How to Do a Press Drum Roll : Striking the Drum Head Properly in a Press Roll

[percussion14]

no sir, you do not stop it, lol this is bad. im sorry, but this is bad....

[cavscoutdrummer]

nice minute and a half lesson.....

[xalevedi]

My 2 year old kid can do this. What's the effing point of it?

[joelbeng9]

@xalevedi

My ass... -.-

It's hard to do a good press roll. It's not just bouncing the drum stick, it has to be very even. Just shut the fuck up about things you don't know what you're talking about!

[jesseovm]

dude fuck EV just watch portnoy r something 

[crazyeye180]

i thought with press rolls one of the big issues was keeping the grip relatively loose on the thumb - even changing the pivot to the middle finger rather than the index allowing the thumb to come over the top in a more open handed grip meaning you have more controll over the dynamic for the whole periord of the bounce on each stick (so it's not noticiable every time you add a stroke if you're extending the roll). but keeping in the centre Esssential i hate kids making circles.

[rkauffee1]

A flam is when u strike the head with both sticks. One just before the other. Memo served.

[drwiggleston]

I thought this was called a flam? Did I miss a memo?

[ruslan355]

this video is less than 2 minutes long!! how much do you expect this guy to teach you in 2 minutes? gtfo haters...

[cast390]

Marty Friedmans Bro

[duel2k7]

He seems to go on about buzzing a lot through out these vids this seems to be more of a buzz roll than a Press roll. From what Ive gathered a press roll is controlled a buzz is not.

[Karafliazoproora]

Why is everybody playing smartass !?!?! Does any of you haters actually know what the press roll is ?? This IS a demonstration of the press roll !! If you are not familiar with it then look it up !!

[Dennizzz119]

Expertvillage hasnt got any experts.

[ManosRK]

he's good

[Carlamusiclover]

At least learn to hold the sticks, man! Why is it that expertvillage seems to look for the worst possible candidates to "teach" something?!

[viruspunk102]

You literally spent the whole video just saying "just try and stop it. Don't let it move around. You just wanna stop it." then you made that weird movement with your head. Sounded like you were dropping marbles. I don't hear a roll anywhere in there .:| Heed your own advice and just "stop it."

[Independentschlueder]

From 1:09 to 1:18 is epic xD

[SalesoutProductions]

Kinda strange technique - the angle of the wrist to the arm looks (at least on the video) awkward. If I saw one of my students doing that, I would stop them and correct it - but I fully admit that I haven't seen this guy play and so maybe the arm/wrist alignment has something to do with this particular exercise.

[rollingleaf71]

this video SUCK!!!

[TheDrummerguy98]

kirk hamment on drums!

[TheDudeWithTheDrums]

You practicly just showed how to do Ghost Notes.

[mcmancompany]

i was always taught that the majority of your stroke is in the hand and fingers, not the wrist. The man who taught me has a performance degree as well. Hmm...i wonder who i should litsen to.

[wrackdemon]

I was always taught that that was a buzz roll

[LSweener012]

There are many different ways to "correctly" execute a press roll, and no single technique is "correct", which is what I don't like about this video. It's whatever works for the individual. I have heard many better sounding rolls than this....oh, wait. It says this guy is an "expert". Sorry, my bad, he is right.

[mlcoo17]

I want to drop a thermonuclear device on the Village.

[Thunderer78]

" Practice this ten times left hand ,ten times right hand "??? And you call this learning??? Again,I am collecting voices for shutting this fucking "expert"villager channel down,please join!!!

[skatescsc]

What kind of drum pad are you using. (specific model?)

[chiefchilly]

You can start on the sides of the drum cause that gives less bounce back. And as you're rolling you can move to the center cause there is more bounce. The roll will last longer

[spacitydrummer4JC]

I used to own one of those pads. They are so loud.

[noah112234]

fuck duct tape!!! no "expert" does that.

[sabian1hhx1only]

fuck you its a cheap and great for muffling jeez we drummers are not sposted to be the pretty boys if u wanna be a pretty boy go play guitar who cares u have a few duct tape strips on ur set if it makes u sound better or if it gives u the tone u need and dam if ur in a recording studio who the hell is gonna see it anyway duct tape is the drummers best friend and if u dont like it then ur stupid

[umpalumpa101909]

Actully, many famous drummers prefer duck tape

[iainhowie1]

well you obviously searched for this so shut the fuck up

[AnthonyAnimations]

LOL owned.

[Californiasoul05]

Please, you were once that retard too....

[EILIVdrummer]

Yeah... still is! :P

[AnthonyAnimations]

Claifornia said 'YOU were once that retard'...you admitting it? o.O

[ProLyricGuy]

He probably still is ...

[sbvasshat]

hmm.. how much speed can you really get playing so stiff? I've never heard a teacher recommend to squeeze the stick.

[kingofbrushes]

I agree, I guess it's all about "managing" the rebound of the stick with a relaxed grip, everyone I studied with told me that squeezing the stick is the first thing to avoid...

[OldChikity]

@sbvasshat cuz there rookies at everythinhg

[Superterrestrial]

Press rolls are so hard.

[superomegamegacop13]

not really at all

[Superterrestrial]

*Correction: Doing press rolls well is so hard. Check out Jojo Mayer or Gavin Harrison to see what I mean.

[superomegamegacop13]

have you ever held a drum stick...go try it. its not hard at all

[athamanas]

5 stars

[nobbyiii]

excellent video