How to be a Reggae Drummer : How to Swing a Rock Drum Beat in Reggae

[drummerKrullebol]

that 'funky shuffle' looks a lot like the Purdie Shuffle to me...

great sound quality though (:

for real! i think it's reeeaally great. i do.

really

[Dj3xilM4n]

what's that drumset?

[Nitram916]

shouldn't he lower his beater? It hits the top of the bassdrum head :S

[ichbinkanadier]

It's not that the guy is bad, but I do not see the correlation between "expert" village and "shitty" sound.

[Hb35Jazz]

Man, you guys don't have to watch it if you don't like it -

[PutItAway101]

"Rayggae"? What a tool.

[louisalive]

"funky shuffle"... right.... also, that's not reggae. shit village, cool 

[VillageBomb]

The beater of the bassdrum is much too high hahahahaha NOOB

[caritosup]

thats no reggae drum man..

[10sharks10]

Shit! I sneezed and clicked on Expert Village!

[idkporko]

man, was this recorded in a bathroom? wtf, this is the worst video sound in entire youtube history!

[dealdesign0003]

If you like reggae, reggaeton, or dancehall music, "reggaelinx website"is an awesome site for you.

[n1cK666]

What a gay drumset.

[n1cK666]

What gay drumset.

[hardcrustcheese]

sorry, but THIS IS NOT FUNKY!!

[drumXskate]

how the hell did this video get 45386 views???

[SuperAndy930]

sounds like the beat to an irish chav song

[850wagonT5]

I think Jeff Porcaro had a different name for your "Funky Shuffle" when he played it in the song Africa with Toto. ;)

[Ndjoy]

Man im starting to get worried!! You have loads of that shittttt uploaded!! Do you really think that sounds good in anyway???!!!! Sound is terrible, your playing like shiitttt and sloppy! What a hell... come back in 20 years and maybe...

[NickSayle]

when will expertvillage realise that people learn nothing from these shite videos

[Blixzful]

fagvillage



[williamheltor1]

its funny cause he thinks he knows what hes talking about

[ocapoeiristadiogo]

another strike for the noobvillage!

[woolym]

no

[budgetappliance]

...kinda the same as the funky shuffle... see the similarities there...

[keepntyme]

The villageidiot Strikes Again !!!

[ThisBenJams]

ur bassdrum goes like boooooooooong boboooooooooooong!

xD

if you would peak your mics right and dont overcompress your audio track your vid woudnt be bad

[TheTbtdrummer]

He dude i see you on CollegeHumor and Pranked!

[Redrenso]

do you actually self think this video is good?

[zobazoba69]

never heard such a bad sounding pro kit! Plus, he's not playing a shufffle reggae: he forgot all about it!!

[jeronimoringo]

bernard purdie would kill himself immediately when he hears this

[plasticseagulls]

Expert Village is a joke.

[McJohnGr]

TELL ME THIS IS AYOTTE KIT WITH LM 402 SNARE AND I WILL SUICIDE...!!!!

[hogeyokinobi]

ayotte drum kit!! 

[xerosivedrummer]

Thats not even a reggae drum beat...

[wallinhoajax]

did anyone notice how out of tune his basedrum is? if in good tune, it wont yawn for ageeeeeeeeeessssssssssss<--- like that.

[rollerghost615]

How exactly did this teach anything?

[OctavACoS]

the only good expert village videos i've seen were the pilates workouts....=D

[ryder187mac]

Please stop right there and hand over those HHX hats to me.

[jrowland861]

why hate let him do his thing and do yours its obvious hes not exsactly bernard purdie but he can play abit

[kuntreefan08]

is that a kids drumset, man???? wow...if ANYONE paid you a red cent for this "lesson", i truly feel for them...

[SPlTFlRE]

KOOK

just about as bad as it gets, i'd rather watch a vid of the guy getting eaten by lion. to go from a rock beat you would have to doing strokes on the second and fourth beat to the first and third. the fag has a good concept but shit execution.

i'd recommend going from a reggae beat to a rock beat that shit sounds pretty dope when jammin, just whip it out whenever you feel like you should wake up your dead beat stoned bassist who has been playin the same melody too fucking long

[StickyyWinklee]

just givee up :)

[WrongFuckedOverrated]

Firstly, it's shuffled, not swung, secondly, he's missing out a bass drum hit. Third, his pedal is set too high up the bass drum batter.

Expertvillage keeping up its sterling reputation yet again!

[1959buddyh]

That's not swung, it's shuffled!

[TheFreemanuk]

shit.

[GBWagner1]

Useful - to me. At 0:39-44 excellent!

Thank

[loudandbanging]

kind a comedy but a waste of time

[ctdjazz]

Teaching reggae drumming without the one-drop = fail

[theshoe124]

@ctdjazz one-drop?

[ctdjazz]

It's the essential "reggae beat." Its defining characteristic is the heavy bass drum on 3 (or on 2 and 4 if you're not thinking double-time), which essentially replaces the snare drum backbeat in rock grooves.

Check out Carly Barrett to hear some great one-drop grooves.

[Ronnybengt]

plz what awaste of space....

[Piano4lifest]

And if you look my other video bout funky shuffle bla bla... and then i suddenly found myself watching expertvillages video how to take care of chinchillas :D

[Piano4lifest]

look at his left stick :):) he's holding it from the middle (?)

[michaelpc420]

Perhaps Expert Village should hire an expert sound technician.

[Muscovee]

There are hidden treasures here. Can you find them?

[hugobos1]

yes shit video quality, a guy play drums in his mums basement and the burnt valentine letter in the fire place he gave the chick he loved since primary school who returned it the next day

[higgyfoo]

y's every1 on expert village the opposite of experts?

[Brefo10]

If your not a beginner get your punk behinds somewhere else, because as far as I know This aisle is beginners and intermediates only!!! and practice makes perfect...and if your not down with what am saying..I smell a punk

[rox12333]

if u dont like it why do u have to post your 2 cents i wish they would disable people to leave comments if your 23 and live in your moms basement

[ddrumsman549]

your 2 cents is just your opinion. by having the good and bad opinions other people can judge for themselves if this video is any good if they themselves are seeking to learn something or trust the videos validity. im sorry you are in favor of censorship and i suppose some other sorts of authoritarian/fascist theories, but i will continue to make posts in a way that i please and i hope Youtube never blocks negative comments on their videos.

[rox12333]

ha this video is for beginners only ..... did u just start playing drums ???? this guy will never see these comments so y leave your opinion for him no your just lonely trying to find away to get attention or trying to make your self look better than someone that being said ........... if you were a musician you would give advice that would help him be a better musician but no you have to say THIS guy is terrible........ you should have told him what he is doing wrong and try to help him.....

[kraastopher]

Shit. That isn't fascist censorship. That's someone choosing whether or not they want comments on their own uploads. The censorship is chosen by a political figure or movement (which is what defines Fascism), but rather a personal choice regarding what is technically "personal space", or at the very least space they have been given permission to govern by the owners of this site (Google).

[kraastopher]

Sorry, I meant to say that the censorship "ISN'T chosen by a political..."

[ddrumsman549]

OMG WHAT A FAIL. THIS GUY IS TERRIBLE. He messed up like 3 times in 1 minute.

[nomedeeps]

So post an instructuive video and show us your superior technique. Otherwise fuck off with you hypercritical posts.

[palmasproductions]

hahahaha damn!!!! so funny

[rawkryan12]

i wanna go to bed..im so tired

[GanjaDrumma]

take a hit and you'll play reggae better for sure :]

[epasurr]

BOYCOTT EXPERTVILLAGE .... please for the sake of the drumming community

[shumped]

i've watched like all expertvillage videos and non have helped me, it's just about stuff you learn from the first hour or so when you first started drumming or they show you beats that's really lame

[JoeyGenz44]

This is the Porcaro and Bohnam's Half Shuffle!! Not Reggae!

[corey20014]

boooo get off the drums. yall make crappy videos sound stinnks

[yamahadrumsman]

did you use your phone to record this? I think expert village is pathetic

[ekisbogom247]

HAHAHA I agree.

[conman1136]

sounds like crap

[martinmedeski]

expert village? ha.

[drummerchris666]

does expert village purposely make crappy videos. i havent seen a single video from them that is actually good and accurate.

[IZONZION]

mmm...NOT reggae

[zion3in]

that's just a stereotype of the onedrop...if you want to play reggase you have to be the Reggae.

[nickothompson]

Yes and if you want to type on a computer you must BE THE COMPUTER! lol... just messing around...

[a7xbludd]

i can swear reggae accented beats are supposed to be on 2 and 4, not 1 and 3 |:

[xStoneCold]

what a shit!

[mccartn3y]

Maybe he customized the setting up of his whole kit, don't you think?

[longfade]

Guys, I've been playing reggae professionally for YEARS, and believe me, I play a beat like this one at least as often as the standard one-drop. There's much more to reggae than what the drums are doing. Some of the most legit stuff I've played was a lot like what this guy's doing. It's very obvious that most of you guys don't really listen to reggae and don't know the difference between steppers, pepperseed, roots, lovers, etc. Go pick up a Black Uhuru record and then check back here.

[mcbarnes]

"One becomes a beginner after one thousand days of training

and an expert after ten thousand days of practice."

(Masutatsu Oyama)

[JUBALAKNE]

And the bass on the third beat with the snare what he was playing was a half time shuffle.. wasn't even a reggae beat. more like a Led Zep beat..

[JUBALAKNE]

what he didn't tell you is he is playing a triplet with his right hand thats how you play reggae beats

[avsfan1121]

You need to have your hand grip checked out pdq my friend!

[slartybardfast11]

Not even close to a reggae beat my friend...try the bass drum on the third beat..

[Dizkneelande]

garbage.

[roki92]

this is half-time shuffle...

[marcelodrumi]

This is so far away from reggae.......

[DjBlake93]

dis noota jah reggae music

[madamegroovekiller]

wtf are you guys talking about. i can nave like a million songs that have that rhythm. it's not rocksteady or one-drop, but give the guy a break. most ppl that look up this video are probably going to be looking for american reggae styles. right on, bro

[stanondrums]

loooooool

[rastadrum]

you play this style well but it is not reggae it is more of a funk like steve gadd Bless

[Danny6893C]

"this raygay rock beat" haha

[roki92]

hahahahaah lOl!!! raygayyy!!!xDDD

[ryuryupopo]

sound quality sounds scratchy

[rockrollrap]

cool video