Rob Brown - Bass Drum Workout using Ted Reed's 'Syncopation'

[notoofast]

Very interesting ..!

Thank you very much.

Greetings from Italy

[damankj]

I currently take drum lessons and for me Rob Brown seems like a much better teacher than the one I have.

[funkydrumma2]

it's 3 on the hi hat and 4 on the snare..3 against 4.

[xXxLilHig23xXx]

Walt!!

[jockerboofer]

How long are you playing drum master ?

[StevieArt]

Interesting.

[atedj]

HELP!....I need tips for making a good quality sound out of my bass drum?

[AeroAstro]

I understand what you're doing, but don't know how to word it!

Could you say that you're playing the bass drum 4/4, and the hands in triplet time against it?

[Elitios]

I used to do some simultaneous rythm back at music school(I'm not a drummer obviously^^) and following two different lines at the same time was so hard.. Now I see you read this + tweak it+ make it sound cool at the same time, no sweat. Man you're a monster!!

[TheAfroMaMa]

Do you use a diffrent set every time

[jetwarlock]

impresionante amigo!

[cjlinkus]

Dotted Eight=Eighth; Sixteenth=Sixteenth; Quarter=Dotted Eighth

Nice Exercise!!! Thank You

[19TOFY58]

man you make it look & sound so easy...just like mike clark of head hunters

[CCDRUMS]

Whoa....this is way over my head. I wish I understood what you're doing. Seems like a cool exercise. Is it possible to write it out?

[bigxjon91]

what kind of ride cymbals is that

[RobbieMcDougall]

@bigxjon91 It looks like a Zildjian K of some sort, it sounds sweet eh?

[FieldsOfQuantum]

could you share your snare / head tuning specs?

[penski77]

@FieldsOfQuantum Good 'ol fashioned remo Coated Ambassador on top and Hazy on the bottom. I normally tune my top head according to what I want out of it, man. In this case it was tuned mid-high. The Hazy is always tuned looser than the top for 'body'. And I usually play my snare drums wide open (no muffling) whenever I can. In the studio, sometimes there's no getting around it, but yea. Nothing fancy, man. All my snares are the same combo. Coated Ambassador top/Hazy bottom.

[FieldsOfQuantum]

@penski77 pretty cool thanks a lot.

[treemaneating]

That's really clever! Thanks.

[kujo8rockly]

your drums sound amazing!

[7spqr7]

ahh. so the high hat and snare are counting 3. and the bass is 4 but sped up somehow.

[spacitydrummer4JC]

This is one of the coolest books. It's the funnest when you 'swing' the notes.

[drummeroulis93]

this is a great book! I'm working on it this year and I can say that it changes your life...!

[trommuleikari]

Hi Penski, first I have to say you sound solid and I really like what you are doing, I think you play 4 over 3 at 4:03 but you said 3 over 2... I think you are very creative and inspiring 5/5* please forgive me for being dorky commenter. =)

[wolfwalker23]

Keep the videos coming. I watch and use them. As a new drummer, I need all the help I can get.

[Th3Chick3nDud3]

what camera are you using man? are you using any mics?

[BSGJeffBremerhaven]

damn man you are awesome5/5*

[djschrum]

Thanks for the new way...Most books I see are just a derivative of these basic ideas. With a good teacher and then being creative on your own with these books, the combinations are endless. But this is really musical what you done with the 2/3 feel in this way. Like you said, you need to be able to use what you practice. Cobham says the same thng, you need a reason to do and learn the things you need. Good approach.

[donkeypriests]

i have watched many drummers on you tube and ur are by far the best!

[dbarbiegirl]

i loved the intro of that video! :} 5*

[jyjelly78]

Or think 4 against 3? 4 on bottom 3 on top? Count 1 2 3 4 with your foot imagine that's new implied tempo and slow down to find 16th skips whether it comes before or after certain " new " quarter notes

Is this close?

[jsorbie1]

Im confuuuusd!!!! sounds like he's just jamming and hitting some of the line, sounds wicked tho!!

[7spqr7]

I still don't quite understand the 2/3 placement.  you're playing the (written) snare line on the bass drum and displacing the meter?

[penski77]

Hey 7spqr7. What's hap'nin :O)

I suppose there's a couple different ways to 'feel' this motion. But in this case, the 2/3 made the most sense. Essentially, what's happening is that you're just playing a straight '4' on top (hats & snare) while the '3' feel is played on the bass drum. Cutting the '4' down to a '2' just shortens the feel on top.

[penski77]

SO...what happens is that the two feel on top actually 'flips' and you get this ONE 2 1 TWO 1 2 ...etc, played over this 3/16 on the bottom. Cut the 4 triplets on the bottom in half to get ONE 2 3 - ONE 2 3.

Make sense? :O)

[desertsun666]

Haha this is way too cool i've just digged out syncopation to find a way to improve my right food! i started on page 14 but i will try your method right now!

rock on! great playing!

[drummercouk]

cool - what a fab player you are!