@jamesyavalon Really. This is so impressive. To match Buddy basically stroke-for-stroke is an impressive display of both picking out a somewhat lengthy solo first, and then flawlessly duplicating it. It's impressive regardless of who the original drummer is. But when it's Buddy, doubly so. Unfortunately, as I see above, there are Travis lovers/Buddy haters here too. Probably seven of them now. Or a combination of them, and insecure, intimidated drummers who trash ALL of their superiors!
These guys are rubbish compared to travis barker. They have to use speed to sound good, but travis can sound good at any tempo, just playing in the pocket. He has a much better sense of groove than these guys, you can tell by watching his delicate techniques and innovative rhythm use in fills. He has much better skin-control too, he can get any sound he wants out of a drum, rather than just thrashing away with triplets and such... TRAVIS BEST DRUMMER EVER!!!
The only thing I don't like is the MIDI sequence part, but other than that, this is great. I may be mistaken, but it sure looks like Buddy is using a matched grip on this solo drum piece.
@totheman LMAO me to I was like who is Eric Fischer I thought it was a legit split screen drum battle guess I was not paying attention this guy is good though.I would like to see him do this with.... drum solo by buddy rich (1970) which is on my channel but we shall see
The Buddy Rich is so much better, The guy just had it. I saw him live 3 times and each time he just gave me shivers down my spine. I rarely get that with any other drummer.
@drumfootage I just ran across this footage....... VERY nice work sir! It is now one of my favorites and I can only hope to be able to work it out. VERY impressive!
Well you get it then! This is quite an amazing accomplishment especially for those of us that basically worshiped Buddy our entire lives. I got the pleasure to see him a few times and actually meet him at a local club in Canoga Park when I was 12...this is man touched by God!
Thanks for the support FYI. You have broken through some of the mystery of Buddy and thanks for doing this for all of us, brother! You are awesome...
Great job Eric...fantastic amount of work and meticulousness! Now the only thing I would suggest if I may is that I propose that since you got the notes correct and the midi interpretation so accurate, I would also suggest that you stress the importance of playing stuff musically and with passion! There is a passion that emits from Buddy...'how' he plays it and not just 'what' he plays. Great work, brother!
@markyplanet Thanks Mark, I agree with you 100% about musicality and passion. In this video, I was playing the solo to a sequence of Buddy, so most of my concentration was on matching his hits. When I play this without the sequence, there's much more drive and personality that comes through. Thanks for watching - I'm a fan of your drumming.
I had read about you in MD back in that April issue, and forgot to look up the clip, and I had just read about you again in regards to you producing the Carl Palmer DVD, as I had just read your comment about it. I can't imagine that hard work it would of took to memorize and play beautifully a buddy solo. And in regards to the way you used midi to transcribe it, were the first one to do that? I remember seeing something similar in a clip from drumline. Genius either way!
@InHumanForm555 Thanks for checking out the videos, it was a lot of work, but it was quite the education. I've been doing the MIDI thing for 10 years or so, not sure when drumline was released.
@calism23 Thanks, I transcribed and then sequenced the solo. The transcription can be found at the link in the description of the video above. Thanks for watching.
DF, is there any way you could work your transcription magic on Buddy solo from here watch?v=fuubtOZNOfI ? The high hat footwork blows me away, and I just have to see it transcribed. Also, when Buddy goes from that right hand, alternating snare/crash figure in his finale roll to his crash-crash right hand, alternating pattern in his WSS and CO solos, what notes are his left hand hitting? They look faster than eighth notes -- I'm guessing eight note triplets?
@richcapo He's playing eighth notes with the left (on the 'e' and 'ah'), the pulse is the same as the section before the alternating RLRL part.
To me the hi-hat is an afterthought to him in this instance, it's playing along with some bass drum figures and snare accents. I could transcribe, but it will take a while!
@richcapo If you're a Carl Palmer fan, I just finished producing his first Instructional DVD - he plays similar hi-hat figures that are transcribed in the DVD, more info
Great job. How are you handling those high tempo LLRR sixteenths? Push-pull? It doesn't sound like you're just bounce and slopping it -- too clean, too much power and control for that.
@drumfootage I can't imagine how you managed to push-pull LLRR / LRRR (etc.) 32nds at 140 bpm as you do either here or in your other video.
By the way, I love that you push-pull rather than just flop it. I can't stand when drummers do that and call it speed -- like Weckl, Beauford, Copland, et al. I go with the Buddy/Tony Williams school on speed: You control the stick, not the other way around.
@drumfootage Hi, man. I don't mean to nag you, but in measure four of TMAN, you have RRLL 32nds at 132, and in measure twelve, you have RRLL 32nds at 141, actually. You also have an LL 32nd at 151 in measure fourteen, and an LL 32nd at 141 in measure twenty-seven.
And not nearly as fast, but awesome to point out, you have a ridiculous amount of RRs and LLs at 170, 174, and 176. My point?
Awesome work. My thought was this could surpass any current rock solo. Great hand-foot figures, even in the 40s. Very different Buddy, but what else would you expect. Thanks Eric for the treat to us drummers --along with the transcription. It's like a great drum lesson.
Maiking it look easy Eric,....absolutely a mirror image with regards to the lack of hi-hat opening an closing(as per Buddy)...note Buuddy's hi-hat,Eric keeps it closed 1:00-1:50...awesome midi sound Buddy is so alive...great job Eric,what a concept!!
Sounds like Buddy's most rock sounding solo. This could be fit into a very tribal sounding rock band today. Put a guy with long hair and tatoos in Buddy's place and that's it. Lot's of work put into disecting this. You should get paid for it!
If you liked this, you should look up his original recording of Not So Quiet Please with Tommy Dorsey's organization from 1941...the studio version is even more
amazing, if you can believe that. You might not be breathing normally after you hear that.
I am curious to know how long of a project this was for Eric to take on the task of literaly drumming in buddys seat if you will. This is unimagineably great accomplishment. Great job and Thank You for pulling out the musical microscope for the rest of us drummers. :-)
You cant keep up with Buddy :D
MetalDrummer776 2 weeks ago
This is an astounding work of dedication. I am reading Mel Tormé's biography of Buddy Rich, and was very pleased to find this. GREAT WORK!
madamerotten 1 month ago in playlist Buddy Rich (1917-1987)
@madamerotten Thanks!
drumfootage 1 month ago
what kind of an asshole would dislike this??
jamesyavalon 3 months ago 2
@jamesyavalon Really. This is so impressive. To match Buddy basically stroke-for-stroke is an impressive display of both picking out a somewhat lengthy solo first, and then flawlessly duplicating it. It's impressive regardless of who the original drummer is. But when it's Buddy, doubly so. Unfortunately, as I see above, there are Travis lovers/Buddy haters here too. Probably seven of them now. Or a combination of them, and insecure, intimidated drummers who trash ALL of their superiors!
17drums 2 weeks ago
Very cool man! With the midi you can really pick out the beats distinctively.
govercheck 3 months ago
amazed!
uglynailsrock 3 months ago
These guys are rubbish compared to travis barker. They have to use speed to sound good, but travis can sound good at any tempo, just playing in the pocket. He has a much better sense of groove than these guys, you can tell by watching his delicate techniques and innovative rhythm use in fills. He has much better skin-control too, he can get any sound he wants out of a drum, rather than just thrashing away with triplets and such... TRAVIS BEST DRUMMER EVER!!!
catfacesilverdale 3 months ago
@catfacesilverdale idiot.
richorico 1 month ago
The only thing I don't like is the MIDI sequence part, but other than that, this is great. I may be mistaken, but it sure looks like Buddy is using a matched grip on this solo drum piece.
TXMusicDrummer 3 months ago
Superb work! Thanks for elucidating that solo, and your reproduction was marvelous!
jsphotos 4 months ago
@totheman LMAO me to I was like who is Eric Fischer I thought it was a legit split screen drum battle guess I was not paying attention this guy is good though.I would like to see him do this with.... drum solo by buddy rich (1970) which is on my channel but we shall see
SAMMARTINO68 4 months ago
I thought for a moment that this was actually a real recording, then I realized, ha.
totheman 4 months ago
They had so much class back then by playing with suits and whatnot. Nowadays we have morons like Pridgen who don't even wear shirts.
spacitydrummer4JC 4 months ago
am not a drummer--and dont know much about it.....but..This Is Astounding. Congrats!
atombomb31458 4 months ago
The Buddy Rich is so much better, The guy just had it. I saw him live 3 times and each time he just gave me shivers down my spine. I rarely get that with any other drummer.
bptr85 5 months ago
to InHumanForm555:
Stop using "regards"!! The word is "REGARD" with no S.
"Regards" is barely a word - used in the one special case of "Best Regards".
bptr85 5 months ago
Ha! The MIDI sequence shows that even on electric drums, Buddy would have owned.
DarkeningSkies1 5 months ago
Eric, do you have any idea how freakin' impressive this is? Nice, nice job.
davidwoosley 5 months ago
@davidwoosley Thanks, I appreciate it - thanks for watching.
drumfootage 5 months ago
@drumfootage I just ran across this footage....... VERY nice work sir! It is now one of my favorites and I can only hope to be able to work it out. VERY impressive!
btsdrummer1 3 months ago
Buddy's the best, but bravo Eric!
speedoflite1 6 months ago
SUPER
aroutioun1 6 months ago
only difference is buddys left foot is constantly going, other than that very good job
drums4lyfe0987 6 months ago
Well you get it then! This is quite an amazing accomplishment especially for those of us that basically worshiped Buddy our entire lives. I got the pleasure to see him a few times and actually meet him at a local club in Canoga Park when I was 12...this is man touched by God!
Thanks for the support FYI. You have broken through some of the mystery of Buddy and thanks for doing this for all of us, brother! You are awesome...
To the groove-
Mark
markyplanet 6 months ago
Great job Eric...fantastic amount of work and meticulousness! Now the only thing I would suggest if I may is that I propose that since you got the notes correct and the midi interpretation so accurate, I would also suggest that you stress the importance of playing stuff musically and with passion! There is a passion that emits from Buddy...'how' he plays it and not just 'what' he plays. Great work, brother!
markyplanet 6 months ago
@markyplanet Thanks Mark, I agree with you 100% about musicality and passion. In this video, I was playing the solo to a sequence of Buddy, so most of my concentration was on matching his hits. When I play this without the sequence, there's much more drive and personality that comes through. Thanks for watching - I'm a fan of your drumming.
drumfootage 6 months ago
4 people have to be very bitter to give this video a negative rating.
MSmithjazz 6 months ago 7
I had read about you in MD back in that April issue, and forgot to look up the clip, and I had just read about you again in regards to you producing the Carl Palmer DVD, as I had just read your comment about it. I can't imagine that hard work it would of took to memorize and play beautifully a buddy solo. And in regards to the way you used midi to transcribe it, were the first one to do that? I remember seeing something similar in a clip from drumline. Genius either way!
InHumanForm555 7 months ago
@InHumanForm555 Thanks for checking out the videos, it was a lot of work, but it was quite the education. I've been doing the MIDI thing for 10 years or so, not sure when drumline was released.
drumfootage 7 months ago
Thankyou!
Gretsche87 10 months ago 2
Travis who?
FL8mileshigh1 10 months ago 2
First comment I have ever been bothered to make.
Thought I was nuts about getting his stuff together.....your truly another level of commitment. Bloody knock out.
1ThePeople1 1 year ago
Pretty cool demo. How did you obtain the midi. Did you process it directly through Buddy's audio somehow, or did you figure it out by listening?
calism23 1 year ago
@calism23 Thanks, I transcribed and then sequenced the solo. The transcription can be found at the link in the description of the video above. Thanks for watching.
drumfootage 1 year ago
I have never seen Buddy use this left hand grip !
miock 1 year ago
I have never seen Buddy use this left hand grip !
miock 1 year ago
DF, is there any way you could work your transcription magic on Buddy solo from here watch?v=fuubtOZNOfI ? The high hat footwork blows me away, and I just have to see it transcribed. Also, when Buddy goes from that right hand, alternating snare/crash figure in his finale roll to his crash-crash right hand, alternating pattern in his WSS and CO solos, what notes are his left hand hitting? They look faster than eighth notes -- I'm guessing eight note triplets?
richcapo 1 year ago
@richcapo He's playing eighth notes with the left (on the 'e' and 'ah'), the pulse is the same as the section before the alternating RLRL part.
To me the hi-hat is an afterthought to him in this instance, it's playing along with some bass drum figures and snare accents. I could transcribe, but it will take a while!
drumfootage 1 year ago
@richcapo If you're a Carl Palmer fan, I just finished producing his first Instructional DVD - he plays similar hi-hat figures that are transcribed in the DVD, more info
here:
ericfischer.info/Carl_Palmer_DVD.htm
drumfootage 1 year ago
@drumfootage Hell, yeah, I'm a Palmer fan, and I'm definitely going to check the video out. Thanks for the heads-up, man!
richcapo 1 year ago
Great job. How are you handling those high tempo LLRR sixteenths? Push-pull? It doesn't sound like you're just bounce and slopping it -- too clean, too much power and control for that.
Again, great job, and thank you for sharing.
richcapo 1 year ago
@richcapo Thanks, yeah push-pull. There are also some LLL figures in there that were difficult. Thanks for watching.
drumfootage 1 year ago
@drumfootage I can't imagine how you managed to push-pull LLRR / LRRR (etc.) 32nds at 140 bpm as you do either here or in your other video.
By the way, I love that you push-pull rather than just flop it. I can't stand when drummers do that and call it speed -- like Weckl, Beauford, Copland, et al. I go with the Buddy/Tony Williams school on speed: You control the stick, not the other way around.
richcapo 1 year ago
@richcapo They're 16th notes, so not as crazy as 32nds at the same tempo.
drumfootage 1 year ago
@drumfootage Hi, man. I don't mean to nag you, but in measure four of TMAN, you have RRLL 32nds at 132, and in measure twelve, you have RRLL 32nds at 141, actually. You also have an LL 32nd at 151 in measure fourteen, and an LL 32nd at 141 in measure twenty-seven.
And not nearly as fast, but awesome to point out, you have a ridiculous amount of RRs and LLs at 170, 174, and 176. My point?
You're absolutely amazing, man!!
richcapo 1 year ago
@richcapo I thought you were talking about the "Not So Quiet Please" solo intro.
drumfootage 1 year ago
@drumfootage Those are all from your transcriptions, by the way, which as far as I and your MIDI can tell are 100 percent accurate.
richcapo 1 year ago
pretty cool to see Buddy playing with matched grip
...the man was a genius, no doubt
and thank you for posting this video
robbopaloobop 1 year ago
Awesome work. My thought was this could surpass any current rock solo. Great hand-foot figures, even in the 40s. Very different Buddy, but what else would you expect. Thanks Eric for the treat to us drummers --along with the transcription. It's like a great drum lesson.
highhat2 1 year ago
@highhat2 Thank you, I also thought this sounded like a rock solo - that and Gene Krupa on fast-forward.
drumfootage 1 year ago
Maiking it look easy Eric,....absolutely a mirror image with regards to the lack of hi-hat opening an closing(as per Buddy)...note Buuddy's hi-hat,Eric keeps it closed 1:00-1:50...awesome midi sound Buddy is so alive...great job Eric,what a concept!!
bloodythinandfast 1 year ago
Sounds like Buddy's most rock sounding solo. This could be fit into a very tribal sounding rock band today. Put a guy with long hair and tatoos in Buddy's place and that's it. Lot's of work put into disecting this. You should get paid for it!
spercoco 1 year ago
If you liked this, you should look up his original recording of Not So Quiet Please with Tommy Dorsey's organization from 1941...the studio version is even more
amazing, if you can believe that. You might not be breathing normally after you hear that.
PhillySouth 1 year ago
I am curious to know how long of a project this was for Eric to take on the task of literaly drumming in buddys seat if you will. This is unimagineably great accomplishment. Great job and Thank You for pulling out the musical microscope for the rest of us drummers. :-)
DTMcSnook 1 year ago
@DTMcSnook 6 months to a year, I had never attempted anything like this, so the learning curve was steep. Thanks.
drumfootage 1 year ago