Drum lessons with Jason McGerr from Death Cab

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Death Cab drummer Jason teaches you a thing or two about your set. From "Drive Well Sleep Carefully". Director Justin Mitchell. See more by this director: http://www.youtube.com/thebreadcrumbtrail

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[redhorserainbow]

Forget all the Joey Jordison metal super speed shit, this is what drumming is all about.

[Amulius]

What a freakin incredible drummer!

That's what i call independence!

[iwaslikepfffft]

this never ceases to amaze me

[hiphopsucks96]

@luisframirez91 five as in the pattern is in the time signature 5/4

[luisframirez91]

i dont get whats going on with the bass drum... whats he mean a pattern in five?

[keithgreene79]

My last post because my head just exploded

[krupboom]

Saw Jason playing at the Brixton DCFC gig last night. He was simply superb. One of the best drummers i've ever seen (and at the age of 50, I've seen a few). Inspirational.

[Giles4200]

makes it look so easy...... i wish i could do that :P

[scissor2me2timbers]

@scissor2me2timbers hence why he counts 1e&a 2e&a etc.

[scissor2me2timbers]

@mancam221 Actually, the whole rhythm is "obeying the laws of 4-4- timing" All the other beats are just syncopated which means that they fall on notes that are not the strongest beats of the 4/4 time signature, and in the 4/4 time, the strongest beats are 1 and 3 despite what the common belief is--which is that the strongest beats are 2 and 4. The next strongest ARE 2 and 4 (which is the snare). Everything else is syncopated, falling on even smaller notes (16th notes) than the 4 main beats.

[luciferdy9]

@redhorserainbow dude, whatever you say but Joey is a fucking dope drummer! period.

[mancam221]

the only part that obaying the laws of 4-4 timing is the snair,

everything else is mathematically unbelievable

and thats crazy hard to do