Developing Blast Beats Part 1

[danbeames]

Blast Beats were actually invented by Alec Baldwin, when he was only six years old. He was inspired to play his father's drum kit so bizarrely by the plays of Samuel Beckett, most notably 1951's 'Malone Dies'.

[meaninglessthomas]

you're all wrong. fuck you.

[pyromanizak]

who cares where they originated, you certainly didn't create them.

[ivvjj88]

"blast beats are a real blast" haha!

[IvoryCornell]

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[blastbeatingjerk666]

they had blast beats in the 70's????

[tiedupsmurf]

cool

[SputniksArmy]

okay so i can do this easily, drum+hat/crash, then next note is a snare, and do that fast, but what i wanna do is be doing fast kick snare, with hitting the hat on BOTH snare and kick instead of kick only.

anyone tell me any tips?

[Eroskia]

look up the flying fingers technique!

[gavinphx]

Sputniks, a really important thing is how you hold the stick. I recommend holding the sticks in the middle because you have a lot more centrifugal force that lets you blast longer. The King Kong way holding the stick at the end makes you tired as hell.

[SputniksArmy]

i wasnt talking about blast beats, but that helps.

what i was trying to say was play like this but fast

hat kick

hat snare

hat kick

hat snare

at 200 bpm

[gavinphx]

Oh sure. That is what I meant... the thrash beat. I've heard some people call it a blast beat, others the punk beat, not sure what the consensus is. But I hope it helps out.

[SputniksArmy]

i don't find the issue being t he stick, its my foot coordination, but i guess its just overall skill.

[leanfiend444]

sounds like a super fast punk beat

[Mp5Drummer]

Do you mean like where you're doing hats bass snare, then snare and bass? Like snare is playing twice as fast as hats? Check out Spikeydrummer's blast beat lessons, got me on my way, I'm just practicing his techniques now.

[SputniksArmy]

nah, snare and bass are alternating (eight notes), while hat is twice as fast as snare (16th notes)

[Tudeburger]

set up a pressure test. it is IMPOSSIBLE to hit as hard with the traditional grip as with matched even if you put your whole arm into it. MY problem wasnt that, it had to do with the fact that after a roll or fill i could not reach the cymbals all the way to my right with my left hand so you tell me which is better.

Granted if all u do is buzz rolls and spend 90 percent of your time on the snare like the great Buddy Rich but it's not practical for a drummer with more than three cymbals lol

[coltonandchris]

1:27 makes me think of Genocide by Suicide Silence....haha, right before he says "We've been fucking this whore Mother Earth for awhile, she's a filthy bitch anyway" lmao

[MeTaLkid95]

suicide silence sucks so much as, and deathcore sucks so much ass, i saw SS live and they got booed off stage cuz they suck!

[deathdrummer9000]

Traditional grip for a blast beat?.... NO. First you have to develop the correct hand technique, and then try it without snare, adding in snare when you get the feel down. This guy isn't as cool as he thinks lol.

[LockStitchBand]

I've seen plenty of people use traditional for blast beats. For instance, The Faceless's old drummer. Hand grip is mostly personal preference, I don't think there is a right or wrong grip for blast beats.

[jerkass411]

See its ppl like you that makes me hate youtube. This guy is a legend, like I've said before, and all these stupid close minded death metal assholes are like blah blah trad grip isn't real, well I got news for you moron, traditional grip is THE ORIGINAL WAY to play, its the most natural way to play drums.

[deathdrummer9000]

Doesn't sound legendary to me... more like and overrated, all-hype legend... The only person sounding close minded here is you. I didn't say trad grip isn't real, I said it seems less practical and more difficult. And just because it's the ORIGINAL way to play doesn't mean it's the BEST way to play. Go stick a wedge in that crack in your head.

[jerkass411]

soyou didn't say this "First you have to develop the correct hand technique"?

[PositivelyBored]

@jerkass411

Ignore the over opiononated under informed youtube kiddie. They are aggrevating though.

[jerkass411]

and man if you only knew who Tiger Bill was, look him up, he's right along side of Art Verdi, Dan Britt, Frank Bellucci, etc. Also if you dont think Trad isn't practical for blast beats, check out Nick Pierce, ex drummer of The Faceless.

[deathdrummer9000]

Yes, I did say that, never said I didn't. And just because big drummers use traditional grip doesn't mean it's better.

[jerkass411]

I never said it was :) you just seem to think matched is better bythe sounds of it, but then again your young, you'll grow with age my young child.

[deathdrummer9000]

Well just look at it.... the trad grip looks and feels so awkward, I just don't think it's necessary if matched works just as good.

[jerkass411]

trust me if you try it, get use to it, its amazing, you can play alot more things that you can't play as well with matched.

[cooliefake]

man trad grip is so far from better. everyone who built the pyramids might use that and because they got big then from using it doesn't mean if they started now they would. I know more people who play opposite to that who fuck your peepz up. it's not a shit way of using it but don't think for a second that you have an advantage. you are a jerkass lol bet you can't even play drums well.

[jerkass411]

your right I probably do suck, but what right do you have to diss trad grip? do you not have any respect for the culture of drums? and thats all well and great cuz I know alot of ppl that play matched and WOULD school someone in trad, but its a good way to expand your muscles in your hands, get a different feel, and plus it just feels better once you get use to it, can I ask what your favorite genre is? just wondering

[kalebgriffin1993]

@deathdrummer9000 The drummer from All That Remains plays traditional.

[PositivelyBored]

@deathdrummer9000

You have zero idea what you are talking about.

[deathdrummer9000]

@PositivelyBored Fuck you. Go misjudge someone else.

[rustyshackleford79]

@deathdrummer9000

Dude, watch ANYTHING by jojo mayer. He plays traditional and can play blast beat speed. He just chooses to play dnb instead.

[quartercherries]

what?! this man is a liar. the value of the instruction and of the subject matter is tantamount to learning how to poop in one's own pants...in public.

[0MitchRocks0]

he is playing a lame blast beat. lamb of god has some insane blast beats

[mcspaznoob]

Not really.

[jerkass411]

ya like 2 or 3,listen to burnt by the sun for some sweet blasting action, only thing is he does it with 1 foot, but its solid as shit.

[folkert182]

naah, just old people

[BMXBenji]

Is it just me that thinks blast beats sound wank and pretty boring?

[konarider]

alone, obviously....

[afterdeath1990]

ha yeah just you.. lol

[BMXBenji]

nah trust me they sound shit and I feel sorry for all u playin blast beats thinkin you sound good and are playin somethin impressive!

WANK

[6carhell6]

Nice try troll =]

[JoeInPlaidVans94]

wait a second.

blast beats...

on a fiberskyn?

wtf.

[sloshpots]

or circus music :P

[DLoc0]

simple and helpful! - thanks for this vid

[jesusreyna777]

no man just look it up im telling you just search blast beats.

[Katharsis540]

200 bpm

[jesusreyna777]

actually your wrong it started with jazz drummers like buddy rich doing something similiar to blast beats. look it up/

[Grind2Xtreme]

Did any jazz drummers use it up to speed though?

[JAYDED]

the blast beat existed prior to that with bands like siege,negative fx and deepwound.............trust me

[blazing64]

The right "blast" beat, is the one that fits the song...my padawan learner..

[seed13man]

or just practice a single stroke roll because thats all it is.

[drumsk8101]

he knows what hes doing

[apelancoretko]

"I've been working on blasts for about a week or so, and I can already hit 210 BPM"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[ab3m4n]

fuck yeah dude! nice

[tumor13]

educational post ...thnx

[thesenatormatt]

cool

[bendrummin]

I've been working on blasts for about a week or so, and I can already hit 210 BPM.

[dariusb23]

thats right

[fatallypercussive]

that ride sounds like crap, is that b8 crashride?

[basssungwoo]

the bass actually sounds like crap. lol

[danyl123]

Really good! 'you think blast beats are a blast?' great video

[deadened]

Nice. I'm going to try it.

[pb12drummer]

good lesson gonna try it

[baRRaCuDa91]

useful!

[stuff1056]

Good lesson thanks.

[fatalityhawk]

informitive lesson. im gonna try it. thanks!