glad he has a drum transcript to follow ( it's worth it to know how to read music ) only need to learn note time values not the 12 pitches like ABCDEFG etc. Why ? Because these online great drummers go to fast . if they would slow down when visually explaining, it would help. a slow motion mode on there cameras would help and a camera on his Bass drum peddle should be used . most all of these online RUclips free drum tutorial teachers hopefully are aware of this criticism . it certainly is best to take lessons face to face with a local drum teacher. however i enjoyed this video and will nail his lesson only by practice, practice, practice .....😊👍
I must confess I love the way you teach and the way you think about learning. To learn ideas or ingredients (as you do) is different from being able to play fixed fills or grooves, because it makes easier for you to add ideas and techniques to your style. We drummers know that there is a difference between being able to play something and playing that naturally and frequently, as a part of your style. It is a valuable and rich approach to learn music. Thanks and greetings from Brazil!
you’ve very quickly become my favorite online drummer. your vocabulary is rich and your views on teaching music are exactly as they should be. keep it up man!
Damn boy! Besides your playing it is always more than a pleasure to get in touch with your positive vibes! Thanks for spreading so much love into the community
Mike, your lessons are always incredible, but your amazing attitude teaches us all how to be the musician everyone wants to work with because you're a great player as well as the positive spark in the group! Love your lessons!!!
A great example of why it's important to master the snare drum and its rudiments. It becomes very easy to convert those skills to the kit later on. Single stroke players struggle with these patterns. Nicely demonstrated! A jazz lick against a rock pattern. Cheers!
the amount of potential creativity behind this lick is huge. i like the part where you say, that it's perfect to get you "into some triplet vocabulary" - the idea of introducing new "language" in a solo or wherever else is something super important, instead of jumping right into. Don't get me wrong - that can be interesting as well, but i feel, that the power of introducing and preparing something new is a MAJOR musical advantage and makes people follow your path of thought - which is beautiful, i guess. thanks mike, as always!!
Great Lesson! Ive been working hard on my paradiddle-diddles for the last few months. This lessons gives me some really helpful and practical ideas on how i can apply them to the whole kit. Thanks Mike. Love your work.
I began your lessons a couple of months back. It is a slow and tedious process. But like you say, work it a million times and it becomes something useful and workable. I'm doing things now I never thought possible! You are a great teacher. Thank you Mike!!!
Mike Johnston Yeah buddy. Downloaded a metronome and have been practicing this and keeping time in general on my knees while working from home. Hopping on the kit during lunch breaks. 😎 stay healthy 🤙🏾
Thanks Mike! I looooove your teaching style. I’m an instructor at Bentley’s Drum shop and am looking forward to a rescheduled clinic. Stay safe and God bless
These are very nice and really crisp fills that run very nicely in the song. You can always use these things. Thanks a lot! And continue to have fun and success with your channel! Greetings from Germany near Frankfurt, Peter!
This is an awesome lesson! Quarantine has actually given me the time to sit at the kit and learn your stuff. This has actually been very productive to my playing. Thanks man! This was an awesome lesson! Much love dude!
Hi Mike, Great Fill! It really sounds neat and is actually fun to play! One little thing I added that also sounds cool is to add a pickup note on the snare on the "ah" of 4 (coming out of the beat) before the fill. The sound of that pickup note sort of mimicks the second stroke of the left hand ghost notes that occur in the second diddle during the fill. Thanks for the great lesson and keep up 'em comin'!
I like this one, a lot! You always say, take it and work with it. I learn this stuff, practice it. Eventually, it kind of pops out somewhere. That's when I know I know it. Thanks, Mike!
Jak zawsze fantastycznie! Mój ulubiony perkusista na świecie i w kosmosie 😁 co prawda nic nie rozumie co gada ale uwielbiam patrzeć jak gra 😊 pozdrawiam serdecznie
Awww yeah!!! Heading to the garage!! Although it will sound a little funny because I sold all of my cymbals to start my Byzance collection...and the only one I have right now is a 10in byzance splash. XD. A little bigada digida spligita splash!!
do you have a score sheet w/any of your grooves? It be nice to go line by line through your grooves as warm up drill. I have them scratched on little pieces of paper. You are fun to follow for sure, Thanks.
Shit! I’m pretty new to this cat, but it’s amazing how he seems to find these micro-riffs and nuances that the other billion drum channels just don’t have the instinct for! Once again ... SHITCHYESS!!! 🙏🤘👍
2:48 that's me still practicing patterns I learned years ago.. Unfortunately I don't have time to spend on new licks like this (even though it sounds cool), since it takes SO DARN LONG for me to internalize stuff. I've got a handful of your patterns that I bring to the kit almost every time I practice, and I still can't pull them out on a gig.
Also, (and sorry if this sounds like a rant), I have an issue with the way you teach the application of these different patterns, as if basic math is all that's involved. Say for instance, I have all of these licks at my fingertips, and I know the note values of each of them. Now I'm on a gig, and I feel inspired to play a fill that runs over the bar by a beat. "Let's see, I need 30 16th-note triplets here.. I'll just whip out a couple 7's, throw a 9 at it and finish with another 7. If I did my math right, it'll sound great!" It means nothing if I'm not feeling the syncopated rhythm underneath everything.. Again, sorry for the rant. I guess my drumming brain will never be at your level, and it frustrates me.
@@therealandrewlund No problem at all my friend. I think you are confusing RUclips videos for actual drumming curriculum. These are just simple tips and tricks. My view has always been that if this candy is enough for you then, by all means, stay here on RUclips and fill up on candy. If however, you want to actually learn how to play this instrument properly, well I've devoted the last decade of my life to building a site for that. Everything there is course-based, one small concept leading into the next, graduating you the same incremental steps that you would experience if you were my private student. Hope that helps :)
OOPS MY FAULT ...JUST SEEN YOU AT 1:20 AND ON.....SORRY... I COULD DO THIS....GONNA TRY NOW....THANK YOU BROTHER....ANY WAY YOU CAN DO KID ROCK JOHNNY CASH AND MIDNIGHT FERRY??? ID LIKE TO SEE YOUR TAKE ON THOSE 2 GREAT SONGS...REALLY APPRECIATE IT...YOUR THE BEST
Hey Mike! I'm sure that you've answered this question before a million times but wondering what type of main Meinl ride cymbal that you're playing? It sounds fantastic 👍
Just picking up the drums in my late 50s so I will never to be able to do what he just showed. Age plus only 1.5 to 2 hours a day are the big limiters. Really curious though how long it takes for a younger drummer to reach the level to smoothly play what Mike was showing? Is it about five to six years at five to six hours a day? It sounds great. He has a knack for conjuring out really good sounds from the kit. Confident and pulsing forward without being overbearing.
Starting with ZERO musical knowledge? I believe an eager student who really plays/practice 2 hours a day can get these types of concept in less than two years.
@@rumblepac6823Thanks. That's heartening as I have been at it about 9 months and get at least an hour in a day with sometimes 1.5 to 2 so the sticking is getting comfortable.
I think what Mike says about having the blueprint before the house is really important and especially relevant here. You need to have a solid foundation in timing and groove first before jumping in to patterns like or similar to this as otherwise you’ll get de motivated and frustrated at not understanding the primary core of the groove. Which in essence comes down to timing and subdivisions. If you can figure out the subdivision of whichever groove you are working on it will go a long way towards breaking down the beat and help you play the pattern with that bit more confidence and ease! If you can understand how to talk then you are going speak more clearly and freely and that just comes with time and practice. Don’t worry about the hours or time that you can’t practice but the ones that you can. Even if it’s for a relatively small or limited period it will add up and you’ll feel motivated to keep moving! Practicing is not necessarily about the amount of hours you do but what you do within the hours that you have. Figure that out and you’ll go a long way towards playing more freely and speak with ease. You do that by developing vocabulary (rudiments, grooves etc) and I’m off the opinion that there is no specific time period of when a person will learn and be proficient as every single human being is different and some will take longer or shorter than others. Do you and always strive to be better than yesterday and the rest will happen and flow naturally. Most importantly, have fun!
@@lukedrum92 Very well said! In fact, your words should be required reading for any beginner like me as they bring a realistic assessment into the conversation of how to view the practice time. Thank you. I must say that in reading the replies to my query that I am impressed with the willingness of drummers to give constructive input--good stuff within this community!
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I love when drummers say it's a simple fill or a simple beat. It is always simple for trained drummers.
It takes practice. If you put in time to practice, no matter what you are: Trained or self-taught, you will get there.
Simple does not mean easy 😂
@@Dusther210 Buddy Rich made this drum style famous.
glad he has a drum transcript to follow ( it's worth it to know how to read music ) only need to learn note time values not the 12 pitches like ABCDEFG etc.
Why ? Because these online great drummers go to fast . if they would slow down when visually explaining, it would help. a slow motion mode on there cameras would help and a camera on his Bass drum peddle should be used . most all of these online RUclips free drum tutorial teachers hopefully are aware of this criticism .
it certainly is best to take lessons face to face with a local drum teacher. however i enjoyed this video and will nail his lesson only by practice, practice, practice .....😊👍
Who cares about the title...I see Mike, I click. Period.
LOL! Much appreciated Nemo :)
I must confess I love the way you teach and the way you think about learning. To learn ideas or ingredients (as you do) is different from being able to play fixed fills or grooves, because it makes easier for you to add ideas and techniques to your style. We drummers know that there is a difference between being able to play something and playing that naturally and frequently, as a part of your style. It is a valuable and rich approach to learn music. Thanks and greetings from Brazil!
you’ve very quickly become my favorite online drummer. your vocabulary is rich and your views on teaching music are exactly as they should be. keep it up man!
Jake, thank you so very much my friend!
Damn boy! Besides your playing it is always more than a pleasure to get in touch with your positive vibes! Thanks for spreading so much love into the community
Mike, your lessons are always incredible, but your amazing attitude teaches us all how to be the musician everyone wants to work with because you're a great player as well as the positive spark in the group! Love your lessons!!!
A great example of why it's important to master the snare drum and its rudiments. It becomes very easy to convert those skills to the kit later on. Single stroke players struggle with these patterns. Nicely demonstrated! A jazz lick against a rock pattern. Cheers!
EXACTLY what I need now I’ve finally got my kit out of storage and set up in the garage during lockdown! Thanks Mike!
That's so great to hear!!! Have fun with it Dan :)
Similar situation here, have my kit back after a dry period and your vids have awakened some style. Cheers
Mike is an AWESOME INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER
Perfect Sound and Fluidity in motion
Man, I freakin love your approach and attitude. So good! Keep it up man 🙌
Man this is the best video I've ever seen. The way you teach and show how to do this lick is impeccable. Got my subscribe
the amount of potential creativity behind this lick is huge. i like the part where you say, that it's perfect to get you "into some triplet vocabulary" - the idea of introducing new "language" in a solo or wherever else is something super important, instead of jumping right into. Don't get me wrong - that can be interesting as well, but i feel, that the power of introducing and preparing something new is a MAJOR musical advantage and makes people follow your path of thought - which is beautiful, i guess. thanks mike, as always!!
Great Lesson! Ive been working hard on my paradiddle-diddles for the last few months. This lessons gives me some really helpful and practical ideas on how i can apply them to the whole kit. Thanks Mike. Love your work.
That's wonderful to hear Steve! This will definitely help develop your "usable" paradiddle-diddle vocabulary!
Enjoy :)
I began your lessons a couple of months back. It is a slow and tedious process. But like you say, work it a million times and it becomes something useful and workable. I'm doing things now I never thought possible! You are a great teacher. Thank you Mike!!!
Mike, you’re the shit. So happy I stumbled across your videos.
Thanks a ton man! How ya holding up in Texas? Can you practice?
Mike Johnston Yeah buddy. Downloaded a metronome and have been practicing this and keeping time in general on my knees while working from home. Hopping on the kit during lunch breaks. 😎 stay healthy 🤙🏾
Thanks Mike, that important thing. Triplets and paradiddle-Didle are amazing! My favorite! Stay healty Man.
Thanks Mike! I looooove your teaching style. I’m an instructor at Bentley’s Drum shop and am looking forward to a rescheduled clinic. Stay safe and God bless
Practical and beautiful, as always. Just how the material is made by a great teacher. Thank you Mike.
Really a helpful lesson! And it is a good advice to practice, until the body remembers the pattern easily and then do variations. Thank you for this!
That's great to hear Robert. Glad you enjoyed the lesson (and the advice). Have fun practicing this one :)
This is so awesome and motivating. You're such a great musician and teacher! Thanks!
Awe Sonny... thank you man. Really, that means a lot!
These are very nice and really crisp fills that run very nicely in the song. You can always use these things. Thanks a lot! And continue to have fun and success with your channel! Greetings from Germany near Frankfurt, Peter!
This is an awesome lesson! Quarantine has actually given me the time to sit at the kit and learn your stuff. This has actually been very productive to my playing. Thanks man! This was an awesome lesson! Much love dude!
Hi Mike, Great Fill! It really sounds neat and is actually fun to play! One little thing I added that also sounds cool is to add a pickup note on the snare on the "ah" of 4 (coming out of the beat) before the fill. The sound of that pickup note sort of mimicks the second stroke of the left hand ghost notes that occur in the second diddle during the fill.
Thanks for the great lesson and keep up 'em comin'!
Thanx.
I've been studying blues drumming for sometime now. Just another tool to use. Thanx man
Such a cool concept! I love how your enjoyment and stoke shows through when you are playing. Thanks! It's clear that you love to teach.
Excellent approach to teaching and keeping it fun. I'm on board. Also, I love the cowbell. It sounds even better on my kit!
Mike, thanks for the time you put into these lessons. I just figured out a Gadd lick.
I like this one, a lot! You always say, take it and work with it. I learn this stuff, practice it. Eventually, it kind of pops out somewhere. That's when I know I know it. Thanks, Mike!
You're right, can't think of kicks and paradiddle, but the groove is awesome. Thanks!
Great warm-up exercise Mike 👌🎶🍵 very cool groove fill out there
Thanks a lot Mike!! you are one of my drum heroes!!!! greetings from Mexico!!
This is awesome! Thank you for sharing!
been ages Mike. been waiting for some crazy triplet pattern from you for some time now and am glad you had me in mind lol great lesson thumbs
Thanks for the cool lick. Always a treat and a very positive learning experience watching your vids. Love those Blue Sparkle Gretsch!!
Mike play drums soooo smooth even the greats make things look difficult but Mike doesn't👌👍
very good lesson, thank you
Im a seasoned drummer but I still Love your stuff. Good Job Mike.
Jak zawsze fantastycznie! Mój ulubiony perkusista na świecie i w kosmosie 😁 co prawda nic nie rozumie co gada ale uwielbiam patrzeć jak gra 😊 pozdrawiam serdecznie
I respect that you teach...."don't plagiarise my ideas". Instead, use these tips to create your own grooves, unique to you.
Always sharing gems, Mike! Thank you!
As usual, awesome lesson! Miss you Mike!!
All I can say is:" Thank You so much, Mike !! Greetings from Germany."
Thank you Mike. Loved it. You always inspire. God bless you and stay safe.
this guys an excellent teacher, btw.
You’re the Man, Michael!!!!
Stuart... thank you brother. That means a lot!
Michael J :)
Dude I I've been following you from 2012 and i fell off bad i can't wait to start practicing this soon
I appreciate how your shirt matches your kit.
LOL! If ya don't care about the details then why even care at all right? 😅🍵😅🍵
Cool fill Mike 😊
This is so cool Mike, I dig the way teach and encourage!
Thanks a million this is exactly what I needed ❤️
That’s a ripper MJ! Luv it thanks for the lick
Fun lick! Thanks for sharing!
You are more than welcome Eddy! I hope you have fun with it today! 🙏🍵
This stuff makes you addicted to play it and grooves awsome !!!!!Can't stop playing it!!! ! (JR-PORTUGAL)
Great lesson as always thanks
Awesome! Thanks Mike. I really want to get this fill under my belt so I have a different sounding half measure fill in my arsenal.👍
Gorgeous kit Mike.
Thx for sharing mike.
Nice one !
Anytime my friend!
Fantastic Mike! Thanks for sharing!
You'll be ripping this one all over the kit in 7/8!!!
Mike Johnston lol.
Muito boa a dica, sou muito fã da sua música, sucesso!
I have missing seeing you Mike, thank you for this!!!
Aprendi muito com você. Obrigando 👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷
Mr. Humble 🙇🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That's so, so jazzy .. well jazzy in my mind👏👏👏
Awww yeah!!! Heading to the garage!! Although it will sound a little funny because I sold all of my cymbals to start my Byzance collection...and the only one I have right now is a 10in byzance splash. XD. A little bigada digida spligita splash!!
Haven’t felt motivated to sit down at the kit in weeks. Problem solved! 🙏
You literally just made my day with that comment!
Mike just having so much fun!! Love!
Excellent Mike. Thank you
I am a Mike Portnoy and Nick Menza (rip) type of drummer but I must say, you're dang good.
Awesome 👏
Great, Mike
Awesome fill thanx
Mike!!! You are the best!
Much appreciated Abishek :)
This is a great lesson!
do you have a score sheet w/any of your grooves? It be nice to go line by line through your grooves as warm up drill. I have them scratched on little pieces of paper. You are fun to follow for sure, Thanks.
Shit! I’m pretty new to this cat, but it’s amazing how he seems to find these micro-riffs and nuances that the other billion drum channels just don’t have the instinct for!
Once again ... SHITCHYESS!!!
🙏🤘👍
2:48 that's me still practicing patterns I learned years ago.. Unfortunately I don't have time to spend on new licks like this (even though it sounds cool), since it takes SO DARN LONG for me to internalize stuff. I've got a handful of your patterns that I bring to the kit almost every time I practice, and I still can't pull them out on a gig.
Also, (and sorry if this sounds like a rant), I have an issue with the way you teach the application of these different patterns, as if basic math is all that's involved. Say for instance, I have all of these licks at my fingertips, and I know the note values of each of them. Now I'm on a gig, and I feel inspired to play a fill that runs over the bar by a beat. "Let's see, I need 30 16th-note triplets here.. I'll just whip out a couple 7's, throw a 9 at it and finish with another 7. If I did my math right, it'll sound great!" It means nothing if I'm not feeling the syncopated rhythm underneath everything.. Again, sorry for the rant. I guess my drumming brain will never be at your level, and it frustrates me.
@@therealandrewlund No problem at all my friend. I think you are confusing RUclips videos for actual drumming curriculum. These are just simple tips and tricks. My view has always been that if this candy is enough for you then, by all means, stay here on RUclips and fill up on candy. If however, you want to actually learn how to play this instrument properly, well I've devoted the last decade of my life to building a site for that. Everything there is course-based, one small concept leading into the next, graduating you the same incremental steps that you would experience if you were my private student.
Hope that helps :)
Great lesson, I love your entusiasm!
Fortissimo SnareDrum
very nice thank you
Love me a good paradiddle diddle.
Heck ya brother. Just add 3 simple notes to the beginning and ya got yourself a biscuit!
That's so cool Mike! Does the green tea help?😆
It sure as hell doesn't hurt, lol
thanks for the videos, love youe energy.
Very very good
OOPS MY FAULT ...JUST SEEN YOU AT 1:20 AND ON.....SORRY... I COULD DO THIS....GONNA TRY NOW....THANK YOU BROTHER....ANY WAY YOU CAN DO KID ROCK JOHNNY CASH AND MIDNIGHT FERRY??? ID LIKE TO SEE YOUR TAKE ON THOSE 2 GREAT SONGS...REALLY APPRECIATE IT...YOUR THE BEST
Can't wait to try this! Thanks Mike! Also what's the outro song? I swear i've heard it before somewhere!
Cool stuff... Thanks for taking the time...
Starting at 4:02/4:03 , would that repeated pattern be considered a vamp?
i actually know what 9 9 6 means now, thank you Mike
BOOM! It's all basic math :)
Hey Mike! I'm sure that you've answered this question before a million times but wondering what type of main Meinl ride cymbal that you're playing? It sounds fantastic 👍
Tat's my signature ride with Meinl -The Mike Johnston 21" Transition Ride :)
Thanks mike it's so damn good.. whoaaaa
HECK YA! Enjoy it my friend :)
Hi :)
I wonder who you did check out recently that were releasing video for the first time?
Dang is this the Levon Helm set up? 2 cymbals you can ride on and a cowbell instead of a second tom!
1:33 When you get your paradiddle diddle right for the first time
ilay Ben Shoshan LOL 😂
Bravo merci beaucoup bon courage
I don't speak French but I feel like you said something nice, lol 🍵🙏🙏🍵
Moi aussi je parle pas anglais lol. tu as une méthode à ton nom ?
So great ! Thank you ! Can you tell me please which crash do you play on the right of your right ride ? Cheers !
That's the Meinl 20" Extra Thin Hammered Crash (AKA Thunder Butter)
@@mikeslessons it sounds fantastic !
Just picking up the drums in my late 50s so I will never to be able to do what he just showed. Age plus only 1.5 to 2 hours a day are the big limiters.
Really curious though how long it takes for a younger drummer to reach the level to smoothly play what Mike was showing? Is it about five to six years at five to six hours a day?
It sounds great. He has a knack for conjuring out really good sounds from the kit. Confident and pulsing forward without being overbearing.
One surface learning get the book you could have this down by the end of the month
Starting with ZERO musical knowledge? I believe an eager student who really plays/practice 2 hours a day can get these types of concept in less than two years.
@@rumblepac6823Thanks. That's heartening as I have been at it about 9 months and get at least an hour in a day with sometimes 1.5 to 2 so the sticking is getting comfortable.
I think what Mike says about having the blueprint before the house is really important and especially relevant here. You need to have a solid foundation in timing and groove first before jumping in to patterns like or similar to this as otherwise you’ll get de motivated and frustrated at not understanding the primary core of the groove. Which in essence comes down to timing and subdivisions. If you can figure out the subdivision of whichever groove you are working on it will go a long way towards breaking down the beat and help you play the pattern with that bit more confidence and ease! If you can understand how to talk then you are going speak more clearly and freely and that just comes with time and practice.
Don’t worry about the hours or time that you can’t practice but the ones that you can. Even if it’s for a relatively small or limited period it will add up and you’ll feel motivated to keep moving! Practicing is not necessarily about the amount of hours you do but what you do within the hours that you have. Figure that out and you’ll go a long way towards playing more freely and speak with ease.
You do that by developing vocabulary (rudiments, grooves etc) and I’m off the opinion that there is no specific time period of when a person will learn and be proficient as every single human being is different and some will take longer or shorter than others. Do you and always strive to be better than yesterday and the rest will happen and flow naturally. Most importantly, have fun!
@@lukedrum92 Very well said! In fact, your words should be required reading for any beginner like me as they bring a realistic assessment into the conversation of how to view the practice time. Thank you. I must say that in reading the replies to my query that I am impressed with the willingness of drummers to give constructive input--good stuff within this community!
well explained
God job
Would it possible to show sheet music of pattern so I can wright it down.