Excellent video. I am 73 years old. Started playing drums when I was 10 years old. Not a professional musician, I did play drums in some really bad bands in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. And I still play just for the fun of it from time to time. I am an “old school” drummer. More Charlie Watts than Neil Peart. I retired from my profession and started learning to play guitar five years ago. I can say, with all seriousness, that knowing how to play drums and understanding rhythm has had learning guitar much easier. I also discovered that knowing and understanding drum rudiments and patterns has been useful in learning finger picking patterns. I always enjoy your videos. Especially the acoustic fingerstyle things. Thanks!
Big thanks. I have been working on simple drum programming for recording songs so can really use this. I had not considered the importance of the cymbals. I can put your teaching into practice immediately. Thanks again.
What a great idea - I love working in a DAW as well as playing in a band. I struggle with creating patterns beyond the kick and snare. I’ve no idea what to do with toms or cymbals. This video left me wanting more - more on those other elements, more on fills. Great video as usual.
Me too. I could never figure out where to put the fills without the tune and with the tune, it isn't always in time. I gave up and gave away the drum machine - which I regret! Every now and then Adrian's sense of humour gets through on his videos. He doesn't show it as much on his vids as he could!
Wow. So many useful stuff in here. Every week is exciting in this channel. Also, the part where you imitated the noob way of describing to the drummer what to play, is literally me 😅😂😭
It's interesting that Adrian appears to be left-handed (uses left on trackpad and has his midi keyboard positioned to the left) and plays drums lefty, but plays righty guitar. I wonder how common that combination is. I know Ringo played a righty kit like a lefty and leading fills with his left hand. And McCartney played a righty drum kit... probably because it was the only one around:)
Yes, I'm left-handed but always played guitar righty, probably just because they didn't have any left handed guitars in the shop where I got my first guitar. I think it's reasonably common. Pretty sure Mark Knopfler and Gary Moore are the same, and I'm sure there are many others.
Thanks a million Adrian! I'm in the process of writing my own stuff (harder than I thought it would be) so this video lesson comes just at the right time! Also, drummer friends are few and far between and they're usually pretty busy too...and I've found that beatboxes don't swing and can't really replicate a decent shuffle. So learning about basic drumming, as well as a few generic basslines, is really helpful to the average guitarist.
It was very interesting and so clearly explained. Please keep doing these sort of videos that are related to guitar playing but don’t necessarily involve guitars. They are very useful to those of us who are learning to create songs on software.
Another great video that helps build the 'bigger picture'. I'm mainly a drummer but learning guitar, which is why I watch your videos. My wife is learning drums and this has been very useful to her too, showing how it all 'comes together' and the tip about focussed listening is great - because I've been banging on about it to her for ages! I use Superior Drummer a lot for my recordings too, but via a Yamaha electronic kit and it works brilliantly. So, many thanks for something a little different, put together and delivered in your usual clear and interesting way.
Adrian, this was awesome! I'm trying to learn more about drums to aid me in song transcriptions. Like keeping time, identifying chord changes and what not.
The last bit you showed, I immediately thought of the track Ski-ing from Harrison's Wonderwall Music album (which features uncredited Eric Clapton on fuzz guitar).
Thank you very much Adrian. Very interesting and (for me) de-mystifying regarding DAW use and also drum machine tech. I guess the trick is there is no trick, you just have to put the time into these things.
Thanks. Yes, you can use the midi editor in Pro Tools, but if you want to access some of the deeper features and articulations I find it easier to do it inside SD.
That was great Adrian. I'm looking to create my own drum tracks - probably in Logic. I'm hoping the learning curve is not too steep. Thanks for your input.
Great tutorial! Very useful stuff for a guitarist/songwriter putting tracks together. As a retired Austin studio owner/engineer, I've got to compliment you on the tuning of your studio kit. On that train of thought and as a fan of your backing tracks, do you ever do much with the tuning of individual drums in the virtual drumkits?
You make your approach sound simple but in your covers, I've noticed you're very nuanced in nailing all the hooks and recorded tones of the originals. Your The Have Nots by X is a good example. Curious- where HAVE you used your kit? Assumed all these instructional videos are digital assemblages.
Frank Zappa based his guitar phrasing on drum rudiments, which is definitely an approach worth investigating - not that I've ever done it seriously myself.
Really helpful, just got ableton note before watching this vid. Hoping to get ableton live coz i haven’t got the space for a drumkit! What kind of keyboard have you got setup to your macbook? How do you do that!?
Cheers! Oh loads of people. Off the top of my head Bonham, Tony Allen, Levon Helm, Joey Waronker, Ringo, Steve Shelley, Budgie, Jaki Liebezeit, er Nicko McBrain
@@acpg Love Bonham! Most of my favs are fairly conventional choices: Neil Peart, Bill Ward, and although not extremely technical, I enjoy Phil Rudd’s power and swing with AC/DC. Also Phil Collins before his solo career. Some people don’t realize what a good drummer he was.
Pro Tools is what I use most of the time. Ableton's great for more electronic stuff, and has a very clear, easy to use midi editor which is why I used it in this video.
honestly I don't really know. When I got my first guitar there were no left-handed options so I just went with the 'normal' way. I came to drums later and it just felt more natural set up left handed.
