Adventures In Drum Land

[boybawang9997]

haha i saw this kit being built in another video on youtube with pearl converter lol

[hatshepsutiv]

what song is this at the beginning it's hot

[kengolfnut]

There are 4 people who only know how to play skank blast beats.... Eyuk!

[andreacassetta]

very nice !!! what kind of drum is that ? can u telle me the misures please? and what kind of camcorder have you used to shot this video? thanks really nice work !!

[kengolfnut]

You know.... This guy is so musically talented and melodic beyond his years... Johnny is the epitome of musicianship.

[maciekomis]

the gear is awesome, but mostly because it's Johnny that's playing them!

[THEanthony12101]

the ride cymbal sounded so awesome....what kind was it? the wway it crashed just sooo awesoomee soundingg!

[cuerdasoxidas]

Hi Johnny!

Could you please tell me how did u record the audio? Audio interface, mic and Daw please! I really enjoyed!

[johnnyonline]

@cuerdasoxidas nothing too complex. 2 mics into a mixer. that's all. one behringer condenser over head and one schure kick mic. from the mixer i recorded into the line input of a zoom H2.

[cuerdasoxidas]

Thanks mate! sometimes simplicity = brilliant

Well done! and thanks ! you should record more drum videos cause your playing is awesome!

[anotheruser22]

@johnnyonline Could you please let me know what type of mic and mixer? I'm looking for new gear. Thanks!

[PChuckTaylor]

I'm jealous how smooth and consistent your playing is. I'm looking for new ways to practice to hopefully make more progress, do you play with a metronome often? I hardly ever do.

Btw, fav'd and sub'd.

[johnnyonline]

@PChuckTaylor i don't do anywhere near as much metronome practice as i should. playing along to your favourite recordings can help timing too, so long as the recordings are in time :)

[PChuckTaylor]

@johnnyonline Thanks for replying and the suggestion!

[nebulae87]

i've seen this video maybe 100000 times johhny lol and every time i see i wanna comment something new. Only you can make a kit that small sound fuckin badass. your talent amazes me every time man.

[tasteofink13]

ahhh

love it so much

musical idol, straight up.

[GunMetalSparkle]

what ride cymbal is that?

[johnnyonline]

@GunMetalSparkle not actually a 'ride' as such. it's an 18" boshporus byzance crash.

[atroye]

@johnnyonline it actually looks like a Meinl Byzance

[johnnyonline]

@atroye whoops... that's what i meant. no such thing as a bosphorus byzance.

[atroye]

@johnnyonline either way man...you sound killer on it!

[johnnyonline]

@johnnyonline i meant meinl not bosphorus.

[knifewieldingwomen]

i love how youre all like "oh, I just happened to walk into a music shop, rock peoples' socks off, and then went on with my day, no biggie."

[YardxBonzoxBird]

I love watchin This Video every time just like wanna walk in to a music store sit down and just do what he does best....got to love the beginning Tooo!

[sabian1hhx1only]

this is amazing to me i really like it when i drummer shows his true skills how u took a 2 piece kit with a couple of cymbals and made it sound so complete it what makes a drummer a awesome drummer great job i hope i can be a good as u some day and i am subscribing

[adzug]

i agree. you dont need 10,000 drums in a kit. its fun to play around with diff combinations but you shud, if youre a capable drummer, make a chair and book top sound good by playin it. this guys very talented and fun to watch.i prefer this style of playing to most guys on youtube goin on n on in a long drum solo. be concise , have some good ideas , and move on. but thats just my opinion.

[johnnyonline]

@azdug thanks man. i thought it would be funny to walk into this huge room of drums and sit down at the smallest kit possible :)

[adzug]

@johnnyonline no prob, love ur vids, n yeah its pretty funny.i actually wudlike to get alil kit just for theease of mobility. keep on man.

[tanazoglu]

Great video,

Does anybody know what the intro/outro song is? Great song..

[johnnyonline]

@tanazoglu: it's a track called Tired of Fighting by the Menahan Street Band. You can find it on the album 'Make the Road by Walking' It's fantastic music.

[tipk99]

So glad to see you back doing more drum videos! Man, you got groove running through your veins... Inspiring. Wanna move to Seattle and teach me to be you?

[serafimjones]

SO glad to have a new vid!!

<33333333

[Feuro]

That splash was nice. I like.

[thatsharkeyguy]

Wow its been ages since I've seen a video that's left me feeling so inspired

awesome

x

[nebulae87]

JOHNNYYYYYY you're back man....geez its been forever. This video is awesome....and quite..short story like. What kind of camera did you use for this?

[johnnyonline]

a Canon 500D or a T1i if you're from north america. I'm about to upgrade to a 550D (T2i) in the next month or so hopefully.

[maddmaddworld]

Absolutely amazing!  I am so happy to see that you are back! I just returned myself, and am finding that more and more people are making their way back to YouTube...its like Youtube 2.0...

[johnnyonline]

cheers.

i needed the break. it had turned into a job, or at least if felt that way. but now i'm keen to make a go of it again. i just wanna make music and share it out there.

[DeviantDucky]

Damn... you deserve more views, bro.

[bertbennick]

smooooooooooooth as all hell.......keep'em coming!

[zactelfordmusic]

great work man =] good to see such groovy stuff on a little setup like that. LOVE the sound of this snare! do you know a rough RRP on it here in aus?

[johnnyonline]

hmm.. it's not too pricey. $300-400ish.. i think.

[Beast1333]

Nice, good to have you back.

How did you do the steady camera thing when walking btw?

[johnnyonline]

no magic, just a tripod.

[onlytwoeyesopen]

awesome!

that looks like a pretty awesome shop.. where abouts is it?? :)

[johnnyonline]

the intro and outro was 'The Menahan Street Band' with 'Tired of Fighting'.

but everything else was me :) and by everything i mean drums, bass and the camera.

[milkmit]

two drum videos within a week? what did we do to deserve this?!

[johnnyonline]

i've spent a year on my photography... now i'm coming back to music. hello!

[bleed0range]

btw that was me below (bigfatnoises)... I was just logged into my other YT account haha.

Great video!

[johnnyonline]

whoops.. sorry dude, i clicked 'remove' instead of 'reply'. they should put those buttons farther apart.

i had my camera attached to a tripod which was tucked under my arms. i saw someone make a REALLY complicated rig to achieve the same effect.. i like my ghetto solution better.

[bleed0range]

@johnnyonline lol yeah I really thought that it was something more complicated. But I guess that's a pretty smart solution haha.

[totaled4life]

so glad your making videos again

[CorrectTV]

size doesn't matter ;)

[johnnyonline]

16" floor tom/bass drum conversion + 13" snare + 18" crash + 10" splash. sounded big enough to me.

[unscrewedhorses]

At first I was wondering where that bass line was appearing from... but then I remembered the whole 'movie magic' thing.

This was really cool. ^^

And damn, I can't get over how nice of a camera you have...

[johnnyonline]

Thanks.. i recorded the bass line later, from the comfort of my couch. Not sure if you understand camera jargon but it's is a Canon EOS 500D with a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 lens.

[unscrewedhorses]

Does a video of that high quality take a ridiculously long time to upload, though?

[johnnyonline]

@unscrewedhorses : not too long really. the whole clip was under 200Mb, so only about 30 minutes to upload over my ADSL2 line.

[rumblechick]

I totally thought you were gonna do some split screen drumming with those other two drum kits, but this was also good :)

Maybe and idea for next time :D

[thesoftsquid]

Is Johnny comin back? NOICE

[c2dinc]

Ahh you have got some fantastic chops on those snare rolls. That little kit sounded fantastic.

[najtrows]

what a big fucking musicstore! :O ive never seen so many instruments in one place before :|

[BenevolentLaughter]

your talent never ceases to amaze me.

love the shirt, btw. <3

[johnnyonline]

thanks alex, i dressed myself that day :)

[kbj42016]

Righteous piece! Niel Peart meets Mr. Bean...BwhaHaHaa. Very TIGHT Jam2

[ricvdb]

Which black panther is that? And more importantly, can you recommend me any books/instructional tools to get my snare chops up to your standard? I love you snare work.

[johnnyonline]

it's a 13x6 maple snare and as for improving your chops? practice. that's all. in 1999/2000 i almost didn't touch my kit at all. i had a big drumline gig (sydney olympics) and i spent the entire time on a practice pad learning how to play a double-stroke roll properly. no magic, just hours of focus every day.

[AlanColeslaw]

YAY :)

[Doud92]

BADASS

[rollo4dollo]

Awsome video man

[TKaarel]

Amazing as always, johnny. I really wish my drummer was as good as you are :)

[Nicowindprod]

nice! as always :)

[maciekomis]

i was hoping you would play more sets...

still awesome though :)

[whatshendrix]

Fucking ace, man!

[babbolo71]

That was some bad-ass drumming as usual

[Sugerrush1234]

All any of us drummers need is a bass guitar to groove with, and we're set. Loved it man!

[johnnyonline]

thanks :)

now that i've finnaly set up my bass properly i can hopefully do more of this stuff.

[tessabeads]

yay!

more stuff! more stuff!

[museaddictedperson]

Nice Grooves man ^^

[Motown199]

first comment bitches and nice man