Drum geek sick chops youtube thread

I want that guy to be alive and be my drum teacher

oh man, his death is very sad :(

wow that is sad
let it also have been said that yogi horton was extremely easy on the eyes

i like all the stuff about how dance styles dictate the development of grooves in pop music, use of space, etc.
yeah he confirmed things that i've only figured out by playing songs i like to dance to -- all the stuff about the way your body moves while playing is really otm. and when he talks about taking out some of the notes so you can have more space -- that totally makes sense wrt dancing as well. i can tell that he feels it. i think some people feel it more than others. he's a good teacher too, esp considering that he has no idea who his audience is.

I wish someone had taught me about all that motion stuff when I was younger. Eventually I figured some of it out but my teacher was an orchestral percussionist and very focused only on the wrists and fingers which I don't think is ideal for drumset.

Totally loving the Yogi video. He's so engaging, and I love how he contextualizes everything. I have to admit, though, I was pretty ia about his movement -- the forearm-centered approach is relatively inefficient, and can result in a lot of wasted motion (and, ultimately, tendonitis in your elbows). But it obviously works for him (and the way he talks about the importance of movement -- both moving and observing -- is something too few teachers do).

just now found out that Dave King (Happy Apple/Bad Plus) is doing a series of drumming videos. he's both one of my favorite drummers and favorite people to hear say words, so let's assume that these are essential viewing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutJLNk_8bU

yeah i feel like that body movement business in the Yogi video is only useful if you already have your finger/wrist technique down cold, which he obviously does.

it's similar to Dave King actually, who uses his entire body in very expressive ways, although all the actual stick control is happening at a very micro level.

dying @ the "getting your facial expressions together" bit

i finally watched the end of the yogi horton video
he is otm about pushups and physical fitness in general

i'll watch dave king next i guess
i need some more input so please keep posting these!
lol @ "play it with an animal bone" seems like a good guy

Early on in my drumming, I got advice that I took a little too literally that weightlifting was bad for your drumming -- I think this really only means lifting ultra-heavy, but I took it to mean weightlifting in general. Only later did I discover for myself that anything I did to strengthen my arms, back, core, legs, seemed to improve my drumming.

weightlifting is great! exercise is also a good time to study.

definitely going to work in some of these rudimental concepts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIPI1OhlQCw

one of my homies (and the one of the best drummers i know) started a drum-centric podcast! looking forward to checking this out: http://www.thetrapset.net/

ooh! will subscribe.
dave king seems like an amusing dude but he needs to stop addressing his audience and referring to drummers as guys.

sick djembe chops
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xxs0r8eO4U

Not standard fodder for this thread, but I love the drumming on this so much, especially toward the end

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkSr8uR-jxg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlrb7E

These Nate Smith videos (via Jose James) are required viewing, he is also the best: https://www.facebook.com/josejamesmusic/videos

damn, his right quick on those hats. That was always a weak spot for me.

This is delightful and soothing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W1vI4r5PVU

nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu3zCfvVCdM

wow!

goddamn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfNxLZqR9yU

that dude can do awesome drum things

Giuliana redefining the temporal structure of the universe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I874OgU3qMY

I had never heard of this guy somehow, beautiful soloing! It's like elvin jones refracted through a waterfall or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-mtsu-JOk8

Nice. He's like the house ECM guy, right? I'm not very familiar with his playing tbh.

his playing is excellent, and i love his facial chill

to put it in neutral wikipedia terms:

He, along with Jan Garbarek and Palle Danielsson, was a member of the legendary Keith Jarrett "European Quartet" of the 1970s which produced five excellent jazz recordings on ECM Records.

Been appreciating Ulysses Owens Jr recently:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWyztLU4ARg

niice

p sick chops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njy7pMVKJ8Q

Still the best!

This guy is so dumb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qMkWFDV8ds

I've been working on open/close a lot lately, jury's still out on whether I can get it reliable, comfortable, and coordinated enough to pull out on gigs.

Let's just keep going here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN3PxVS5SQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak410L2Z5d8

Love this (esp the Mark Guiliana one at the end where everything keeps falling apart)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DBYl4E2YJI

love it!! i needed this
thank you for posting

this goes on my inspiration board. more drummers need to scream

https://imgur.com/gallery/QDW1KSb

My co-drummer pulling the curtain back on a lot of stuff here, it's pretty technical but also a trove of good information about technique, swing, New Orleans drumming, etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb91LwtZEJQ

VERY USEFUL AND INFORMATIVE
thank you for posting!!! i was proud that i understood it and look forward to trying it the next time i practice
really into the groove-based approach

i want to learn more like this

Glad you enjoyed it! I've been listening to & playing with him for years and I picked up a few things too.

I really love the "here's the groove, here's how you can personalize it" teaching approach and playing approach. That's basically what Tony Allen did when I went to his master class! It was really fun and easy to incorporate what I learned from him into my own playing. I am into it!!

*alert* Rational Funk is back *alert*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LwWpMvNuPY

Ok Rational Funk is cool and all, but this reminded me that Dave King truly has the best banter in the music industry

https://www.facebook.com/31969693620/videos/3456413244372231/

I've never really paid much attention to post-Coltrane Elvin, but damn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjAz7sTdo90