Drummers and musicians alike...(or just music fans)

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[MKJ]

shit, he mad

[Peenyuh]

I agree with Drum and Eraser here, while the crazy "let's do 32nd notes as fast as I can" may sound more impressive, it's just very linear and not that interesting. The rhythmic wizardry of Gavin is more interesting and impressive to me.

That just comes down to a matter of taste. If you like speed, that first one is is good. Goes back to the debate on who's the best all time drummer. The people who argue Neil vs John vs Phil won't agree - and that's cool, cause they all have a different style of music they play.

[MKJ]

and we all know its Neil

[Peenyuh]

Actually... yes, it is.

[scared?]

but if neil could also do blast beats he would be just that much better...but i heard he's scared...

[Big Kahuna Burger]

edit2:
Here's another Gavin Harrison video. It may seem a lot less impressive than the crazy fast drumming of the first guy, but it's just incredible drumming on display there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DNViiEpx8Y

that is just nasty

[DRuM]

edit2:
Here's another Gavin Harrison video. It may seem a lot less impressive than the crazy fast drumming of the first guy, but it's just incredible drumming on display there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DNViiEpx8Y

that is just nasty

Superb playing isn't it. Check this out, 19/8 subdivided into 7/8, 7/8, 5/8 with some great soloing.

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/gavinharrison2.html

Btw, this is the drummer for Porcupine Tree for anyone that knows that band.

[l0g1c]

takes more skill to do good blast beats than that what gavin is doing...

lol this coming from the guy who can't tell the difference between
speed and musicianship..

Speed and musicianship are not mutually exclusive, and there's no accounting for taste. </thread>

[LawL]

nope i never said blast beats owns all...i just think it's funny how dumb asses try to compare bb with other drumming styles and say bb drummers are inferior becuz they lack this or that, when in reality many of them can play whatever said style of drumming morons think r superior...on the other hand all these superior drummers can't play blast beats...lol
in other words...i have seen blast beat drummers play jazz, rock even marching band crap...they don't make fun of other drumming styles...they incorporate them...
then there r morons like u who can't play blast beats...when they first hear a blast beat they think it can't possibly be real...and then just bash it...
out of fear and ignorance i guess...

basically ur mad u can't do it...i bet ur double bass is pathetic...

lol look how upset old man aids is, Drum must have really hit a nerve.

[Chupacabra]

Blast beat, double bass Blast beat, double bass Blast beat, double bass Blast beat, double bass Blast beat, double bass Blast beat, double bass Blast beat, double bass Blast beat, double bass.. I could go on. But yeah, certainly takes hours and hours of dedication
to get that kind of speed and precision down, if blast beats is your thing.

My old drum teacher on the other hand shows musicianship way beyond that.

http://www.drummerworld.com/Videos/gavi ... utile.html

drum...whats so great about this stuff? i dont know anything about drumming. tell me what i should be looking for.

[CaseDogg]

i agree with scared?. most guys that can play as fast and accurately as these dude have been playing swing and other forms of stuff for a long time and have really just sped it up, kept the technicality and took it to a new level.

Take Derek Roddy, he's fuckin amazing at any style.

Here is his blast beat and death metal shit.



here he is doing a clave demo, watch both hats, its awesome! and watch his feet, he's working four pedals at once.



two completely different styles. he also plays blues and jazz.

[DRuM]

Nah, these guys can't do what gavin does, because what gavin does is unique and has a feel and creative streak that these guys don't have for gavins choice of genre. They just do metal very well. Derek Roddy is amazing at what he does. I've also heard derek roddy playing jazz. It's like cracking a nut with a sledgehammer.

[DRuM]

drum...whats so great about this stuff? i dont know anything about drumming. tell me what i should be looking for.

Tbh, if you know nothing about drumming, there's not a lot I can explain about it. I mean I wouldn't play this stuff to a beginning student of mine, it's way over their heads, I'd get them to appreciate very basic drumming first. So I guess you'd need to do the same.

[CaseDogg]

whatever, this dude plays better then the fags you posted.

[c0ld]

The difficulty in which something is to create has nothing to do with the musical quality(which is subjective) it is. Technical ability doesn't impress me like it used to when I was 15 years old. The fact is it would take less then five years for just about anybody to recreate most of the most hardcore mad skillz y0 licks you hear. That becomes more and more apparent with every snot nosed 8 year old prodigy on youtube covering van halen songs on guitar. So any argument of 'but that takes more skill' falls flat on its face. Its music, which is an art.. not a audio masturbation competition. [/ irrelevant rant]

Not really a deathmetal fan so I personally so I can't help find Gavin to be much more 'listen'too'able', and I'd love to jam with him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF4sJHBIYEo
*gave up on embedding this. I fail.
not drum related. I just dig listening to this guy. this peice is what set me over into getting a fretless bass(not piccolo tuned though).

[Scourge]

See that's the thing. Creating music is much different than playing music. Am I technically as good as Malmsteen, certainly not, can I write music like that, no. But can I learn to play it, absolutely.

As a guitarist I don't try to compare Friedman and Clapton. Why should I? Yes Friedman walks all over Clapton technically, but Clapton is a completely different style. And a damn good one at that. You fuckers need to quit trying to one-up each other and just see talent for what it is. Quit bickering.

[Geebs]

Most of these drummers are being let down by the other musicians in their bands; for example in the second vid Case posted, you really wouldn't be able to tell that the track's changing without the captions, and the guitarist's playing horrible Michael Angelo sweep arpeggio bullshit. Plus all of the time changes are purely cosmetic - the actual SONG is entirely in 4/4.

Essentially, wanking is OK but very few people like being wanked AT

[Grandpa Stu]

anyone else notice how every single thread that is remotely related to drumming, drum has to come in and turn it into a pissing contest because "he knows better?" i have yet to see a single drumming related thread where drum doesn't say, "that's not as good as this." it's never a nice, 'yeah that's cool check this out it's good too.' it's just straight up "OMGZ NOOB CANT DRUM WORTH SHIT LOOKIT THIZ!"

congratulations. you play the drums. we get it.

[Geebs]

Also note that he never gives any of his own drumming as an example but is utterly hot for his teacher ( who plays elevator music for the sort of dicks whose only way of showing musical appreciation is that combination of grimace and chin jutting so beloved of stand-up bass players)

[DRuM]

anyone else notice how every single thread that is remotely related to drumming, drum has to come in and turn it into a pissing contest because "he knows better?" i have yet to see a single drumming related thread where drum doesn't say, "that's not as good as this." it's never a nice, 'yeah that's cool check this out it's good too.' it's just straight up "OMGZ NOOB CANT DRUM WORTH SHIT LOOKIT THIZ!"

congratulations. you play the drums. we get it.

Looks like stu is upset. You're completely wrong btw. All I've done is point out that there's more to drumming than speed and blast beats and fast licks, something the bedroom drummers at q3w sadly don't seem to be aware of. Please show me where I've said any of the drummers in this thread can't play good. I'll tell you where....nowhere. I did however say that it takes hours of dedication to be able to play blast beats. Considering there are hardly any drummers at q3w compared to guitarists, it's hardly a big surprise that I'll add my two cents when a drum thread comes up. If you don't like my odium style of criticism, that's your problem, not mine.

[scared?]

lol drum can't play drums very good...

[DRuM]

Also note that he never gives any of his own drumming as an example but is utterly hot for his teacher ( who plays elevator music for the sort of dicks whose only way of showing musical appreciation is that combination of grimace and chin jutting so beloved of stand-up bass players)

Elevator music? Keep taking the pills. I've given examples of my playing, I related an old thread of mine recently. All I'm talking about in this thread is musicality over speed. For a guitarist, you sure don't seem to get what music's about, lol. The most important thing to me is groove. When others start talking about groove aside from chops, I might be able to take their opinions a bit more seriously.

[DRuM]

lol I can't play drums...

[scared?]

The most important thing to me is groove.

lol idiot...