Online drumming lessons: Mitch Mitchell played by Saša Petković

[zombiess666]

Great playing! Mitchell is also one of my major influences as a drummer and he's among some of the greatest drummers in the world in my opinion! However, that snare of yours has some nasty overtones, I know the videos a year old so you probably already changed it but damn hahaha you should've changed it up! Cheers!

[salemesserschmitt]

@zombiess666

Thanks for the comment, man. I totally agree about Mitchell.

About the overtones: actually, tuning depends on my mood. Sometimes, I like my snare dry, muffled, without any overtones, and sometimes I aim for overtones. At the time of recording this, I opted for the latter, I guess. :-)

Also, this audio recording is totally "raw", without any miking and subsequent processing. Probably that contributed to the overtones too. Again, thx for the post! Cheers from Croatia.

[GodfatherOfSweden]

I don't know if it's that important to read music, I'd say it's important to feel music.

But I guess it's different from person to person. I've taught myself to play the drums and guitar all alone and I can't read music one bit. Interesting subject though..

[salemesserschmitt]

@GodfatherOfSweden

I agree that feel is important. However, a musician's improvement on his/her instrument will go only as far as it can without reading music. You will be able to play SOME beats and fills etc. which you are able to reproduce by hearing a record. But, what if you have a Black Crowes record with a beat you can't play genuinely as you can't really understand what the drummer is playing? At the same time, you CAN have the transcription with that beat which you CAN play if you read.

[GodfatherOfSweden]

@salemesserschmitt

Interesting, I definitely agree with you, reading music might just take a you that little step further.

But still it must be different from person to person, if you take Jimi Hendrix or James Brown for an example. They didn't read music, neither did Ray Charles or Stevie Wonder and their whole concept is based around the feeling. But it might not be the same for everybody, what do I know..

[salemesserschmitt]

@GodfatherOfSweden Hehe, I fear that after Hendrix, Brown, Charles and Wonder, those molds were broken. For th erest of us, mortals, reading music IS the fastest way to improve. Also, one doesn't stand a chance in the session world if one doesn't read music. If you wanna audition for any big band, TV band or whatever, ppl who don't read are automatically excluded. So, reading improves job opportunities as well. Not to mention the endless wealth of written music we can learn from.

[sebz661]

nice, I got my practice space all covered with egg cartens too!

[jinbo031288]

hey mitch mitchell is also my drumming hero do you know where you can get any jimi hendrix drumless tracks from ? good play nice groove

[ShelterDogs]

This is really good. Since DRUM! channel posted some Mitch Mitchell drum lessons recently, I've been searching for Mitchell drum related videos. Thanks for this. He certainly had an interesting style.

[rbjax2001]

really nice, your kit sounds great. you can definitely hear the jazz influences in many of the fills. he was one of the greatest

[salemesserschmitt]

Hi, thanks for the comment. The kit is a Sonor Designer.

Yeah, I agree, Mitchell was, from my point of view, first of all a jazz drummer, and you can hear a lot of great comping on the first two Hendrix records.

[mitchmitchell68]

I like it ..but a bit short those clips just enough to recognise them...

if you make some longer I would love to hear it...

[salemesserschmitt]

This clip, as all my other clips on my youtube channel are there for one purpose only: to try to show young players how important it is to read music. If you wanna see the charts for this clip, visit my webpage, which is shown in the clip info on the top right part of the screen. Thx for posting!