I decided to be a drumless drummer. | Finger Drummer 101 #1

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @bart2019
    @bart2019 Год назад +21

    It's nice to see that instead of buying a dedicated controller (with pads) for fingerdrumming, you simply use a generic one (with standard mini piano keys).
    Your GAS therapy has now been completed.

  • @wwddwi2183
    @wwddwi2183 Год назад

    7:50
    That’s what joy 👀s like on a person’s face.
    Good for you.
    New journey, let’s go✌🏿💯👍🏿

  • @crnkmnky
    @crnkmnky Год назад +4

    Keyboard is the only drum kit I'm any good at. I feel validated to quit lusting for pad controllers and e-kits, and practice more of what I already know. Thank you!

  • @allen394
    @allen394 Год назад +2

    A great idea and video to explain the GAS theory. Excellent bass riff! Keep up the good work.

  • @andropolisstudiomusic
    @andropolisstudiomusic Год назад +3

    Great! Sounds like a fantastic plan, I´m inspired. Thank you Michael!

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      I'm massively inspired by drummers too! I'll share more inspirations, stay tuned~

  • @beatbaker937
    @beatbaker937 Год назад

    welcome back great seeing you again !

  • @eeclarkutube
    @eeclarkutube Год назад +2

    looking forward to this

  • @grooveroid
    @grooveroid Год назад +3

    Mate, you talk a ton of sense! I have lugged a full drum set around for..some decades and it's not really been worth it. Your points about using keys rather than pads are really worthy..I make EDM and playing in the patterns with dynamics does really help the groove. Of course subbed! :)

  • @Rhythmattica
    @Rhythmattica Год назад

    Im with ya! I started Finger Drumming back in days of an Atari ST and a Roland D10

  • @ReallyRamtin
    @ReallyRamtin Год назад +2

    Love the new spot bro, congrats. Also excited for this new series 🔥

  • @yvesbouillet1290
    @yvesbouillet1290 Год назад +4

    Thumb up for the new fingerdrummer :)

  • @helio7249
    @helio7249 Год назад +1

    thank you!! I needed this. I'm starting on finger drumming as well

  • @mrdave740a
    @mrdave740a Год назад +1

    I'm just starting to learn finger drumming, so your timing is perfect! I plan to join your patreon page after my current guitar class ends -- don't have time to commit to both at once! I like your basic approach to make simple things work well, and your sense of humor.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Appreciated, and when you do join it, make sure to start from #0 then each and every one by order, the difficulty will slowly hike up while bulding your fundamental skills.

  • @ClaudeYoung
    @ClaudeYoung Год назад +2

    Congratulations on the new apartment!!! 🤘🤘🤘🙏

  • @clownapocalypse8240
    @clownapocalypse8240 Год назад

    very nice presentation and demonstration, you inspired me.

  • @lenneavy
    @lenneavy 11 месяцев назад

    I started to learn fingerdrumming recently and having something that is accessible and available is an immense help. I went with yamaha fgdp50. It is more of self-contained instrument, if one can call it like that. It is still too big to lug it around just in case I'll get few minutes to practise (although recent traffic jams made me to rethink this) but it has nice pad layout, battery, sounds and is instant way to play whenever I want. One major downside is lack of battery status indicator, more than once it just turned off when I was drumming.

  • @marcgrauss3425
    @marcgrauss3425 Год назад

    Nice bass lick and already nice druming too ! I like all your videos and this one in particular : I have always been interested to make music with the smallest possible set. In the 90's I was showcasing and selling in France very expensive devices like AKAI samplers and customers were impressed by their sound quality... but when preparing my demos at home I used only inexpensive gears to make my sounds !!! I find it so gratifying to obtain good results making music with stuff that most people would consider as too basic... I am already looking forward to seeing you next video !!! Congrats and Bravo !

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      Appreciated and kudos! Your GAS Therapy is way in front of mine lol

  • @alkaiosmusic
    @alkaiosmusic Год назад +2

    Very cool project

  • @Bonn5656
    @Bonn5656 Год назад +1

    Bro, i think i saw u in one movie, there was a scene u are were being interviewed- don’t remember the name sry😂 btw amazing channel. Cheers!

  • @clucida
    @clucida Год назад +1

    Love your channel! ❤ From France !

  • @maximerobin
    @maximerobin Год назад

    This is very interesting! Props!

  • @mishaoosterhuis5260
    @mishaoosterhuis5260 Год назад +2

    Yes, from personal experience, learning to fingerdrum on the rubber pads can be hard and exhausting! Had to put a lot of hours in Melodics and still going. Keys from a MIDI keyboard are a great alternative indeed!

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      Glad to know that I'm not alone! Plus with Melodics, you can't really practice intense clips with scrolling piano roll, the static sheet got its pros for centuries.

  • @GioBen778
    @GioBen778 Год назад

    You’re such a great inspiration to me

  • @krazywabbit
    @krazywabbit Год назад +7

    Crazy to think some have written you off for previous content. Their loss. Our gain. Cheers.

  • @onedarkside4830
    @onedarkside4830 Год назад

    This was so cool 🙌

  • @klaytonvonkluge4905
    @klaytonvonkluge4905 11 месяцев назад

    Michael gives all of us legit drummers who can't use a set or have the noise or whatever the case, hope, in the way of finger drumming 🙂

  • @seedmole
    @seedmole Год назад +1

    Some time ago, I found myself needing more than just super basic drum sounds. So for a while I consciously focused on the drum parts of songs I liked, finger drumming on the steering wheel on the way to and from school. My first keyboard was a Radioshack sample-based keyboard, with a few drum kits on it, and all my drum playing went into that. I no longer use that keyboard, but these days I've been using a midi keyboard to control an Alesis drum machine. I've felt that the keys have much better action than any dedicated drum pad controller, like you're saying -- and yeah, velocity is so inconsistent on those that it's almost useless.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +2

      Totally feel your pain! Even with the best ones from NI and Akai, the velocity is still not consistent. And yes learning drums brings more improvements to my music than learning melodic ones, it's really inspiring, so I decide to make it a thing to the world 😆

    • @seedmole
      @seedmole Год назад +1

      @@playpm Yeah it felt like another example of looking behind the curtain.. going from knowing what styles of drums I liked to being able to actually piece them together myself. And yeah regarding velocity, I think people should give more attention to velocity-processing plugins, like things that reshape or rescale the range to be more usable.

  • @BlackburnBigdragon
    @BlackburnBigdragon Год назад +1

    I absolutely agree with you about those drum pads. It's hard to play them and really use their velocity right. They seem good for doing note on or off okay. But they're hard to judge how hard to hit if you want a hard or soft sound. And if you have arthritis like I do, they hurt! I agree with you. A good midi keyboard that can sense velocity goes a LONG way. But here's the thing with that. I've found that a lot of the cheap midi keyboards hurt just as much as those pads. For instance, I've tried the cheaper Akai midi controllers, in their MPK series, and those keys are all one piece of plastic. There's no hinge on any of the keys. The plastic just bends as you push down. Playing midi controllers like those also hurt my fingers. I've found that if you really want to finger drum, you need a midi controller that doesn't have stiff keys that just bend, but has actual keys that are separate and hinged. They should offer not much resistance when you hit those keys and they can't be stiff in the slightest. The BEST thing to use in my opinion is an actual synth because the keyboards on those are usually pretty good. But if you need small and portable, keep in mind to look for a controller that doesn't have stiff keys. Those Akai MPK midi controllers are the most popular controllers around here. Everyone seems to use them, but I absolutely can't stand them.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      I feel you! Currently I'm using a super dated Akai lpk one which has the worst velocity response cuz I want to train my muscles in a hard way, but when I switch to my Korg airkey, it's just so much easier to get finer dynamic. And from my experience, most of the latest generation of midi keyboard will serve you a way better job than old ones like mpk MK2 or my lpk.

  • @NitroTheOracle
    @NitroTheOracle Год назад

    awesome vid bro , when is part 2 coming out?? im starting finger drumming today for sure.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Soon, I’m planning to introduce my fingering on the keyboard next time, stay tuned~

    • @NitroTheOracle
      @NitroTheOracle Год назад

      @@playpm nice

  • @Norhther
    @Norhther Год назад

    Can we get a GAS therapy on the RC 505 mk ii? Great stuff as always

  • @ThatSockmonkey
    @ThatSockmonkey Год назад

    Awesome! I love your videos.

  • @Osckob
    @Osckob Год назад

    Absolutely no matter the tool we have many way to express… can even do just clap 👏 play to make rythm

  • @WastelandSurvival2
    @WastelandSurvival2 Год назад +1

    You could even colour or label different keys for different sounds too!

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      Good idea! Though I'll leave my controller to be black and white to save me from color grading my videos 😆. The black key bump is already perfect for the tactile feel I'm chasing for, and for the general midi mapping drum method, the mapping never changes, perfect to keep you in the flow state.

  • @HornedBee
    @HornedBee Год назад

    Hi Michael, another great vid! Any news on anyampIR reaper preset switching fix?

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Not yet, but it still hangs in my head all the time for sure! I can't promise when it will be, but I'll let you know when it's done.

  • @mrrafsk
    @mrrafsk Год назад

    Not sure if I agree, the more modern non-MPC pads are super sensitive and you can defo get good dynamic range, but yes it needs practice

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Yeah, not only practicing, for the pads you also need to deal with pad cc remapping which will cut even more sounds out from 16. So my decision is crafting my skill to adapt to widely existing virtual drum sets.

    • @Tulio-v1v
      @Tulio-v1v Год назад

      i can do both, but pads are better for dynamic and more visual when you use a kit with lot pieces

  • @peterfleckenstein4536
    @peterfleckenstein4536 Год назад

    Very cool stuff. Do you have a smart way to connect a small 25 midi keyboard and a guitar to an iphone/ipad at the same time? (Something that does not involve tons of adapters and cables).

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Maybe try a 1 to multiple usb extend adaptor, if you're still with lightning port then make sure the adaptor can be powered externally.

  • @jackcimino8822
    @jackcimino8822 Год назад +1

    A second-hand Launchpad Pro Mk3 is perfect for this. It can do more than just that!
    中古な「Launchpad Pro Mk3」がこのつもりに絶好だ。色々ができる!

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +4

      Good for you, I tried the MK2 but for me it's too big, I want to be closer to my laptop keyboard to do everything rest.

  • @Recommendable
    @Recommendable Месяц назад

    I thought rythm is such a basic and crucial element of any music - even before melody is introduced - that musicians in general miss much not developing the skill of using drums. I was similarly kinda shocked to discover that my mini mpk keyboard had such hard rubber pads that made playing the beats uncomfortable for me - I ask whats the reason that they make it so hard, durability or what?

  • @Punk_Mayhem
    @Punk_Mayhem 9 месяцев назад

    One cent, Get the Xequence AU Pads, you’re welcome! Trust me, you’d be surprised.❤❤❤

  • @thomasjacques2822
    @thomasjacques2822 Год назад

    Ever check out anything from teletone audio? They just put out a drum sequencer that may be up your alley.. manual drumming but also some quality of life stuff. (Also it sounds amazing)

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +2

      Just checked it and it's interesting and sounds amazing, great to grab some inspiration. But for this project I want to focus more on the performance part, burn the rhythm and tricks into my body and fingers, the benefit is not only I can play drums, it also improves my other instrument composing and playing skills.

    • @thomasjacques2822
      @thomasjacques2822 Год назад

      Nice! Just wanted to connect two creators I respect and enjoy. Their virtual piano (Golden Age Grand) is the best fake piano I’ve ever heard, so much so I built a module just for it.

  • @llRoBoBinHoll
    @llRoBoBinHoll Год назад +2

    As a real drummer I’m skeptical how much expression and feel you’ll be able to achieve with fingers on a keyboard. There’s an advantage you have by being able to make large motions with all your limbs to create the groove. Plus, the level of expression of an acoustic sound source is unmatched. That’s why you don’t see a lot of guitar parts played on keyboard as well. But I’m curious to see what you’ll achieve.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      Yeah, but it's funny that while mixing, people always compress the drum and other instruments just to maintain the loudness consistency which is conflicting with how one performs. And for keyboard guitar, the main reason midi composing sounds fake is the nuances on tuning, polyphony and tone variation, not dynamics imo. I think I might never get to the same dynamic level as a real drummer, but good thing is I don't make music for pro drummers lol

    • @arnehurnik
      @arnehurnik Год назад

      Clearly the solution here is a drum VST on a touchscreen with two drawing pens.

  • @grumomusic
    @grumomusic Год назад

    Nice bassline!

  • @pelennorDSP
    @pelennorDSP Год назад

    I finally found someone that agrees with me, keys are much easier for finger drumming than pads. I thought it was just because that's how I first started doing it way back in the 90s.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Since this video, I'm sure that I'm not alone too.

  • @homestudioculture
    @homestudioculture 11 месяцев назад

    Nice bass tone

    • @playpm
      @playpm  11 месяцев назад +1

      Appreciated, as far as I remember it's the pure flat wound string tone with a little bit of compression, I would recommend everyone to try flat wound strings.

  • @chris.dillon
    @chris.dillon Год назад

    Yep. I've been finger drumming since the 90s. Keys. And the general MIDI layout has been the same since the 90s. I lucked out on timing on that. :) I don't have a video of myself but a drummer friend of mine said that I'm better than him on kit. Of course you have to work to make it sound real and it's not the same because you don't have rebound and the travel time is so short that intention is tough. Real drums are more fun but plugins with finger drumming in a bedroom is great, you already covered why.
    It's faster tracking than the mouse. Then quantize by a tiny % to keep the feel. The double bass drum in the left had is tough because you are probably weak in the left hand and your fourth finger is very week because of how the bones are. So, idk. It's not really sexy but I love it. Then I can do the same on the OP1 with a drumkit or the Octatrack or the digitakt. But yeah, tiny midi controller like the keystep is the best. A piano action keyboard is too slow.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      For the double kick, I already found the solution using my thumbs, I'll share it in the future. The hardest one for me is how to fake the snare roll with drastic dynamic, I have workarounds but still I want to achieve it in the hardcore way lol

    • @chris.dillon
      @chris.dillon Год назад

      @@playpm :) BFD and others have roll, flam and multiple snare hits which you can almost do rudiments if you pretend your index fingers are drum sticks. On a sample player, it would be very difficult.

    • @chris.dillon
      @chris.dillon Год назад

      Oh and BFD went downhill since the buy-out, I haven't gotten used to Superior Drummer yet. :|

  • @melokit-music
    @melokit-music Год назад

    Yessss

  • @godonholiday
    @godonholiday Год назад

    Would be nice to see the pattern you are learning and try and follow along

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Currently I'm still fine-tuning and testing the translating system, will share more challenges when it's super steady and versatile.

  • @treetopjones737
    @treetopjones737 Год назад +1

    Finger drumming, because trying to kit the keys right with drumsticks is very hard. 😁

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      And it costs a lot 😅

  • @ToyKeeper
    @ToyKeeper Год назад

    Typical drum pads are fine, and a velocity-sensitive midi keyboard is fine, but neither one really works for my playing style. I tend to use 3 or 4 fingers on a single pad, playing notes as fast as 64ths, so I find I need bigger pads or some sort of actual drum. However, I'd take just about anything over a keyboard and mouse, which really aren't suited for the task.

  • @TheBiggerNoise
    @TheBiggerNoise Год назад +1

    There was a really good interview (years ago)on the Reason Studio channel with a guy that was unreal at finger drumming on the keyboard. I think it was when reason drums first came out, so maybe 10-12 years ago.
    IIRC he got into some basics of how to set things up and some of the essential movements a finger drummer needed to master.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      Thanks for sharing! I'll dig his work later, I haven't seen anyone using the fingering I developed so far, but it feels great to grab more inspirations here and there~

    • @TheBiggerNoise
      @TheBiggerNoise Год назад

      @@sv_gravity thank you!

    • @TheBiggerNoise
      @TheBiggerNoise Год назад +1

      I’ll add one more thing. Because I’m odd, I decided to get a drum kit and learn that rather than learn to finger drum.
      My teacher pointed me to a book called “Realistic Rock” by Carmine Appice. Lots of great grooves in there, very good stuff for a beginning drummer. It would probably be useful to someone learning finger drumming as well.

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +2

      @@sv_gravity thanks for sharing, I went through his approach, it's a similar method, but we got different hand positioning and fingering, I utilize my thumbs more and separate the double hand multitasking more like a real drummer's approach. I think the one I developed is easier to get hands one and more versatile (imo).

    • @TheBiggerNoise
      @TheBiggerNoise Год назад +1

      @@playpm Absolutely. I don’t think there’s any need to do anything differently than what works for you (or anyone else). I definitely think anyone needs to find a consistent layout that works for them and practice until you can truly groove.

  • @cholovik
    @cholovik Год назад

    hi man. pc keybord -This real fast start for music))

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Hell yeah! I do finger drumming on qwerty keyboard too, that'll be another video for sure!

  • @Datsunn
    @Datsunn Год назад

    My knuckles feel ok! 😂

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      Salute! Love your videos ❤

    • @Datsunn
      @Datsunn Год назад

      Haha thank you man!
      Saw your video on the KO 133, great perspective!

  • @thcdenton
    @thcdenton Год назад

    "Let's learn how to play a Rock 'n Roll rhythm!"

  • @crnkmnky
    @crnkmnky Год назад +1

    1:11 AI-generated hands be like...

  • @iansteel6403
    @iansteel6403 Год назад

    Best way to drum with fingers? Piano!

  • @chengary299
    @chengary299 Год назад

    Pure data is a solution 👌

    • @chengary299
      @chengary299 Год назад +1

      You can play drums with guitar

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +3

      Haven't tried Pure data, but I do have a secret midi guitar which I will make a video in the future lol

  • @inperfectsequence7840
    @inperfectsequence7840 Год назад

    I've had that $40 LPK 25 keyboard for many years, I think I bought it in the 2010s.
    It's the coolest thing I have for my macbook and with Logic pro.
    Small keys really make you more skilled at being a finger drummer.
    I didn't have much success at first, but I also use Koala sampler for my Mac, because I bought it for ipad and it works for mac and iphone at the same time, this Koala sampler is my favorite for a long time.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @novo_ephemera
    @novo_ephemera 7 месяцев назад

    Could you give your thoughts on my music

    • @playpm
      @playpm  7 месяцев назад

      Enjoying Atone, it's sooooooooo good!!!!

  • @crnkmnky
    @crnkmnky Год назад

    0:51 😬🙈😭

  • @cdwizzerd
    @cdwizzerd Год назад

    well, I use my drum furniture basically on the daily. can't wait for a video like this for replacing guitar, because fortunately or unfortunately I am already a drummer 😂😂😂 and already have over a decade of experience and thousands of dollars of gear 🤭

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      The plan is finger the drum first, then everything lol, stay tuned~

    • @cdwizzerd
      @cdwizzerd Год назад

      @@playpm I'm excited to see what you do next 👀
      also, calling it drum furniture made me laugh so hard. I think I'm going to have to add musical furniture to my vocabulary

  • @donny1147
    @donny1147 Год назад

    从朋友圈来的😂

  • @sssyruppp
    @sssyruppp Год назад +1

    they call him the drumless fingerer

  • @hectormarkovich2045
    @hectormarkovich2045 Год назад

    I use my macbook's keyboard lol

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Same approach, after I figured out my unique hand shape, the qwerty keyboard can be a real killer, will share it in the future.

  • @HewittH
    @HewittH Год назад

    You are awesome but I must admit I didn't see or hear any finger drumming in this video that would cause me to seek you out as a teacher. Maybe I missed something...

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад +1

      That's totally fine, it's definitely not for everyone. What I'm doing is as I'm constantly growing and getting better, I pack up my experience and knowledge to help others who are willing to learn from start but don't want to waste time going through all the digging testing and bad directions. It's more of helping and serving than teaching as a master.

    • @HewittH
      @HewittH Год назад

      @@playpm thanks for taking the time to reply! You are one of my favorite RUclipsrs.

  • @pocojoyo
    @pocojoyo Год назад

    Buy a cheap electronic drum kit. Its the most relaxing experience to bang something with sticks

    • @playpm
      @playpm  Год назад

      Yeah, we had the same expectation, only didn't went well for us lol

  • @jin2984
    @jin2984 Год назад +1

    是真不能再有家具了