Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie gives Playing Tips

[patronpattern]

AHHH GROOVE FOR DAYS

[cminorharmonic]

He IS time.

[masterzero0000]

ever since i watched this video, i have worked and worked and worked on my left foot. WORTH EVERY SECOND OF STRUGGLE!!! =D

[craycpanda]

That snare sounds awesome!

[TheDavidNoble]

I wonder what Jason McGerr thinks of the drum beat in 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. There's some sweet high hat action in that song.

[sweetfly66]

those hi hats sound gorgeous

[IAmTheNietzsche]

holy fuck, i had no death cab had a good drummer, im gonna have to go actually give their music a chance now lol i had sorta written it off before without actually listneing, which was stupid of me

[Amulius]

@IAmTheNietzsche i personally think The Photo Album and transatlanticism are their most interesting (and my favorite..) albums of theirs. Check it out.

[youenjoy00myself]

Jason is a fantastic drummer. That left-foot hi hat pedaling is oh so subtle but really adds another dimension to an otherwise average drum beat. Kind of like a Steve Gadd type of thing- very cool.

[MATTlovesDRUMS]

he is a great drummer...you might remember in modern drummer magazine, for those who read it, that he answered a question regarding punchy kick sounds for a 24 inch bass drum...that person was me who sent in the question...thanks a lot, jason mcgerr! that was a lot of help!

[stalepigeon]

@MATTlovesDRUMS haha i read that section, it was good advice and he gave lots of detail. even though i have a 22 inch i could apply some of what he said to my kick drum. eg beater placement

he's an amazingly fluid and solid drummer who never overplays and knows how to compliment a song.

a central inspiration to my playing along with steve jordan, of course!

[passion4drums]

god i love death cab. they've got incredible amounts of feeling, and ass kicking

[slapfish]

dayum sheet that white boys got the fonk