Stick trick or not, Glen Sobel is one of the most versatile and amazing drummers on the planet! Although he's obviously rock-inclined, he's got phenomenal chops and musical vocabulary. He could easily be playing a funk gig without batting an eyelash.
I warm up my hands with basic twirling. It feels good to stretch the fingers and feel the gravity, fulcrum, etc. I never really intentionally do tricks while playing, but practicing the basic "tricks" improves my stick control, allows me to switch grips in the moment, and minimizes catastrophic drops, lol.
I'm gonna start learning this year, at my 26 years, and being born with a hand deformity in my left hand (locked joints), I'm kinda worried, but I'm excited to start learning! I learned the stick twirl watching this video and am probably gonna be watching with attention in the following months, plus some more from this channel! Thank you!🤘🏻
Glen is such a fun, humble and down to Earth man. I made some comment long ago after an Alice show in Dallas when he ripped a world changer drum solo during Halo of Flies. Glen responded within the day, a sweet and generous thankful answer. . . He's also ALA John Blackwell, R.I.P. - a fantastic learn for stick trickery and drumming. He's a consummate professional, just like the great Mr Vincent Furnier, who Ive met and spoken with. Superb human being.
I saw Glen play with Alice. In September 2021. I was hugely impressed by Glen and the whole band and Alice of course. They really are a superb rock band: one of the best in the business. Great musicians who have the music, sound, and looks down and a perfect complement to who Alice still has it big time.
Oh yeah, insane showman. There was a funny competition of sorts in the 80s. It started with Tommy Lee doing a throw&catch and giving a bad ass look at the camera. Then Neil Peart follows with a throw/catch and a chuckle. I’m trying to remember the next two. I know one had the drummer just throw the stick away and grab another from the bag. And the last was (I think) bissonette throwing a stick and then a bunch raining down. Recall any of these so I can go re-live some of my misspent youth?
I agree! When the "Looks That Kill" video came out back in '83(?), I watched him like, "WTF am I looking at?!" He was twirling spitting, beating the shxt out of his drums like they fxxked his GF! I was a fan from that point on! PLUS, he has a groove that NO other drummer from that era, or any other, has!
Ok, so you're telling me to do all this when playing in Celine Dion's band. LOL! Seriously, very cool video, well done - gave me a few new things to try out! I'm sorry to be the one to say it - I wish someone else had earlier - but like the Will Farrell/Chad Smith drum-offs, we now need a Dana Carvey/Glen Sobel drum-off!
Finally am able to do this and I can’t stop 😂, I don’t even play drums I just saw Tommy lee do it in the dirt and thought it was sick it’s pretty easy it just takes practice
I call that last lick the Vinnie Colaiuta Escalator lick, cuz as Bissionette describes it, he asked Vinnie how that lick went as they were passing each other on an escalator.
That last trick looked fresh asf, almost like you were running. I've heard all of these tricks called flair, either way I love doing them while playing
I was never really arsed about stick tricks but then I started listening to 5 seconds of summer and Jesus Christ ashton Irwin does the coolest tricks and since then Ive really wanted to incorporate it into my playing
I'm Todd. I'm a 47 year old guitarist that has always had a passion for drumming, I even have a Tattoo of Sabian from shoulder to shoulder and it's also my 24 year old daughters name. I have purchased a pearl drum set and it's coming in piece by piece. I bought 2 double Tama Iron Cobra Bass pedals so 1 will be on the kit and the other will remain under my desk for constant practice time. I watched your video many times and I still can't get it. A slow mo of how you transfer the stick from holding to spinning I can't see. that would be greatly helpful. I hope you read your comments. Thank you for the video.
You define yourself too much as a drummer......you are a person. You are exhibiting obsessive behaviour and it can be very detrimental to your well being. Just sayin'.
@@colemanadamson5943 Or... he is self determined , has set a goal... In which he will achieve. The tattoo a bit much for my taste, lol Cool name for his daughter... peace
Eric does a way more efficient trick with the exact same effect where the stick doesn't actually leave the fulcrum. there is no need to change your grip the way Glen does. let me know if you want me to show you.
I'm Giving up on this!!! After I slammed my computer and poked myself in the eye it's not worth dying over! Like I said a slo mo of it would help a lot!!!!!!!!!!
The cool thing is, if you can exploit weird mechanics in drumming and use them, that's creativity not cheating. For example I can use both sides of the stick to play 16th notes on the ride, or play 6 drums simultaneously.
Guy named Sam Ulano taught me my first trick at Sam Ash in NYC in 1986. I had no idea who he was (and you probably dont either) 🙄 but he was pretty neat.
True story, a good friend of mine lost his right thumb to a circular saw. It was grafted back on but he was never able to grip a stick with it so from that point on, he always plays with it between his index and middle fingers, chucks a twirl in at every available opportunity.
So, it looks like you flicked the wrist a bit in the beginning of the twirl just to get the stick moving in the pinwheel action you want it to. Then the index finger keeps things going. Back in the day, I ran the stick through 3 fingers and that was really difficult. Using Marching sticks to boot on top of that. Very hard for a teenager to move a log through their fingers like that. I haven't done a stick twirl since High School. I kind of got away from that (being away from drums for 15 of 17 years hasn't helped that either) but I'd kind of like to learn this technique. Looks like I'll be sitting in bed watching TV practicing this stick twirl. It looks nice.
Cool! A fantastic way to subract time to your pratice to learn how to run the risk of losing your sticks. If I fail as a drummer I'll try this to get a job in a circus.
@@kellanmurakami5340 Thought musicians entertain people with music, my fault. Alice cooper must be a genius: he's the only one in the world who understood that people go to a concert to see jugglers, and that anybody else is "just standing there". Or maybe he's got nothing else to offer, who knows...
Wow, that's a harsh - and undeserved - comment. I see you have the Ballantine Beer/John Bonham symbol as your avatar. John Bonham incorporated stick twirling into his playing, as did Keith Moon. So did Papa Jo Jones. Gene Krupa and Louie Bellson. So do Steve Smith, Marco Minnemann, and Thomas Lang. A musician needs to remember the entertainment part of their job. Sure, music comes first, and you have to make sure you can play well before you try the showy stuff. However, totally ignoring showmanship is not the right thing to do.
I like the showmanship (or rather show*wo*manship) of the Taiwanese street drummers S.White and her mentor Vela Blue. Any videos from them from 2014 thru 2016 really show stick tricks as seamlessly part of how they drum. Here's Vela Blue performing Psy's "Gentleman": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a5ldydGIfoI.html S.White performing a South Korean song called "Big Bang": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xjb5-WYQaPU.html
I've had people try to show me the forward spin for years. I've never been able to do it. Same. Backwards. I didn't realize it was "Wrong" until people told me.
Good question. The ear pieces are called "In Ear Monitors" and are often used to listen to the audio engineer in the control room, a metronome, other musicians playing with you, or recorded tracks. They often act as earplugs, too, where they reduce the loudness of sounds in the room, and help protect your hearing.
