Drum geek sick chops youtube thread

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiUcE-23RKQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3n3xoE-R8M

dude shredding on Mario Bros

Dude's gotta have a monster reach to hit that dresser.

Dude looks like that O RLY electrosoul guy whose image is all over ILX. After some serious woodshedding.

dorky German shredder shredding over Futurama and Simpsons quotes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHft4OR7Rus

Bernard Purdie (more of a groove video than a chops video, but awesome, and fucking hilarious):

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gujufbGoS20

Purdie with Jon Hammond
(check the solo at 5:16)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PWkTjlS5R0E&mode=related&search=

Haha, that first BP clip is great. "Whoaaaaah!"

Oooh, I like that

One of my favorite drummer youtube clips, Brian Blade w/Joshua Redman:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EBjsAyUM1N0&mode=related&search=

Steve Gadd w/ Giovanni Hidalgo
(I love the double hi-hat)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GuBAfPi1cVo&mode=related&search=

Something that might surprise you
Sam Woodyard (of Duke Ellington's band):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=a3XXi3krN80

Bill Stewart w/some great trading:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAojnI7e0zA

Dave King:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugPIpfZnNa8

Deerhoof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEYSeygs97Q&mode=related&search=

Note he appears to be using two crashes on a hi-hat stand as is only cymbals

Nice. I still don't know how he can sit that low and play the bass drum.

Ha ha, I love Greg Saunier.

I don't really know much about drumming but one of my favorite drummers to watch is Jim White of the Dirty Three, who is now kind of an indie rock drummer for hire, playing with Bonnie Prince Billie, Cat Power, Nina Nastasia and others. He's got a very flamboyant style with big flowing arm movements. He completely upstaged Bill Callahan when playing with Smog. It's hard to find a good YouTube clip, but here he is with Dirty Three:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw3GIWWiKjU

I think this is Ricky Wellman? W/Miles in the 80s. I love his playing on the version of this tune that's on Live Around the World.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00tzcnyDL68

Max Roach vs. Art Blakey vs. Elvin Jones?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA5dt9QT4Ms

Max is totally ridiculous, but when Blakey comes in it's just like "awww shit..."

Here's Elvin's solo, he's not even trying to play the same game as the other two. Also the tape warping sounds sweet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfZSzDCPBvY

Haha, I remembered the drummer for Diddy doing Kashmere on SNL being sick, and he is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45MghyE8pOI

lol @ Diddy, but srsly, if there is ever a Led Zep reunion I want that dude.

You can't see Usher's drummer in this clip, but he's totally ridiculous, esp. during the dance break.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zis-L5iBHB4

nick Jim White is one of my favorites.

Shannon is my man. :>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu2wJqO2_Xk

Keith Carlock

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=119513888
(his band is also one of the better-sounding awful mercenary drum clinic pick-up bands I've heard)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kfFFAzPCANQ

I am a big fan of this guy, but it's kind of boring to watch this solo on youtube
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T-WBAOgpK0w

although maybe it's just the trumpet player's fidgeting in the background that's distracting me.

I do like when "Boogie Stop Shuffle" kicks back in.

Haha, this is a timely thread revive. I spent a couple hours last night watching JoJo Mayer's dvd: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VLQMFIueUyc

The first disc is real talk, probably the best thing I've seen on grips, basic wrist/finger techniques, moeller, etc.. Then on the second disc he gets into all the push-pull/thumb swivel/crazy fast one-hand stuff, some of which is like science fiction to me. :( But it's good drum geek shit, it made me want to get into more of a definite practice routine. And the little interludes where he's playing beats outside in all these different NYC spots are nice.

that dvd is amazing. it's all hands!

but please destroy thomas lang and marco minnemann

^^^^^yes, i got those dudes' dvds on netflix, ugh

thomas lang is one soulless motherfucker

at least mm had that funny part where he's playing to simpsons samples

Then on the second disc he gets into all the push-pull/thumb swivel/crazy fast one-hand stuff, some of which is like science fiction to me.

Stuff like that quickly turns into chops as an end rather than a means, so I tend to tune it out.

chops as a means to a pair of leather pants

This may have been posted already, but I love this clip of Neil Peart at the Buddy Rich memorial show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bIchqJoxFQ

Somebody should show that to Joe Flaherty.

yeah, sheila e

http://youtube.com/watch?v=33orc70TAxg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jicJsGCO3WU

Jordan, you didn't even say who else was on that youtube. Do you have that other lady's book?

I just watched that with the sound off and imagined what the 'shredder' guy would have done with it.

No jam block, no credibility.

re: neil peart, i don't know, i mean dude can play of course but he sounded kinda high school on the chart, and rockish at times on the solo.

no, she has a book?

The piano player. Rebeca Mauleón. She wrote The Salsa Guidebook for Piano & Ensemble. Check it out.

wonderful!

saved for later

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