Drummer Live 2008 - Chad Smith(1)

Sabian endorser Chad Smith addresses the crowd at Drummer Live 2008 in London, U.K. and plays to RHCP's Charlie.

http://www.sabian.com/EN/artists/chad_smith.cfm

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• sabian
• cymbals
• chad
• smith
• drummer
• live

[tringplacebo]

CHAD SMITH is BIG drummer

Hi is *''LEGEND''*

[wow3123]

for the love of god... have mercy and never comment on anything ever again

[thirgul]

@tringplacebo Asian much?

[Maschingun6]

this is the reason why i play drums!

[hackysackdude120]

chad smith rules on drums

[hackysackdude120]

yes he does play in a holly wood band called the red hot chillipeppers

[FlorianWaletzko]

holy crab he catched it!!!!

[Kobyzinhow]

@tringplacebo u just forgot one thing: HE IS 'THE' LEGEND

[iceydanpowns]

hes freekin huge in real life, towers over the rest of his band mates lol, love chad!

[alexfraley]

@pacificdrumma I see what your saying, and you can pretty much hit a cymbal anyway you want, and not crack it. its how hard you hit it. and yea, I have the same problem, try tilting your snare towards you. make sure you can still do a rim shot. and dosen't really matter about mechanic, how hard you hit is how hard you hit. there are more efficent way to hit but still its about how hard, and no matter what style of music your playing,

[pacificdrumma]

@alexfraley sometimes it isnt just hitting hard. I mean, I hit fairly hard but I got through sticks faster than the hardest hitting drummer that i know. Its because i do rim shots. so maybe its the mechanics of his hitting rather than how hard he hits. cymbal cracking has more to do with how you hit, not as much how hard. as far as slowing down, chad smith isnt a metal drummer, so laying down a heavy groove is more important than speed

[alexfraley]

@pacificdrumma actually yea there is especially with snares and cymbals, you can only get so much sound out of a snare or cymbal, after that point hitting it harder only decreases the longevity of the equipment. playing harder past that point also slows you down. Travis barker dosen't even break the rims like that, and he hits harder than anyone I've ever seen, horrible technique, but he still hits the hardes.