Stickinthemud covers Reeling in the Years

My cover of Reeling in the Years by Steely Dan. Not perfect, but true to the original. Hopefully I do it some measure of justice here.

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• Stickinthemud
• Vdrums
• electronic
• drums
• Roland
• TD20
• Reeling
• in
• the
• Years
• Steely
• Dan

[Stickinthemud57]

Thank for that! Jeff admits freely to lifting the basis of that groove from Bernard Purdie, who used in on "Home at Last" and "Babylon Sisters". Purdie breaks down the "Purdie Shuffle" in a video here on YT as well. The toughest part for me is working the hi-hat on the beat, which Purdie does pretty much all the way through the song, but I save for the chorus because for me it takes a lot of concentration and effort.

[brendanvdrums]

ha! u just helped me figure out that the sticking in this song is way different to rosanna from toto... i thought they were the same

[Stickinthemud57]

Oh yeah! The kick drum and are different - more complex. hihat is the same.

[cioly10]

nice playing!

how did you manage to take the original drums out. They might be there but I can't here it!

[Stickinthemud57]

Thanks! They're there, I just made mine louder than recording.

[wilco490]

Dude! I have been playing this on my drumlessons for a long time and it does not come close to your expression! Nice work!

[Stickinthemud57]

Thanks for the compliment! I'm not sure this is the reason, but my training (years ago mind you) was based on a mastery of the rudiments. There's a lot of double sticking and right-hand-left-hand coordination in this grove and the fills. If you're having trouble, I would suggest working on your rudiments.

[rhythmantic]

Very skillful drumming and right on it and in the pocket. Good sound out of those VDrums. 

[Timcoplawyer]

that is awesome....your ghost notes almost mirror what Jeff Porcaro plays in "Lido shuffle". My band decided to play that song a couple of months ago and I spent, literally, over 30 hours trying to seemlessly incorporate that drum part (with the fu_k up ghost notes) into the song (based, coincidentally enough, on a guy on youtube who broke down the "lido shuffle" into it's most basic terms).

Suffice it to say, you have that very unorthodox shuffle down for this song.......sounds great!!!

[donski170]

Love your snare drum work. Great playing!!

[davss5]

@brendanvdrums Yes, but the only major difference is that on this song a grace-noted FULL-time shuffle is played (downbeat on both 2 & 4) - while a grace-noted HALF-time shuffle is played on Rosanna (downbeat only on 4)...Jim Hodder played it on the original version - and I don't recall him being given credit like Porcaro and Bonham (on "Fool in the Rain") were given (so let's give him credit now)...also, I think Porcaro played the grace-noted full-time shuffle on "Lido Shuffle"...

[brendanvdrums]

nice solid groovin there, top stuff