Drum Lesson: Steve Gadd Groove Lick

[siivanti]

forget about the fill, your regular grove and improv is siiick

[Joffy76]

Before you can get this lick down properly your left hand has to be very very comfortable playing ghost notes, its what i believe makes or breaks this lick, if your left hand is not up to speed it doesn't bind the lick together properly, practicing this brings your left hand on leaps and bounds and really improves your playing right across the board. Thanks very much for sharing this Max i have learnt so much from you in the last 2 years, my playing has improved so much thank you :)

[eojnotlow]

I thought it was insanely hard to fit the groove in and out of a simple beat like he says... Then 4:55 appeared.. FML

[ateequrrehman87]

like the accent of snare

[isiisais]

WTF?! ANTIKO SNARE?! I LOVE THAT SNAREDRUM!

[danwalker77]

Very nice lesson! nice and simply explained! good work!

[DjHouse6]

What snare drum are you using?

[wooddrummer]

Soo freaking hard to do!! :D

[drumsofthuner8]

Wow that's freakin awsome. Nice licks. Im floored

[arturobritos]

muy util!¡ y practico mete mas pliss :)

[blindsoup]

Thanks much!

[mikegalsworthy]

that's lovely how it fits into a backbeat... awesome stuff.

[enouch15]

can you slow down the alternate thing pls

[BlackImpalaRugebregt]

WOW!!! FUCKIN' HOTT!!!! I wanna be that good!!!!

[Bigadrum]

Thats SO cool!!

[adamhossayres]

thats hot!

[jonpaul70]

Thanks man!

[VanCephus]

Thanx.

[thomasallport]

Man your good, love it,

[bish789123]

looks like a steve jordan snare?

[0005wayne]

You're really good, and explain well.

[MrJazzaholic]

Great demonstration. what snare are you using?

[Richardsmusic]

Excellent explanation. If only it was as easy as you make it look! Great to see someone who is an artist instead of just a drummer.

[DrummingGent]

Have seen this explained a few different ways - think this is the best and simplest to follow- good job! Thanks

[needlearmor]

really excellent explanation. broken into easy steps, thanks!

[jordypetrini]

GOD BLESS YOU MAX

[rocknrollronaldo]

Wow, you really capture that Steve Gadd essence.

[Mrllmmjjll]

Is it a starclasic snare? What size?

Yamaha woodhoops???

Very nice playing!!!!!

[rodrig0sur]

1:23 headphones magically appeared

[ArthurYannLB]

What snare is that?

[jamcalglo]

@ArthurYannLB it's a fidock bubinga... it's custom made

[JTdrums1]

wow man, thanks a lot for breaking down that lick.... Ive been playing for about 12 years now and this really encouraged me to keep charging!

[civictuner91]

Wow, just jizzed in my pants at 3:40

[HoboCabbage]

i love you lol i have subscribed, i really needed something new to me to jump into to improve my drumming. You have a lot of insight into these styles and you have an excellent way of breaking them down. thank you

[shanghaiKISS02]

this is awesome, thanks for sharing, ala steve gadd

[ascetic43]

Nice. Thanks!

[porkythepig007]

Wow, dude, that is really awesome. I love it. When I eventually pick up another drumset, I am going to use that groove. I am going to learn to SLAY beats with that. THANKS man! I AM subbing to you now!

[thepossessor]

that is a very sick groove!

[yonatawodi]

Good insight man and very well executed

[krangis]

thx for breaking that down, inverted doubles sounds great

[guthan12]

Man perfect is all i have to say



[DrCWinkie]

Fantastic tuition and beautifully played .. Thanks for sharing!

[CjkinsProductions]

I was like: That's pretty easy stuff, I can handle that. Then 2:20 appeared..

[BJCResource]

I love learning about Steve Gadd.

[202drummerboy]

look at his head when he is doing du du ta ta ci ci ta ta :D :D :D lol

[lbb2r]

5:15 made me go OHhuhhoh

[A7Xafterlife94]

What size bass drum do you use? 20x16?

[cast390]

7 people are Travis fans

[cast390]

That was an excellent break down, thanks

[JtheSSG]

nice :D

[Elmonje]

Eso es hip hop?? 

[Drummeristheshit]

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[emidrums27]

muy bueno..lo practicare..

[cole2paul]

Awesome lesson, and great feel!

[SAHBfan]

Great vids!

[kickinitonthetube]

dude you're one of a few drummers on here that make me wanna go play right after i watch your videos

[202drummerboy]

@kickinitonthetube agree

[SteveBDrums]

Nice lesson!  Gonna put this to work. Thanks for posting!

[WBVIEW]

NICE !!

[joekataldo]

Yeah man nice!

[LaidBackDrummer11]

Very ridiculous considering the serious mood of the video - 1:20

[nodaska19]

ooooo man this is my favorite lessons from u man i love it :0

[nodaska19]

well done man :)

[iroken]

muy bueno la verdad!

[MacMic333]

Nicely played man. The other drummer's right about leaning into the drums off balance will cause neck and shoulder problems.A physio described it as 'imagine holding a bowling ball off-centre with an elastic suspender stopping it from falling' .That's the relationship between head and neck that does the damage to the neck and shoulder muscles.Check Alexander Technique online for more info.

[jorgechaffin]

The dynamics that you use in your videos are greats!!! Congratulations!

[ArnoldFig89]

HOW MANY SNARE DRUMS DO YOU HAVE???

[mrjollypantsjolly]

Really good and useful for me as a drummer. Thanks. You wont learn much from my playing............but it might interest you! Cheers

[kidveal]

Pretty slick dimsunk

[Lacersan]

SICK.

[chungiemunchin]

Your teaching technique is so complete. I can tell that you have what every teacher needs and that is, PATIENCE. Again, something so simple yet how wonderfully effective. Thanks!

[jmolsen]

You're an excellent instructor, max. Thank you for the great videos!

[therealTOTOfan]

good playing but i want to give a tip from drummer to another.. dont bend your back forward like that ..over a long period this will cause serious issues on your health and we both know you dont want that to happen :D

[Volentry]

This lick made me O.O irl. It sounds sick!

[samitfm]

can anyone please tell me what mark is the snare????

[UsedNewsToday]

Great playing.

[mauricelebrun]

excellent my friend, it's very clear. maurice from france

[TheSlevaslava]

stupid question for all you pros but what r the headphones for

[LTdrumma]

@TheSlevaslava (im not a pro but) he uses the headphones to hear the click, the click we hear he probably put it on with the computer after recording it

[feverfordrums]

@TheSlevaslava

he probably listens to the metronome trough the headphones.

[bert872]

How are you playing the ghost notes on the snare so fast, what's the technique called? Any chance of a tutorial on that?

[VictorThell]

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[pharm817]

very nice lesson, very nice groove, well done!

[frankcdias]

Very kind of you to teach this for free! I've been wanting to play this lick for eons but never could figure out how. My the power of the universe be with you always!!

franky

[PercussiveGuy13]

Thanks for this man! I like how well you play with nothing more than that you have in this video! ^_^

[zachthecrack]

I like and i learned. Thank you Matt. Learnt alot of licks from you this summer. Your the shit!

[zeekdavis21]

haha hey i learned this its pretty friggin sweet lick my friend thanks

[evancamm]

awesome

[caseydoddmusic]

What snare is that?

[dominicdrumssilva]

thank you so much for sending out all of these videos you are truly a very good teacher and have an amazing feel for time. Keep up the good work

[aiyic]

I can't believe 6 assholes voted this down! Great lesson.

[metalmike83]

@aiyic Those are the retarded shits of youtube not understanding a damn fine lesson when they see one.

[ripslash]

I absolutely love this fill, many thanks dude!

[DrumChopWorkshop]

haha, i love how the headphones magically appear on his head from 1:23 to 1:25

[TIMDRUM101]

i play open hand already ...i dont play croos at all

[TIMDRUM101]

hey this lick is cool but my left had is slow.....any tips to wrk on dat?

[andrethebest1]

@TIMDRUM101 Switch to open hand playing for while it'll make your left stronger

[martinlaporte2]

Hey Max. I hope you're a drum teacher 'cause you are awesome.

Excellent teaching. Slow at first and very clear.

Great playing, too !!! Thanks for the lesson.

[MrRichyou]

Sir, you are one bad dude. Great stuff.

[APakOfWildNomes]

I want that bass drum...

[ThatOneDude88]

Bass drum is crapping out just a little. Otherwise, nice work here.

[Oxirisamba]

That playing is so funky and full of feel. What expression on the drum kit. I'm talking about the groove in between the gadd lick!

[Housemannnn]

thanks all your videos are really helpful.

[SantaSeeker181]

i tried using BBHHSSHHBBHSSHH as a swi groove and it works a charm

B-bass s-snare - hihat

cheers dude

[davidyamaha18]

just awesome.... thanks so helpful..

[Luca1844]

when u accent the snare it sounds like part of steve gadds paradiddle groove :p

[RockHistoryTube]

Love your play and your kit!!!

*****

[musicfude83]

A MAY ZING. gotta learn!

[WannaGee]

I really like your way of playing.

You play very correct, and its perfectly in time. For how long have you been playing? Do you have an education within drumming?

[EddySnare]

niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[DiobloHunter]

Nice bass drum.

[IdeaVirus]

fantastic!

[Primus1881]

love it gonna have to learn it

[morales117]

this groove is really good!

im looking forward to learning this

[morrron5]

man your bubbinga snare sound awesome , i'm awoodworker soo i will probably make mine :P

[1stclassrecordings]

steve, my favorite drummer.

[EddieLandsberg]

That's how he does it...!!! thanks for the simple down to earth explanation...

(You're from Quebec? I recognize that dialect!)

[LPSAM4]

@EddieLandsberg et toi, es-tu du Québec? :)

[mtavarez4561]

You are one of my favorite drummers - solid tasty gooves man, I aspire to have that kind of feeling in my playing!!!

Great lesson!!!!!

[bonzo1989]

clasiiiccckk

[tumytum67]

i love your feel. it's real tight

[ar316309]

that was clean , im gonna try that now

[benhhx]

yeah love this!!

[lethalvenom888]

nice man, i learned this groove awhile ago when i became obsessed with gadd, but you break it down nice. that snare you got is tasty too!

[jamescrysis]

OMG that groove at the end was SEXY!

[deathwraith13]

BOOM! headphones

[danieljanca]

What a solid groove from 3:26, wish I could play with a feel like that. Awesome! Thanks

[akitoytube]

Thank's again Max, very good lesson. Do you know play Steve Gadd Basic Paradiddle Groove?

[skaramunga]

That was SICK at the end!

[pedrojuan999]

@skaramunga was soo good wasnt it!

[Metsuri34]

that lick sounds like it could be used in drum and bass. :)

sounding cool

[bryanmcdonald19]

that is so dope

[mattisnotuncool]

i wish you were my teacher... you're a badass

[blazersfan7]

amazing groove at the end!

[i0nskye]

you make me day dream about practicing lol.

[sxerDude]

@i0nskye go practice fat asss

[drummerkingmike]

Cheers mate, you've just given away my prize lick! Now everyone will know what i'm doing! XD

[sonnetg2]

Thank for posting this. Very helpful.

[m1bug]

My eyes openned wide, sickkk!!!.. Very nice there.

[GregoryGraveyard]

sick ass fill!!!!

[pirulitoh08]

Excelent ending goove!!! Thanks for knowledge!

[YTisshit]

wow, holy shit max! amazing final groove - love it! haha, yea

[NYGSD]

this is a greeeeaaat lick

[UCABearBone]

I watched your video on how to practice with limited time, and it really inspired me, fortunately, i work at a job where i sit down all day, and i worked on this groove lick tonight with my hands and feet, and even worked it up in tempo, and tried it out, and wow, thanks a lot man, your are my number one inspiration

[gluedbeat]

Thank you for this.

[mikeleza]

I can really hear the Steve Gadd in that... he did alot of that left hand shuffle. Really nice. Thanks

[miketalbot4]

Great groove and feel

[gssh1]

hey, do you juse heel toe technique on the double bass notes when you take up the speed?

[J0KKI]

That's very cool, im tryin' to learn it.

[LiveYungDieFast]

its really easy and effective once you get the hang of it... it took me not long to learn it either :P

[marky1958]

nice job on all your videos

[moon1973drummer]

soooo good

[steelerkiss]

Ive always played that pattern and never knew it was Gadd, but I started the pattern first bass drum, then hi hat, then snare and then hi hat. twice on hats not snare.

[Sarc89]

A just get so happy when I see and hear you play..big up from Sweden

[Benefit1970]

Nicely done, dude

[drumzillia96]

ghreat videos...u seem very shy though....dont be

[awwwscar]

i got to admit, this has to be one of the sickest grooves i have ever heard. thanks for sharing

[TravisBarker182]

what do you use to edit the sound of your drums? I can tell the sound changes from when you talk to when you play.

[GrooveCameli]

That's because the speech is recorded with the cam's mic and the playing is recorded with the overheads. No editing. :P

[dimsunk]

I use imovie . It's software that comes with mac . I record my drums with mics into protools which is a recording software. Then I record the video and voice with my vid cam. I use imovie to mix the 2 as I need them. Max

[EverythingEvil007]

You're amazing man, I've been playing for several years now and I can't get my double strokes to be that fast...

You think it's a problem with my grip? I don't practice my rudiments really at all, should I try to go to those? Just the way you hit the snare and the high-hat two times in a row so fast and so clean, I can't do that...

[IfIfsandands]

I'm sure you have heard it many times, but practice those rudiments. they will help you.

[SYDUB]

That's the kind of tip I like to get.

Thanks a lot.

[jeroenva1]

thanks!

[marcinnsz]

Good job MAN!!!

[bootsbautista83]

very clear! thank you

[spacitydrummer4JC]

..nice

[sidney341]

very nice playing!

[JonnyRattatat]

very nice, great practicing method too.

[1luvnuall]

very funky stuff 1luv

[playthemdrums]

Very tasty.