How to Write Drum Parts 

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what if you don’t do what you’re told 👀

Exactly

As a drummer I say do what you want and we can make a part over that. Imo the melody is the song and bass is more melodic than drums. Drums are the acompinament yk. Any drummer who is stubborn that bass follows him is just an ass. Everybody should be flexible for the song. But either way the bass and drums should lock up.

Victor Lecerf ur drummer is gonna hate you!

I as a drummer agree with Finley low, the drummer shouldn't need help

I would not be a drummer in a band where the band thinks so highly of itself that they have to 'write' the drum part for the drummer. Does the drummer write your guitar riffs?

@@landonp629 I never meant to say that I was the only one allowed the drum parts. And yeah, it's a common thing to see "a band leader" write the core of the song with the backbone of every part. Periphery does that (Misha writes pretty much all of the drums and hands the parts to Matt Helpern). You can see Rabea Massaad writing drum parts with him in some of Toska's VLOGs. Everyone in the band has the right to contribute to the songwriting. At the time of my initial comment, I was in a band where the drummer hadn't much experience in songwriting, so sometimes I would get on the drumkit and give him an idea of what the song sounded like in my head. That's exactly what happened with Karnivool's song "Goliath": the drum intro was written by one the guitarists. And yeah, if the drummer has a riff idea on the guitar, or something to say about what I play, I respect his opinion and listen to his ideas (I mean, Phil Collins was a drummer at first right?)

@@landonp629 that's an ego problem. someone brings a song to their band and has a beat in mind, you shouldn't have a problem with it unless you truly don't think it fits and have a better idea rather than just "I'm the drummer so III write ALL the drums" that's not how it works unless you really have chemistry and know each other back to front as musicians. it's not about you or how much you contribute. it's about what fits the song. if I play guitar, the drummer has a sick riff they wanna write for, I'm super down. it's a group effort. everyone has a say in every part

Ikr, and you can get instant feedback too !! But my band currently stuck because of this quarantine :((

Truth!

andrewt248 So true man!

Absolutely this.

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Ben Minal snare toms? FILL me in (pun intended).

never mind... Just got there...lol!

Ben Minal cheers

Deal

Sure, but some times he does unique things

Thanks Rolf!

+Kieron Walker thanks man that means a lot! Appreciate you watching the videos

I know right it's one of the best I've heard

Thanks dude, it's a very quick and simple recording that turned out pretty well!

Cheers Jakobi!

Piano, guitar, and sax. Sax does a lot of rhythm work w me tho

I’m the same it’s cool to see

Cool idea man

+Joshua Slingluff thanks dude 💪

Hmm this is probably one for another video. Thanks for the question Giles

Still need the advice?

@@verwundert I'll gladly take it

Bucket of fish is mine.

1 - know the songs inside out. Like, really inside out. The last thing on your mind should be thinking about what your playing. 2 - film yourself playing the tracks. Watch and listen carefully. Improve. 3 - Introduce yourself by being friendly, happy and confident. Take a breath before you playing and remember that if you've prepared well, you've totally got this.

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BlueCrewSlackers Yes, very curious as well

I've got quite a few videos on my channel comparing gear etc. Question - would a whole series on buying an entire drum kit from scratch be useful?

Yes

Yeah man definitely! Could you also do a series on different drum mics? like budget/mid/high end?

Singles to doubles to paradiddles at the same note value and tempo!

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Hey dude, yeah this was a really quick job and I was trying out a new fish eye lens for the iPhone which distorted the image a bit. Thanks for your thoughts on the filming

Gotcha, that makes sense. It was definitely was odd to me because I've watched 90% of your old stuff and it didn't look like this. Great video though! You had some really great advice that I'm trying to implement into my writing. A really cool addition to this video could be, (and you did touch upon this in the video) breaking down in depth how you wrote a part for Dorje. What your whole thought process was; both away from the kit, and at the kit. Did you actually notate your parts? If so, did you use software, or good old staff paper and pen? Every one does do it differently. But I'm curious as to how bands do this sort of thing. With my band, we get an idea for riff and voice record it on a phone. If the riff is compelling enough we'll write it out into Sibelius and write parts for it from there. Currently, I'm pulling my hair out over remaking parts for tunes that I wrote 3 years ago. My playing ability has changed immensely since then and I can't for the life of me figure out how to make them more "mature". Or maybe you can do a video on that. Lol Just an idea. Thanks for the response man!

Quite a lot of the time. It helps build independence, gives the band something to latch onto if you're going a bit syncopated with your playing and also helps keep you in time.

Yep!

Hey, I'm not Ben. But if I had to guess, it might be a room mic and an over head mic. Let me know if I'm wrong Ben, it would be nice to know. : )

Adam Ray Why in the world would you want to do that? #streetCred

I haven't tried yet!

I like singles to doubles to paradiddles at the same note value, same tempo. Six stroke rolls. 16th note single with moving accents. Flams etc

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itslegendarytiger practice like crazy.

itslegendarytiger listen to the song twice than play through it. work on just the mistakes play through it again the cycle continues. sometimes even record yourself then watch your mistakes some people are visual learners

Figure out how you learn: 1 - listening to each section, pausing and trying to play it. 2 - finding a RU-vid live performance and watching the drummer 3 - try writing out the parts, if you're transcription is decent 4 - find some tabs or sheet music to help you out 5 - film yourself playing it, like a drum cover

Check out my video "Building a successful music RU-vid channel"

YES! This would be awesome!

GO!

Well it depends how you write. If a riff comes first, then a bass line to follow that riff, I will lock in with the bass. Sometimes a drum grove comes first though

Sage adviceseseseses

It all depends on which instrument writes the tune. Maybe the bassline is first. Msybe drums. Maybe guitar. Regardless, you just fit em together. There is no wrong way, if you listen & groove & leave space... Or is that horseshit, too? Lmmffado

it all just comes down to whatever sounds good.

D6 in the kick and SE R1 ribbon mic in the room