Drum Lesson: Cool Drum Fill Pt.2 : placing fill in a groove

[RichMoore13]

Very nice, thanks for the ideas :)

[kerripace]

Wow - what a great player you are! Such a great sense of time and feel. Nice, nice job. Glad I found you!



[DillonHoy]

What kind of sticks do you use?

[funklegend]

I love your ride. Thanks for the helpful video. You are very good at explaining things.

[plakelakeutube]

the ways this guy drums makes me feel better.

[TMNoob3]

metronome

[cg5c11]

First of all, thanks for sharing, very nice fill. Also i would like to congratulate you on the excellence of your technique. One, question, PLEASE tell me, what drums do you use, you sound like Dave Weckl on those drums. also if you could comment on the mics you are using that would be great. Thanks again !!

[ffdaydreamer]

awesome

[kapdrums]

you sound beautiful as always!great groove and great touch!the cool lick is just the icing on a delicious cake...;) all the best!

[Pyratesdude]

i think that fill is way to fast in tempo to match that beat ;)



[TheWho852]

Is it just me or does this guy remind anyone else of Ben Stiller?

[2112mike]

that is cool!

[diontew4]

K RLRLL

[hugensjr]

It is B-R-L-R-LL I think...

Where the first R is an accent on a tom, and the first L an accent on the snare (or tom), the other R-LL are ghosted.

[zeekdavis21]

yes he is

[martyindigo]

what is the sticking for this.....at first when he demonstrates it on the snare its rlr lrl rlr lrl but it looks lik its kick right left right left left - 2 quick lefts at the end...is that correct??

[keffoman]

yeah

[therealtreeguy65]

Nice dude...EAR want this?

[banebane00]

nice, thanx.

[naedsukram]

positive.

[danooontjuuh]

YES!! He is using a single bass pedal. What you're hearing is the tom very fast after the bass. That gives a very cool double bass effect!

[TheTerdcream]

@OHHTrevO7 nah bo

[zeekdavis21]

wrong

[mesoprano]

man you are great !!!

[dalbyonemanband]

i favorited this fo sho!!

[gandre1982]

hey max, crazy stuff! i like it, you change the sticking during the lesson? your 1st approach is LRLRLR, and in the beat and on the toms it seems you play... foot-tom-rimshot R L L is that right?

thx for answer... ;) greets andre

[pdp420]

im not sure if he answered you or not but just incase.... in the beginning he is just demonstrating how sixteenth note triplets divide up against a quarter note pulse. that being said the actual "lick" that hes playing is KRLRLL, which is 6 notes :) hope that helps.

[gandre1982]

yeah thanx i got IT! ;)

[benddrum]

Nice work

[ooblik]

Creepy sound and movement @ 0:46 :S

[Moonrasor]

Your awesome!

[dudkun]

hey dude,i got a few questions, what drum heads do u use, and how big is your bass drum?

[dimsunk]

Hey dudkun, The heads are coated emperors and my bass drum size is 22x18. On the bass drum I have an emad on the batter side and emad reso on the resonant head. Max

[01loosenut]

I love your style and abilities. man your drums sound awesome too. thanks for the lessons.

[PS9rugby]

what cymbals are you using? they sound real nice

[dimsunk]

Hey There, My ride is a 22" constantinople medium thin low, my crash is a Sabian Manhattan ride 20".Thanks!  Max

[PS9rugby]

thanks, they sound great and so does your drumming!

[Gijoe125]

Funky grooves man. Good stuff, I'm going to try to incorporate this into my stuff.

[jazziron]

You make that looks so easy. Very smooth! Thanks for the inspiration.

[YoungInfrared]

Max, you got style for miles. You da man.

[mydrumsarebetter]

Tasty!

[creepingxdeath94]

playing on ur thighs like that kills

[Stavideo]

I like it.

[dexsullivan]

lots of feel + great technique = amazing. idk why this is such an amazing video but something about this groove is so good

[joc120]

that's GREAT !

[0tto777]

How have you recorded this? it sounds brilliant and also are they coated emperors on your toms? nice fill, thanks

[hebronsawyers]

Well played!

[Armistace]

these are pretty neat. I can see professional drummers doing amazing things with foundation like this.

[zonkomusic]

THE funky drummer.

[ChosonKimchi]

love the feel lol i can see some ppl before me are arguing bout feeling music lol and i gotta agree not everyone can feel music real deep so obviously not all drummers gonna have the same depth of feel. as for me when i hear good drums theres like this unexplainable feeling. it would be a crime to just call it rhythm where u just ur bop ur head along to it i know some ppl wont understand but those of u who do u know that awesome feeling lol

[sheplaysajag]

Sweeeet! Thanks for posting these lessons. Easy to understand and absorb.

[LOUD7]

What kind of remo drum heads are those?

[lukepunk1234]

those are coated drum heads if that helps any

[Nuggetmasterman]

Real tight.

[mssbball32]

nice dude that kit sounds solid

[groovingsoul]

your set has superb sound man.

[pc3fangeek]

Skip the fill ... that groove feels awesome!

[cody5442]

when he started hitting the toms at first how did that beat stay in there without him hitting the snare?

[blehblehbleh124]

i like the fill but i don't like the context you put it in. It seemed like the fill was trying to hard to fit in with the groove you were playing.

[Sabiano]

nah man! It might be a bit confusing if you're not a drummer, not being used to keeping time constantly in your head and so this is a GREAT fill executed perfectly, mixed with extreme technique and even extremer FEEL!

[blehblehbleh124]

as a drummer im saying yes, the fill was trying too hard to fit in with the groove.

[Sabiano]

new beginner, Im sure...Just because u talentless fools cant feel it, dont rat down on Maxie.

[blehblehbleh124]

excuse me? i've participated in DCI corps and probably have a much higher understanding of rhythm and music. You no doubt have no idea of what you're talking about.

[Sabiano]

so? not that that would in any way mean you have a "higher understanding" of music and I'm sure you were the one holding everyone in the corps back because it took you twice as long to learn the stuff for the previously mentioned reason of you being INCAPABLE OF FEELING music. Actually if you WERE in in DCI, that would clear up why you can't feel it...

[blehblehbleh124]

oh wow, I figured you would have a shred of maturity but apparently i was wrong. Good bye, i'm not going to continue this pointless argument because you're just too stubborn. Open your mind and stop being so douchey.

[no1boburnhamfan]

hey blehfaggot listen to the accents it fits perfect. the softer notes just give it a better and more complicated feel. im only fifteen so im not in DCI corps but im good on trap set and id know

[blehblehbleh124]

You're an idiot.

[fjanton83]

Nice. Thanks.

[thepossessor]

that's a neat fill

[ssnatcherss]

you're great at teaching, and you have nice stick control. what are you using for overheads? i'd like to start posting videos but i lack overhead mics.

[Fusionkid2]

Hey Max.

when you start to play it's like the "buzz noise" of the drums disappear, how do you do that? Is it like a program or something, it sound really nice :)

[dimsunk]

Hey Fusionkid2,  Thanks, When I'm talking I'm using the mic on the vidcam. When I'm playing I switch to the mics on the drumset.That's why it sounds so live when I talk because the camera is far away and picking up the whole room. I use imovie to choose which mic I want to use. Max

[X1XOVERLORDX1X]

nice:)

[happythecow]

funky

[travisBrulzz]

what kind of set is that man and how high do you tune the snare

[dimsunk]

The drum set is Yamaha tour custom. The snare is a tama starclassic. It's hard to explain how high i tune the snare. medium high on top and tighter on the bottom.I just keep cranking it up till I like the sound. Also, it will depend on what kind of snare you have ie .. size , wood , metal etc. One tuning won't work for every snare. It's good to experiment. Hope this helps. take care, MAx

[travisBrulzz]

hey dude thanx I like your style you r a very cool fellow, lately my right thigh has been getting fatigued for some reason and my pedal work has suffered, how important is the seat elevation and could that be a factor?? i tried all kinds of tensioning on the pedal and same result, should leg be 180 degrees with top of bass or should there be a slight decline, thanx Max

[dimsunk]

Hey Travis, Seat elevation is important. I would suggest experimenting with different seat heights and see what feels the best. Our bodies are all made differently. What works for one drummer might not for another. Also ,if you play heel up, another possibility could be that you're not resting your heel back down on the pedal after you hit the bass drum . Practice just playing quarter notes with your foot slowly and relaxing your whole leg.Let your leg tell you what feels comfortable

[Skoorph]

I like how you sound and how you play. What snare are you usning? And what head?

[dimsunk]

Thanks alot! The snare is a Tama Starclassic 13x5 1/2 . The head is a remo coated ambassador. Max

[hellsboy22]

great fill man. but there is one problem it doesnt really fit the beat ur playin

[dimsunk]

Thanks, This example is an exercise. The groove is simple . It's the first step to mastering playing the fill in a groove.You wouldn't normally play the fill many times in a row like that at first. It's just to see how the groove fits in the time . MAX

[81bluejay]

luv the snare man!

[omwhite83]

wow really well done dude youve got great feel for it.

[kurtussyfelneggy]

nice 32 notes good job

[80815charly]

nice snare sick video too!!!!!

[80815charly]

nice snare sick video too!!!!!

[WOZES]

awesome snare!

[liennto]

deadly

[pastapup]

Great groove and fill!

[O2OttO]

fantastic, thankz

[naedsukram]

solid...very cool.

[dimsunk]

Hey Alex, Just to let you know . They're both the same fill (ie BRLRLL) . Part 2 is just placing it within a groove.Hope you Have fun with it. Take care, Max

[Jimbobwe93]

absolutely love that beat you start playing right at 4:00

thanks for the help, i'll work on that

[c2dinc]

I've started to work on this and the RLRLL one as well. So tasty when it gets fast...still can't do it too well yet.