linear drumming

[roszko]

Awesome.

[Dvaerak7Korgo]

@8mathdaddy

It's doesn't take much effort to write it down by ear. I don't mean to sound like a prick, but I did a few years ago as a 13 year old kid. I wasn't very talented then and I don't think I am now, but the point I'm trying to get at is that it's better to do it yourself.

You don't necessarily have to write it down. Download a music notation program if you're really dedicated. I prefer to type tablatures in my handy little itouch. :)

[rsashton2004]

I like the slow counts and fundamental approach you've taken. Can't wait to apply it to the kit (or at least try to). Thanks for the great lesson...I've been fascinated about linear beats and now I have a great place to start.

[8mathdaddy]

Can you please write the music down?

[cahslundglass]

Sexual kit + grooving.

[perrap79]

Awesome bro! Whats the name of that book and where can I buy it? Live in Sweden! Chhers man!

[mother66]

I love watching a dude who enjoys drumming! Thanks for playing FIRST and then giving the details.

[Lukasoncapeta]

So funkayeh!!!!

[JoeBdrumming]

Sweet vid dude.. Ill be learning this stuff all week.

[ParadeeddLeTube]

HAHAHA i thought he's VADRUM.. :D

fail..

[The27Stars]

That smile in the beginning is priceless.



[cast390]

I like your playing and this lesson but your snare sounds like shit

[UKNOWIT88]

@cast390 um, no.

[louiefrancisstaana]

linear - one hit at a time.

[Matthewrylee12]

Nice man, I'll try to learn from this.

[TruthTheSpeaker]

oh.

[TruthTheSpeaker]

what is it that makes it linear?

[tony1946]

is there a book?

[stainwalk]

thats amazing, is there some kinda of book with all this lil groups... sounds great! thanx

[JDICband]

Why do you count it in groups of 5 and 7? Can you eloborate?

[LIGHTRONIX]

this guy totally has my style

[LIGHTRONIX]

@LIGHTRONIX or i have his maybe

[Ciaran55]

move cursor to 1:11 and click timeline for drumgasm

[nameless414]

@Ciaran55 haha !!

[punkrockchinaman]

this guy looks and sounds like the offspring of david cross and seth rogen.

[myTAMAsbetter]

what a tool...good groove though lol

[420protoman]

@myTAMAsbetter

what are you talking about,,, this guy is awsome.. your'e a tool lol

[jdjbarnat]

nice beats, but I don't appreciate your look of condescension.

[Happyskateboarding]

i play this stuff all the time and its a blast, what genre would this be though?

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@Happyskateboarding Funk

[brinepacer]

Awesome.

[himynameisjonnycap]

Groooooovin'

[wowthatwasamazing14]

lol.very funny but good sounding.

[mrjollypantsjolly]

Brilliant playing and explanation mate. Please shove some more up if you can. I am gonna practise right now on that!!!! Check out my drumming vids if you can. Very different style, but variety is the spice of life!

[athansauc]

yeah i feel you dude.

[Jakelio]

this guy is like david cross's nerdy brother. who happens to rock at drums.

[jdjbarnat]

@Jakelio "nerdy" brother? As if David Cross isn't already the poster child of nerdom.

[pampdog]

Super thick groove, played really well. Inspiring lesson: love that 16th note flow.

[8mathdaddy]

Nice. I wish you had the music sheet on here.

[TheCobaltRod]

Great video, great groove, great work.

[hugopelle]

are you sure about de 8-part ? Because when you play at the begining, I can hear to snares followed by to kicks...

[bromdrum]

mate this is a great video!

[slingerlandrox]

Nice job...

[saabist]

I'm working on this, but I'm not finding as easy as you make it look! Great explanation of linear drumming, thanks!

[drmrdude04]

excellent! great groove.

[istramike]

Dude killer!!!

[c4t2f0]

Your vids are great man.The begining of this one was funny

[ehwPOP]

I love youu

[drtakuya1985]

good

[InShatteredMolds]

13 people are deaf

[caseiroportugal]

Great drumming!!!

[nothingman24]

Nice video. Great drumming, but I have to admit the first minute or so, it looks like it's David Cross doing a skit.

[shadowlorde]

@nothingman24

holy shit ... he does kinda look like david cross ...

[ChadBurk4420]

Good stuff.

[pasuprez]

great video and a nice groove.. 

[Wolverine51324]

0:09 nearly made me puke. really hate it when people do that

[letithappen87]

is that fucking seth rogan playing the drums

[degas]

Who knew 16ths with accents...could sounds so good?

3 5 8

6 2 8...

Joey Jordison rules!!!!!

:p

nice lessson

[lennincorral]

this guy reminds me of vadrum.... some how

[HymenHolocaust]

@lennincorral I thought the same thing. Kinda looks like him I guess?

[curlybro7]

Cool man!

[vtmike13]

linear equations are easy though haha

[mujeebb]

to all those posting negative comments ... F-U.

This was actually really very helpful for a novice drummer wanting to know what linear drumming is about ... thank you !!

[usuarioparticular]

Thanks for sharing bro.

[69drummerdan]

When you look into the camera, i just want to punch you.

[Poulet39]

cool beat thx :)

[antiemo666777]

using them coping skills

[samthekunt]

nice are those sabian mahattan jazz?

[samthekunt]

nice are those sabian mahattan jazz?

[ssonicdeafmonkey]

I loooove your bass drum sound! I'm going for that kind of sound and I was wondering what I should do to achieve that?

[Gidgeyboy1]

Excellent stuff !!! You may be my holy linear grail --- and thanks for being completely unpretentious --

[jayweh]

with this 3-5-8 pattern I just can´t get the pattern into my brain. I hear this (H-hihat, S- snare, B-bass)

1st: H-S

2nd: B-H-S

3rd: H-S

and then I get stuck. does anyone understand where I´m coming from and can explain the rhythm to me like that? appreciate it!tx

[georgewhedge]

Sick groove and nice explanation. Gold star :-)

[nucleararab]

this would probably be cool if you weren't such a douche

[teundrumhead]

pff retard, act professional dude.

but the beat is nice though.

[kyjello12]

@teundrumhead he can act however he wants. hes a grown ass man.

[uhoh38125]

 u rock dude!

[zrouth]

Dude, you are the shit! Thanks for posting this. You should keep em coming bro. The rest of us will be forever grateful for your teachings. You have no idea the shortage of good teachers on youtuben

[FathomThePower]

they should call you the pathfinder. no explanation on you tube could have saved my ass so well from asking stupid drum questions.

[johncool182]

I dig this. You know what you're talking about!

[snakeswillbetaken]

Great groove and great explanation. Love the feel! You're a top bloke!

[Mickycond86]

You were playing with NOKIA ringtones , right ?

[OneBlazedDood]

This makes me smile and groove. Very successful. This is what its about!!

[LaughingOutKraut]

This vid should be called "Rick Kavanian" drumming.

[jayweh]

@LaughingOutKraut that´s what I thought immediately :)

[mygodDYLAN1]

what do you think of jon karel ?

[doctordrum3000]

That was sharp, thanks man!!!

[MrGraydrum]

Good expanation, clear, should help loads of drummers. Well done mate!

[ProggyDrummer]

sweeeet

[zeka019]

wow...nice...

[TheHeadcrusher789456]

heyy slowly!!!!

but you're good

[persini]

Great lesson bro thanks, i studied Gary's book, i love his ideas, is awesome...really useful

[whitexgreen]

whats the pattern? like R L F R L F R L R L F

[MadsHertzum]

@whitexgreen R L F R L R L F R L R L R L F F

Just listen dude :D

[green11420]

great vid

[happygofucky]

Hey man thanks for this

I've moved to an apartment where I can't play

until I get enough for an electric kit bummer right?

well anyways I've kind of always been the guy that just went along

but this is encouraging me to stop and be more technical with every step

thanks bro

Take it easy

[Nugget2064]

"...as if he was describing linear equations or something." lol xD

[DrPepperJKM]

you remind me of seth rogan...for some reason. good drumming though i dug it

[vozzsch]

This rocks!

[BAAH4000]

cool!

[vegunited06]

siiick

[euphoricanomaly]

Nice groove, nice explanation.

[jordanclymer]

This is such a simple and straight forward explanation. Thank you for a great tutorial!

[drummerfromoly]

Thanks for sharing, do you have this pattern written out

[phillipislbj]

3:45 niiiiice.

[amjan]

"No two voices at the same time"

Enough said :)))

[TroyaE117]

Well explained.

Thanks.

Very difficult though.

[equallyeasilyfuqyou]

the way you describe it was pretty awesome. love to have you as a teacher.

[thedrumman7]

Nicely done and 1 of the more interesting linear beats I've heard on youtube. Funny, I actually find it easier to count the 16th notes rather than think in terms of 3-5-8. Everyone's brain is wired differently I guess. If you have any more on these I would love to heard them, Thanks!

[Cerlov]

The 3-5-8 beat sounds sooo shitty when I do it. :(

[tha1shawn]

Keep Up The Good Work Man... Thanks

[maoriboi007]

awesome bro, I really like the break down that you do into groups,3,5,8=16, this has really helped my linear drumming. are you posting anymore vids?

[slickrickthemagik]

Nice vid!!

[BouRou35]

we got the 1,2,3,4,5 dude,just move on!!!!

xexe

just citing.nice drumming my friend!

[wombatcore79]

nicely done dude! i'm a self taught drummer and i've been wanting to learn linear playing, but have always been intimidated by the perceived difficulty level. your video made so much sense! thank you!

[3seph]

NIce one dude!

[adzug]

very good lesson, and yeah some guys really go to slow in explaining things. all u gotta say is " no to voices at same time" done. then tell the beat. thanks

[ParkWayDrive011111]

@adzug yep people talk too much more music

[brenfen]

Thank you! REALLY helpful. Post more videos!!!

[sophi1112]

NICE!!! LOVE IT!!!

[drummerzachb888]

ur moving head is funny

cool drumming

[hondacr85r2008]

i know haha

[drumlord420]

@drummerzachb888 he looks like he's his biggest fan! hahahaha!

[tambore78]

I hate that you had no intro to the vid... but I stuck around after reading comments below. nice video, nice voice to listen to and approach. I hate most drum vids, but this one was real good. Thank You.

[leverstroke]

Hey man, thanks for your subscription. I went through the 1st four Chaffee books back in the 80s...pretty heavy stuff. I actually had to photocopy the books from a friend of mine who studied with Chaffee-- because they weren't available for purchase at that time! -Peace out.

[sh4ne]

dude i love this video, your playing makes me really happy. linear + jazz = best styles of drums. your kit sounds really good, what's your setup and snare?

[cheemooo]

I like your simple calm and precise explanation of your rythem.

[fixationstudios]

Very cool dude! Use that time without work to help tons of players out there. Cheers to you my brotha!!!

[Ideaboy13]

xD is this guy on coke? His head moves back and forth like a turkey. xD Respect for the Lineair beats, tho.

J

[MartinJHElliott]

tight dude.

im pretty sure linear is my favorite aspect of drumming.

So simple, yet so complicated.

great vid man.

[paddypancakes1]

get into it !!!

[ihazaburgr]

I am a guitarist, but play some drums when I can, and yeah, funk is really fun to play... This guy rules.

[haggis2112]

Spot on ,will have a crack at that ,you make it look fun

[cucus78]

tupa tupa tututut pa patu tutu paptututpapash

[sh4ne]

dude this is so tight. please be my teacher.

[JohnElway98]

sweet. loving the feeling you have for drums. keep it up

[DrumforJC18]

Very nice dude!

[turkadurka]

sounds good man!

[djgca1]

Ehh. Sounds really choppy to me. Cool. But not as smooth as i like.

[persini]

Tasty!

[curlybro7]

You're cool.

[ozmetaldrummer]

Nice, Linear is sweeeettttttt

[fabiozamagni]

aha lovely, i love ur style

[StrafingMoose]

that's a fucked up style. Sounds neat though, not very intuitive. I'll give it a try.

[NYGSD]

not fucked up, relaxed and smooth =)

[w140merc]

bloody good job mate. like the demo warts and all, very human and allows you to realise how to work it out. Ive been drumming for years now want to get into this youve been bookmarked. cheers

[skip2mylou05]

so you cant play any drum at the same time, ie hi-hat and snare or hi-hat and bass? whats the point in linear drummin, just a different style?

[charlielloydboyd]

listen to some herbie hancock with mike clark on drums or david garibaldi with tower of power and youll see how sweet it can sound! there really arent any RULES in music, this is just somthing you can do to give a different feel, i think this style sounds very good when integrated with reg playing.

[drummin4eva]

The smile is amazing dude, totally into it 100%!

The way a true drummer should be :)

[SP4C3TURTLE3]

You got a big smile there. Haha!

Great video, that was some rly awesome grooves.

[thejakeyboi]

Thanks so much for this video - it's the most well explained video on youtube.

Cheers man.

[rockenstoop]

The 4 is on the 5 of the 8.

[MusiciansQuarters]

Can you explain the accents I see and hear the 2 but the 4?? there is only 3 sets 123 12345 12345678 the first accent is on the 2ndset (2) where is the 4? on 3rd set on the snare? Doesnt make sense?

[dandan1769]

It's on the 5 of the 3rd set, just count 1e&a,2e&a etc..the 4 will fall on the 5 of the 3rd set

[MusiciansQuarters]

Thanks friend, this looks easy however, its like chewing gum and walking a very difficult style for a Noob< but well worth learning great job mate thanks!!

[8mathdaddy]

Dude, you got to slow down for beginner players like me. Is there any way you can write down the music for us to see?

[MusiciansQuarters]

Wait til you get it lol this is the most unorthedotic feel lol bad speeling i know sorry but its like a weird gravity pull, once u get over that u will fly.

[MisterWildman]

I like this guy. Good job!

[breedsauce101]

Wow man thank you for posting this.Very inspirational.Time for me to woodshed on the linear thingy...Thanks again

[ezbit14]

great video man ! sounds good ..

[CaviesPWN]

you're very good, and you're a happy guy, haha

[uhoh38125]

@CaviesPWN like the people on valtrex commercials? :)

[DevilDawg1620]

Excellent...more learning new drumming!

[pat1pepo]

that was new to me, and too useful. thanx :)

[mjcclz]

Thanks!

[snorgisborg2]

that was funny the linear equations thing

[Amund7]

Isn't the correct term 'independence'?

[gd93223]

how does it feal to be a cool drumer becace I am a cool drumer to in i like to play drums but I have electric drums in they sound good in I even could chang the beats

[GCimprezaFTW]

hahahaha

[SmedleySmorganoff]

cool grooves you got there, i like jamming with my bass to the beginning of this video :)

you studied with who?

sorry i can not understand the name, can you (or someone else) spell it out?

you can hear it @ about 1:50

thanks

[hanfbrot]

gary .. sha..fi xD !?

[CoheedMars90]

Pretty sure its Gary Chaffee.

[mskoczolek]

gary chaffee