Drum geek sick chops youtube thread

Mike Mitchell is entirely too much, man. Just raising the bar so high.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uri8hvC4Ddo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agWHe71VAvs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9apDcFEmz0E

Can't remember when I last heard someone hit so cleanly and precisely, it's like the hovering of some enormous insect. His rhythmic language is an order of magnitude more complex than I can process, but it's fun to try to keep up ...

Right?! I try to at least pick out one tiny little thing that I can understand & use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZrmrlTtd3s

another one of those rad "drummer plays a song after hearing it once" drumeo videos with todd sucherman from styx playing foo fighters "rope." i instantly fell in love with this guy's playing, so much energy yet so fluid

Yeah, I've never listened to Styx but I've seen some of his other videos and he's ridiculous.

Subtle, tasty chops and communication courtesy of the youtube algorithm

Dan Weiss & Ari Hoenig duet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sumZqkZPvto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl4E7lfE9EA

ilan rubin playing "the perfect drug"

Love to see a lefty on a righty kit, he's killing it

Mike Bordin from Faith No More always had an unusual setup. He's left-handed, and plays left-handed, and the drum set is set up for a righty, with the exception of the China and the ride, which are on the left.

Yep that's the standard open-handed setup (see also Billy Cobham, Louis Cole, etc).

I'm a weirdo in that I'm a lefty that fully learned to play right-handed, but I more recently taught myself to play certain grooves with fast hi-hat parts left hand-lead. My independence isn't as good so I have to be careful about what I play that way though, which is annoying. And my right hand has come a long way, but will probably never be as naturally good as my left. Wish one of my teachers would have started me off open-handed!

i am left handed
started drumming late
play in trad right hand style because it was easier to learn by myself
personal fave lefty drummer: Hamish Kilgour (RIP)

yes i am still at it!!

Hell yeah! Btw I've never heard the Clean, what's a good starting point?

I was reminded today that Questlove is one of the few drummers our same situation (left-handed, but learned and plays righty). And his right hand is not slacking at all so I really have no excuse.

as far as the Clean stuff I like most, I would watch this live performance -- the camera zooms in on the drums and you can see the crowd is feeling it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMaZe_aIIfg

Anthology is as good a place to start as any imo.

xpost Ringo is a lefty who learned and plays righty.

Oh right! And he has beautiful technique, from the bit of the Get Back doc that I was able to see.

TIL that Stewart Copeland is also a lefty who plays righty!

Nate Smith on the two piece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oin8V3iVCv8

Happy that ZackGrooves is hitting the drum youtube bigtime. Although based on the tracks he's playing from his album, I also hope that at some point he makes a record that I want to listen to without video.

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

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

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

fucking finally: a decent drum cover of our lady peace's cancon classic "automatic flowers" on youtube. i'm gonna learn this crazy thing

bumping this thread even though my question is not about sick chops, sorry

anyone read this?

https://circularscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Drum-tuning-bible.pdf

anyone have another fave resource?

Holy shit I just got introduced to that anonymous drummer that goes by Delta Empire. Chops so sick people are convinced they're a pro having fun. Mostly metal/hard rock/industrial, super technical, but sometimes fun, too. So on one hand you get stuff like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_dlCC47WxQ

But sometimes you get this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5_f2WcAz74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMBRjo33cUE

i know i'm ilm's resident chad smith defender but this video is so fucking good, he just locks right into it

As much as I often hate what RHCP adds up to, yeah he's got great technique, huge sound, tons of little nuances to his playing. I often think the video of their Rock & Roll HoF performance with other former RHCP drummers -- it's one thing to see him on his own, but in comparison he's such a powerhouse.

Also check his Dua Lipa play through. Total charmer, that Chad Smith.

Also check his Dua Lipa play through. Total charmer, that Chad Smith.

i know i'm ilm's resident chad smith defender

― ivy., Wednesday, October 4, 2023 2:38 PM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

You will never take my crown

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thx for sharing that ivy - love those drumeo vids

hate the drumeo channel and the losers who run it

ok! i have found them really helpful as someone who is mostly self-taught. they just did a "guess a drummer from their isolated drumtrack" thing and it was sooo fun

Also check his Dua Lipa play through. Total charmer, that Chad Smith.

These Chad Smith videos were awesome, made my day, thanks. I tend to agree with Jordan, although I might have said Flea was the only one I’ll really take, at least until today.

other drummers probably disagree but anytime I can play 4 on the floor I am doing that, it is the best thing to do with a bass drum

Ugh this guy is ridiculous. I've seen his videos but it's actually more impressive when he breaks it down. Nothing more humbling that keeping a simple ostinato going with the feet, see how much of your shit you can play then!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STE5ro6w2FU

Sam isolated "Obstacle 1" snip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4yIuBpqE-Y

Always liked the syncopated 16th note bass drum fills (~14s-->), straight out of Bonham's "Kashmir" breakdown.

Jimmy Chamberlin crushing some straight ahead
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0m6FKFuIVy/

That was awesome, thanks!

Smoke from Rare Essence going off on the congas

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C35hCiBM70Y/?igsh=MWJ1ZGkzbWJpOGM4eQ==

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8unEVgBji0

Walter Perkins playing the melody on a bendy ride cymbal @ 3:55

incredible

that's some of the earliest extended technique i've come across (but I'm no expert)

I guess it depends how you define that. Papa Jo Jones used to play with his hands and fingers and alter the drum pitch by pressing the head.

Only tangentially related but last week Greg saunier ended the deerhoof set by playing with his hands for the last 5 minutes or so. It looked very painful - he was thwapping the crap out of the kit

If I had to guess, what we call extended technique today is probably as old as the original vaudeville trap kits.

Yeah agreed, it was just deployed in more of a show biz entertainment capacity rather than serious free music sounds. Watching the likes of Papa Jo Jones & Sonny Payne it feels very playful and not beholden to the conventions of the drum kit (which is a truly ridiculous instrument anyway).

One of the purposes of the drum kit was to do live sound fx, so that called for all kinds of stuff beyond what we think of as standard playing today