Ha! Thanks for the shout. An honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as these greats. And agree 100% re seeing greats up close. One of my favorite experiences in this regard was seeing people like Sean wright, Andy P, and maison Guidry just messing around on display kits at namm in 2016
I really appreciate you putting out this video, Cole! Gosh...if I remember correctly, I believe my very first drum clinic was watching Stanton Moore back in 2015 at Chuck Levin's outside of Washington D.C. That day, my dad and brother ran into Sinbad The Comedian while was getting a guitar repaired! At that clinic, I was the only one who raised my hand about having Stanton's Method Book called "Fresh Approach To Drumset" that he did with Mark Wessels. Not only did I learn about Second Line Drumming for the very first time that day, but I also heard and felt some of THE best buzz rolls I've ever experienced in my lifetime (thus far!) He was so chill to talk to afterwards and he really inspired me to seek out further clinics. Luckily since then, I watched him live and in-person again for a masterclass and have seen and spoken to such amazing drummers play and teach in-person: Tom Aungst, Lee Beddis, Casey Cangelosi, Dennis Chambers, Liberty DeVitto, Daniel Glass, Scott Johnson, Jojo Mayer, Matt Penland, Pat Petrillo, Bernard Purdie, Paul Rennick, Lauren Teel, Greg Tsalikis, and Tyler Tolles (to name a fine few.) As for private lessons, I will vouch for Mitch Markovitch and Ramon Montagner ANY chance I get! Even with having just one lesson with each, both lessons completely inspired me to reflect on my active skillset and to act upon it with next-level skills that have expanded both my dynamic range and my sound spectrum in different aspects of percussion! Soon, I'll be having a private lesson with the fabulous Josh Jones and I know I'll be headed out to further drum clinics AND WGI Finals as well come April 2024! *In Essence* The more we listen👂 The more we glisten!💫
Bring in the same room as another musicians is huge. How they affect the air in the room, like you said Cole, is such a different experience from a zoomed in youtube video.
I remember my first clinics. It was a buss trip from CT to NJ with my teacher was Bill Rotella. I am not sure if the hole buss was all his students. But the buss was full with 40 of us. It was Billy Cobham in 1979 or 1980. Then years later in the 1990's with a friend we saw Ron Morgenstern, Steve Smith, dave weckl and Bill Buford.
Very insightful. I might add some wisdom from the ages, I too have attended many a clinic (sit in front of Billy Cobham's set in 89 and you know exactly what's going down with the "air moving"...lol...I'm a 51 year old drummer who currently works in multiple musical genres and environments. I play live professionally, and this requires one set of skills and techniques as well as gear and the setup/tuning of the gear. I play on studio recordings, and this takes a whole different set of skills and equipment that has to be set u, tuned and muffled in a completely different way than the live show I just did, typically. I play in a Texas Red Dirt/Rock outfit, a jazz trio and a female fronted cover band regularly, and all of them take completely different set ups and chops. To much to really get out of a single clinic. But, if you get there early and the drum shop lets you in, watch all of it. The crew who set up the drums and the live production gear. Watch how they mic the drums and route the cables (can you improve?). Listen to how they eq the drums and present them (ask them questions if you can and they are willing). Take notice of the heads and cymbals being used. Are they coated or clear? single ply/dbl ply?) What aspects of the sound do the particular cymbal choices bring to the sonic wash? Also, pay close attention to the tuning of the entire kit as they play and manipulate it. Make note of the snare tuning and choice of snare (metal, wood). How do they attack and shape their sounds on that instrument, and how does it relate to the entire kits sympathetic resonance. Then, watch the drummer and pay close attention to details you may want to improve on, and for things they may play that you can adopt. You may see them all do things that you are already doing similarly and vise versa. Don't try to MIMC what you see. Take all of it in, and then try to implement the ideas, differences/similarities and techniques into your own live, studio, and practice sessions.
Thanks for all the great info Stephen! Cobham in '89 - so cool. 100% agree with everything you've got here. Something I'll add is that some shops will mic up the kit and do a full PA and some won't, depending on size. To your point, being privy to that is extremely valuable. At WCDS, we often have very minimal PA going on just based on the room we use, which lets you hear the kit on its own. Not necessarily better or worse, just different.
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Ha! Thanks for the shout. An honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as these greats. And agree 100% re seeing greats up close. One of my favorite experiences in this regard was seeing people like Sean wright, Andy P, and maison Guidry just messing around on display kits at namm in 2016
Loved your clinic, Nate! Come back any time.
Epic dude! What a cool place to be in and involved with.
I really appreciate you putting out this video, Cole!
Gosh...if I remember correctly, I believe my very first drum clinic was watching Stanton Moore back in 2015 at Chuck Levin's outside of Washington D.C. That day, my dad and brother ran into Sinbad The Comedian while was getting a guitar repaired! At that clinic, I was the only one who raised my hand about having Stanton's Method Book called "Fresh Approach To Drumset" that he did with Mark Wessels. Not only did I learn about Second Line Drumming for the very first time that day, but I also heard and felt some of THE best buzz rolls I've ever experienced in my lifetime (thus far!) He was so chill to talk to afterwards and he really inspired me to seek out further clinics.
Luckily since then, I watched him live and in-person again for a masterclass and have seen and spoken to such amazing drummers play and teach in-person: Tom Aungst, Lee Beddis, Casey Cangelosi, Dennis Chambers, Liberty DeVitto, Daniel Glass, Scott Johnson, Jojo Mayer, Matt Penland, Pat Petrillo, Bernard Purdie, Paul Rennick, Lauren Teel, Greg Tsalikis, and Tyler Tolles (to name a fine few.)
As for private lessons, I will vouch for Mitch Markovitch and Ramon Montagner ANY chance I get! Even with having just one lesson with each, both lessons completely inspired me to reflect on my active skillset and to act upon it with next-level skills that have expanded both my dynamic range and my sound spectrum in different aspects of percussion!
Soon, I'll be having a private lesson with the fabulous Josh Jones and I know I'll be headed out to further drum clinics AND WGI Finals as well come April 2024!
*In Essence*
The more we listen👂
The more we glisten!💫
Thanks for sharing! That's a killer list, what an amazing repertoire of clinics to have seen. +1 on the importance of private lessons too.
Bring in the same room as another musicians is huge. How they affect the air in the room, like you said Cole, is such a different experience from a zoomed in youtube video.
Great video! Hoodie looks comfy lol. Shoutout dialtune
I remember my first clinics. It was a buss trip from CT to NJ with my teacher was Bill Rotella. I am not sure if the hole buss was all his students. But the buss was full with 40 of us. It was Billy Cobham in 1979 or 1980. Then years later in the 1990's with a friend we saw Ron Morgenstern, Steve Smith, dave weckl and Bill Buford.
This was so cool to watch, keep up the good work!!
Thanks Blake!
Very insightful. I might add some wisdom from the ages, I too have attended many a clinic (sit in front of Billy Cobham's set in 89 and you know exactly what's going down with the "air moving"...lol...I'm a 51 year old drummer who currently works in multiple musical genres and environments. I play live professionally, and this requires one set of skills and techniques as well as gear and the setup/tuning of the gear. I play on studio recordings, and this takes a whole different set of skills and equipment that has to be set u, tuned and muffled in a completely different way than the live show I just did, typically. I play in a Texas Red Dirt/Rock outfit, a jazz trio and a female fronted cover band regularly, and all of them take completely different set ups and chops. To much to really get out of a single clinic. But, if you get there early and the drum shop lets you in, watch all of it. The crew who set up the drums and the live production gear. Watch how they mic the drums and route the cables (can you improve?). Listen to how they eq the drums and present them (ask them questions if you can and they are willing). Take notice of the heads and cymbals being used. Are they coated or clear? single ply/dbl ply?) What aspects of the sound do the particular cymbal choices bring to the sonic wash? Also, pay close attention to the tuning of the entire kit as they play and manipulate it. Make note of the snare tuning and choice of snare (metal, wood). How do they attack and shape their sounds on that instrument, and how does it relate to the entire kits sympathetic resonance. Then, watch the drummer and pay close attention to details you may want to improve on, and for things they may play that you can adopt. You may see them all do things that you are already doing similarly and vise versa. Don't try to MIMC what you see. Take all of it in, and then try to implement the ideas, differences/similarities and techniques into your own live, studio, and practice sessions.
Thanks for all the great info Stephen! Cobham in '89 - so cool. 100% agree with everything you've got here. Something I'll add is that some shops will mic up the kit and do a full PA and some won't, depending on size. To your point, being privy to that is extremely valuable. At WCDS, we often have very minimal PA going on just based on the room we use, which lets you hear the kit on its own. Not necessarily better or worse, just different.
Awesome video, keep up the great work!
Thanks Adrian!
Are you in Seattle? Since you mentioned west coast drum shop
Roughly Seattle area, yep!
West Coast Drums? That mean you’re here in Washington?
I guess Mangini is coming to town soon
Yep! West Coast Drum Shop in Bellevue WA
Awesome! Maybe I will see you at a clinic sometime
sup bro
Sup. 😎