Mark Guiliana: Making Acoustic Drums Sound Electronic | Reverb Drum Tricks 

Never have I seen a bassplayer approve a drumlick with so much feels. 4:21

can we get a video of you and the bass player just playing for an hour. i think that be goodness.

hot damn this guy is a killer drummer

This is why Mark is my favorite new drummer. His dynamics are incredible, and his concept and perception for the acoustic kit is not only refreshing, but incredibly useful and creative.

It's like he knows too much to legitimately mess up. He's always got a backup plan, and it's sooo tasty.

In the 80's we had electronic drums to emulate acoustic drums, now we try to emulate electronic drums with the acoustic ones..strange world!

Music 1:39 3:05 4:01 :O 6:04

Such a complicated playing..yet with subtleties and graceful playing. A masterful touch!

I don't even play drums but damn this guy is awesome.

This dude knows where every single note is in any time signature. So precise too! Absolutely amazing.

Seriously... Mark Guiliana is so so so Special on the Kit. Def one of my all time Fav Drummer. legendary Playing 🔥

Always the best snare sound from Mark's kit. Compliments his groove a lot.

When I heard blackstar I was so envious of the drummer this is fantastic, I'm so glad I have found my new favourite drummer

I was out of the loop for awhile and this guy I worked with at a music camp told me about Mark and I love this guy

love this...this will make a serious FUN sunday trying out this approach.

The drums sound that I've always dreamed of... just amazing !! Technique used wisely to make music and not the other way around !! Thanks for that great video :)

Reverb are really doing god's work bringing all these musicians in and providing us with such quality content

wow watched this like 70x awesome drumming and bass sound

i'm enjoying the bassist's groove face

As much as I love the ideas you can get to mimic electronic drum sounds, I love the intro to this video

Beautiful drums sound Mark !

You are my new drum-hero mark! Just watched your Drumeo lesson here and Drumeo has had a fair share of improv lessons but maybe not what I always would call pure improv, yours was pure free jazz improv, it may be that because I’m new to drums , improv and your take on improv attracts me because of your everything is music philosophy, I’m good at rhythms and detecting and dissecting a drum part in a song but because of some birth defects my coordination sucks so like now I have a dd65 kit and i use it with superior drummer, I’m more comfortable assigning the kick to one of the drum pads than to a pedal and even then my reaction is often too late so I love people like you who much like me sit behind my iPad finger drumming or now my dd65 drumming and just hit stuff, not thinking too much about bpms and written patterns, just exploring, cause everyone including me can hit stuff, I’m just not too good at hitting multiple things at the same time and making it sound rhythmically, you’re an inspiration for me and for people like me who loves the drums but are maybe not great at keeping the tempo or patterns in a song cause our legs and arms it not talking together 🙈looking forward to exploring you and your music and musical philosophy more mark!

3:14 that polyrhythm break is magical!

That's just fucking awesome trick!!! Significantly lowering tone while keeping all advantages of high tuning! Amazing!

Not so sure that really came close to an "electronic drum sound," but the sound changes definitely sound good. If you want an electronic drum sound I highly recommend using guitar and/or bass effects pedals connected to mics. I first saw Tony Hajjar of At The Drive-In/Sparta fame do this and the sounds you can get are killer. I also believe Steward Copeland of The Police used them as well.

Killin it as usual.

Oh this is great. Thank you for providing this type of general "How'd they do that?!" stuff.

Excellent video. It was easy to hear the differences the different techniques were makeup on my phone speaker

nice playing, nice sound, nice tutorial !

This is fantastic!!!

I love the description (0:14) "composer, drummer, maker of sick beats"

Incredible drumming.

Jonathan Maron is a really awesome bassist! How did he set up his tone to sound like this?

nice drum playing!! i love the groove and the sound, is there a genre like this I can listen to?

Killer drummer and super useful tips!!!

Mark is SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Pretty traditional sound" - plays nicest sounding snare I've ever heard :')

VERY educational. This almost makes me want to toss my guitar and pick up on drums! Almost. ;) Very well done!

Wow, what rock have I been living under? This is really great stuff, but then again I'm coming from a 70s perspective. Very good stuff.

but whats happens when you put the little cymbal on top of the head on top of the snare?

Insanely cool vid

Great video!

Very useful!!

Amazing and educational.

holy shit!!! I recognized that drum playing from david bowies last album! Good stuff man.

would love to see a video like this but more on the mixing side. Like the drum sound on currents by tame impala for example. Making the kit sound electronic with processing and gating etc. Cool vid.

Very useful technique! Will force our drummer to watch it

Nobody wants to give away their real secrets. I never hear anyway say working on these exact 8 exercises rly took me to the next level, I wanna share them with u. Here they are transcribed, write them down and then watch my quick playing example of each one.

Amazing!

Sick licks

I'm also curious on the bass effects setup. Jonathan Maron has a great groove as does Mark Guiliana.

The bassist is my spirit animal

This is great. Thanks! What size is the bottom Sabian Nano hat?

Muito obrigado!

great video but does anyone know what head he was using placing over the snare and floor tom, cheers

Some very ear-opening stuff!

You’re drumming is fresh AF

Worshipping!This Is Amazing ! Its Exactly I have been looking for learning. just a question : Is the sound go directly through microphone to the output?Is it just Pure audio signal through?To make acoustic drum sound electric, is there any extra FX Plugin[Besides EQ and Compressor, But such as Distortion or Driver ect.] add in the channel?

Great concept! I love the irony of it! And Guiliana's playing is just stellar, as always.

Some awesome shit!

What is the name of the cheap bossa-nova when Mark is speaking at the beginning ? Plzzzz

i love mark guiliana

Isn’t the music heard from 0:10 the sample used for the instrumental of “History” by Rich Brian? What’s the original called?

dude is nice on the kit

Sounds just like Nerve (Jojo Mayer). Love it!

that is creativity

Anyone knows the name of the thing he added to the snare on 3:06? Thx!

Can someone explain to me what’s going on at 4:20? I know it’s some kind of modulation... I’ve been workin on this stuff but I’m trying to figure out how to clean it up like this

what's that bossa song from 0:10? I know it from somewhere...

Sick.

This is the guy who was the drummer of the latest David bowie album "blackstar" he has awesome work there

How to Jojo Mayer:D This is a great video by the way love the stuff you guys are jamming

Not what I expected but that's good too. When miking the bass, run one mic into a sub woofer. If can be from a home stereo from a thrift store with an RCA in, just get a dynamic mic and some cable adapters. Make sure you wear earplugs because those deep sonic waves hurt long after you finish recording. Run a snare mic through an amp with reverb and some distortion. Both of these can be miked at the amp, or just left in the room for the room mics. If you're putting tape on your heads, try insulation foam tape from the hard wear store. Also, around Halloween, you can get 'Moon Gel' like window decorations. However, if you leave it on too long, it will stain the heads, but so what. Lots of skulls and spiders. Guitar pedals also can be fun. Again, get a dynamic mic and XLR to unbalanced 1/4" cables. I found a good deal on a used DBX subharmonic synthesizer. Not as powerful as I had hoped, but it does alter the sound into a digital medium. Any analog outboard gear hard wear is gonna have a unique effect. I have the Moog 500 series Ladder and Delay. Also a spring reverb unit, compressors, & gates. The 500 series units are a lot of fun. Many are affordable, especially if you build the gear yourself from kits, and you can add even harmonic distortion to give your kits a nice sizzle quality.

3:13 was next level

is there a backing track of the bass groove?

Nice t-shirt Mark

Anyone know what ride he used here>?

What's the effect on the bass guitar?

Mark Guiliana's Space Heroes!

What's the signal chain on that bass?

This guy is my new favorite drummer. Sorry Darren King

"maker of sick beats" very apt description haha

Dude is a wizard.

What effects did the bass player use?

3:09 such a nutty high hat sequence

epic!

which pedal for the bass?

Cool video Mark, thanks for posting. What is the name of the flat small tambourine you're using on the snare? It has a cool sound.

At like 4:40 it's so Jojo Mayer it's unbelievable. Like the bass and that! Amazing!

#markguiliana shows some cool sounds

Dude is goooooooooood

OH man this is great, I was worried it was going to go the "Rational Funk" route, but glad it did not!

Please someone tell me the phrase hes playing at 4:21 - 4:30!!!!

what pedal is being used on the Bass to get that synth sound?

3:13 DANG man

Oh my... 3:15 ... that is so nice

what shirt are you wearing mark, is it a cat empire shirt? sick drumming love your style.

What kind of hihats are those?

damn, this is some of my favorite playing from him lmao!! ive watched this video three times i might as well just download this shit and crop it

I was always fascinated how fat songs sounded when played on tv shows in the 80's with large studio's probably due to size and volume but then accidentally discovered how to replicate that on Audacity. I also discovered that what i did made the drums sound more electronic as well.