Just the fills themselves: 09:20 - Eighth Note Build 13:08 - Splat-Boom 15:36 - Debbie 17:48 - Pat Boone Debbie Boone 19:36 - Motown Fill #1 21:47 - Motown Fill #2 22:48 - Motown Fill #3 23:42 - Motown Fill #4 25:13 - Motown Fill #5 27:03 - I Gotta Pee 29:38 - Pop/Country Fill 31:25 - Bucket o' Fish #1 31:54 - Bucket o' Fish #2 32:27 - Bucket o' Fish #3 34:46 - Bucket o' Fish #4 37:34 - Doozh Ga-doozh 41:37 - Pat Boone Stutter
Thanks so much for the kind words. I did the tuning...although to be honest, there wasn't a lot of tweaking that needed to be done on them. That Tama/Aquarian combo just sounded great whether you took them up or down in tuning. And I'll agree with you...their engineers and production team are top notch. They made the work an absolute breeze.
This site/group of teachers are amazingly generous with their knowledge, I’ve played drums for over 30 years and I’ve learnt more than I could imagine through drumeo
Love this! Self taught "drummer" here for 25 years, just starting to play at church after not playing on a stage for almost 20 years. Having names for fills will definitely help me when trying to learn all these new songs. Never used fill names before, but I'm about to start! Will steal some of yours and make up some of my own names, thanks! Also liked how you talked about simplifying when you need to. I have those days where my foot does not want to double up very well for some reason. "Why won't you work today?!" Always thought that I was the only one that happens to.
A month ago, I was watching a lesson on Stephen's channel and thought: "How awesome would it be if Stephen and Jared connected"... Few weeks later I saw a clip of him playing in the Drumeo studio on Faceboo, and now I found out he has been working as satellite instructor for 3 years already!!! What can I say but, thank You, God! God bless you all!
I love your tape!,! Now is the end of my second year. Started in October. Getting ready for my second recital. Am calling it "Fourth Bar Fills". Still love it. I still love it. Will be 75 in January. Thank you again! Bettina
Fantastic lesson. Am a senior Love drumming. October is the end of my second yr. My second recital is called Fourth Bar Fills. Thank you for your Easy To Remember fills. I surprised my teacher last week with the Eighth note Build. I sneaked it in. He looked happy, he knows I practice a lot. Thanks again. Bettina
Wow that solo at the end was downright phenomenal. Perfection at it's finest. Excellent arrangement, dynamics, execution and overall performance. Beyond impressive! A real polished Masterpiece!
I just wanted to say you’re a great teacher. I teach high school English, and want to learn to play the drums. I love your use of rhythmic mnemonics. You’re a better teacher than more than 90% of the teachers I know. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’ve. Inspired me to get an e-drum kit for myself on my birthday in January and get serious about drumming. I feel like I can analogize what you say about playing the drums to what I do for a living: trying to get teenagers give a f-- about reading literature. Thank you for what you do. Chris
Thank you very much for an excellent lesson. Drumeo, I wonder if you guys realise how much you are doing for people who don't have money or opportunity for personal drum instructors. Thank you very, very much.
I started playing drums in the 60's and I knew every one of the fills you showed. I have played them so many times that they are just a part of my unconscious drumming library. All of them are very useful fills and beginning and ending and turnaround fills for many songs. The six stroke roll fills are very useful and have been played thousands of times. This is a great lesson to give any drummer who needs to start a library of licks. Thank you for showing it...I was pleasantly surprised to see you showing licks that I have been playing all my life, and I am 68 years old!
Stephen, your 10 drum fills has been really, really helpful for me to practice. I watch this video over and over again trying to master all your techniques. I played for 5 years in school and had a cheap trap set, as was called in those days. Your style and timing, on the drums is so incredible and it really sounds great. I hope I can master your fills and sound half as good as you do.
Wow! Thank you. Such an incredible training video. I’m a 50 year old disabled vet and I set up my electronic drum set for the first time in 3 years this week. I can’t afford lessons. You truly will make it easier to get back into grooving.
I've been watching Stephen for years now, and I highly recommend him for all drummers at any experience level. I've been drumming for two decades, and I still learn so many new things from his lessons. He's super humble and funny to boot.
+Drumeo As in Adam is coming to Drumeo? If that's true I fucking love you dude, seriously. This channel is such an amazing resource for inspiration and knowledge. Thanks for getting David on as well, cant wait for what's to come!
Top to bottom, that's one of the best sounding drumkits I've ever heard. Stephen Taylor=top notch drummer, great teacher, and seems like a really solid dude.
Been wanting to drum for what must seem like 20 years if not more. FINALLY bought a drum kit recently and excited to really start playing. Man it's tough initially, but this is helpful. I'll be watching this over and over trying to duplicate what I see here. Hoping to be proficient one day. Thanks Stephen.
Been a follower of @Stephen Taylor's TH-cam channel for a few years now. This is one of the most practical and easy to apply lessons I've ever seen on the Drumeo TH-cam channel. Keep up the great work guys.
9:00 8th note bill 12:28 Splat Boom 14:50 The Debbie 17:05 Pat Boon, Debbie Boon 18:20 MoTown fill 1 20:30 MoTown fill 2 22:05 MoTown fill 3 23:20 MoTown fill 4 24:50 MoTown fill 5 26:41 I gotta pee 29:39 Pop Country fill 31:10 Bucket of fish 33:43 Bucket of fish 37:05 Doosah Gadoosh 39:21 Pat Boon Stutter
I just went on TH-cam to look up some random stuff, i subscribe to Drumeo, and this video popped up. I love it! The teacher's great, funny, knows what he's doing, everything's really useful and i enjoyed watching all of this. Didn't plan on spending this hour like that at all, but thanks so much for the lesson!
I really like this drummer. Here's a new challenge: When can you build tension by NOT playing a fill? The best records have moments where there are no cymbals on one, and no fills leading to one. Not to say that the songs don't have any fills, but purposely using those moments with nothing to break clichés and leave room for the lyrics and other instruments to breathe.
Ugh... ok now I'm spamming but I'm just... ugh I really like the way he uses wrist technique to produce the tone he does on the kit. Accents and dynamics sit right where they need to be. The sound just resonates with me.
Thank you, Mr. Taylor! Love your style Sir! This was a fantastic lesson. Really enjoyed it. I'm a church drummer and got turned on to your stuff when I saw your lesson on, you guessed it, drumming in church. Your lessons are practical, relevant, and also humorous. It's so nice to see a working drummer that values a "less is more" approach. Not that you can't drop bombs when you need too! I appreciate your humility, but also your obvious passion for playing. Be blessed, brother!
Some things you can't un-see... I find it's harder being a musician to un-hear things. So many songs that I don't like will flood my head for years... I mean YEARS. But it took way less time to forget the time I didn't knock on my parents bedroom door.
Hey, I am a new drummer. This might seem like a dumb question. What do you do to get rid of the buzz caused by the snare wires when you hit other drums? Mostly when I hit my air toms the snare wires go crazy. I realize this buzzing is characteristic of an accoustic drum set but I would like to reduce it. I have done my best to tune all the drums and when I turn the snare wires off, everything but the snare itself sounds beautifully clean. But of course I need that snare buzz when I hit the snare. Is there a way to achieve that clean recording sound without compromising the snare's sound?
No dumb questions. That's called sympathetic buzz. It's what your snare is made to do...buzz when a certain vibrational frequency is hit. That being said, it is no respecter of where that frequency is coming from (tom, your voice, etc). Your drums are tuned within the same range. Try cranking the bottom head of your snare up a bit. An old studio trick to do it on the fly is to turn the lugs (4 of them) to the left and right of the snare wire on the bottom head (both sides...hence the number 4) a quarter turn down or up. Keep doing that until the buzz is reduced. If you have more time though, deal with the entire drum for a long term fix. You can also address the tom that is in the range of the snare by retuning it. All lugs, quarter turn up or down until it's lessened. And lastly, adjust the tension on the snare wires themselves. All of this combined should help you minimize the buzz. Hope that helps!
Get electronic drums. Baring that do what Stephen said. I had a nasty ring on one of my snares, a Gretsch USA Custom from the 80s, and solved it by tightening the bottom snare head.
Buy Evans drum mute rings. They will make you snare “pop” without the ringing/rattling and will do the same for your toms. They are relatively cheap too!
I am use to making order out of chaos when it comes to fighting multiple attackers. Drumming makes order out of chaos but to me it looks like magic. Fascinating.
Haha. I just watched this video. The funny part is I'm 71 1/2, retired and I just ordered my first drum kit. I will be watching. Thanks guys. Great channel.
Stephen I watched your video on how to be a better church drummer when you gave 3 tips I play in a cowboy church in Texas it really inspires me and now I watch my fills and play a lot more for the song
Great lesson! The biggest benefit of this kind of stuff is that we can immediately use them at actual playing situation. And he is a really great teacher!
Stephen is such a cool guy. I'm a beginner and I saw his video on the Pat Boone Debbie Boone about 1 week into learning. I play it all the damn time haha. I'll have to learn all of these. Thanks guys
Wow! Watching this at first, made me feel like It was going a little too far back to basics but damn, you're not wrong when you say that these fills can save you. Today I was caught in a public music room and this pianist came in and wanted to jam. Being open to try anything, I said sure! So this guy starting play in some kind of ABAB Chris progression with an improved, right hand solo kind of feel. It was really hard to find a beat for it at first but eventually I just started messin around and experimenting behind the guy and every time I felt like he was getting too weird on the keys, I would pop one of those suckers out (the fills I mean) and man! It! Helped! Thanks for the lesson! +Drumeo
I'm a guitar player, but this guy is my style completely. That continuous high hat click, fun fast kick fills in taste, he seems like a great dude to learn from.
I play in church and most of my fills are found in this video, sometimes overplaying is not allowed in church so this video is very helpful. And I really like to see Stephen teaching in drumeo.
Happy New Year everyone! Having the time-honored pneumonic devices for these fills are incomparable. Years ago, when ALL I knew on drums was the paradiddle, I was working on one of my original tunes with a drummer friend. I was playing guitar and I was (unsuccessfully) trying to communicate to him a particular drum fill-in that I wanted (one used in the turn-arounds in the great blues-rock song, "Gimme One Reason".) Watching this vid many years later, when I began studying drums, I saw that that fill was the "Pat Boone, Debbie Boone", fill-in. This made me see the advantage of knowing these pneumonics in order to communicate with drummers, even if I'm playing another instrument at the time; this is, of course, alongside the obvious advantage of knowing the pneumonic-codified fill-ins for my own drum-playing. Anyway, here's to the 2020 coming year of joyous drumming for all of us!
Pat Boon, Debbie Boon is known as 'Flats in Dagenham' here in UK. Flats being what we call single floor apartments and Dagenham being a place, famous for manufacturing Ford cars.
This lesson was a lot of fun! I really liked Stephen's teaching style. He made each fill concise and easy to understand. I also liked the way Stephen segued from one fill to next by starting with one concept and then building on it. Kudos and thanks for putting together this awesome lesson!!!
Stephen, I have watched your sessions for a while now, and subscribed to your channel. Thanks for this - it's the kind of stuff that really matters to drummers who play live or for sessions, and often ignored.
Totally agree...I'll blame 3 things... 1. The killer kit I'm playing (Tama Starclassic) 2. The heads (Aquarian Response 2's) 3. The absolutely top notch team at Drumeo (You know who you are and you're very much appreciated in the drumming world)
This guy is such a cool dad type of guy. It was so much fun listening to him even if I knew most of these already. In fact I learned a little about notation because I don't know how to read notes.
Such an awesome drummer - so musical! And an amazing lesson, Stephen Taylor! Brand new (older) drummer here and totally amazed how well you make me understand the kit! Not to even mention how hilarious you are :-) Adding in the uncles and diddle in the middle "(BOOM!)" haha just kills me! And... "music is nothing but tension and release" Wow, mind blown! Thank you so much man!
good guy Steven Taylor, man. replying to all these comments XD you're an awesome player and teacher and seeing your daily videos on instagram is always inspiring me to change up my playing and think outside of the box. Thank you for the work you put in, it really is appreciated
Incredibly useful and practical for anyone wishing to play professionally. Stephen is clearly an exceptional teacher and musician. Many thanks for the lesson, I really enjoyed it :)
Fun, entertaing, and informative lesson. Love the pneumonic devices and historical context, really makes the whole approach more intrinsic. Drummers of all skill levels will benefit from this. I've been playing for 20 years and as a teacher, I absolutely loved it. Im stealing some of your tips!
From what I've been taught, you're not supposed to lift the hand that plays that grace note in a flam. But I am nitpicking and being "that guy." This sounds great!
Just the fills themselves:
09:20 - Eighth Note Build
13:08 - Splat-Boom
15:36 - Debbie
17:48 - Pat Boone Debbie Boone
19:36 - Motown Fill #1
21:47 - Motown Fill #2
22:48 - Motown Fill #3
23:42 - Motown Fill #4
25:13 - Motown Fill #5
27:03 - I Gotta Pee
29:38 - Pop/Country Fill
31:25 - Bucket o' Fish #1
31:54 - Bucket o' Fish #2
32:27 - Bucket o' Fish #3
34:46 - Bucket o' Fish #4
37:34 - Doozh Ga-doozh
41:37 - Pat Boone Stutter
Ron Williams Not all heroes wear capes
You are an angel.
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Stephen Taylor, such a great down to earth drum teacher.
Thanks so much!
Where did you learn how to play? i know that you went to southern miss, but did you have any special instruction there?
Stephen Taylor u are awesome
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I studied under Henrique de Almeida in high school as well as with Jeff Mills. Later in college Dr. John Wooton and Harrell Bosarge.
LESSON INDEX:
0:06 - Song #1
2:55 - Introduction
8:34 - Drum Fills #1 - #5
25:44 - Drum Fills #6 - #10
44:40 - Q & A!
58:05 - Drum Solo
Drumeo how to get the play along used in begin this video.
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Thanks a lot! Great lesson!
kudos to the sound engineer and who ever tuned those drums. They sound incredible!!!! That opening was sick as hell.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I did the tuning...although to be honest, there wasn't a lot of tweaking that needed to be done on them. That Tama/Aquarian combo just sounded great whether you took them up or down in tuning. And I'll agree with you...their engineers and production team are top notch. They made the work an absolute breeze.
What snare are you using?
Especially that snare. Not the tone I go for, but it sounda great
I have been playing drums for for 5 years (didnt play for 2 of them so technically 3) and still dont know how to tune them 😂
This site/group of teachers are amazingly generous with their knowledge, I’ve played drums for over 30 years and I’ve learnt more than I could imagine through drumeo
Love this! Self taught "drummer" here for 25 years, just starting to play at church after not playing on a stage for almost 20 years. Having names for fills will definitely help me when trying to learn all these new songs. Never used fill names before, but I'm about to start! Will steal some of yours and make up some of my own names, thanks! Also liked how you talked about simplifying when you need to. I have those days where my foot does not want to double up very well for some reason. "Why won't you work today?!" Always thought that I was the only one that happens to.
A month ago, I was watching a lesson on Stephen's channel and thought: "How awesome would it be if Stephen and Jared connected"... Few weeks later I saw a clip of him playing in the Drumeo studio on Faceboo, and now I found out he has been working as satellite instructor for 3 years already!!! What can I say but, thank You, God! God bless you all!
We're both here only because of your support Petar. So, THANK YOU!
Stephen Taylor You're a legend :)
I love your tape!,! Now is the end of my second year. Started in October. Getting ready for my second recital. Am calling it "Fourth Bar Fills". Still love it. I still love it. Will be 75 in January. Thank you again! Bettina
Arkapravo Das in a while
Fantastic lesson. Am a senior Love drumming. October is the end of my second yr. My second recital is called Fourth Bar Fills. Thank you for your Easy To Remember fills. I surprised my teacher last week with the Eighth note Build. I sneaked it in. He looked happy, he knows I practice a lot. Thanks again. Bettina
That might be one of the best drum kit mixes I've ever heard. Those toms especially sound gorgeous.
Didn't really expect to see Stephen here. Awesome lesson, awesome person, top notch work.
Thanks so much...the kind words mean the world my friend.
Muse
Wow that solo at the end was downright phenomenal. Perfection at it's finest. Excellent arrangement, dynamics, execution and overall performance. Beyond impressive! A real polished Masterpiece!
Loved it too. I am blown away. I have never heard of him but you know I will be following him now.
Dude Stephen slayed that intro play along! Great stuff!
Thanks so much!
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D'stroyed lol
Love the mnemonics!
I just wanted to say you’re a great teacher. I teach high school English, and want to learn to play the drums. I love your use of rhythmic mnemonics. You’re a better teacher than more than 90% of the teachers I know. Keep doing what you’re doing. You’ve. Inspired me to get an e-drum kit for myself on my birthday in January and get serious about drumming. I feel like I can analogize what you say about playing the drums to what I do for a living: trying to get teenagers give a f-- about reading literature. Thank you for what you do. Chris
Thanks Chris. That means a lot my friend
Great to see Stephen on a lesson, he's such a good instructor.
Thanks so much James
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I believe this is my first time actually staying and watching a video for an hour..well worth it !
Ha! Glad it kept your attention
VeronicaDay non
One of the best lessons I've ever watched on Drumeo! Stephen is awesome, and all of the fills are awesome! Allso, great drum sound!
Eivind S thanks so much!
One of the best lessons on Drumeo. Down to earth and easy to understand appearance. You are truly a great teacher. Thank you so much!
Thank you very much for an excellent lesson. Drumeo, I wonder if you guys realise how much you are doing for people who don't have money or opportunity for personal drum instructors. Thank you very, very much.
Yeah, I never bought anything from Drumeo and I learnt a metric ton from them... will buy the course next year, I hope.
Hi all of you guys you should really listen to William Branham's sermons they are so important, urgent
Yesssss.
@@doozle5132 did you?
I started playing drums in the 60's and I knew every one of the fills you showed. I have played them so many times that they are just a part of my unconscious drumming library. All of them are very useful fills and beginning and ending and turnaround fills for many songs. The six stroke roll fills are very useful and have been played thousands of times. This is a great lesson to give any drummer who needs to start a library of licks. Thank you for showing it...I was pleasantly surprised to see you showing licks that I have been playing all my life, and I am 68 years old!
You're an inspiration Daniel! Thanks so much for the kinds words
Stephen, your 10 drum fills has been really, really helpful for me to practice. I watch this video over and over again trying to master all your techniques. I played for 5 years in school and had a cheap trap set, as was called in those days. Your style and timing, on the drums is so incredible and it really sounds great. I hope I can master your fills and sound half as good as you do.
Tom Jackson That makes my day to hear Tom! So glad the lesson has helped so much
Wow! Thank you. Such an incredible training video. I’m a 50 year old disabled vet and I set up my electronic drum set for the first time in 3 years this week. I can’t afford lessons. You truly will make it easier to get back into grooving.
love the way you use names for fills it makes all the difference in learning
It really does help
I've been watching Stephen for years now, and I highly recommend him for all drummers at any experience level. I've been drumming for two decades, and I still learn so many new things from his lessons. He's super humble and funny to boot.
Thanks for the long time support Richard! Glad to know you're getting so much out of the lessons
And your solo at the end is the stuff of legend. Incredible!
Congrats Stephen! Did not expect for you to be on Drumeo! Maybe get Adam Deitch someday, Jared? Thanks!
Stephen has been on Drumeo for years. He's a great instructor! I think Adam is booked but I need to check on that.
+Drumeo As in Adam is coming to Drumeo? If that's true I fucking love you dude, seriously. This channel is such an amazing resource for inspiration and knowledge. Thanks for getting David on as well, cant wait for what's to come!
how about rodney holmes ?
And isn't it about time that Vinnie owes us and instructional vid?
Great lesson and teaching! As I a am non-drummer player, it was very useful to understand how these overall drum fills are actually played.
It's amazing see you on Drumeo Stephen!
Thanks Yuri!
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Top to bottom, that's one of the best sounding drumkits I've ever heard. Stephen Taylor=top notch drummer, great teacher, and seems like a really solid dude.
Stephen you officially made it bro, congrats!!
Stephen Taylor is such a gifted and practical teacher. Simple, practical and applicable stuff. What a champ!
antonburger01 Thanks so much Anton
Glad to see Stephen here. Awesome dude and teacher.
Thanks Cristian!
Great lesson.
Most likeable and best teacher of the year award goes to... *drumroll* Stephen!
He made drumming sound so easy
But wat he is doing is killer
Tsigbey Sampson thanks so much my friend
Been wanting to drum for what must seem like 20 years if not more. FINALLY bought a drum kit recently and excited to really start playing. Man it's tough initially, but this is helpful. I'll be watching this over and over trying to duplicate what I see here. Hoping to be proficient one day. Thanks Stephen.
You bet Nathan!
Stephen Taylor on Drumeo!! Never thought I'd see that day :O
Yea, who is that guy anyway ;^)
Thanks for the love my friend!
Stephen Taylor!!!! ohmygosh! love your vids, those and drumeo have taught me drums :)
Been a follower of @Stephen Taylor's TH-cam channel for a few years now. This is one of the most practical and easy to apply lessons I've ever seen on the Drumeo TH-cam channel. Keep up the great work guys.
Thanks for the support over the years! You guys are the only reason I get to do what I do
Didn't expect to see you on drumeo, Stephen. Good lesson.
Mac Gordon Thanks Mac!
Fantastic teacher and lesson. I learned so much just by watching and listening to him.
So glad it helped John!
GREAT TO SEE STEPHEN TAYLOR BEING RECOGNIZED BY DRUMEO!!!!!!!!!
Thanks William...had a great time hanging with the Drumeo crew for the week and teaching the campers!
You are an amazing teacher! great great lesson! fun and very instructive! thanks very much!
You bet Fernando! So glad it helped
BEST LESSON EVER !! Really like this guy....
davidval67 thanks!
That opening play along was very tasty. Nice job man!
Thanks Cory!
So happy that you all collabed with Stephen! 2 of my favorite channels working together to teach fun!
9:00 8th note bill
12:28 Splat Boom
14:50 The Debbie
17:05 Pat Boon, Debbie Boon
18:20 MoTown fill 1
20:30 MoTown fill 2
22:05 MoTown fill 3
23:20 MoTown fill 4
24:50 MoTown fill 5
26:41 I gotta pee
29:39 Pop Country fill
31:10 Bucket of fish
33:43 Bucket of fish
37:05 Doosah Gadoosh
39:21 Pat Boon Stutter
Thinking drumming as a communication language. While other lessons are deep and complex tongue-twisters, yours are beautiful haiku poems.
Thanks so much...glad it made sense!
Congrats on 500k subs!
Thanks to so many amazing students!
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I just went on TH-cam to look up some random stuff, i subscribe to Drumeo, and this video popped up. I love it! The teacher's great, funny, knows what he's doing, everything's really useful and i enjoyed watching all of this. Didn't plan on spending this hour like that at all, but thanks so much for the lesson!
Glad to spend an unexpected hour with you...and happy it helped!
Yeah, I'd love to have you as a teacher!
I really like this drummer.
Here's a new challenge:
When can you build tension by NOT playing a fill?
The best records have moments where there are no cymbals on one, and no fills leading to one.
Not to say that the songs don't have any fills, but purposely using those moments with nothing to break clichés and leave room for the lyrics and other instruments to breathe.
But these fills are awesome!
Ugh... ok now I'm spamming but I'm just... ugh
I really like the way he uses wrist technique to produce the tone he does on the kit. Accents and dynamics sit right where they need to be. The sound just resonates with me.
David Marley Thanks so much David!
Thank you, Mr. Taylor! Love your style Sir! This was a fantastic lesson. Really enjoyed it. I'm a church drummer and got turned on to your stuff when I saw your lesson on, you guessed it, drumming in church. Your lessons are practical, relevant, and also humorous. It's so nice to see a working drummer that values a "less is more" approach. Not that you can't drop bombs when you need too! I appreciate your humility, but also your obvious passion for playing. Be blessed, brother!
Hey Scott...thanks so much for the kind words. So glad the lessons hit home with you! I'm a huge proponent of less is more man.
PAT Boone, DEBbie Boone, haha! Man, I've been playing that fill for years, but now I'm gonna be saying that in my head every time I play it henceforth
You can NEVER unlearn that one lol!
You're an inspiration man.
Some things you can't un-see... I find it's harder being a musician to un-hear things. So many songs that I don't like will flood my head for years... I mean YEARS. But it took way less time to forget the time I didn't knock on my parents bedroom door.
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33:49 As a Drum tutor here in the UK, I use the mnemonic phrase "Soup-of-the-day" for that one. Great lesson man btw!
Hey, I am a new drummer. This might seem like a dumb question.
What do you do to get rid of the buzz caused by the snare wires when you hit other drums? Mostly when I hit my air toms the snare wires go crazy. I realize this buzzing is characteristic of an accoustic drum set but I would like to reduce it. I have done my best to tune all the drums and when I turn the snare wires off, everything but the snare itself sounds beautifully clean. But of course I need that snare buzz when I hit the snare. Is there a way to achieve that clean recording sound without compromising the snare's sound?
No dumb questions.
That's called sympathetic buzz. It's what your snare is made to do...buzz when a certain vibrational frequency is hit. That being said, it is no respecter of where that frequency is coming from (tom, your voice, etc). Your drums are tuned within the same range. Try cranking the bottom head of your snare up a bit. An old studio trick to do it on the fly is to turn the lugs (4 of them) to the left and right of the snare wire on the bottom head (both sides...hence the number 4) a quarter turn down or up. Keep doing that until the buzz is reduced. If you have more time though, deal with the entire drum for a long term fix. You can also address the tom that is in the range of the snare by retuning it. All lugs, quarter turn up or down until it's lessened. And lastly, adjust the tension on the snare wires themselves. All of this combined should help you minimize the buzz. Hope that helps!
Get electronic drums.
Baring that do what Stephen said. I had a nasty ring on one of my snares, a Gretsch USA Custom from the 80s, and solved it by tightening the bottom snare head.
Buy Evans drum mute rings. They will make you snare “pop” without the ringing/rattling and will do the same for your toms. They are relatively cheap too!
Probably the best drum solo I have heard. Amazing how you make the toms sing. Crazy!
And now I had to listen Stairway To Heaven again...
35:14
Exactly! As soon as he played it I heard Bonzo in Stairway... don't know if the sticking is the same but it was an 'Ah Hah" momeny for me.
salsalover69laters The sticking is the same, just the turn around is on the toms.
I am use to making order out of chaos when it comes to fighting multiple attackers. Drumming makes order out of chaos but to me it looks like magic. Fascinating.
He's fucking awesome. Never heard of him, so thank you.
Thanks so much for the kind words Ash!
Haha. I just watched this video. The funny part is I'm 71 1/2, retired and I just ordered my first drum kit. I will be watching. Thanks guys. Great channel.
Terry John Davis So pumped to have you become a part of the drumming fam Terry!
The Top Hat is a Zildjian EFX 16", but what cymbal does he use as bottom cymbal on that hihat?
K light top hat on the bottom. It's thinner than the bottom hat on the K light set so it gives a crunchier sound when mixed with that EFX.
Stephen Taylor thanks man!
I love his solo at the end the dynamics and phrasing are pretty insane loved the lesson
javier gardea Thanks Javier!
A bit of Danny Carey influence in your solo, Stephen? So tasty!
Thanks so much J!
Indeed! I wanted to write it as well :D
Stepehn: amazing drummer and teacher. Plenty of good vibes and very useful concepts. Congratulations for this lesson!!!
Thanks David!
Thanks to you man!! You do a great job!!
smells like teen spirit intro gave me real chills
I know, right?! Everytime I hear it I want to hit the mosh pit...
By far the coolest and best drum instructor I've come across on Drumeo. I wish you were my drum instructor. Seriously amazing, Stephen.
Humbling...thanks so much. Means the world that the lesson was given in a way that it hit home with you.
14:04
The very best thing on fills, and on the language of drumming I've seen yet on the Tubes of You.
Thanks so much...glad it helped!
26:38 Awkward as soon as he says it and then he clarifies it's his own eight-years old.
Great video!
Stephen I watched your video on how to be a better church drummer when you gave 3 tips I play in a cowboy church in Texas it really inspires me and now I watch my fills and play a lot more for the song
Makes my week to know that Cody!
Ermagerd, her merny nerts?!
LOL
Great lesson! The biggest benefit of this kind of stuff is that we can immediately use them at actual playing situation. And he is a really great teacher!
Stephen is such a cool guy. I'm a beginner and I saw his video on the Pat Boone Debbie Boone about 1 week into learning. I play it all the damn time haha. I'll have to learn all of these. Thanks guys
Wow! Watching this at first, made me feel like It was going a little too far back to basics but damn, you're not wrong when you say that these fills can save you. Today I was caught in a public music room and this pianist came in and wanted to jam. Being open to try anything, I said sure! So this guy starting play in some kind of ABAB Chris progression with an improved, right hand solo kind of feel. It was really hard to find a beat for it at first but eventually I just started messin around and experimenting behind the guy and every time I felt like he was getting too weird on the keys, I would pop one of those suckers out (the fills I mean) and man!
It!
Helped!
Thanks for the lesson!
+Drumeo
Glad it helped Travis!
just broke out my keyboard. I've been wanting to learn this for over 10 yrs. will be using your video as my tool. thanks
I'm a guitar player, but this guy is my style completely. That continuous high hat click, fun fast kick fills in taste, he seems like a great dude to learn from.
Thanks so much Andrew!
I play in church and most of my fills are found in this video, sometimes overplaying is not allowed in church so this video is very helpful. And I really like to see Stephen teaching in drumeo.
Happy New Year everyone! Having the time-honored pneumonic devices for these fills are incomparable. Years ago, when ALL I knew on drums was the paradiddle, I was working on one of my original tunes with a drummer friend. I was playing guitar and I was (unsuccessfully) trying to communicate to him a particular drum fill-in that I wanted (one used in the turn-arounds in the great blues-rock song, "Gimme One Reason".)
Watching this vid many years later, when I began studying drums, I saw that that fill was the "Pat Boone, Debbie Boone", fill-in. This made me see the advantage of knowing these pneumonics in order to communicate with drummers, even if I'm playing another instrument at the time; this is, of course, alongside the obvious advantage of knowing the pneumonic-codified fill-ins for my own drum-playing.
Anyway, here's to the 2020 coming year of joyous drumming for all of us!
This is by far one of the best and most understandable drum lesson I've watched in a while! Great Job! Great teaching!
Thanks so much Albert...glad it helped!
Stephen is an outstanding drummer. This makes me want to watch the series.
Thanks so much for the kind words
Two of my favorite channels TOGETHER?! How am I just seeing this now?!
very good lesson. Good job guys, thanks for this pure and beautiful knowledge
"music is nothing but tension and release" opened my mind...Stephen Taylor is the man
I hear he doesn't know what he's talking about.....
So glad something in the lesson resonated with you man!
Pat Boon, Debbie Boon is known as 'Flats in Dagenham' here in UK. Flats being what we call single floor apartments and Dagenham being a place, famous for manufacturing Ford cars.
This lesson was a lot of fun! I really liked Stephen's teaching style. He made each fill concise and easy to understand. I also liked the way Stephen segued from one fill to next by starting with one concept and then building on it. Kudos and thanks for putting together this awesome lesson!!!
Thanks Daniel...so glad it helped!
Probably one of the best Drumeo tutorials I've ever watched. Great job, Stephen.
Thanks so much! Really glad it helped
Thank you i'am 65 and still learning i have a lot to learn and my God bless you
Stephen Taylor has amazing dynamic control.
Stephen, I have watched your sessions for a while now, and subscribed to your channel. Thanks for this - it's the kind of stuff that really matters to drummers who play live or for sessions, and often ignored.
Glad to hear it Andy!
I'm not gonna lie... those toms sound absolutely fantastic! Sounds like a million bucks!
Totally agree...I'll blame 3 things...
1. The killer kit I'm playing (Tama Starclassic)
2. The heads (Aquarian Response 2's)
3. The absolutely top notch team at Drumeo (You know who you are and you're very much appreciated in the drumming world)
Increible tema de introducción... FABULOSO...!
This was a video I came back to on autoplay after leaving the computer but I have to say this guy is a really good teacher.
Thanks so much RIck...that means the world
This guy is such a cool dad type of guy. It was so much fun listening to him even if I knew most of these already. In fact I learned a little about notation because I don't know how to read notes.
whanowa I’ll take the dad compliment lol...thanks so much my friend
Holy shit you replied?! It was definitely meant as a compliment, you have that warmth and genuine goodness about you when you teach these things. :-)
Oh yes, my favorite youtube drummer on Drumeo. Great job Stephen!
You guys are the only reason I get to do what I do every day. Thanks for the support!
This is a great great lesson for all drummers, and it's explained in a way that everyone can "get it"... bravo.
Thanks! So glad it was clear for you
Such an awesome drummer - so musical! And an amazing lesson, Stephen Taylor! Brand new (older) drummer here and totally amazed how well you make me understand the kit! Not to even mention how hilarious you are :-) Adding in the uncles and diddle in the middle "(BOOM!)" haha just kills me! And... "music is nothing but tension and release" Wow, mind blown! Thank you so much man!
You bet Cliff! And welcome to the drum fam my friend!
Wow! That was a very musical solo. Quite a breath of fresh air.
Thanks George!
Thanks for the really favourable lesson man! "Music is nothing but tension and release" that has blown my mind. What a great guy!
You bet Orkhan...so glad it helped!
good guy Steven Taylor, man. replying to all these comments XD you're an awesome player and teacher and seeing your daily videos on instagram is always inspiring me to change up my playing and think outside of the box. Thank you for the work you put in, it really is appreciated
Very humbling Matt...thanks!
Incredibly useful and practical for anyone wishing to play professionally. Stephen is clearly an exceptional teacher and musician. Many thanks for the lesson, I really enjoyed it :)
Fun, entertaing, and informative lesson. Love the pneumonic devices and historical context, really makes the whole approach more intrinsic. Drummers of all skill levels will benefit from this. I've been playing for 20 years and as a teacher, I absolutely loved it. Im stealing some of your tips!
Steal away Drew lol. All of the great artists steal...
From what I've been taught, you're not supposed to lift the hand that plays that grace note in a flam. But I am nitpicking and being "that guy." This sounds great!
Great teacher great drummer and seems like a great guy
Coming from a church setting, these fills are incredibly useful. You hear them everywhere.
Ron Borneo Couldn't agree more
Love this lesson. Missed Again by Phil Collins is full of Motown 5C and Pat Boone fills.
Uuuhh my 'virtual drum teacher's here👍🥁 I like the lesson 👍👍👍