Sing sing sing with a swing

I tried to play drumset on sing sing sing with an injured wrist. If u look closley u can see me crack it when it gets to the just plain ride part. I opened for a two day event called the Anual Jim Royle Drum Studio Drum Recital. It has like 200 preformers.

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[brandashusband]

That was the song I drummed to at my high school concert in 1970, and it was over 30 years old then. My hero Gene Krupa did it with the Benny Goodman band in the mid to late 1930s, and also with many of his own groups throughout the years, but you probably know that already.

Your interpretation was great, although I did miss the hi-hat "chick" on 2 and 4. Keep up the great work, and keep passing on that great jazz drumming tradition.

[crazedman44]

yeah this is an older vid, my skills have improved and i can do offbeats, standard beats and all sorts of fun hihat patterns

[comics247]

OMG dude. How'd you do that?! I'm in the LLP (a jazz band) and I can play the drums but not that good! U ROCK ON!!!!!!

keep up the good work

[crazedman44]

thanks man

[crazedman44]

new drummer hardly... 7 years

[DrummerJul]

not bad, but try to swing more, don't hit the snare so hard^^ ....more easily - it's swing ;)

[crazedman44]

ahhh. thanks, i still think my bad wrist made it worse, but that snare has asways stood out i think

[TheCompulsionToKill]

it seemed like ur tempo was a little inconsistent. there were very slight speed ups and slow downs. not bad as a whole, but u gotta tht hi-hat foot going. that way u wont drag at all or speed up. nice job

[YD8189]

The kid's got talent. If he is serious about this genre he'll find a teacher who will work on the way he holds his sticks which will eventually allow him to use the muscles of his arms and wrists differently and with greater flexibility, giving him more circularity as he moves around the set.

Cozy cole would on occasion hold the sticks this way but not for a prolonged solo.

[djboony]

ha ha,  no square is right

[SarbearK]

your playing is really square. I'm not sure if thats the right word, but what I mean to say is that swing music should be played really loose.

[speedoflite1]

For starters, a drummer loosing time..., NOT GOOD!

And, where's the "swing?" ...rather, that's the exact look I always had on my face during 10th grade language lab! Big , clunky headphones is never a pretty sight...

[heyitsskinbad]

thank you, this is my new channel. I have 3 drum solos posted

[explorer45]

It's very nice. But I was looking for a vocal version...hope to see more of you on the tvs...

[beorn1]

good technique but put some more emotion in it

[NoiseFieldBand]

nice

but remember this things about jazz drumming, the hi hat its always open and close with your foot on beats 2 & 4, always swing when there is two 8 notes next to each other, and jazz is really free so feel free to play with the music, jazz drums is not about playing rithm.

nice job