REALLY EXCELLENT playing... Thank you! I've been diving in head first again in listening to the entire Doors catalog of incredible music...and playing my guitar along with Robbie in the process. Back in High School in the late 1970's The Doors were one of my faves along with the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd, The Allman Brothers Band, Zep, Dylan etc etc. Those were the days, trust me. If you lived it, you know it. 1967 to 1977 was the best 10 year period in ROCK music history...
Eddie Pienkowski Thanks for the kind words. I was born in 74, so I missed them, then I was into heavier stuff when I was young. I started listening to the Doors after the movie came out and have loved them ever since.
If you watch the 2021 video"John Densmore drum lesson Riders on the storm", when they recorded the song, he used a cymbal with rivets and he played the snare and cymbal together.
The Doors Would be proud of you, you did an outstanding job with Rider Of The Storm. Like how you started off with your drumming. The Door perception, man.
This is so good, nothin like playin to the great John densmore. Even his simpler tunes like this can be tricky and complex. He was all about feel. Makes it look easy.
I appreciate seeing a fellow drummer transcribe a song to help them learn it. I’m a visual person so it’s much easier for me to learn this way as well. Sounds great my man! Keep drumming. 😀
Nice cover! Good job and awesome drum sound (like that ride). But I miss the Ghost Notes John Densmore is playing trough the whole song to the ride. :(
Thanks for posting. Beautiful job. I started playing this recently with my jam buddies and your video has been tremendously helpful. I've only been playing a couple years really appreciate people doing this covers. Thanks again!
Zax Drum Covers Thanks! I tried to do "Hello, I Love You," but the file is so guitar heavy I can't tell where the beat is the entire second half of the tune. This one turned out much better.
Thanks! That's much appreciated. Did he play 12/13/16? I must have heard 3 different tom sounds when transcribing this, but I can't remember now for sure. Take care.
Redeye Percussion For the 80% of Doors album (including LA Woman) Densmore played this Ludwig drum kit with only one frontal tom and one floor tom, only on the first two albums he played a Gretsch drum kit with the same number of toms (one frontal tom, one floor tom). www.google.it/amp/s/garyrocks.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/john-densmore-drummer-for-the-doors-snarling-as-hell-that-was-my-sound/amp/
Who cares? Everyone knows exactly what gear John Densmore used, but is it necessary for this guy to take a tom away? I don't come to watch drum covers to see 100% accuracy to the original part. I hope to see a tiny bit of flare or style of that drummer added to the original track.
+TIME UK101 - Thanks for watching and I'm glad you liked it. I did a bunch of Doors covers all at once when I found an old drumset sheet music book of theirs.
Thanks! This was a pretty basic setup. Shure Beta52 in the kick, SM57 on snare, and the Zoom H4 overhead. I was in a decent sized high school band room. Also, it was absolutely pouring down rain outside :)
I tried to jam with you on a Rhodes sound but I am struggling with manzareck solo part. Would be so cool if you could make a version with just Jim voice. It would make a backing track for training.
Donnie Freymoyer The commercial one, which is not made any longer is the Russ Miller Groove Wedge by Yamaha. When he went to Mapex they stopped making them. It’s very simple and can likely be homemade. Use maple or oak or birch and you should be good.
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Great job, this is my second Doors song I'm trying to cover . Would love to watch you covering Summer's almost gone. BTW if this video has gotten like a 100 views over this past week that's probably me haha.
Hey that was pretty good! I like the fills you added to the song, for sure one of my favorite songs to play on drums you think you could do a cover of Shine on You Crazy Diamond or Dogs? Keep jammin man
That ride is a Saluda Glory dark hammered 21”. It’s not exactly a stock item, but several people have asked me about it and they can reproduce it on demand.
+Tim Postlethwaite - Thanks for the support and kind words, I really appreciate it. The ride here is my favorite piece I have from Saluda. 21" Hand Hammered Dry ride. It weighs 2610 grams. If you ever want anything similar to any pieces I have, you can tell Jamie at Saluda which video and he can make something nearly the same. Take care!
+Redeye Percussion Thanks! I've been watching on Apple TV and just last night realized that from a computer, I can see your entire gear list for each video! Sorry for the therefore redundant questions about your gear. I'm in email communication with Jamie right now, picking out a set! You seem to use the 14" fusion hats quite a bit. I like more "click" over "clank"... How would you describe those hats?
The hats have a really nice and sharp sound both with the stick and foot. It's definitely not clanky sounding - sort of low in pitch, but still lively. Out of all my Saluda items, they get the most compliments by far. I have a set of 13s as well and they are great. Please tell Jamie you saw some Saluda stuff in my videos, which will get me some brownie points with him :)
+Redeye Percussion Thanks so much for the reply & helpful info. If you're not a Saluda artist, you should be (and I'll make sure to tell Jamie)! This video was my first introduction and, after going through my collection of PAISTE and Sabian rides, I concluded that I had nothing nearly as sweet sounding as that cymbal you have... Then, I realized all your cymbals sound awesome. Keep up the great covers.
+Tim Postlethwaite - Thanks - any words of support would definitely help. I've probably sent them at least 15 new customers over the past few years. Unfortunately, I don't play in a visible band, just a bar cover act, and I don't have millions of views on each video. Make sure you are prepared to be a little patient with the process, as Jamie doesn't always return emails promptly, but he will always get in touch eventually and when he needs information. Good luck!
Thank you! There isn’t anything on the resonant (bottom) heads which are Remo Ambassador. The top heads are Remo Pinstripes, also with nothing on them. I do use muffling gels or dampening rings when I close mic the toms, but nothing when I use just the overhead mics. Thanks for the support, it’s much appreciated.
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words. For this video, I was using Rich Sticks extra long 7A (.540" x 16.5"). I have since moved up a bit to Vic Firth Extreme 5A (.565" x 16.5"). I really like that sixteen and a half inch length in a few different diameters and tip shapes.
I use traditional when I have delicate things to play with my left hand. I can manage medium volume back beats. When it gets more intense, I switch to matched grip.
In this video: Saluda Cymbals (Glory Series): 14" Medium Fusion Hats 18" Thin Hammered Sizzle Crash 16" Medium Thin Crash 21" Hand Hammered Dry Ride If you want the weights, I can give you that info. Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Sorry it took so long to respond, but marching band has been crazy busy this season. That crash is a Saluda 18" medium crash. It was too heavy for me, so I sent it back to be hammered after a month. I then added 3 rivets in one spot and I love it now! I use it quite a lot in my newest upload and you can hear it better there - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D2CDr9SudqE.html Take care!
Do you backwards engineer your drumming from hearing the given piece, or do you obtain sheet music? It looks like you have sheet music in this piece. I have forgotten a lot about reading and writing music since high school band and silly clarinet. Now I have a Roland Juno and vintage Yamaha S-80. (Do NOT have the talent to warrant them.) I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out the chords on synth tracks of pieces which I favor so that I can play them back to myself. It entrances me. But I should have gone to music school. I am trying to reinvent the wheel. And worse, I do not have perfect pitch. So lots of trial and error. There is a point which one reaches, when you are so familiar with your instrument that it becomes an extension of your mind. I have never seen a stage performer reading sheet. How do you guys come up with what you do and just remember it? I realize that repetition counts. But I am trying to wrap my mind around the whole thing, such as how Densmore came up with the fills, and just remembered them.
I transcribe all of the music you see in my videos myself. I went through the school band program and I ended up marching in drum corps, so my reading skills are pretty strong. I went to school for music composition for 2 years before switching to computer science, but I have been teaching and writing for a high school drum line for 25 years. I read when I am recording these videos because for the most part I have just learned these songs that same day and I will likely just play them for the video and never again. With my band, I have some sheet music on stage but after playing the same songs 100+ times the fills and beats just sort of happen without much thought.
I always transcribe the songs I’m playing note for note so I can keep my place when recording. I learn these tunes that day, so no time for memorization. I then decide when actually playing how much I can vary from the original and still get away with it. This is one I went off script more than others. I’ve been reading since before I started playing drums, so I’m very comfortable doing it at this point.
Shane (and I would address you by "Mr." and your last name if I knew it), what is a "four bar tag?" I know what a four bar count is. Don't expect an answer and realize that this is probably way out of the scope of your purpose here. Wish I had gone to music school. Thanks in advance if you have time and inclination to explain. Oh, and why is it called a "tag?"
A tag is something that comes at the end of a song, so a 4 bar tag would likely be a specialized ending for a tune after the main melody is over. I think it would be common for a song where the original fades out but a live performer has to end it somehow. Not sure why the term is "tag" though. Take care and thanks for watching!
Nice job man! Have you heard of Jeff Plate? If you haven't, you should check him out I think you would like him a lot! He is the drummer for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
+washthebrain - I do all of my transcriptions myself. It's a mixed bunch of stuff, but they are all free. Download whatever you want from my site - redeyepercussion.com. I haven't seen any commercial transcriptions in years. A company called Cherry Lane used to do whole album transcriptions in the 80s, but I haven't seen any for a while.
+Baron Bacon - Thanks for watching! I have a few more drumless Doors tracks, but not that one. I think it's a little too obscure. I'll do another one this winter, though.
