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Originally from the UK and now residing in Los Angeles, Louie has played and recorded with some of the world's best musicians including: Mike Stern, Gary Husband, Tim Levebre, Mitch Forman, Jason Rebello, Bob Franschini & more.
Louie endorses Pearl drums, Meinl cymbals, Pro Mark sticks, Evans drum heads, Alcair in-ears and sE mics.
Louie said it all right at the beginning: "trad grip is so unnatural". Never a truer drumming word spoken. So, why use it?, is my question when there's no real need or justification. Very strange.
@@rayboreham2648 because, as in many other parts of life & history, humans are stupid and blindly follow ‘tradition’ without actually thinking about better alternatives. It’s just tradition & a lot of the drummers we (I) admire were taught that way because of the jazz drummers of the 60’s & the fact it was viewed as the more academically correct way. Those drummers then cause another generation to play that way. I was also taught this way and it gets to a point where it’s just too late and too much work to switch. I’ve tried. After 30 years it’s a lot more than just the hundreds of hours (which I don’t have or care to spend) it would take to get speed & movement together. It’s fine if you play quietly but for anything contemporary/loud/consistent, matched is far superior.
@louiepalmerdrums Totally agree, Louie. And that's why I don't spend any time even attempting to learn trad grip. It's hard enough to master one grip without adding to the difficulty with another, especially when it's not necessary. There's a jazz player on Drumeo (name withheld to protect the guilty!) who even went so far as to state that if you want to learn to play jazz like your jazz heroes, then you must learn trad. What utter nonsense! Some of the finest modern jazz drummers play matched. It doesn't seem to hinder or diminish their ability one bit.
Traditional grip is NOT unnatural, unless one doesn't mount all the drums at the proper angle. That said, those are pretty good tips to strengthen the left hand.
@@k.f.241 thanks! It’s a seamless shell…that’s why it sounds particularly good IMO. It’s tuned very standard…bottom head the same way all my snares are (tight but not crazy tight) and top head wherever I want the pitch to be. Nothing special.
Louie, what drum stick model are you playing in this video? What drumsticks would you recomend for your drumming style? I love your playing, its absolutely fantastic!
I think there's never enough YT tutorials on how and where on the drum to actually PLAY rimshots and make them sound great especially as accents in fast hand work. It's something that separates pro drummers I think.
I don`t get it why some people still obstinate over this traditional thing. It`s so awkward and painful and you must work 3 times harder to play with it. But the worst is traditional and cross handed.
Thank you! Great teacher👍. I've been doing this for a while and it's such a great feeling knowing that it does get better by practicing this. LOL, nowhere near you but it's making a difference 👍TY!
Under what catagory and lesson titles would you find this on your website. I have not joined as a member yet, but am quite interested in this particular lesson and its extensions.
Very informative, it’s not that I don’t have my feel when I perform or just practice it’s really my inability to read & write myself. To know what what to play after listening so repeatedly covering a song that it’s exhausting and moreover that with set lists of 60-90 covers I just can’t keep up unless I do the best I can by charting out the song by intro to vs1-2 to chorus to bridge to etc etc. So if I could transcribe efficiently it would be the “Keys to Freedom”. Thank you so much for the epiphany.
Exactly plan these cover groups doing the same thing every night is brutal. After I make party rich in Canada and he gave me backstage passes I've been totally practicing. Keep up the good work Louie you're a list of that symbol setup.
I always tell a lot of these drummers if you buy a hammer does that make you a carpenter. If you only play one style of music you're limiting yourself.
Yes the groove drummer or pocket drummer I've met so many of them. And they didn't like me because I was doing all kinds of stuff. I said that's because I practice.
It's amazing you're saying all this I've been fired from so many bands for doing it. They don't even know what trading four is. Now I just play with a keyboard player and he can do everything I never know what's coming and it's so much fun. Thank you for all yours acknowledge that you share on here you're a great player very smooth I love it.
Did Phil Rhudd ever played a solo ? I think he is a millionaire. And he is not only a timekeeper. He is a very, very special timekeeper. And this is ok. If you don`t want to play a solo -so why should you do it ?
