15 Famous Syncopated Rock Grooves (That Inspire Creativity) 

Hope you enjoy the video everybody! Tell me... What are some of YOUR favorite syncopated grooves? If you'd like to take these concepts further, you can book a one-on-one online lesson with me here: JeffRandallDrumming.com

A+ on content, A+ on presentation, A+ on clarity, and extra credit for enthusiasm.

Insane intro

Your drums sound like heaven!

This gets me so damn excited! I really don't know why more people don't talk about syncopation.

Amazing work Jeff! This inspires me to continue in the exploration of good flowing grooves with a unique character

Man, great video!!!! I really enjoyed this, thank you 🙂

Jeff I have learned more drum information from you in just a few videos than I have learned in the past 5 years. Thank you so very much for being one if not the best drum teacher online at this time.

Great content Jeff. The structure of the video is straightforward and concise which I think makes you stand out. Seeing the sheet music while you play makes it a lot easier to master the drumbeats. Keep at it!

Favorite RU-vid channel by far!!!

Your Sakae drums sound fantastic!!! Thanks for making these grooves understandable for us mere mortals!

My favorite groove from this video has got to be "Whole lotta love" Led Zeppelin! Freaking love that groove!!

Awesome Drum sound...and thanks for introducing me to these great grooves...I didn't know some of them existed😄

Groovy & really cool video! Many thanks for the shout out!

I love your attitude behind the kit bro, just watching you gives me confidence. It almost teaches me more than the video itself :)

God I wish I could take lessons from you Jeff lol. World class playing!

LESSON OF THE YEAR! This is just what I needed!

That intro... HOT DAMN!!😳 Mr. Randall, that was absolutely smashing my good sir!! Thank you for another excellent video. I admire you for your sweet groove that you always have while pulling out some of the most bad ass chops I have ever seen. I love how you know when to just chill out and groove, and turn around and just splinter the kit while never over playing. You have some of the most tasty fills and always perfectly placed. Thank you for the inspiration!

Each of the examples sound and feel great Jeff! Love hearing that Dead Weather groove 🥁

The way you played these grooves really make the drum sing. I know your kit sounds so good, but to be able to achieve that sound you are a wonderful player Jeff. Keeps up with the content!

Love that snare tone!

Syncopation is SO fun!

That last Deftones one was the one which came to my mind after reading the title. I was so relieved that you had it as a bonus 😅 great video!

wo, your drum sound are awesome!

Extraordinary! Thank you Jeff for giving such stuff free of cost ...!! Thanks to Lewitt for such superb quality mics for drummers... I will surely buy this and recommend it...

Man! It's the first video I watch on your channel and I don't understand how I was losing all your previous content. Keep this great work, you have a new follower, greetings from Argentina!

The AvA "Disease" intro from Ilan Rubin is one of my favorite grooves ever

I'm not a drummer but I enjoy hearing you play!

You are awesome!

Drums sound great, your playing was great, the lighting and camera work are great, and the editing was great. Awesome video

Great stuff! This will be a fun weekend :) Thanks a lot!

Amazing songs Randalli enjoy the lesson

I would like to see a video on your hand technique. I'm very surprised that you hit with all that power and seem to have tight grip, but still look pretty relaxed. Thank you again Jeff!

Awesome video Jeff. I've been watching your videos ever since I saw one of your early videos on using the six stroke roll around the kit with adding extra accents. I use this all the time. It's great to see how your videos have progressed. Keep up the great work!

Very talented, sir! I appreciate the precision and intensity with which you play these covers and demonstrations. Very informative and your choice in songs is fantastic!

Very inspiring and boosting creativity indeed. Love it. Thx.

Always fresh content!!! Cheers from Italy dude✌️

This video is AWESOME. Well done!!

hey cool, i am from austria, but i've never heard of this company before ^^ i'm definitely checking them out! nice video, jeff! as always - very inspiring :-D

Very well done job. bro.

Nice ...been looking for a video like this for a while

Great video and just all out killer drumming. Subbed!

Thanks man!

Please please please, make more video about rock drumming. yes, rock drumming.You're aweseome.

Awesome work here, Jeff. 👊🏻.

Just wow❤️

Really diggin the videos, Jeff. I appreciate the subtle tuning changes in the snare to get the vibe of the tune, particularly the Steve Jordan one. Those 16" or 17" hats?!

Nice groove!

Great drumming and great great grooves thanks !

You play very clean! ^.^

I play bass but sometimes look up drum vids like this... Love your snare sound here and great playing.

😂 I crapped myself when I heard u do TCV lol, great taste and great vid man

Holy smokes wrench and numbers!?!?!? I watched Fargo as well and I absolutely loved that beat the first time I heard it and ever since! I was sad that I never new the name of it, you made my week. That groove makes me just wanna screech to a stop on somebody’s lawn, kick the car door open and take a baseball bat to the mailbox

Hello, Jeff My Lord Jeff you are Tremendous I truly appreciate you sharing your grooves with us. Jeff, I'm 70 years old, Old School I graduated from Berklee School of music in 83. l believe in sharing some of my greatest influences and private instructors with you and their recordings as Jeff Porcaro His Father whom I studied with in Hartford Joe Skinny Porcaro.. Here's some music of the late 60's early 70, A Band called COLD BLOOD Drummer SANDY McKEE 9real name was Cecil Stolie) the whole band Cold Blood Heres Songs you really need to check out SHOP TALK and VALDEZ in the Country You got me Hummin, After Sandy, they had Gaylord Birch a Monster drummer himself Next for grooves is MICKEY ROKER Whom I had Private study with for 2 years a great Jazz Cat The Album OLINGA with Milt Jackson check out The Steel Bender and the Metal Melter I'M NOT SO SURE a Swinging Killer song What great of the album They record two takes on each sound the first with a very fast up-tempo the 2nd a slower tempo. Listen to Mickey Roker fast syncopation even at low volume I've never heard anything with such Precision Dynamics Articulation . I've turned on other drummers to this recording every one was taken aback and breathless in his execution

Nailed the AVA track sir!

Jeff...... really really , you and Lewitt rocking with tones of exceptions !!!!

what a fucking cool drummer, i know this is about syncopation and all that, but i just love this guy's feel - got that factor X going dude (dig the drum sound too. "Big bad bonham')

Nice Jeff!!😎

Great Video!

Yeah Baby... ‼️

1. Damn! Have you been working out? 2. Damn! That snare sounds even better than usual!

Nice Groovin man

Subbed just for having dead weather!

Digital Bath drum beat is so smooth!

The Disease by Angels and Airwaves!? What? Subbed! 🤙 Edit: spoke too soon.... Down Blink 182

I never liked drums on their own, but this was beautiful.

I really thought you were going to bring up the drum intro to “Take the Money and Run” for a second. Pleasant surprise though!

Oh man I'm so glad the Fargo one made top of the list! I don't know if you remember but I recommended you check it out on youtube 3 or 4 years ago :)

That 17" hat stack is wicked

Well done

Getting jacked my friend. Been watching you for a long while now. You've totally helped me out as i am the typical self taught drummer. I appreciate the grind man! Also, love digital bath, so pumped you put this in here. Hope all is well, Brett from Chicago!

This makes me want to listen to drum-only song covers.

I'm surprised no Blue and yellow by The Used. But never the less, sick video!🔥

Wow! What a fantastic drummer! I'm old so my references are old as well. Can you offer examples of classic rock syncopation in addition to Led Zep? I was thinking maybe "Lucky Man" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer for one. "Walking on the Moon" by the Police. "China Cat Sunflower" (Grateful Dead.) Could think of more but my concept of syncopation may be wrong, I don't know.....

great that you have the dead weather in it! Jack White is a underrated drummer i think.

Do a snare tuning video! Yours is sick!

I'm not a drummer but I can rally appreciate what you are doing here. Nice work. Maybe some Bernard Purdy?

Ilan Rubin would be proud of you 👌🏻

Fan-effing-tastic! What kit are you playing? Loved the grooves! The Zeppelin and Steve Jordan grooves immediately came to mind when you were doing your intro. Them Crooked Vultures are one of my favorite bands as well!!

I've been enjoying your playing and videos. I have a question not related to this particular video. I would appreciate any feedback from fellow drummers as well. When my band is rehearsing I provide solid time and feel loose while playing, but.....once we are playing a live gig I totally rush the tempo. How can I work on this? The other problem I seem to have when playing gigs is that once I get to a drum fill I tighten up just before the fill or rush and it doesn't get played as cleanly as I know it should. Any suggestions?

Jeff! The groove by the group 30 Seconds to Mars stole this groove directly from a Deftones song titled "Rx Queen".

out of the world..💞💞💕💞💞👌😘

I'm curious what the correct terms would be to describe what the drummer does in "Your Love" by the Outfield. I'm not sure if it would be syncopation or something else.

I’ve never seen a snare mic’d from the body of the shell before Any benefits you like ?

Hey! You can now listen to the introsong on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/2ppaPBdpH0lz24B28myQI0?si=wP6LmBz5T4-bREP3eCGjZA

This is AWESOME!! Bro is your kit mic'd? Or just overheads? I don't see any on the kit and yet it sounds PHENOMENAL! I just put out a little drum solo on our fishing channel if you get a chance please check it out it would be an honor 👊

How many mics do u use to record this?

Is the playing in the pocket sorta syncopation?

I always thought of billy Joel's "Big Shot" as one of the most awkward beat type songs, but only saw one review mentioning syncopation in describing it. Or is it asynchronous?

That 30 Seconds to Mars beat is straight from Deftones Rx Queen! White Pony album came 5 years earlier.

You Never Know is insane by Dave Matthews Band

Waiting on the world to change ;)

Name of the song in the start?

-3. Deftones - My Own Summer -2. My Way - Limp Bizkit -1. Idiot Pilot - In Record Shape 0. Underoath - Paper Lung

🤩🤩🤩 from your number one fan. How do you know this stuff??!!🥰

What’s size your drum stick ? 😁😁

What’s the intro song?

How the hell you always get this open sort of vintage snare drum sound? It's driving me crazy haha

My Way - John Otto Soul To Squeeze - Chad Smith

What does “an outlier groove” mean exactly?