Is Steve Smith doing a triplet? It is so fast, it is hard to see! Or maybe it is four patterns of a four stroke roll on the mounted toms, separated by the bass drum. It sounds so cool.
if you trace this lick back, it's really a max roach thing, and after him lots of drummers played it, its not hard to achieve so, i don't think it belongs to a particular drummer...
@DCussen Steve Smith would be the first to tell you, pretty much all of those "stock licks" came from Max Roach. You ought to check out his drum legacy dvd. It's really got some great content concerning the original jazz greats.
If you see his most recent videos, you'll notice that his technique has completely evolved. Nowadays, he chokes up on the stick more, as opposed to holding them way back. His still is now more fluid and effortless.
I just stumbled on this video. I couldn't stop laughing the whole way through! Great fill. Never in a million years would I think it would be so funny!
LoL! Wasn't quite expecting that! It's funny, I only just heard about this "famous fill" by Steve Smith in another video earlier. Then I see this. So this is it... Last but not 2 seconds if that..
I don't care what you think he said in Charlotte it's not done as RLRKK, it's RLRF on the recording... no double bass - no doubles on the foot at all! It's the Bonham lick from Rock'nroll. You try to fit 5 notes in at that tempo and what you end up with doesn't sound like what he's playing... but it does sound like what Bonham played!
I asked him how he did it when i saw him in charlotte with Vital Info. its RLRKK the snare is on the 1 the DA the AND of 2 the E of 3 and on 4...its a lick in 5's basically
From the video it looks like a 4-stroke ruff - RLRF. It's a 4:3 polyrhythm starting on beat 1 and a flam on beat 4. If you can fit the ruff into that 4 grouping of the polyrhythm you have it! Simple baby!
those sticks are no longer than any other drumsticks . They only look long because he grips them so close to the butt end . If you ever watch him on the ride cymbal the stick is barely in his first finger and thumb ... he is holding just the very end of the stick
Can anybody explain this one to me? It's too fast for me to get what he's doing. A guy below referred to it as a triplet but it looks like he's using snare, 2 toms and the kick drum. One of my favorite drums rolls, I'd really like to learn how to do it slowly so I can try and work it up to speed.
You're right about which drums to use. Just hit the snare, small tom, floor tom and kick drum. So that'd be a group of 4 16th notes. Then he does that I think 4 times, which is like, a quarter note triplet(each group of 4 16th notes is one note of the quarter note triplet) plus one more group of the 4 16th notes. That sounds totally confusing but with musical notation it's easy to understand.
I saw it written out in Modern Drummer a long time ago. Hope this helps.
Yes, it's an old Gadd/Bonham/Blakey lick (common knowledge among drummers), but who cares? He puts it in just the right place and plays it so smoothly and musically. The context and execution makes it sound fresh in that setting.
Steve is a master at playing exactly the right fill at exactly the right moment.
totally! I was thinking the other day listening to Don't Stop Believing and I just thought that groove (when the ride pattern enters especially) really makes it impossible for anybody to sit still while listening to it! No fancy stuff but the RIGHT stuff!
Great posting! Steve said that this was a "Gaddism" - something he copped from Steve Gadd. Wish he was still playing for Journey - not to take away from Dean; I always felt that Steve was the best fit for Journey.
i think pretty much (part) of the bonham lick on the end of rock and roll. snare,rack tom,floor tom, bass drum. repeat. what does make this lick cool is the phrasing of it. this is from the tune 'seperate ways'. it will annoy you less if you listen to it in context with the tune. well, maybe-
Actually... looking at it again... he's got the hi-hat in there, too..... so probably getting the bass > bass on his right foot, while holding time on the left... Blah... I'd need a kit to really feel it out heheh.. hard to type it.
Sounds/looks like a quick set of 5 strokes repeated 4x across beats 1-3, and closed with a snare flam on beat 4... which sets him up at the chorus on 1 of the next measure.
The four notes are played based on a dotted eighth note rhythm. This is a 4 over 3 polyrhythm because the 4 note pattern is played in the space of 3 sixteenth notes or dotted eigth note. Email me if you want more details.
Looks like someone looped this so they could figure out that drum fill, which is NOT a complicated fill. To the OP, if you're still having a hard time figuring it out, I'll write it out and send it to you.
he looks like a skinnier ron jeremy lol
CompanyMold 1 month ago
owwwwww
SuperRenato007 6 months ago
oh
202drummerboy 6 months ago
hertas
narggla68 7 months ago
67 didn't realize he had a shirt that said "Foosball" on it
HBsongwriter 7 months ago
"Cocaine is a hell-o-va drug..." To the person that uploaded this.
fnkdrmmr 10 months ago
a very basic fill honestly....go to drummagazingdotcom followed by /features/post/steve-smith-the-journey-never-ends/
RolandVDrummer 11 months ago
THIS IS THE STEVE GADD FILL. CHECK NEIL PEART'S VIDEO FOR THIS
Katakomves 11 months ago
Is Steve Smith doing a triplet? It is so fast, it is hard to see! Or maybe it is four patterns of a four stroke roll on the mounted toms, separated by the bass drum. It sounds so cool.
PrimalRhythm 11 months ago
@PrimalRhythm i think its hertas he's doing.its the same roll ( actually its a rudiment) done on the solo at the end of rock-n-roll by led zep.
narggla68 7 months ago
You must have really liked this clip blueshammer. Its wasa nice fill tho.
RoperFrenzy 1 year ago
what the fuck.
ApproachingxMidnight 1 year ago
So, that's how he does it? Interesting...
specgrade1 1 year ago
From the award winning music video " Separate Ways (to play air instruments)"
odaydrums 1 year ago
very John Bonham. Steve perry showed this guy no respect. One of the greats he is.
eqsmooth 1 year ago
Those drumsticks are literally GROWING right out of Steve's hands!
lastdaysguitar 1 year ago
ive never laughed so hard these comments are funny as hell
zeekdavis21 1 year ago
look how far back he is on the sticks ....wow
sweetfly66 1 year ago
wish it was in slow motion
drumma4life14 1 year ago
my brain went blank after 15 seconds
kscphlieckghappens 1 year ago
big ass sticks!!
Skinhitta 1 year ago
flagged!
shootsbraw 1 year ago
his mustache is magic
CotymoG 1 year ago
steve
marco64galrza 1 year ago
Too bad that didn't go on for another two hours.
DCussen 2 years ago 4
The only thing more impressive than his fill is that sweet mustache!
thrustiswaspinator 2 years ago 2
Oh. You mean the lick he stole from Bonham from Black Dog (and other songs). Yeah, I know that lick.
biffDipstick 2 years ago
if you trace this lick back, it's really a max roach thing, and after him lots of drummers played it, its not hard to achieve so, i don't think it belongs to a particular drummer...
peladogadan 2 years ago 2
@biffDipstick Man, I don't think you can say that's a stolen lick. Every decent drummer I know throws that in somewhere, and some other stock licks.
DCussen 2 years ago
@DCussen Steve Smith would be the first to tell you, pretty much all of those "stock licks" came from Max Roach. You ought to check out his drum legacy dvd. It's really got some great content concerning the original jazz greats.
NerfLad 10 months ago
it's really not a hard fil just got to get it to compile and sound clean
rswhyville 2 years ago
ohhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh X a million haha=^D
Thomlistentoslayer 2 years ago
jaja
KrLoZ0106 2 years ago
If you see his most recent videos, you'll notice that his technique has completely evolved. Nowadays, he chokes up on the stick more, as opposed to holding them way back. His still is now more fluid and effortless.
wmakiling 2 years ago 3
Dosen't Steve Smith look way different with hair. I cannot belive it is the same man. Still he is a gr8 drummer and guy to know.
paulwall1981 2 years ago
I just stumbled on this video. I couldn't stop laughing the whole way through! Great fill. Never in a million years would I think it would be so funny!
devwhit 2 years ago
LoL! Wasn't quite expecting that! It's funny, I only just heard about this "famous fill" by Steve Smith in another video earlier. Then I see this. So this is it... Last but not 2 seconds if that..
ShelterDogs 2 years ago
im the only drummer ive ever seen do this fill correctly...for real, its not that difficult...at all!!!
francodrummer1 2 years ago
lmfao
HeadBanger3694 2 years ago
I don't care what you think he said in Charlotte it's not done as RLRKK, it's RLRF on the recording... no double bass - no doubles on the foot at all! It's the Bonham lick from Rock'nroll. You try to fit 5 notes in at that tempo and what you end up with doesn't sound like what he's playing... but it does sound like what Bonham played!
nealiowheely 2 years ago
lofl... well kids if you dont know how the fill goes after watching this vid.. its time to put the Sticks Down hahahahaha... cool video man.
TDM
TheDigitalMafia 2 years ago
your basically doing the classic Bonham style roll,only you have to be very fluid with it.And no there is no double bass involved.
ccbgmo 2 years ago
Ahahahaha, very gooood!!!!!!!!!
crismafra123 2 years ago
So that's how he pulls off that pain-in-the ass lick...finally!!!!
brianchristie 2 years ago
I asked him how he did it when i saw him in charlotte with Vital Info. its RLRKK the snare is on the 1 the DA the AND of 2 the E of 3 and on 4...its a lick in 5's basically
kicknsnare67 2 years ago
From the video it looks like a 4-stroke ruff - RLRF. It's a 4:3 polyrhythm starting on beat 1 and a flam on beat 4. If you can fit the ruff into that 4 grouping of the polyrhythm you have it! Simple baby!
nealiowheely 2 years ago
Awesome. Steve Smith can travel back in time.
killerbiene243 2 years ago
It's a joke, isn't it?
musikabarnetik 2 years ago
It cant be double bass because the hi hat is go up and down
camarofan101 3 years ago 2
jajaj is a simple sample , variation , loop!!! more interesting , long sticks!!
martincruzdrums 3 years ago
those sticks are no longer than any other drumsticks . They only look long because he grips them so close to the butt end . If you ever watch him on the ride cymbal the stick is barely in his first finger and thumb ... he is holding just the very end of the stick
sweetfly66 2 years ago
stupid: who did that sampler?
jajaja, bahhhh
quimeradefuerza 3 years ago
It is amazing how Steve is able to maintain such consistency in his stokes which results in little variation in the overall pattern; I am impressed.
HeLLaVision 3 years ago
I just laughed my arse off!
mgperc 3 years ago
The drums were the nice Sonor Bubinga finish. Very nice.
Gretschdrums75 3 years ago
Yes! Now, where can I purchase one of these nice early 80's Sonor kits?!? I cannot for the life of me find any!!!
coopyfenderbeupus 2 years ago
hahaha bad ass
54literz 3 years ago 3
This should be at least 9 minutes longer.
slowcurl 3 years ago 47
I think his toms are mounted on the Bass drum,so i think thats why they are vibrating.
camarofan101 3 years ago
This sounds like John Bonhams Triplet on Stairway to Heaven
it might be.. but idk
huzza09 3 years ago
lol'd hard
aj1drumman 3 years ago 2
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paradiddlehead 3 years ago 13
His wrist action kills me...
HollywoodWags 3 years ago
His right wrist is out of control lol
dtegg91 3 years ago
i know
Squishay1 3 years ago
that's not annoying...
eskimoposh 3 years ago 23
Can anybody explain this one to me? It's too fast for me to get what he's doing. A guy below referred to it as a triplet but it looks like he's using snare, 2 toms and the kick drum. One of my favorite drums rolls, I'd really like to learn how to do it slowly so I can try and work it up to speed.
marklandon79 3 years ago
You're right about which drums to use. Just hit the snare, small tom, floor tom and kick drum. So that'd be a group of 4 16th notes. Then he does that I think 4 times, which is like, a quarter note triplet(each group of 4 16th notes is one note of the quarter note triplet) plus one more group of the 4 16th notes. That sounds totally confusing but with musical notation it's easy to understand.
I saw it written out in Modern Drummer a long time ago. Hope this helps.
drummernezzy 3 years ago
It's a sixteenth note triplet with an 8th note on the bass drum.
The whole fill lasts one measure...and nezzy already explained the order of drums to hit.
Badala-Do Badala-Do Badala-Do Badala-Do Bot! lol!
Hope that makes it a little easier to understand.
playswithpassion 3 years ago
Nice idea.
Yes, it's an old Gadd/Bonham/Blakey lick (common knowledge among drummers), but who cares? He puts it in just the right place and plays it so smoothly and musically. The context and execution makes it sound fresh in that setting.
Steve is a master at playing exactly the right fill at exactly the right moment.
DrShrinker 3 years ago
totally! I was thinking the other day listening to Don't Stop Believing and I just thought that groove (when the ride pattern enters especially) really makes it impossible for anybody to sit still while listening to it! No fancy stuff but the RIGHT stuff!
Sabiano 3 years ago
Great posting! Steve said that this was a "Gaddism" - something he copped from Steve Gadd. Wish he was still playing for Journey - not to take away from Dean; I always felt that Steve was the best fit for Journey.
drummermikemccraw 3 years ago
Actually a pretty standard X style pattern but at Steve Smith blazing speed.
ejeepin 3 years ago
its like having mumps
scorpiosview 3 years ago
ROFLMAO
benny11111 3 years ago
cool :p
thomasloyens 3 years ago
very creative man like that!
jesuslizardchrist 3 years ago
An easy fill, but played very nice. I like how he reverses it after the third triplet.
jerrywitaj 3 years ago
i think pretty much (part) of the bonham lick on the end of rock and roll. snare,rack tom,floor tom, bass drum. repeat. what does make this lick cool is the phrasing of it. this is from the tune 'seperate ways'. it will annoy you less if you listen to it in context with the tune. well, maybe-
lasticebreaker 3 years ago
An old Bonham fill.
stratotanker518 3 years ago 3
Ahem...you mean Benny Benjamin of Motown...and surely jazz legends before that. No doubt Bonham that made it his trademark.
Sincopare 3 years ago
Actually... looking at it again... he's got the hi-hat in there, too..... so probably getting the bass > bass on his right foot, while holding time on the left... Blah... I'd need a kit to really feel it out heheh.. hard to type it.
lupine73 3 years ago 2
thanks for wasting my life
tokeuppits420 3 years ago
Are these triplets?
BaDeeRich 3 years ago
Sounds/looks like a quick set of 5 strokes repeated 4x across beats 1-3, and closed with a snare flam on beat 4... which sets him up at the chorus on 1 of the next measure.
Snare > Rack > Floor > Bass > Bass >
Snare > Rack > Floor > Bass > Bass >
Snare > Rack > Floor > Bass > Bass >
Snare > Rack > Floor > Bass > Bass >
Flam...
lupine73 3 years ago
whoa! aha, thanks. now i know how to do it!
laddieola101 3 years ago
It's not 5 strokes but 4 strokes.
Snare > Rack > Floor > Bass.
The four notes are played based on a dotted eighth note rhythm. This is a 4 over 3 polyrhythm because the 4 note pattern is played in the space of 3 sixteenth notes or dotted eigth note. Email me if you want more details.
trieck 3 years ago
Sure does repeat himself a lot, dont he? Maybe the needle got stuck on the video... Do videos have needles?
DangerousBastard 4 years ago
Looks like someone looped this so they could figure out that drum fill, which is NOT a complicated fill. To the OP, if you're still having a hard time figuring it out, I'll write it out and send it to you.
longfade 4 years ago 3
Sure you can write it out for me
liquidex648 4 years ago
lol, awesome. Machine gun Smith.
ShakerCuda71 4 years ago
I will keep this handy for when I want to annoy the hell out of someone O.o
lupine73 4 years ago
why the fuck did i just watch that 16 times.....???????
kyle5670 4 years ago 3
lol ya nice fill
13eStraight 4 years ago
This is just annoying.
ethanisrad 4 years ago