Wow. Just wow. Such a beast. WTF@2:35 and the sick single stroke technique starting at 3:00 with the slow down/speed up w/hella dynamic control....

i student taught with a guy who played tenor sax with buddy rich for a short time. said he was hella mean. amazing musician though.

And then this.

Touché sir.

There is a reason that everyone knows who Buddy Rich is. His control is amazing. I am glad that I had a teacher that exposed me to such good musicians at a young age. I would be hella pissed if I just discovered Buddy today lol.

There is a clip somewhere on youtube of Buddy getting on a bus and just yelling at his band. Not the nicest person to walk this earth.

Sounds like you have been pretty fortunate in regards to who have been around in your musical career. The cool thing about older musicians is the stories that they share with you. I could sit and listen to some of these cats all night and just be amazed.

this teacher of mine, Keith Oxman, was telling me a story that one time between sets, Buddy turned to the lead trumpet player and said, 'your done.' then pointed to the second trumpet and said, 'you're next!'
fired him between sets. crazy.
keith is a hell of a sax player too if anyone wants to look him up.

Paradiddles and stuff are the building blocks to good grooves.

Lol... Double paradiddles split between the left foot/left hand over the single paradiddles split between the right foot/right hand

GTFO

Might as well be doing triplets with your dick at the same time too

Thats some skills right there

LOL, right.

Just thinking about that exercise hurts my brain.

tito puente did a master class when i was in college and introduced a beat that not one of us could do, and this was a music heavy college. he said it was a classic latin beat of
1 2 3 45...... then sometimes while one hand was on the one the other would start the same rhythm on '45' and keep it going. it is so syncopated i was floored.

1 2 3 45 1 2 3 45
45 1 2 3 45 1 2 3

sounds cool, but blew my mind when trying to think of how beats landed.

You mentioned Tito earlier in this thread and I went to youtube and pulled up some of his stuff. He is on a whole different level also. Seems like he has more fun than anyone else when he plays. Im kinda jellous that it wasnt me who was able to take a class with him. Latin music is alot of fun to play on percussion imo.

his class was a riot. he came in and said he wanted to talk for a short time and then do some playing. he talked for about an hour and a half before playing. the class was scheduled to only be about 1:45. then he proceeded to blow our minds and toss his sticks across the room a couple of times. he seemed to be drunk as hell. was fun as ****.

No one has mentioned Portnoy or Peart.

This forum has hope...

paradiddles are the building blocks to complicated beats, not groove

I agree that a groove does not have to include any complicated beats, but could you please list an example of any beat/groove that does not include a rudiment?

Same, sorta. When I had multiple kits, I had one all Paiste kit, then the other was a mix of decent sounding zildjian/sabian cymbals. Sorta like the snare below, while working at Guitar Center (ugh..) I'd happen across a really sick sounding cymbal and just snap purchase it.

All the reps from the different companies were really funny. They would throw casual snipes out at other manufacturers. I remember specifically the Zildjian rep talking up their manufacturing process, then gave a backhand compliment to Paiste for theirs.

Yeah, tapped it with a stick once then instantly bought it.

Odd thing is, I wasn't even considering buying a snare on that trip.

Well, I mean if you introduce a new syncopated rhythm to someone, it's not going to be something they can instantly pick up.

one of my fave drum bits in the middle

Some pretty good drumming imo but the guitar at around the 10 minute mark drove me nuts! WTF????? I tried so hard to just listen to the drums at that point (which was pretty sweet) but that guitar was pissing me off.

db bump

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/stevegadd50ways.html

Such a cool beat. I use the book Advanced Funk Studies (by Rick Latham) when I teach. It has this beat in it. Pretty fun one to play.

Also, I highly recommend that book. Has some great excersices and solos.

Yeah I have that one, great book imo. OK, after typing that I went to my bookshelf and looked and apparently i HAD that book Where'd it go? Blast!

Also, I sequenced that paradiddle groove of Virgil's in Pro Tools so I could hear it better but it still boggles my mind. I haven't bounced it out but I'll try to get around to that this week and post a wav or something ITT. Sick groove.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtUd...ature=youtu.be


http://youtu.be/K8JMlq0mttk


This thread really makes me regret selling my drumset. I had no place to play and didn't have access to college practice rooms anymore heh.

One more since I see the dancing bear itt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-HbNHFrrMU

You can always buy another drumset

Nice Videos... DW is a phenomenal musician imo

I'll buy a set again someday. I've been toying around with the idea of getting an electric setup since I'm doing a lot of electronic type stuff lately.