Australian Drummer - Chris Brien - " MOZAMBIQUE - Foot Snare Solo"

AUSTRALIAN DRUMMER CHRIS BRIEN -
MOZAMBIQUE - Foot Snare Drum Solo.
Recorded live at Beat Industry, Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia on 7th June 2008.

PATTERN BREAKDOWN: (Part 1)

RIGHT HAND:
I am playing what I call the "One-Hand Songo Technique" which is the basic rhythm that is usually played between both hands when you play a Cuban based Songo.
I am playing this between an 8" tom (which is attached to my right-side Hi-Hat stand) and my main snare drum.

RIGHT FOOT:
I am playing the Mozambique cowbell pattern on my right hand side foot cowbell and then I simultaneously add with the heel of my right foot a rhythm on my right hand side jamblock pedal.

LEFT FOOT:
I am playing the remainder of the Mozambique pattern with my left foot between my left hand side bass drum and Hi-Hat.

I then play "off-beat" 1/8 notes on my Hi-hat with my left foot and then add "downbeats" on my left bass drum pedal to create an 1/8 note groove with my left foot.

LEFT HAND:
I am playing improvised melodic ideas between toms and my main snare drum.

PART 2:

RIGHT FOOT:

I am playing the Mozambique cowbell pattern while still simultaneously playing the rhythm on my heel between my right hand side foot cowbell and foot jamblock.

LEFT FOOT:

I am Playing 1/8 notes between my Hi-Hat, Bass Drum and Foot Snare to create a straight rock beat.

PART 3:

LEFT FOOT:

I am still Playing 1/8 notes between my Hi-Hat, Bass Drum and Foot Snare to create a straight rock beat.

RIGHT FOOT:

I am playing improvised patterns on my right hand side bass drum pedal to create interesting bass drum grooves.

HANDS:
While all of this is going on with my feet I am simply improvising on different patterns with my hands using hi-hats, cowbell, toms, main snare and congas.
Playing such rhythms as the Mozambique, an inverted Cascara (left hand) against the Mozambique cowbell pattern (Right Hand), triplets, etc,etc.

I finish off with a "Funky Type Groove" with my feet while striking the China cymbal on the count of 4 of each 2nd bar of the phrase.

Please note that this was a totally improvised solo with the exception of the first 30 seconds..... Enjoy.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• australian
• drummer
• independence
• cascara
• mozambique
• latin
• double
• bass
• drumming
• gretsch
• zildjian
• vic
• firth

[xxxslayerxxx666]

dude this guy is a god i officially am making it my life mission to pwn in the world of polyrhythmic madness

[fawnication]

you are too good.. or too george of the jungle for my band ; D

[sm57co]

yea, this guy is in a different league.

[SuperNielss]

you know godsmack ? :)

[75904john]

:| so awesome?

[greenfruitface]

xxxslayerxxx666 has the best comment. ha ha, awesome.

[Tubs1010]

OMG!

[Teedo145]

Well done mate!

I don't normally like the drums but you I actually liked :)

Good to see your aussie too

[Dreammotive]

some of the best limb independence i've seen! Great work

[sebavitali]

你打鼓打得非常好！Your drumming is GREAT! No matter the language, there's no words for the Art you're expressing in that drumset. I've recently bought many sort of pedals -even a lefty double bass hitting a foot snare, as Neil Garthly, another genius- trying to work a few of the new concepts of MPO's, interdependence and so on, I must tell you that your drumming is VERY INSPIRING... it's a shame that it's almost midnight in B.A. I really want to play my drums! Thanks for Posting!