Benny Greb gives away a secret (the Floor Tom Air Trick)

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I often get asked about this effect i use to change the pitch of my Floor Tom during my Solo.
In Canada at the Ralph Angelilo International DrumFestival, the camera caught my answer to it. I also explain other ways how to change the pitch of drums to create different sounds on the Drumset. Enjoy!
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@bc-518 5 лет назад

I will pay to watch his stand-up comedy if there is one

@Tekkerue 5 лет назад

😂😂 Absolutely! Comedy Central needs to hook him up. Hey did you hear the one about the drummer who locked his keys in his car?...... It took him three hours to get the bass player out. *ba dum tss*

@leocomerford 5 лет назад

Two-man show with Beardyman.

@facepalmedgodzilla7999 5 лет назад

It's gotta be better than Fred Armisen's

@mikemasiello5965 5 лет назад

Me too

@JLozdrummin 3 года назад

He's got a great sense of humor.

@ELsplitterz 5 лет назад

All these people saying "He wasn't the first" Well I didn't hear him say he was the first anywhere in the video at all. Simply explains his thought process behind changing the pitch while playing.

@Hanssone 5 лет назад

Drum comedy standup? new category?

@tylerspatafore9315 5 лет назад

Michael H Fred Armisen tried it. It sucked

@Chillidog650 5 лет назад

@@tylerspatafore9315 thats because Fred Armisen literally sucks

@brandoncollins4125 3 года назад

@@tylerspatafore9315 I literally came here to make this comment. Way to beat me to it

@RA2Music 5 лет назад

This is a cool effect, but when you hear It live it is really incredible. I was at the clinic in Portsmouth NH (USA) where Benny did this and also explained the technique. Yet another innovative idea from a master musician.

@andysimmons311 4 года назад

Yooo I heard about that and I totally should’ve gone!!

@domijust4816 5 лет назад

You legend! I'm sure everybody would like to see more of you on RU-vid! Keep it coming :-)

@bennygrebofficial 5 лет назад

Thank you for saying that, I will definitely be more active in the future here.

@domijust4816 5 лет назад

@@bennygrebofficial Awesome!

@colinbatera 5 лет назад

You are a legend!! And your humour is amazing! To do that is not easy...probably harder than playing drums!😁

@mattbridges8908 4 года назад

This comedian is a pretty good drummer. I hope he sticks with it.

@chess_is_a_vibe 5 лет назад

Benny vs The Sound Guy again!!!

@timwaterson 5 лет назад

Benny is Amazing and Funny I saw a Drummer in the early 70’s do it with Tube and also pitch bend it with his foot this is where I got the Idea from! Benny’s is definitely the Funniest Version

@dibber43 4 года назад

Benny Greb...great drummer, great guy!!!😎👍

@J0intV3nture 5 лет назад

Looking forward to see your next stand up show at Hafenbahnhof when you get back home. I'll be looking out for you....! ;)

@bruthax-ray8366 Год назад

I did this in the 80's using plastic 1/4" tygon tubing. Kind of like a Roger Troutman thing, but on the drums... It was a pretty cool effect!

@JuanderBoyMusic 5 лет назад

I just hired a intern to blow on my floor tom when I need to change the pitch. She charges by the song, 5 songs minimum.

@mrt5342 Год назад

Magician. His "hand" drumming far exceeds my "stick" drumming. Makes me wonder if I should stop using sticks altogether, or take up a different hobby.

@Jetty-xd9yc 5 лет назад

His creativity is far beyond 90% of most drummers. We see a 4pc kit, he see's God knows what 🥁

@Zw1d 5 лет назад

im pretty sure gavin harrison has done it in the past, when he played on letterman's for example

@kevinberstler 5 лет назад

Benny is a beast on la batería. Incredible work with Nick Johnston. His books are wonderful resources as well.

@recoveredaccountrecovereda7141 5 лет назад

the first two maneuvers with the drums he got from Papa Joe Jones and Sam Woodyard.

@handidrummed 5 лет назад

Glen Koche uses a tube as well to achieve this. Though I gotta say that Benny's way of doing it is much more entertaining. It's like floor tom CPR lol

@Msmith-yd7bz Месяц назад

There were quite avfew alternative tension methods tried,plus quick realise lugs,Ray Ayotte developed some interesting things years ago. So take an air pedal and plug surgical tubing into the drum put it where you can put your left foot on it quickly and play a range of tone on one drum.Could save a lot of energy in situations.

@RustyKnorr 5 лет назад

Now we see how loose the floor tom head is, barely any tension on it!

@handidrummed 5 лет назад

yeah he talks about tuning in his Art and Science of Groove DVD. The floor tom is just slightly above finger tight.

@funkdrummer 5 лет назад

Easier way is to buy a 4-5 foot length of tube from the hardware store, insert into floor tom vent hole, place other end in mouth. Then you can use two hands to play and add air into drum, thus raising the pitch. Maybe I'll make a video on it sometime.

@latemnf 5 лет назад

What about a bellows controlled by your foot so you can get even more pressure?

@funkdrummer 5 лет назад

latemnf another great idea! I find that there’s only so much higher in pitch it will go with blowing air into it before the head can’t stretch anymore. Plus, the plastic tube fits easily in my stick bag and I already have enough to load in/out as it is.

@conradmason87 5 лет назад

@@funkdrummer Ahha... then your feet are free for bass drum and hat playing...this could work...

@funkdrummer 5 лет назад

@@conradmason87 It not only can work, but has worked. I've used the tube technique in live settings before.

@conradmason87 5 лет назад

I now need an assistant to blow into my floor tom to change pitch whilst gigging...and I thought I was all set up...🥁🤪 Hang on though....what if I placed a tube into the aperture in the side of the floor tom attached to a foot pump....🤔

@Drumma75 5 лет назад

I saw Stanton Moore do this with a tube at a Galactic show in 1996. Pretty cool effect.

@fubar1217 5 лет назад

Wasn't Glenn Kotche doing this as well? I think he's the first person I saw do this with a tube.

@Drumma75 5 лет назад

@@fubar1217 Yeah I've seen him do it as well.

@edwardbrown2142 5 лет назад

well now we need to know about foot technique

@CamiloMoyaBaterista 5 лет назад

Jojo mayer have an amazing dvd

@stefanobastianoni7719 5 лет назад

He can also do stand up comedy...

@tdrum21 5 лет назад

Awesome! Let’s see 🔥 trick too

@bennygrebofficial 5 лет назад

some ppl want to see the world burn :-)

@gali_g4685 5 лет назад

Benny always made my day... :D

@edwardbrown2142 5 лет назад

I've seen other people hook up a tube to the floor tom vent to blow into from the seated position. Have you tried this?

@CliffGraham 5 лет назад

Edward Brown could even attach it to a foot pump and not have to use the mouth or hands

@jamespacia8610 5 лет назад

Awesome 🔥 Saw Allison Miller do something similar using some kind of tube (like the one on a talkbox?) cool stuff!

@Merlincat007 5 лет назад

Yeah I’ve done it before with rubber tubing from a hardware store. You just need to carefully measure the vent hole on your tom. The one thing is that the condensation from your breath can build up and drip into the drum which might not be great for it.

@jamespacia8610 5 лет назад

Gavan Borgias Fantastic! maybe I’ll give it a go sometime myself.

@glengamble526 3 года назад

David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen used to use a ‘tube into the tom’ trick in their early club shows.

@miker5233 5 лет назад

Would be the perfect kind of drummer I'd want to be very relaxed and that's when you have your best ramen in articulation is when you really relaxed

@mikemasiello5965 5 лет назад

Every drummer is a comedian

@FacsTwo 5 лет назад

He's a god, but I've seen the air trick made by Gavin Harrison in a slightly more confortable way

@XiyuYang 4 года назад

Slightly? You mean a lot more?

@Thewiz666 5 лет назад

Saw Stanton Moore do this at a Galactic show back in the late 90s or early 00s with a tube. My worry was of a massive humidity concern to bare wood inside over a long time doing it... moisture wouldn't necessarily be able to escape too well I figured.

@PenguinMcDuck 5 лет назад

Don't need to worry about that for guys like Stanton Moore. They change drum heads all the time... Not because of wear and tear, but because they're all sound geeks.

@idkitall6804 3 года назад

Benny’s the coolest drummer on the planet..!!!!!

@geralddrums 4 года назад

I love the creativity :-)

@tema4282 4 года назад

крутой чувак: шутеечки, техника, просто речь - все охуенно)

@tm4333 5 месяцев назад

My drum teacher in the 80’s had tubing stuck in vent hole of aux floor Tom and would do this.

@ronagoodwell2709 2 года назад

Surgical tubing fits into the air vent. Just blow into it. A foot pump can also be attached to the tubing.

@MegaBell666x 5 лет назад

Excellent teacher!

@mairadiaz8836 5 лет назад

Estoy enamorada de este hombre.

@drewconlin9452 5 лет назад

Roy Brooks did similar things with a self fashioned hose decades ago

@T-Bore 5 лет назад

Genial, Benny :D Gern mehr davon!

@yes_its_THE_Dave_Alleckna 5 лет назад

Benny, Du verrückter Hund! Jetzt will ich wissen, ob ich das auf den Bass übertragen kann! Wenigstens beim Kontra muss das doch gehen! Moment... Cheerio aus Eimsbusch!

@famitory 5 лет назад

do you risk rupturing your lungs if you hit it too hard while blowing? I've heard of people bursting a lung while inhaling directly from helium tanks and it seems like the shockwave from hitting the head hard might do similar damage

@bennygrebofficial 5 лет назад

wow .....it seems i do live more dangerously than i thought

@cobra1995xx 5 лет назад

@@bennygrebofficial lol you have one of the best sounding "death machines" I've heard

@parkershippen5513 Год назад

Not sure who did it first but I think I’ve seen Gavin Harrison do this many years ago

@edthedrummer 2 года назад

Alan White of Yes did that with air lines

@joeldelavega768 5 лет назад

I love Benny but he wasn't the first. I did it in the 90's after seeing someone else do it with surgical or fish tank tubing.

@XiyuYang 3 года назад

Oh my, it's almost as if playing music is some type of competition.

@sidejacker 5 лет назад

So that one time, at band camp...

@iamminmalik Год назад

Benny kills me

@henz8303 2 года назад

His groove is tasty even when he demonstrates.... crazy

@joshuaguzman4990 5 лет назад

the best drummer world

@abmusician5970 5 лет назад

I bet the sound check guy plays the bass. Hahahahaha I love that joke. Always works no matter what situation.

@crashsmash1461 4 года назад

Benny Greb is Really Funny✌️.

@trevormcmanis 5 лет назад

Such a cool dude....

@stickdrumsnrocknroll 5 лет назад

omg, that drumkit !!!

@BarileDiCacca 4 года назад

Is it possible to know exactly which bass drumheads thoose are? Batter powerstroke 3 renaissance? Reso single ply?

@dabush33 5 лет назад

You're a true inventionist

@mightymrmousempls 5 лет назад

You'd think he has thee kids with those dad jokes.

@isaigonzalez8182 5 лет назад

Como amo a este sujeto 💙

@mdrums1428 5 лет назад

Benny blew it at the festival loll

@carlkolthoff5402 4 года назад

Hmmm... This gives me new ideas! Anyone ever tried attaching a bicycle pump to a drum pedal?

@JordanOwnby 5 лет назад

He's hilarious.

@ashleymukwevho6078 4 года назад

where can I watch the full video of this????

@fickaful123 5 лет назад

benny can you make a tutorial video of your floor Tom?🙈

@Tekkerue 5 лет назад

He covers how he tunes his drums (including the coveted Benny Greb floor tom) in his DVD The Art and Science of Groove. Absolutely a MUST have!

@Drumaier 5 лет назад

Benny FTW

@Steffentrommelt 5 лет назад

great and funny

@SydneyDrums 5 лет назад

Idea.. a simple foot pump from air mattress & tube into air hole 👌🏼 Oh & gaff

@conradmason87 5 лет назад

Sydney Drums.. thought of that but hit a snag when trying to feed air into floor tom and play bass drum and hi-hats at the same time... it's back to the drawing board for me.

@scotturban54 5 лет назад

Interesting

@scotthammond-drummer 2 года назад

He didn't set them on fire - only because there wasn't enough time.

@BionicleSaurus 5 лет назад

Now if only he would reveal how he *tunes* the floor tom...

@bennygrebofficial 5 лет назад

fyi on my DVD the Art and Science of Groove - there is a 20min segment on this. :-) go to bennygreb.com

@BionicleSaurus 5 лет назад

Oh good gravy I need that DVD.

@Tekkerue 5 лет назад

@@BionicleSaurus yes, you do need it! Benny also did a free lesson on Drumeo covering a some of the topics from his DVD, so you can check this out while you wait for the DVD to arrive. 😉 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OP3o84bMduE.html

@skullkid112 5 лет назад

Benny's funny man

@geengekken 5 лет назад

Gavin Harrison has been doing that for a long time...

@sezyum 5 лет назад

Nice haircut Benny.

@bennygrebofficial 5 лет назад

yeah , me and the soundguy go to the same barber

@jamespacia8610 5 лет назад

Benny Greb you’re hilarious 😂🤣

@sezyum 5 лет назад

@@bennygrebofficial If you come to Istanbul (again), i got great places for you to go. (for haircut). See you then. You have a 'bright' future, i can see.

@TimoWeberDrummer 5 лет назад

Yes man! :-D

@joedoyle4594 5 лет назад

Oooh what's the foot technique?!!

@SAHBfan 5 лет назад

Joe Doyle - Maybe this? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y_ZmFFjRCWY.html

@jackorourke1684 5 лет назад

Nothing really new, look up "Gaven Harrison - The Chicken" he does this exact thing in a much more comfortable way.

@lilymuu 5 лет назад

He explains the set up in his King Crimson tour kit video. It's still cool to see other drummers doing it too, though.

@조혁진-c7k 5 лет назад

I love you

@johaballves8084 5 лет назад

Referência total

@gusbandicoot 5 лет назад

This isn't new...but I still LOVE BG.

@tmaddrummer 5 лет назад

Helium would be more fun!

@wytzemusic 5 лет назад

he sure is fun and good, but did you know that the dutch drummer Pierre Courbois already used this tom trick by blowing air through a tube, while playing, in 1977; check his interview video at 20.15 minutes: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AKncrXXfbc0.html

@weareallbeingwatched4602 Год назад

YES. SET THE BASS DRUM MIC ON FIRE. I WILL TURN MY BROKEN D112 INTO A PYROTECHNIC DEVICE WHICH EMITS COLOURED SMOKE AND FIRE IF YOU SEND IT PHANTOM POWER. YES. I wil also put a samsung logo on it. Because YES. And Grenfell.

@skrawn1342 5 лет назад

I have no idea wtf just happend...

@Thomlistentoslayer 5 лет назад

He's fucking tall

@alexyoung5798 5 лет назад

Why were you in such a hurry?? 😂

@josemoralesmusic1003 5 лет назад

I believe he only had 15 minutes left of the drum clinic. He wanted to show this to the crowd and had to hurry. Besides we only saw 4 out of the 15 minutes, who knows what else he wanted to show.

@TH-gu4wj 4 года назад

I don't think I want to do that. lol

@BobbyJamescomposer 5 лет назад

Not the first to do this.

@philwright2480 5 лет назад

I don't think anyone said he was

@richone2540 5 лет назад

Pep Guardiola play drums ?

@tumiantumi4726 3 года назад

I wonder what the 47 morons that gave him a "Thumb down" had for breakfast, over the last 10 years.....Benny Greb is a genius...Ende aus, Mickey Mouse.....it´s probable just envy....in wich case, have something else for breakfast....Maybe Eggs, Beans and Bacon.......