5/4 Groove

[EBViolette]

So nice to find tasteful drumming on YouTube. Really great job!

[muszyngr]

very very nice

[analyzingfunny]

You are the perfect drummer for recording. So accurate in both stick strike (which is obvious by your dirt patterns) and pressure. You have that perfect pressure. A finesse.

[MrDrummertheo]

wow, awesome. Very good

[MrTama78]

cavolo è identico!!;-)

[chall141]

this sounds fantastic! (: what kinda room did you record this in? (acoustic wise), mic set up?

very tight Drumming, take five is a favourite of mine (:

[GrooveDrummin]

@chall141

the room is big...about 30x50 ft. with 10 ft. ceilings. Concrete walls with 3 ft. insulated knee walls. A few office dividers to direct the waves which way I require.

I have all the gear I use listed on my profile page. THANKS!!

[StowAlex]

~ nice ~

[jeffreygaudreault]

@GrooveDrummin Great jazz drummin, man!!

[metallicarocks911]

take five ;)

[davidwaters69]

you are great . thaks for putting some real music for me to learn

[GrooveDrummin]

@scottsims1970

I heard something similar...very well might be a fact.

[aaronedgardrum]

Hey man, cool groove! I saw this in the related videos to one of my own. I hope you don't mind if I post a response? :)

[dridethepresident]

what snare is that

[GrooveDrummin]

@dridethepresident

ludwig colliseum 8x14 (maple)

[NerfLad]

Whole kit sounds great... what year are those?

[GrooveDrummin]

@NerfLad

Thanks... 2001

[Dubconferencedotorg]

I like ... additional modern ideas to take 5

[weevilboy]

nice playing...nice recording sound, too

[nandooobass]

see great groove: /watch?v=sTMjT6YsyXk

[whateverman666]

Sorry if this has been mentioned already, but isn't this groove almost identical to Dave Brubeck's Take Five (re. Joe Morello)?

I'm not ragging on ya. Five is one of those meters that I end up having to hum the Brubeck song to, to keep my place :)

[GrooveDrummin]

@whateverman666

yes, that's right...lol, i do that for 5/4 also!

[MEINLdrumjoc52]

killer snare sound!

[TheModCon]

This is so smooth! Puts you in the 'zone' as it were. Yes I could jam to this for ages! Great video!

[jimihendrixtribute]

Have you ever looked at any of Jeff Porcaro's work? The shuffle from "Rosanna" by Toto is quite difficult to master.

[GrooveDrummin]

@jimihendrixtribute

Yes, of course! Jeff was a great player!!

[montjcm]

Are there a mistake in 00:45 ? and 01:31? and 02:01? Change 5/4 to 6/8 from 02:01?

Excuse. But I am doing a track with several You tube drummers in Jammer 6 to 5/4 compass.

[GrooveDrummin]

@montjcm

I'd like to call them intentional changes to keep it interesting. Yes, towards the end is 6/8. I should have called this one mixing up time signatures but for the most part is 5/4. Feel free to edit as you wish.

[montjcm]

@GrooveDrummin Thanks!

[whatamax]

like 123 12

[basementdrumming]

What kind of cymbals are you using? They sound great!

[GrooveDrummin]

@basementdrumming

Paiste, thanks

[carnifex714]

take 5 ?

[AreaCode978]

I turn this up really loud and then play some jazzy chords over it. I love 5/4.

[darbyscott]

cymbals sound nice and warm. what type of overheads are you using?

[GrooveDrummin]

@darbyscott

Thanks, Samson CO2 in ORTF config

[blapis89]

how do u practice finger technique to go over the whole kit, i do it fine on a patch or just a snare but how do i apply it to the whole kit

[GrooveDrummin]

@blapis89

I would suggest to practice the same thing you do on a pad or snare but on the toms only to get a feel for how the bounce differs on a looser head. What you do on the pad is the same on the toms you'll just need to "push" with your fingers a (little) harder.

[gamertooth17]

Do you count 5/4 just like 4/4, except instead of counting 1-2-3-4, you count 1-2-3-4-5?

[GrooveDrummin]

@gamertooth17

You can count it like that yes. The other ways are 123-12, 12-123, 1-1234...here i'm counting 12-123.

[gamertooth17]

@GrooveDrummin okay thanks because i'm composing a song in 5/4 now >:D

[rmsydiaha]

Nice feel, but you lost beats a few times. Why don't you just try recording another take, carefully count it through to check it before posting?

[Bili27]

very very good!

[NukeGenious]

Great groove to play bass along. :)

May i ask what mic technique you used to record?

[GrooveDrummin]

@NukeGenious

cool...ortf on overheads and the other 6 mics are close mice pointing at source. Thanks for watching and jamming!

[LouReedsBooks]

15 Step

[thomascompton800]

@LouReedsBooks more like take five

[tdscotland17]

oooft, nice kit man. What is it? And is that a marching kick drum?

[GrooveDrummin]

@tdscotland17

Thanks, it's a 14x26".

[jodgey4]

just practiced this on my bonham kit, but I set the 18" floor as my bass (wide open, bonham tuning), with 12" rack, 16" floor, and 14" snare, two 18" crashes as hats, and my 24" ride, for humor. I really like a lot of your playing ideas for this, thanks!

[mariorossipuzza]

it's take five on the hi hat!

oh here the ride comes

[excusemyenglish]

Really nice groove. But I thought that Take Five was like 1,2-1,2,3; wasn't it?

[GrooveDrummin]

Thanks, I wasn't following the tune take 5 just going with the groove.

5/4 may be counted 1,2,3,4,5 or 1,2,3-1,2 or the way you had mentioned, what's important is coming back in on the "one". Thanks again.

[excusemyenglish]

@GrooveDrummin OK, but I have think it better and you was right: if you play it in jazz style, the hihat should be in the ''2'' of 3/4 first and 2/4 after - so it was 1,2,3-1,2 :D

Sorry and thanks!

[davss5]

Very nice playing...also, the kit sounds good...and I really enjoyed the crash cymbals - they had a beautiful even fadeout...keep up the good work...

[AHillFL]

that was groovy man great playing!

[sebasmontreux]

hahaha take five

[kmbop34]

I'm really digging the feild snare. That is what it is correct? Looks about 10-12" deep.

[GrooveDrummin]

Ludwig LS484 - 8"x14"

[Decimaster321]

Hey now, did you go off time somewhere between 45s and 1m? I was counting along and at somepoint you seemed to be landing on 2 rather than 1. But i could have just lost concentration. Either way, great playing.

[GrooveDrummin]

Yeah, good counting! At 0:46 I added an extra count (6) to setup the insertion of another part and see how it would sound but after I discovered I didn't set it up soon enough I had to get back to time and find the one in a hurry...so yeah, slight mistake.

[diggyz829]

your videos have great sound...what kind of microphones? and also..i am a DZ too...neat

[GrooveDrummin]

Thank you.

Kick: e602

Snare: SM57

Tom: Yamaha MZ105be

Floors (both): MD421

Overheads: Samson CO2

Thanks again,

DZ..... :)

[soadmetro]

haha i realized take five right at the beginning

[Calumgaidhealach]

Morello is amazing at this! his famous drum solo in Take Five is probably my fav solo!

[JinJinBo]

Nice groove men! I'll try to practice it :)

[centurion908]

you're totally a master

[SittingBullfrog]

it made a lot of of fun to watch this. cool rolls...

[indigentema]

muy bien amigo , eres muy bueno con tu bateria ,creas con el instrumento melodias ,perfecto

[ironrocker13]

incredible, how long have you been playing?

[GrooveDrummin]

Thanks. Since '74.

[drnnhvcdsde]

what kind of ride do you have and is it miked

[GrooveDrummin]

Paiste 2002 20" power ride and it has two overheads about 5 feet above in stereo.

[scorpion990]

I thought "take five!" after about 10 seconds :)

Sounds good!

[suyash92toolfan]

lovely consistent beat! very well played brotha~!

[GrooveDrummin]

Thank you my friend!

[TamaDrummer0]

Nice set, I like the snare sound.

[OldSteamer]

take 5 ;)

[uberpirox]

Great feel :)

What format do you upload your videos to have the option to watch in high quality?

[GrooveDrummin]

Thanks.

MPG 1, some are 640x480 and others 720x480.

[uberpirox]

Thanks a lot, I've been trying a lot of different formats and could never find one that I preferred.