Drum Fill Of The Week 11/11/2019 - Intro Fill From "Brick House" by The Commodores

Love this fill!
Transcription is here: drive.google.c...
The extra orchestration around the toms may not exactly be as shown here, but it definitely has this phrasing and feel!
Original tune is here: • The Commodores - Brick...
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Transcription is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1tA5yERlypuQ3cQrpGTvcJ5wm4_rvlweB/view?usp=drivesdk

[@THOMAS-CRASH]

Nice explanation! Thanks for sharing this!

[@knownothingnobody9126]

Holy mother of God! Thank you so much. I am a horrible beginner drummer, and that is my favorite. Now at the age of 61, you have given me the best visual, timing, tempo, rhythm, and beat outlook in order to learn it. Thank you!❤

[@Arlo360-Official]

Probably the best explanation I've seen thus far.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

🙏🏻👊🏻

[@teddale5093]

My band is doing this song for the first time tomorrow night and found this little lesson from you to help me get the opening roll. Earned a subscriber good sir. Thank you!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Ted 👏🏻👊🏻

[@steelkeez7700]

Awesomeness

[@Histgyph]

If you slow the recording of the song down there’s a very clear “1 +a2” rhythm. It sounds more like a 16th, 2 32nds, and 1 16th before the 1, rather than 4 clean 32nds into the 1. So single stroke on e, double stroke on and, and single stroke on a, then the one, leading with the left would be my guess on how to play it. I’m not sure if this is intentional or if it was supposed to be a 5 stroke roll landing on the 1 but he just didn’t play it cleanly and it accidentally turned into a different rhythm.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Nice attention to detail!

[@tjschanel141]

Congrats on the 8k!! 👍👍

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Tristan Saunders Cheers Tristan, thanks for being here 👊🏻

[@fbiopenup120]

Oh i remember this fill! Awesome Vid by the way!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Fbi Open up Yeah love this one! Thanks for watching man 👊🏻

[@FLAMANGO12123]

Hard fill at the beginning, too fast!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Start slow and build! "Slow is smooth and smooth is fast". Thank you for watching.

[@surf101-]

That was the perfect tempo. Wake up and listen to the whole video. He does it super slow, then builds up to correct tempo. BEST EXPLANATION OF THE INTRO EVER!!!

[@jdennis8883]

Great teaching.

[@edanrussell5656]

lovely video mate!

[@keithrichards9847]

Great guide, especially like the super slow playing. I don't follow your transcription though. It appears that you play bounce double on the right hand then the left, but the notation suggests just a single on the and of 4?

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Keith! Thanks for watching. I've notated an eight note on the "+" of beat 4 with two slashes through it. In written music, each slash through a note stem denotes a subdivision. So an eighth note written with one slash through it would be performed as two 16th notes, and and eighth note with two slashes through would be performed as four 32nd notes - which is what's happening here, as you say with a RRLL sticking. Cheers!

[@keithrichards9847]

@@MikeBarnesDrums Cool!! Thanks for quick reply, I need to brush up on notation obviously!!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

@@keithrichards9847 Music Theory for drummers playlist here: th-cam.com/play/PLcfoni8UPb9rbwxV3n8J2Nhcs6q4be2H2.html Cheers Keith :)

[@shawnamontgomery930]

Thank you!!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Shawna, glad if useful :)

[@antoniscute]

Well done, my dude! Thank you so much!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Sure thing man. Thanks for watching 👊🏻

[@flybatramirez350]

Great fill AND a freel life lesson! Next up: drumming and pastry tips🤔

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

🥧 🤘🏻

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Ha cheers man, thanks so much for watching! 👊🏻