Now off to consume the rest of it:)
Nice lesson! I call it compression and expansion :D
Or tension and release.
cramping a lot of strokes and then the release with a few simple ones.
Much like building tension with dissonance and relieving the listener with the resolution in beautiful harmonics.
Great lesson! flam-floom-shlempy-doom 4:10. Life changing
There really is a whole life worth of lesson in flam-floom-shlempy-doom :)
Virada TOP, agressiva e suave ao mesmo tempo👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Awesome video, made me laugh a few times. Definitely one of the most laid back, non scripted, authentic drum lessons out there!
Just started watching a few of your videos and I have to say, I just love your energy and enthusiasm. You make it fun to want to learn new things. Thanks!
That was great Mike!
So much fun finding your channel! So entertaining, short and to the point, and enlightening for a rusty barely intermediate. Getting back into drums after a 12 year hiatus, being an average wannabe guitarist forever, and learning how to play drums back then from Rock Band. Random youtube suggestion brought me here, and I am having fun digging through the library of fun and helpful stuff! Happy New Year and byeya 2020!
Mike, I just watched your Ted talk for the first time years after following your lessons on your channel. I get it. I always thought you were the best educator online. Now I know why. Sorry to hijack this video to post this comment but I needed to let you know. BTW I got choked up at the end too. Thank you for sharing your passion.
DesignerFromMars You just made my day 🙏🙏🙏 Thank You :)
@@mikeslessons And guess what? I just discovered your Modern Drummer Podcast... God Bless the magic of confinement.
Mike Johnston what we need in groove freedom is a section of applicapable rudiments for set. Thanks man and greets from Finland!
@@mikeslessons So I saw this comment and went searching for that Ted Talk, and I feel like I experienced the whole point of that talk first hand. I've been drumming for about 21 years now (since I was 6 years old) and i've never fully grasped the concept of time signatures properly until you explained it in that video. Man you truly are an amazing teacher and I can also attribute some of my growth as a drummer in my earlier years to a number of your lessons. Thank you Mike for what you are doing for the community and all the best going forward.
You're great man! Tank you so much for sharring you're knowledge with us!You've got a new subscriber :) God bless you and greetings from Romania!!!!!!
must be around 10 years on from when I started watching you're videos. Spent a bit of time on your live lesson. I'm still learning new things form you!
Cheers for the education!
Tasty stuff man! So simple, yet so effective!
Great video Mike. I haven't played the drums since lockdown happened. I hope to get back to playing gigs soon. I can't believe it's been 13 years since we were jamming on the drums together at heros last missions practice spot.
OMG!!!! Going way back, lol. Are you overseas now?
@@mikeslessons yep. I have been living in China for 9 years now. I play sometimes corporate events in Beijing. Me and Adam Roth tried to make a band to play festivals in China but new work regulations made things complicated. So now I just make travel videos in mostly Asia but I keep Beijing my home base for now.
@@mikeslessons but actually because of the virus I left Beijing 3 months ago. I went to Malaysia and Indonesia for 2 months and before international flights were cancelled I came back here to California to shelter in place. Now I'm thinking that I was better off staying in Beijing.
@@mikeslessons I have 3 drum sets in Beijing including my dw drums and I don't know when I will make it back over there.
Your energy is so great in these videos. gets me excited to try and study these things you show. I love it!
I have one critic though... It needs more Juneau!
Take the video to 1:06. The fill starts on beat 1. We're not counting the 32nd notes, but I'll explain where the entire fill fits.
Kick (1), right(1), right(e), left(e), Kick(&), right(&), right(a), LEFT snare accent (a), RIGHT snare accent (beat 2).
left (e), right(&), LEFT tom accent (a), right (beat 3), LEFT snare accent (e), RIGHT snare accent (&), Left hat scoop (a), beat four is rest (silent), LEFT snare accent (e), RIGHT snare accent (&), LEFT snare accent (a), Right hand crashes on 1. Sick fill.
As a wedding drummer and pop session drummer - @0:08 this is EAXTLY what is going through my head!
LOL! I wasn't kidding at all. Before this career that I have now it was all cover gigs and weddings and man... I was CHOPPING out in my head while playing Girl From Ipanema 😂😂😂
Aaaaand just like that, I'm subscribed. Great video. I shall now proceed to pilfer through all your vids and anxiously await the new ones. Also, I enjoy your fluent drum-speak. Spot on!!
Awesome, thank you!
first time watching one of your videos. love the energy! and what a great lesson, thank you :D
me too.... subbed!!
Awe man... thank you 🙏🙏🙏
"I'm afraid you have underestimated my sneekyness". Sneeky sneeky. Very cool. Love your enthusiasm and skill .
Great video Mike, sounds very clean and fluid thanks for sharing!
This is tasteful
And the video is very nice too, you got me
Great attitude. Love it.
Yes,my man! Another great one!
i just love this guy...always great lessons.
Just saw this clip... Infectious fun... Mike, you are a great teacher... Breaking out the metronome today and getting to it!
Thanks...
Wow! I don’t know any drum teacher that mixes cooking ingredients and drumming so well! Nice lesson as always, btw. Peace, Mike :)
Just trying to bring a bit of extra flavor to your groove kitchen, lol 🙏🙏
Bammm!
MAGIC!!....for sure, I have been using that, and rolls like it, for a couple decades.....hahaha, like you said, a LOT of wedding gigs. Those GRETSCH are sweet, is that wrap original? I had three shells from the mid 50's circle badge that I recovered....miss them for sure. Great videos bro.
3:05... I’ve been there more times than I can count 🥵
Hola Mike.
Qué maravilla envolvente es este fill. Abrazo en cuarentena desde Buenos Aires Argentina.
Dude you are an amazing teacher!
Don't stop!
Gianni Badeau Gianni, I really appreciate that man. I promise to not stop teaching if you promise to not stop practicing :)
This is great.....simple, nasty, and funny as hell. Good Stuff Mike....thx.Stay safe!
So glad ya dig it my friend! 🙏🙏🙏
Too sneaky and spicy fills as always Mike, never change!
I couldn't if I tried, lol Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
3:05 has that ever not happened to me? 😂😂
Your teachings are so
entertaining 🥁😅👍🏼
It Makel so fun listening to your drums!!!! 🙂 greetings from germany Christoph 👏👏👏👏👏
My love for this man and his teachings grows with each video. Can't wait to commit this to muscle memory. Pat Boone is outta here baby! Thank you sir.
You have no idea how much I appreciate that Ozzie! Thank you 🙏 🍵🙏🍵
Great video, I was intrigued by the title and was sold in the first 20 seconds
Edit: Your kit is also extremely nice too
Awe man, thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the lesson 🙏🙏🙏
Yer awesome. And ya keep good time and have good timing. I was just going through a confidence thing trying to make a video of my own it's not rocket surgery but sometimes we need to hear what we already know. Keep up the good work and thank you.
Awesome lesson as always Mike. That solo was insane!
3:00 that joke killed me! hahahahahahah. Its very funny because its real :'D
Great lesson... Not used to leading with my right hand when I start a fill on the snare... So this is helping with that weakness... Love it man!
Eric E Gutierrez Awe man, that’s so great to hear!
3:07 _"yeaaaaaahhhhhh"_ 😂
LOL, we've all been there a few times :)
@@mikeslessons right..... only a _"few"_ times...... 😶lol
This is my first time watching any of your videos and I instantly subscribed..
You are a natural, thank you for explaining it so well!!.
you are such a good teacher !!!
Great lick. Thanks so much, Mike!!!
Waaaoooowww !!!
X'cellent !!!
So much fun !!!
🥁🎵🥁🎵🥁🎵🥁🎵🥁🎵🥁🎵🥁🎵
Just amazing!!!
3:07 resonates with me hard! HA SO TRUE.
Hillarious! Thank you!
Pat Boone Debbie Boone?! I’m never getting that outta my head now! Sheesh Dude... it’s like... you’re all: “I’m so scary good at teaching, it’s gonna hurt you...” but you ain’t gonna forget!!! 😳
I dont know if that is supposed to be a dis or just a jumbled up mess of words. Forget?
@@stickjackal4867 Hint: indelible things juxtaposed upon actions or subjects can be a frustration. I am not mean spirited. ✨❤️✨
Oooh this is a really cool fill that I wouldn't know how to break down from hearing (or watching) in full speed. Cool video and thank you!
This is very dope. I’m going to use this for sure.
Twas an honor meeting you at the Gadd show at Yoshi’s!
Oh man this fill feels good.. I needed something to get me out of the boom deck of Doom
Tasty stuff, Mike! Sneaky details make for a more intriguing listening experience regardless of style or genre! ^^
Might I also suggest doing a "sneaky series" of some sort if/when you have the time. That would be truly epic! :))
So glad you enjoyed, and even more glad that you want more 🙏🙏🙏🍵🍵🍵
Dude, that is freaking fantastic. Thanks for that. Now I'm going to go practice it for two hours and see if I can get it down. Thank you.
YES!!! That's what I love to hear :)
3:06 Had me laughinggggggggg
Love your energy and enthusiasm. New sub.
Thank you Nathan, that means a lot. Now for the big question... did ya practice it? 🙏🍵🙏🍵
You make it so easy to learn 🔥
That thing you did at the beginning is something i do when i want to keep better time :D
That snare sounds so good I had to re-watch the whole video because I couldn't focus on the fill hahaha
Thanks 🙏🙏🙏 and... NO snare mic :)
@@mikeslessons Exactly why I can't help but listen to it more than the explanation of the fill 😂
The COOLEST drummer in the world!!!
Much appreciated James. Just happy to be able to entertain y'all during these crazy times :)
I love how he talks about a fill like it’s a person. This dude cracks me up😂
Great lesson one of the best I've seen in a while!
Awesome communication, relevant, and inspiring! Like your enthusiasm, too.
Jim Warnock Man, thank you so so much!
Love the enthusiasm… Wish I understood drum speak LOL… Subscribed
Mike, this is why I subscribed to your channel: pure beast licks with devilish taste. Keep it up my man.
Are ya trying to make me cry? 🙏🙏🙏
Definitely not sure if I play this already I always sit Soren with these to figure out I do something similar. Other people’s playing always sounds better to me than my own and has this mystifying quality 😉🤷♂️
Love it!! Your videos are always so much fun to watch.
Jeff Hy Thanks a ton Jeff 🙏 🍵🙏🍵 That means a lot bro :)
You are a true magician
So sick! man I love this!!!
🙏🙏🍵🍵🍵
I think he is the online instructor I’ve been looking for.
Thank you!
Derrick J. Holmes Happy to hear that Derrick!!! 🙏🙏🙏🍵🍵🍵
Mike Johnston I’ll be following you and practicing your short lessons.
Such a cool fill! 🙌🏻
Hi sir. What metronome app are you using?
Click metronome
For the umpteenth time...:-p
grazie sei veramente bravo e simpatico quanto spieghi gli esercizi
This is freaky awesome!
You light up my life
the beginning was hilarious
Awesome. Thanks Mike !!!
You sir are amazing, mad props to you.