Paul Gray drum solo

So..this was an attempt at putting together a drum solo piece, stringing together some bits and pieces I've learnt, very much inspired by Neil Peart's compositional approach to putting together a drum solo. The other thought behind it was to have something to play to warm-up on the drums hopefully in a musical way, and which is a bit more fun than just playing lots of unrelated exercises.

The format of it is -- some simple 4/4 stuff, flams around the drums, 4-stroke rolls around the drums, a 7/8 groove, a Vinnie Colaiuta groove (from the 84 Zildjian Day in NY), a songo (a Latin rhythm), singe strokes around the drums, then a rock solo section (with a few bits nicked from Neil Peart and Alex Van Halen), some double strokes on the hi-hat, a Terry Bozzio ostinato section, some ideas based on the Gary Chaffee approach to compound stickings (which I worked on having been inspired by Vinnie Colaiuta and Steve Smith), and some double bass rolls to finish.

Hope you like it!

PS I'm not anything to do with Slipknot. I was very sorry to hear of PG's untimely demise, and I wish I could play the drums like Joey Jordison, but I'm just a bloke in the UK who likes to drum. Cheers!

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[JRbassman15]

äh.....yes it is paul gray  hes just not THE paul gray..

[Paradiseowned]

he isnt that paul gray who plays in slipknot this is just some guy who plays his drums.

[NevaXme]

Amazing.

[screpy13]

good :)

[SnyderRon]

Yeah! Good way to start the day.

[RichMoore13]

Really nice ideas and great technique, i'm glad to have stumbled upon this video, Awesome drumming keep it up mate.

[seltivic]

Not gonna lie-the name brought me in, but this is actually not bad, man. I like that set a bit more than I figured I would too.

[ToxicityGuitar]

@petergriffin246 congratulation.

[JoeyThe14th]

please guys, no references to slipknot

[JOEY69993]

thanks god i was baked while watching this it was really good and took a long time to end so i jux enjoyed it more this was a hell of a solo thumbs way up brother

[juggalo4life233]

If he wasn't so good at drum's I'd be really pissed at him 

[JessenCorina1]

you got skill's Paul..