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I have it down pretty good. I am a truck driver and I used the ring of the steering wheel and the center of wheel for drum head. I pratice for 5 0r 6 hours a day. If you see a big rig going down the road a some old man is banging the heck out of his steering wheel with a stick. I am not trying to make it go faster. I am only trying to get a one hand roll perfect. LOL
@LukeSnyderMusic but then again, its technically the same thing. Cause its called the freehand technique, which is also called the one handed drum roll, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED the gravity blast. Its just a matter of context and execution. Cause its the same thing with music notes; D sharp and E flat have a different name in THEORY, but when it comes to EXECUTION its the EXACT SAME THING. Its just a matter of context. =P
@PipoBones Thats what I'm trying to explain, its only a gravity blast if its actually a blast beat... If you're playing a freehand roll by itself, it is not a gravity blast. But 16ths on the feet, with a 16th freehand roll, and 8ths with the other hand, is the quintessential gravity blast. Do you get the distinction I'm making? I know a lot of people just lump it all together, but I think you'll agree that a freehand roll by itself is not blasting.
@LukeSnyderMusic yea i get it. Its not a gravity blast if it doesnt have all the other elements that make it a gravity blast. Itself alone is just a roll. =)
ehy...but it's not a tecnique..it's a trick...the freehand roll derive by one hand roll with an extreme fingering tap...it's a trick not a tecnique.... :-)
i feel like freehand technique is one of those things that u practice like hell for months but then u somehow get it one magical day for some weird reason....
I got it. Not as good as he of course.. Can't try it on a snaredrum cause it's late and people tryin to sleep. But I got it on my practice pad :o) Would love to have this guy as a teacher!
i dont think that anyone can play at the speed he is playing, using heel toe lol i think heel toe is just to play doubles or even triplets on the bass drum.
-but if you hit the head and the rim at the same time with any part of the stick, you'll get a rim shot though. I think the stick will have to hit the head a microsecond before the the rim to avoid a rim shot sound.
No, a rimshot hits the rim BEFORE the drumhead and that's what makes it stronger. It gets more momentum if you hit the rim first. If you hit them both at the same time, it won't be giving any more momentum to the end of the stick.
he's right, in metal, people sometimes use it as a blast beating technique or as a soloing technique, like in other genres such as Jazz. Metallers call it the SGB because it was Swedish drummers in black metal bands that pioneered the use of freehand within the metal scene.
i think its funny someone called joey a "triggered up sloppy drummer" almost all death metal / speed metal drummers use triggers including derrick roddy who sais he does on a axis pedal video. joey isent the best drummer at all but people dont even know what the hell there talking about its so funny, and if he is so sloppy his drumming wouldent be dead on perfect in live videos....
I'd love to see all these people bashing Joey play like he does! True, He's not Weckl, Jimbo, Mayer or Rabb, but who gives a shit?! He kick's ass, and post a video of YOU playing Disasterpiece and then we'll talk!
another thing is that the only reason people say Jordison is better, is because of his amazing technicality and speed. If you watch a video of him, you'll think its the most difficult and best drumming you'll ever see. But a Jazz cover, by say Peter Erskine, can be alot harder than the metal. If you watch a video by Erskine and then Jordsion you would laugh. You dont have any idea.
Joey Jordison is one of, if not the greatest METAL drummer alive. He is amazing in his style of music. Johnny Rabb is amazing in his style, and they are both, out of thousands of other drummers, some of the best in the world. So dont say shit that either is better. You have no idea about drumming, and how much stuff there actually is to it, you and half the other viewers of this video.
derek roddy, romaine goloun, hellhammer, nicholas barker, marco pitruzella, scott ellis, and many many many many many many more can blow joey jordison out of the water... sorry, but it's true.
HAHAHAHA fucking idiot, I can't belive how many ignorant fan boys truly believe Joey Jordison is anything but a horrible, triggered up sloppy as fuck drummer.
you got the backwards, son. joey jordison aint nothing compared to johnny rabb. but it's different styles.... to stay in the same general style, joey jordison aint shit compared to derek roddy.
I agree with you mucednik. I've just saw Johnny from Roland drum clinic tonight. He is great and indeed very original.
I agree too: Letting go of who is better then who is futile and simply boring. Lets not miss the point of learning and enjoying Drumming regardless of who is at what level or style.
it is drumming there are many types of drumming u dumb shit hiting symbols and a snare dosent make it drumming all types of drum techniques are drumming that includes snare drumming watch some marching band stufff stupid
i highly doubt he invented it, he made have brought it into the mainstream, but i can almost guarantee you he didn't come up with it. people have been doing that long before origin was even a band.
omg... wow man!!!! fukin A CLASS... Watch my videos guys i have a video of a gravity roll with a groove, i'm no Johnny Rabb, but there's some cool video's enjoy ^^ peace out muzic lovers..
perhaps you should post a video showing that you can do it better than Johnny? :) anyway, he's a really nice guy, met him a couple of months ago, he's one of my fave drummers not just because of his skills but he's not totally up himself (too many drummers are way too full of themselves).
sounded like you aimed it at me. i dont study blast beats, but i do know they match with the snare A LOT OF THE TIME. dont ever call me a noob either, or an embarrassment. the whole point of this whole thing was to say theres more talent in drumming than playing as fast as you can, which hardly even requires talent and skill.
im the embarrassment? fuck you dude, you dont think i know the 1 handed drum roll has been around longer? any roll on the drum is not a blast you dumbshit, a blast beat is rapid hits on the snare with 1 hand, while the bass drum matches the beats on the snare, giving it a punch. shit, you are all a bunch of fucking morons.
hey dude fuck you, fuck hard core, fuck "scene kids"
i said we, not you, you can call the shit what you want
i call it a gravity blast because it combines the basic principles of a blast beat but uses the rim of the snare, and the natural effects of gravity to produce the technique
dude what fuckin elements of a blast beat are there? a fast snare? it comes from fucking rudimentary elements of drumming like the double stroke and single stroke rolls, dynamics, hand control and actually being able to count the rhythms out, rather than play as fast as you can and be a shitty ass drummer cause you cant do anything else. listen to real music, not "speedcore" or whatever bullshit genre of music thats destroying metal
who is this fucking moron? There is more technique here than in anything else u said. Its not a "gravity blast" it is a single handed drum roll. An how fast technical genres r destroying metal? Thats bollocks, its a different genre, its the shitty breed of metal band that are destroying metal.
hi, im the one saying its not a fucking gravity blast. fast tech genres arent destroying metal, every off-shoot bullshit "screamo" or "post melodic hardcore" all that crap is destroying metal. its 2 chords, low deep growling and the drummer thinks they have to play the fastest they can with snare and double bass. thats whats killing metal, the lack of talent and true feeling for the music, the loss of ability to play something that actually fits, and that one key thing-MUSICIANSHIP.
You are right, the basic technique is not very difficult relative to techniques like Moeller, push-pull or -- simply -- just moving your wrists very, very fast a la Buddy Rich.
it's more fiddly though, if you know what i mean. harder to get exactly metronomic... beats tend to waver a little, whereas with something like the moeller you can get it INCREDIBLY solid (jojo mayer anyone?)
the freehand technique is actually the easiest "one handed roll" method. It is extremely simple to make it sound even and clear. If you want something more practical, try learning the push-pull
Yeah it does, but in WFD it's all about playing straight single-strokes or doubles. Playing freehand is great to get more strokes and speed, but it's kinda a shortcut and it's not as powerful or controlled. I think Drumometers and WFD are more about power, control and endurance.
I appreciate guys like Johnny that are so generous helping other drummers with their knowledge and know how. A very unselfish musician he is who is going to great lengths to explain technique. He is not just going through the motions. Thanks Mr. Rabb
sorry richcapo but thats wrong... buddy rich DID use the push pull (or open clcose, whatever u call it). he did not play his one hand roll note for note! he used the rebound and catched the stick after that. that was his trick. its still hard to play, but it is a trick!
I disagree. I've watched enough BR videos to know that he didn't bounce the stick to do his one-handed rolls. During his life, he was adamant that HE moved the stick, not rebound. As a child, he used to practice on pillows, which allow no rebound at all, and the technique he developed during those years he applied as a pro. "Rebound doesn't move the stick, I do!" is what he is famous for saying.
His one hand roll was simply one half of his single stroke roll. And it was all wrist flicker. Check out his vids to see. Buddy was very much against using stick rebound outside of buzz rolls. He's much like Jim Chapin in that respect (according to Chapin, Chapin's technique "is not dependent on rebound at all) as well as Freddie Gruber, Jo Jones and Louie Bellson. Buddy, like those guys, was just that good.
Buddy had several variations of the one handed roll. Two of my favorites are left hand rolls he commonly did at the end of his West Side Story solo. The first entail a flip from left to right: the palm whips left, turning upward for the first strike, then snaps back approx. 180 degrees for the second. This gave a very muscular sound.
I can get it ok with my right hand but my left hand is stuck way behind... got some work to do...
MegaDrumRoll 7 months ago
GRAVITY BLAST SON!!!
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kingcherub 8 months ago
Does this guy ever play with other musicians..?
hemanrocks666 10 months ago
@hemanrocks666 He is an in demand studio musician in Nashville and tours with the likes of Tammie Wynet
geekazoid777 6 months ago
Does this guy ever play with other musicians..?
hemanrocks666 10 months ago
Does this guy ever play with other musicians..?
hemanrocks666 10 months ago
@hemanrocks666 he is an in demand studio player in Nashville and tours with the likes of Tammie Wynet
geekazoid777 6 months ago
I have it down pretty good. I am a truck driver and I used the ring of the steering wheel and the center of wheel for drum head. I pratice for 5 0r 6 hours a day. If you see a big rig going down the road a some old man is banging the heck out of his steering wheel with a stick. I am not trying to make it go faster. I am only trying to get a one hand roll perfect. LOL
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MrSonniej 1 year ago 14
@MrSonniej HAHAHHAHA THAT MADE MYDAY!@!!!
marklung 5 months ago
i've tried but it's to difficult for me...
giosmrbig 1 year ago
i can do this with my right hand but any tips for getting it down with my left hand aswell?
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bitethebulletMLG 9 months ago
How could someone not like this video?
ZackBratton528 1 year ago
i've tried this for like 30 mins and i think i'm retarded
equallyeasilyfuqyou 1 year ago 25
@equallyeasilyfuqyou Woudn't be a nice way to find out... It might be my case too
juandebrigard 1 year ago
or gravity blast.
PipoBones 1 year ago
@PipoBones A gravity blast is when freehand technique is applied in a blast beat context.
LukeSnyderMusic 1 year ago
@LukeSnyderMusic exactly. but anyways, when it comes to the execution of the technique, its the same thing.
PipoBones 1 year ago
@PipoBones Right, no matter what context you use freehand technique in, its still freehand.
LukeSnyderMusic 1 year ago
@LukeSnyderMusic but then again, its technically the same thing. Cause its called the freehand technique, which is also called the one handed drum roll, WHICH IS ALSO CALLED the gravity blast. Its just a matter of context and execution. Cause its the same thing with music notes; D sharp and E flat have a different name in THEORY, but when it comes to EXECUTION its the EXACT SAME THING. Its just a matter of context. =P
PipoBones 1 year ago
@PipoBones Thats what I'm trying to explain, its only a gravity blast if its actually a blast beat... If you're playing a freehand roll by itself, it is not a gravity blast. But 16ths on the feet, with a 16th freehand roll, and 8ths with the other hand, is the quintessential gravity blast. Do you get the distinction I'm making? I know a lot of people just lump it all together, but I think you'll agree that a freehand roll by itself is not blasting.
LukeSnyderMusic 1 year ago
@LukeSnyderMusic yea i get it. Its not a gravity blast if it doesnt have all the other elements that make it a gravity blast. Itself alone is just a roll. =)
PipoBones 1 year ago
@PipoBones Cool :D and understand that its not like the terms are set in stone, but its definitely a good idea to try and standardize definitions :D
LukeSnyderMusic 1 year ago
@LukeSnyderMusic Totally. I agree. =)
PipoBones 1 year ago
thanks for posting this - good explanation.
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I am Gorge W Bush... thats what i was expecting him to say
loseravery 2 years ago
i wonder how many hours he has spent practising that...
mdroach9 2 years ago 2
i like how jojo explais it, he makes it look so easy
apexpein39 2 years ago
JoJo explains everything perfectly.
jp60476 2 years ago
Incredible video...Thank You for posting!
773lander 2 years ago
Johnyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!! You are great!!!!!!!!!!
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ehy...but it's not a tecnique..it's a trick...the freehand roll derive by one hand roll with an extreme fingering tap...it's a trick not a tecnique.... :-)
giodeefLavOurDruMMer 2 years ago
It's definately a technique! Takes a lot of practise to master it!
Poelewoele 2 years ago 3
fuck.... just fuck..
TheArsonist24 2 years ago
i bet he could bust his nut in like 24 seconds
congospork1 2 years ago 6
hahahahahahahahah omfg!!!!! hahahahahaah
noah112234 2 years ago
i feel like freehand technique is one of those things that u practice like hell for months but then u somehow get it one magical day for some weird reason....
ghdtjdqhd 2 years ago 42
i hope so, i got the technique but find it very difficult to maintain a decent volume
triviumrule666 2 years ago
I'm trying to learn it but i'm starting to feel that way too. it seems like learning heel toe bass to me
buckeyeboyh5 2 years ago
@ghdtjdqhd HAHAHAHAHAHA i think ur right i just laughed when i read that
bonzo1989 1 year ago
@ghdtjdqhd haha, that's so true. it just clicks randomly during a practice session.
TheTman5487 1 year ago
@ghdtjdqhd yeah... or not!
mouldeck 1 year ago
@ghdtjdqhd
Exactly, it's just the push-pull technique played on the rim.
I think this stuff is a knack but you need to practice like with everything.
Neat little trick but there is much more to being a drummer than this.
Samsgarden 1 year ago
@ghdtjdqhd that hapends to me alot ay its one day you get it perfect
AarondaDrummerBoy 10 months ago
I got it. Not as good as he of course.. Can't try it on a snaredrum cause it's late and people tryin to sleep. But I got it on my practice pad :o) Would love to have this guy as a teacher!
PaisteGB 2 years ago
johnny....you are amazing! SA from Berklee
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rynwlf69 2 years ago
Ok thanks Johnny. Got it.
stevent12x 2 years ago
man..i wish this was possible on the bass drum.
robster4ever 2 years ago
use heel toe, you can play like this
I200gI 2 years ago
i dont think that anyone can play at the speed he is playing, using heel toe lol i think heel toe is just to play doubles or even triplets on the bass drum.
neri65 2 years ago
yes, but with "like this" i didnt meant this speed, but its the same with rebound and so on.
I200gI 2 years ago
well yes, lol
neri65 2 years ago
:D .
I200gI 2 years ago
He says on the downbeat that you hit snare and rim at the same time, but wouldn't that give you a rimshot sound rather than a regular snare hit?
filitalian 2 years ago
no because a rim shot would be made by hitting the rim and near the top of the stick this technique is close to the thick end of the sitck.
222Sucram 2 years ago
-but if you hit the head and the rim at the same time with any part of the stick, you'll get a rim shot though. I think the stick will have to hit the head a microsecond before the the rim to avoid a rim shot sound.
filitalian 2 years ago
No, a rimshot hits the rim BEFORE the drumhead and that's what makes it stronger. It gets more momentum if you hit the rim first. If you hit them both at the same time, it won't be giving any more momentum to the end of the stick.
oneeye589 2 years ago
okay
filitalian 2 years ago
another name is the swedish gravity blast
nathanomgnathan 3 years ago 2
why? since I havent heard a single swedish blast record with it....
ollecarlsson 3 years ago
he's right, in metal, people sometimes use it as a blast beating technique or as a soloing technique, like in other genres such as Jazz. Metallers call it the SGB because it was Swedish drummers in black metal bands that pioneered the use of freehand within the metal scene.
Or so I believe...
MurderDollMk2 3 years ago 2
that technique is really easy to do, like anyone who plays drums can do it but he just takes it to a whole nother amazing fucked up crazy level.
macluvn 3 years ago
Man, that technique will save you a lot of energy. Your hand moves at half the speed of what you hear off the drum.
Rogers1977 3 years ago
Nice.
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idleminds1 3 years ago
what else are you going to do when people took time out of their day JUST to see you? :P especially when they came to see you show off....
aerozeplyn 3 years ago
u'piccion' de mamete....
rasghigo 3 years ago
Cool technique, dude.
wodrummerworld 3 years ago
amazing...
iqasyamaguchi 3 years ago
Damn I will give up drumming for 2 reasons.
First: I saw this video with this SHIT THAT I WILL NEVER F*CKING DO.
Second: WTF. Really, WTF. Joey Jor.. who? is what?
W T F
ShadowDatsas 3 years ago 3
i think its funny someone called joey a "triggered up sloppy drummer" almost all death metal / speed metal drummers use triggers including derrick roddy who sais he does on a axis pedal video. joey isent the best drummer at all but people dont even know what the hell there talking about its so funny, and if he is so sloppy his drumming wouldent be dead on perfect in live videos....
Slipknot166 3 years ago
ROBODRUM!!!!!!
Superterrestrial 3 years ago
I'd love to see all these people bashing Joey play like he does! True, He's not Weckl, Jimbo, Mayer or Rabb, but who gives a shit?! He kick's ass, and post a video of YOU playing Disasterpiece and then we'll talk!
justentime66 3 years ago
I'll tell you one thing....to master this technique is a bitch! Johnny does it with absolute precision and that's why he's so incredible!
justentime66 3 years ago
another thing is that the only reason people say Jordison is better, is because of his amazing technicality and speed. If you watch a video of him, you'll think its the most difficult and best drumming you'll ever see. But a Jazz cover, by say Peter Erskine, can be alot harder than the metal. If you watch a video by Erskine and then Jordsion you would laugh. You dont have any idea.
DFLUTSCHY 3 years ago
Joey Jordison is one of, if not the greatest METAL drummer alive. He is amazing in his style of music. Johnny Rabb is amazing in his style, and they are both, out of thousands of other drummers, some of the best in the world. So dont say shit that either is better. You have no idea about drumming, and how much stuff there actually is to it, you and half the other viewers of this video.
DFLUTSCHY 3 years ago
derek roddy, romaine goloun, hellhammer, nicholas barker, marco pitruzella, scott ellis, and many many many many many many more can blow joey jordison out of the water... sorry, but it's true.
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johnny rabb aint nothing compared to joey jordson
slipknotfan3989 3 years ago
bahahahahahhahahaha. k.
megachuck 3 years ago
haha shutup tool. your so ignorant
blackl1steddrums 3 years ago
HAHAHAHA fucking idiot, I can't belive how many ignorant fan boys truly believe Joey Jordison is anything but a horrible, triggered up sloppy as fuck drummer.
Horrible horrible horrible horrible.
ecto1029 3 years ago 2
Ugh... Can you do the world a favor and crawl into a hole and die?
bodomandmetal 3 years ago
what an asshole! lol! you know nothing...
brutishquito 3 years ago
you got the backwards, son. joey jordison aint nothing compared to johnny rabb. but it's different styles.... to stay in the same general style, joey jordison aint shit compared to derek roddy.
BlackHawk2029 3 years ago
but isnt that considered a rim shot then?
drummerdude9663 3 years ago
rabb is so affable
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this guy is unbelievable
joezeppi 3 years ago 3
Mayer takes it as music, Rabb has genial access to drums and invents lots of stuff and he has very original style.
Mayer is an artist as well, but none of them is better. Both of them are great drummers.
mucednik 3 years ago 2
I agree with you mucednik. I've just saw Johnny from Roland drum clinic tonight. He is great and indeed very original.
I agree too: Letting go of who is better then who is futile and simply boring. Lets not miss the point of learning and enjoying Drumming regardless of who is at what level or style.
seriago 3 years ago
thanks, man (:
mucednik 3 years ago
Very helpful video no matter what you call the technique or who invented it. Thanks for posting.
Darrylizer1 3 years ago
for death metal its called a gravity blast but its originally called a free hand and has been mixed into a blast beat
hotshotkilla2 3 years ago
fucking calling this a gravity blast, its a freehand.
traditionalgrip1 3 years ago
whoa!
thank u
unclejohnthezef 3 years ago
I am finding this so hard to do on roland pads!
BTLDrummer 3 years ago
haha u no the roland snare pad? it has the fibre one on it doesnt it ? replace that with a normal skin
vidvid12 3 years ago
i have a pearl pad
poptheman1 3 years ago
ive tried it so dont put the comment down i acctually works
get an 8 " skin and try it
vidvid12 3 years ago
more videos about freehand, i need:)
deathdrum01 3 years ago
Get a copy of "secret weapons for the modern drummer" DVD by Jojo Mayer - it rocks!
MaracaTastic 3 years ago
DAMN RIGHT
mayer is so much better than rabb
mcth0ny 3 years ago
I wish I was so good! Always when I see this kind of vid, I power off computer and go practise... Like now. That guy is awesome!
WersteinGirl 3 years ago
"That guy is Johnny Rabb". ANyways, gonna go pratice now. LOL.
rblira2 3 years ago
Cool!
seemunny 3 years ago 2
i hought the mic was a mustache...
underprog 3 years ago 16
does anybody know how he does it on the hi-hat??? argh...
bij013 3 years ago
yeah, i seem to be the only person having trouble with this technique haha.
this video should help :D
person1343246 3 years ago
wicked
Nasenschlumpf 3 years ago
I appreciate everyone who puts stuff out there. Umm...
Let's leave it there
CANEGROOVER 4 years ago
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this aint drumming
brassman2009 4 years ago
You're a dumb fucker aren't you...
hsdkahkjcbaksc 3 years ago
it is drumming there are many types of drumming u dumb shit hiting symbols and a snare dosent make it drumming all types of drum techniques are drumming that includes snare drumming watch some marching band stufff stupid
phloudernow 3 years ago
cymbals.
noxiscool 3 years ago
No Buddy Rich has invented the gravity blast according to Flo Mounier in a article of Slagwerkkrant Magazine,Holland
drummerDaanH 4 years ago
Its a little bit like the gravity blast.
drummerDaanH 4 years ago
isn't it the same?
herowieto 4 years ago
it is a gravity blast.. i think this guy invented it.. or at least made it popular.
qrtapounda 4 years ago
John Longstreth invented the actual 'gravity blast'.
He took the idea from Rabb and turned it into a blast beat.
schist99 4 years ago
i highly doubt he invented it, he made have brought it into the mainstream, but i can almost guarantee you he didn't come up with it. people have been doing that long before origin was even a band.
thebeastishungry 3 years ago 3
Yeah, No technique taught was invented by the person teaching it. Rabb is just the guy who took it and prefected it and made it teachable.
jmr2master 3 years ago
He kinda looks and sounds like a skinny Henry Rollins.
seraphonwingsoflead 4 years ago
He also reminds me of Ty Pennington from Extreme Makover
nwyard 4 years ago
omg... wow man!!!! fukin A CLASS... Watch my videos guys i have a video of a gravity roll with a groove, i'm no Johnny Rabb, but there's some cool video's enjoy ^^ peace out muzic lovers..
darkstarpro 4 years ago
Great hands! Would love to see the rest of this clinic. Is it available anywhere?
hckydad 4 years ago
one of the best in things like handwork!
ferrari934 4 years ago
i agree on that being a good accomplishment, but you should check out some of his other videos...he's a pretty well accomplished drummer.
HomeworkIsLame 4 years ago
rabb can do a 1 handed roll w/o the rim as well jackass, get the dvd
TruNikkaz 4 years ago
lOOK at my video on the one handed role, leave a comment!
JoshTheDrummer69 4 years ago
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give me that kind of money and i'll put my dong on the rim
scootilybootily 4 years ago
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That's a rim roll. Always amazed these high $ drummers do this type of trash.
chetahdrum 4 years ago
ha, I dont think hes rich,
JoshTheDrummer69 4 years ago
perhaps you should post a video showing that you can do it better than Johnny? :) anyway, he's a really nice guy, met him a couple of months ago, he's one of my fave drummers not just because of his skills but he's not totally up himself (too many drummers are way too full of themselves).
SuperImpozeMatt 4 years ago
He did, I saw him do it with either hand - no rims. Think he stopped in disgust.
jackbenimblequick 4 years ago
Stop flippin' swearing!!
Masterchief09er 4 years ago
okay, truce. my bad for snapping back, thought that whole thing was aimed at me.
breedingenemy 4 years ago
sounded like you aimed it at me. i dont study blast beats, but i do know they match with the snare A LOT OF THE TIME. dont ever call me a noob either, or an embarrassment. the whole point of this whole thing was to say theres more talent in drumming than playing as fast as you can, which hardly even requires talent and skill.
breedingenemy 4 years ago
im the embarrassment? fuck you dude, you dont think i know the 1 handed drum roll has been around longer? any roll on the drum is not a blast you dumbshit, a blast beat is rapid hits on the snare with 1 hand, while the bass drum matches the beats on the snare, giving it a punch. shit, you are all a bunch of fucking morons.
breedingenemy 4 years ago
I found this video extremely helpful. Thank you Mr. Rabb and the poster.
jdunni 4 years ago
fuck gravity blasts, ONE HANDED ROLL. i swear, scene kids and shitty hardcore bands change everything in music. ONE HANDED ROLL, NOT GRAVITY BLAST
breedingenemy 4 years ago
hey dude fuck you, fuck hard core, fuck "scene kids"
i said we, not you, you can call the shit what you want
i call it a gravity blast because it combines the basic principles of a blast beat but uses the rim of the snare, and the natural effects of gravity to produce the technique
DeadPandaTits 4 years ago
dude what fuckin elements of a blast beat are there? a fast snare? it comes from fucking rudimentary elements of drumming like the double stroke and single stroke rolls, dynamics, hand control and actually being able to count the rhythms out, rather than play as fast as you can and be a shitty ass drummer cause you cant do anything else. listen to real music, not "speedcore" or whatever bullshit genre of music thats destroying metal
breedingenemy 4 years ago 2
who is this fucking moron? There is more technique here than in anything else u said. Its not a "gravity blast" it is a single handed drum roll. An how fast technical genres r destroying metal? Thats bollocks, its a different genre, its the shitty breed of metal band that are destroying metal.
Gingexx 4 years ago 3
hi, im the one saying its not a fucking gravity blast. fast tech genres arent destroying metal, every off-shoot bullshit "screamo" or "post melodic hardcore" all that crap is destroying metal. its 2 chords, low deep growling and the drummer thinks they have to play the fastest they can with snare and double bass. thats whats killing metal, the lack of talent and true feeling for the music, the loss of ability to play something that actually fits, and that one key thing-MUSICIANSHIP.
breedingenemy 4 years ago
we call those gravity blasts
DeadPandaTits 4 years ago
There's no double bassing though. He just doing some one handed rolls.
tambian89 4 years ago
DAMN ... rabb is da master at that.
aerozeplyn 4 years ago
mrped then you do it lol, let see you do one faster then he does when he does a normal groove.
jmr2master 4 years ago
its called the freehand technique. johhny pioneered it. he can do it thousands of times better than any of you can. guaranteed. he's the best.
Buhzie15 4 years ago
Even retarded children can do gravity blast.
mrpedophile 4 years ago
You are right, the basic technique is not very difficult relative to techniques like Moeller, push-pull or -- simply -- just moving your wrists very, very fast a la Buddy Rich.
richcapo 4 years ago
it's more fiddly though, if you know what i mean. harder to get exactly metronomic... beats tend to waver a little, whereas with something like the moeller you can get it INCREDIBLY solid (jojo mayer anyone?)
pastor1us 4 years ago
I still feel its called
the Gavity Blast.
HienrichHimmler 4 years ago
this is what death/black metal drummers' "gravity blast" came from.
aerozeplyn 4 years ago
he's got four arms you guys ! get w/ the program.
MrZol 4 years ago
What snares are those? They sound sick
DrummerFromFinland 4 years ago
They are those drum snares...and I thought they sounded good.
estuben87 4 years ago
its not a rim shot, he is utilizing the rim to play faster with one hand.
sheatheman 4 years ago
the freehand technique is actually the easiest "one handed roll" method. It is extremely simple to make it sound even and clear. If you want something more practical, try learning the push-pull
Mastertre57 4 years ago
Does anybody know if the freehand technique words on a drum-o-meter? if so, why dont people use it?
dannyboy000 4 years ago
Yeah it does, but in WFD it's all about playing straight single-strokes or doubles. Playing freehand is great to get more strokes and speed, but it's kinda a shortcut and it's not as powerful or controlled. I think Drumometers and WFD are more about power, control and endurance.
adamsebwolf 4 years ago
bad ass
801drummer 4 years ago
This dude sounds like a whole drumline
DrummerFromFinland 4 years ago
J R is getting these rolls so even. How is he doing it ? It seems hard
crossfireblast 4 years ago
It's all down to practise. That, and the fact that Johnny Rabb is a fucking behemoth when it comes to drumming ;)
DrF13 4 years ago
amazing,,, what practise can do, raise the standard of perfection!
scorpiusb 4 years ago
I appreciate guys like Johnny that are so generous helping other drummers with their knowledge and know how. A very unselfish musician he is who is going to great lengths to explain technique. He is not just going through the motions. Thanks Mr. Rabb
Politicimo 4 years ago
sorry richcapo but thats wrong... buddy rich DID use the push pull (or open clcose, whatever u call it). he did not play his one hand roll note for note! he used the rebound and catched the stick after that. that was his trick. its still hard to play, but it is a trick!
ocb2112 5 years ago
I disagree. I've watched enough BR videos to know that he didn't bounce the stick to do his one-handed rolls. During his life, he was adamant that HE moved the stick, not rebound. As a child, he used to practice on pillows, which allow no rebound at all, and the technique he developed during those years he applied as a pro. "Rebound doesn't move the stick, I do!" is what he is famous for saying.
richcapo 5 years ago
His one hand roll was simply one half of his single stroke roll. And it was all wrist flicker. Check out his vids to see. Buddy was very much against using stick rebound outside of buzz rolls. He's much like Jim Chapin in that respect (according to Chapin, Chapin's technique "is not dependent on rebound at all) as well as Freddie Gruber, Jo Jones and Louie Bellson. Buddy, like those guys, was just that good.
richcapo 5 years ago
Also, Royster does a one hand roll similar to Buddy and Chapin: All flicker -- he plas each note, in other words. Check it out.
richcapo 5 years ago
Buddy had several variations of the one handed roll. Two of my favorites are left hand rolls he commonly did at the end of his West Side Story solo. The first entail a flip from left to right: the palm whips left, turning upward for the first strike, then snaps back approx. 180 degrees for the second. This gave a very muscular sound.
richcapo 5 years ago