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It sounds pretty good. You rushed (increased the tempo) a couple of times in the first video and the second was similar.
Not bad though. I highly recommend picking up "Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments" & "Syncopation for the Modern Drummer". These will really get your chops up and you'll have a more flowing sound.
Keep it up man!
Not bad though. I highly recommend picking up "Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation of Snare Drum Rudiments" & "Syncopation for the Modern Drummer". These will really get your chops up and you'll have a more flowing sound.
Keep it up man!
Get a metronome or play with a click track. I have played professionally for years and I can't begin to tell you that a drummer that can keep/mark time will be hired over a flashy one anyday. Guitarist don't like to be rushed or slowed when they are playing, that is how they practise their chops. When you change the speed, it takes them out of their comfort zone and they don't like that. Flashiness will come as your learning ability climbs. Even in order to have all those complicated rudiments and double bass licks, you have to keep it in tempo control. A lot of drummers will rush the tempo when they do complicated patterns. Just give a listen to Neil Peart. Especially YYZ and the solo on Exit Stage Left....no rushing.
thanks for the info, i appreciate that. that "breaking the law" video was the first time i ever played that song with my drums,and "clairvoyant" it was months ago. im sure those would have turn out maybe little better,if i would had practiced couple times,before i start to record. i usually play little better after i have played couple times first.
Originally Posted By: Schmoe
Get a metronome or play with a click track. I have played professionally for years and I can't begin to tell you that a drummer that can keep/mark time will be hired over a flashy one anyday. Guitarist don't like to be rushed or slowed when they are playing, that is how they practise their chops. When you change the speed, it takes them out of their comfort zone and they don't like that. Flashiness will come as your learning ability climbs. Even in order to have all those complicated rudiments and double bass licks, you have to keep it in tempo control. A lot of drummers will rush the tempo when they do complicated patterns. Just give a listen to Neil Peart. Especially YYZ and the solo on Exit Stage Left....no rushing.
thanks for the info,i appreciate that. im just a amateur drummer,but maybe some day i could become semi,or proffessional drummer. maybe i could even play in a band sometimes,to practise more of my skills,(if i even got any)
i really dont think that im a good drummer. im tryed to find a band where i could play but havent found one,i got even a lot of songs i have written. those parts when double bass sound is present, i dont have douple bass,i use single bass drum pedal,i try to beat it fast so that it sounds like a douple bass drum. my drum kit is just a basic kit,i try to make it sound like it would be a "large" drum set.
Get a metronome or play with a click track. I have played professionally for years and I can't begin to tell you that a drummer that can keep/mark time will be hired over a flashy one anyday. Guitarist don't like to be rushed or slowed when they are playing, that is how they practise their chops. When you change the speed, it takes them out of their comfort zone and they don't like that. Flashiness will come as your learning ability climbs. Even in order to have all those complicated rudiments and double bass licks, you have to keep it in tempo control. A lot of drummers will rush the tempo when they do complicated patterns. Just give a listen to Neil Peart. Especially YYZ and the solo on Exit Stage Left....no rushing.
thanks for the info,i appreciate that. im just a amateur drummer,but maybe some day i could become semi,or proffessional drummer. maybe i could even play in a band sometimes,to practise more of my skills,(if i even got any)
i really dont think that im a good drummer. im tryed to find a band where i could play but havent found one,i got even a lot of songs i have written. those parts when double bass sound is present, i dont have douple bass,i use single bass drum pedal,i try to beat it fast so that it sounds like a douple bass drum. my drum kit is just a basic kit,i try to make it sound like it would be a "large" drum set.
Of course you can learn to keep time like I did back in the 60s....playing along with a recorded track. I played along with my record player. You know what records are don't you? LOL!
Anyway, I have had guitar players tell me that my left hand is just like a metronome and the best compliment I ever got was "You're back there but we don't know your back there." I learned to play for the song and keep time and not hit every thing I have around me in every song.
I just recently came out of retirement to start gigging again and so far it's been fun. When the fun stops, I'll get out of it again.
Your clips sound good to me. Keep on drumming!
On another note, what "kit" do you play? Sonor? Premire? Ludwig? or???
Anyway, I have had guitar players tell me that my left hand is just like a metronome and the best compliment I ever got was "You're back there but we don't know your back there." I learned to play for the song and keep time and not hit every thing I have around me in every song.
I just recently came out of retirement to start gigging again and so far it's been fun. When the fun stops, I'll get out of it again.
Your clips sound good to me. Keep on drumming!
On another note, what "kit" do you play? Sonor? Premire? Ludwig? or???
Originally Posted By: ddrumman2004
Of course you can learn to keep time like I did back in the 60s....playing along with a recorded track. I played along with my record player. You know what records are don't you? LOL!
Anyway, I have had guitar players tell me that my left hand is just like a metronome and the best compliment I ever got was "You're back there but we don't know your back there." I learned to play for the song and keep time and not hit every thing I have around me in every song.
I just recently came out of retirement to start gigging again and so far it's been fun. When the fun stops, I'll get out of it again.
Your clips sound good to me. Keep on drumming!
On another note, what "kit" do you play? Sonor? Premire? Ludwig? or???
yes,i have headphones,that i keep in my head,i just try to play along as the song goes on. my kit is just a small electronic drum set, i had acoustic drum set earlier,but i live in small house now and the sound from acoustic drum set would drive people in my nextdoor crazy.
Of course you can learn to keep time like I did back in the 60s....playing along with a recorded track. I played along with my record player. You know what records are don't you? LOL!
Anyway, I have had guitar players tell me that my left hand is just like a metronome and the best compliment I ever got was "You're back there but we don't know your back there." I learned to play for the song and keep time and not hit every thing I have around me in every song.
I just recently came out of retirement to start gigging again and so far it's been fun. When the fun stops, I'll get out of it again.
Your clips sound good to me. Keep on drumming!
On another note, what "kit" do you play? Sonor? Premire? Ludwig? or???
yes,i have headphones,that i keep in my head,i just try to play along as the song goes on. my kit is just a small electronic drum set, i had acoustic drum set earlier,but i live in small house now and the sound from acoustic drum set would drive people in my nextdoor crazy.
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Tempo and time is the single most important thing. You should always use a metronome while rehearsing...
Originally Posted By: ddrumman2004
Of course you can learn to keep time like I did back in the 60s....playing along with a recorded track. I played along with my record player. You know what records are don't you? LOL!
Anyway, I have had guitar players tell me that my left hand is just like a metronome and the best compliment I ever got was "You're back there but we don't know your back there." I learned to play for the song and keep time and not hit every thing I have around me in every song.
I just recently came out of retirement to start gigging again and so far it's been fun. When the fun stops, I'll get out of it again.
Your clips sound good to me. Keep on drumming!
On another note, what "kit" do you play? Sonor? Premire? Ludwig? or???
Tempo and time is the single most important thing. You should always use a metronome while rehearsing...
Originally Posted By: ddrumman2004
Of course you can learn to keep time like I did back in the 60s....playing along with a recorded track. I played along with my record player. You know what records are don't you? LOL!
Anyway, I have had guitar players tell me that my left hand is just like a metronome and the best compliment I ever got was "You're back there but we don't know your back there." I learned to play for the song and keep time and not hit every thing I have around me in every song.
I just recently came out of retirement to start gigging again and so far it's been fun. When the fun stops, I'll get out of it again.
Your clips sound good to me. Keep on drumming!
On another note, what "kit" do you play? Sonor? Premire? Ludwig? or???
OK, I listened to your drum solo last night. I'm going to be point blank honest and this being based upon my years of playing professionally and from what I've learned talking to and playing with other drummers.
You solo seems to follow the same pattern. You using a lot of 32nd,64th paradiddles and flamadiddles. The theme is present throughout your solo and becomes predictible. I could predict it after I heard the first 16 bars. Electronic drums are no friend to the drum soloist. They have no dynamics. You play four notes, you get four notes. You can't make an electronic drumset "sing." Every drum solo is like a song that you have in your mind and are transposing it on the drums. There's a beginning, a verse, a chorus, a key change, and a end, which is usually quite dramatic in a drum solo, you want to save your best stuff for last. Listen to Neil Peart, before he got into electronics and playing with videos. Steve Smith with Journey has an excellent solo from their live album. Your style of solo struck me as one of Metallica. Make the drums talk. Don't be in a hurry. A properly miced drumset sounds absolutely fantastic simply playing a 4/4 time. To a lot of people, that sounds good enough. Drummers are a very small percentage of people, the rest just like to hear a good sounding drum set. You also have a habit of speeding up during the more complicated parts. I detected you going into quad rolls and then into paradiddles with the bass drum the quarter note and then the eighth note. Slow that down and lock on the tempo. You may laugh, but some of the best solo's are the simpliest. Remember KISS, keep it simply simple....
You solo seems to follow the same pattern. You using a lot of 32nd,64th paradiddles and flamadiddles. The theme is present throughout your solo and becomes predictible. I could predict it after I heard the first 16 bars. Electronic drums are no friend to the drum soloist. They have no dynamics. You play four notes, you get four notes. You can't make an electronic drumset "sing." Every drum solo is like a song that you have in your mind and are transposing it on the drums. There's a beginning, a verse, a chorus, a key change, and a end, which is usually quite dramatic in a drum solo, you want to save your best stuff for last. Listen to Neil Peart, before he got into electronics and playing with videos. Steve Smith with Journey has an excellent solo from their live album. Your style of solo struck me as one of Metallica. Make the drums talk. Don't be in a hurry. A properly miced drumset sounds absolutely fantastic simply playing a 4/4 time. To a lot of people, that sounds good enough. Drummers are a very small percentage of people, the rest just like to hear a good sounding drum set. You also have a habit of speeding up during the more complicated parts. I detected you going into quad rolls and then into paradiddles with the bass drum the quarter note and then the eighth note. Slow that down and lock on the tempo. You may laugh, but some of the best solo's are the simpliest. Remember KISS, keep it simply simple....
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