How To Play The Drum Beat From "I Will Survive" By Gloria Gaynor

Shoutout to Gareth who's working on this one along with several other disco tunes for his band. Here's a look at the disco-style groove played by legendary drummer James Gadson.
It's a classic disco groove to have up your sleeve, even if you're not playing this song as such.
Notation and practice-alongs for the James Gadson 16th note groove, the “1e+, 2e+” version and the John Robinson live version are on my Buy Me a Coffee channel members’ page, here: www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarn...
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[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Notation and practice-alongs for the original James Gadson 16th note groove, the “1e+, 2e+” version and the John Robinson live version are on my Buy Me a Coffee channel members’ page, here: www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums/gloria-gaynor-i-will-survive-drum-groove-notations-practice-alongs

[@jchope777]

I'll work on my pea soup 😆 Might come in handy, thanks Mike!

[@jakesavage1680]

Excellent as always Mike!!!! Cheers!!!!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Jake!

[@user-os3zo3yd8t]

Thank you, of all the various TH-camrs I watch, your lesson for this song has been the most helpful. I used the 16th feel (instead of 1, E &) last night at rehearsal and it sounded relaxed easier for me to play and my hi-hat openings were smoother. Thank you for freely giving your teaching time, you’re my go to online teacher, cheers Doug.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Nice one Doug, glad if it helped. Cheers.

[@garethrouse6161]

Champion! Thank you Mike, this helps enormously. Coffee break time over here, I'm off for a quick practice. Cheers

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Good stuff Gareth, hope it’s helpful 👊🏻

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[@colinreynolds9600]

Love that rhythm.. Fab

[@continumdrums2297]

Great advice...I prefer the 8 note hihat for this song...Thanks Mike for sharing👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Thanks for watching!

[@gbelai]

Love your energy Mike. Great video. Quick question how do you add the music to the videos if I may ask?

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers! Thanks for watching. Like this: th-cam.com/video/yQgLIlJW7SA/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUnbWlrZSBiYXJuZXMgZHJ1bXMgcmVjb3JkaW5mIGRydW0gY292ZXJz

[@brianquint6126]

The hardest part of this drum beat is not falling asleep during it.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Thanks for watching. I really enjoy playing this stuff, the fun for me is in getting the beat to "sit" and feel just right. it's all about the groove - not about busyness, speed etc. Cheers

[@dreamerrt216]

Disco songs are fun and upbeat and people are having the time of their lives on the dance floor. If you're not into it that's cool, but for fans of the genre, there is no boredom whatsoever.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

@@dreamerrt216 Well said!