: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Videos : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : The latest videos are listed below. Click on a video image below to view. Video player requires flash. Latest Videos: Dance/Electronica - Snare Muting Using the same technique as the previous snare muting video but playing more straight Dance/Electronica beats. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Drum n Bass/Jungle - Snare Muting Had to post this nifty little trick I picked up from Jojo Mayer. The right hand may look a little strange here but Im muting the snare while playing the hi hat and rim clicks. Im also pressing the stick into the snare which causes a slight overtone when you hit the hi hats. Towards the end I am muting the snare on and off which changes the pitch/timbre slightly. Check my second snare muting video out too, Im applying the same idea to more straight dance/electronica beats. Ah the possibilities are endless lol. Left hand wise its mostly all Moeller technique for the fast 16ths and a bit of Gladstone technique for the singles and doubles. Im also trying to learn a bit of KJ Sawka's technique too, he has such a nice touch on the snare that seems to suit the genre better. Check him out if you havnt already, sick! MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Just warming up on a knackered old kit Sorry I havnt posted a video for a while. Still need to get a better camera but my new phone seems to have slightly better audio than the previous videos, the quality is still pretty crap though lol. Anyway, hopefully getting a digital camera soon so hopefully that will be better. The kit Im playing has sadly seen better days. Its the practise/teaching kit at Greenbank Music Village where I work and its in dire need of some new skins. But hey, a bad workman blames his tools. Drumming wise, Ive been hugely into Gospel Music for a few years now and Im hoping some of that awesome drumming style is beggining to creap into my playing. Search for "gospel drums" to see how its really done, theres some seriously sick drummers out there. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Love Is Funky My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Human Race My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Once in a While My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Bedford Street My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Music My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Didgeridoo My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - International Waste of Time My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Let Go My band New Groove Formation performing at Rhythms of the World Festival UK 2007. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Drum n Bass (Amen Break Loops) Drum n Bass stuff again. The break Im playing at the start is the Amen Break (well sort of) taken from Amen Brother by The Winstons. Inspired by Jojo Mayer, Ive been trying out his looping ideas. Taking different parts/loops of the Amen Break, you can create more interesting beats. Im using a lot of Moeller Technique which I finally cracked a year ago after seeing Jojo Mayer and Derick Popes awesome videos (check em out on youtube). I think I need to play lighter next time though as it makes it sound more like Drum n Bass. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Drum Stick Tricks Just playing with a few tricks Ive learned from watching military/marching drummers. I could practise this stuff all day as its a lot of fun, theres a few mistakes in there but I was greatful not to have dropped a stick. This will probably be my last video for a little while as I need to get a better camera. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video One Handed Drum Roll (Freehand Technique) Heres a little demo of the Freehand Technique or One Handed Roll as popularised by the awesome Johnny Rabb. I actually learned this technique while watching the John Blackwell DVD. It works by using the rim of the drum as the fulcrum point and allows you to get two notes for each movment by using an upstroke (playing a note whilst lifting your hand up). Hopefully you can see how it works from the video. Its a cool trick to use in a solo but I get the most use out of it playing Drum n Bass as you can manipulate the sound of the drum with the left hand whilst playing fast stuff with the right. Confession time: Wish I could do the technique with my left hand though lol. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Bass Drum Technique (Side View) Please check my first bass drum video for a more detailed explaination of the technique. I was intrigued as to what my technique looked like from the side in my quest to perfect it further. Most Bass Drum videos Ive seen are shot from this angle and I wanted to see if I had enough relaxation. The pedal itself (and kit) is the practise kit at work so sadly it takes a bashing from about 5 drummers a day and is not the greatest. Helps me to practise on kits like this though as all these techniques become a lot easier once I get to play my nice Yamaha/Zildjian. A bad workman blames his tools as they say! MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Independance Exercise This video is an Independance exersise I wrote that mimics the sounds of double bass drumming on a single pedal. The exercise is first played right handed. Im playing doubles between the snare bass and floor tom with the right hand and then adding the hi hat with the left. First I play quarter notes on the hi hat, then 8th notes and then off beat 8th notes. I then repeat the exersize left handed. I play the doubles with my left hand and the ride with my right. Using this pattern and the bass drum technique in my last video, you can mimic the sound of two bass drums using one single pedal. Its a good exercise for independance too. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Bass Drum Pedal Technique Ive been asked a few times what pedal technique I use. Its a sort of sliding motion using the sweet spot to get enough bounce for the second note when playing doubles. The sweet spot is (usually) located 1-2 inches from the top of the pedal and it seems to bounce back quicker when playing in that area. I do not use my heel but rather make the first note on the sweet spot and the second note at the top of the pedal board. Both notes are made using the ball of my foot using my ankle. Never been a fan of double pedals so I developed this way of playing fast bass drum stuff. If someone can tell me what this technique is called, whether Im doing it correctly or if I just made it up I would be most appreciative. Any info you have is helpful to me. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Practise Warm Up Drums Just warming up on the kit. Its not my kit in these videos, Im using the teaching kit at work. I teach at Greenbank Music Village in luton. For some reason the snare restrainer keeps coming off every now and then and the bass pedal aint the greatest. Appologies for the poor quality as I recorded it on my phone. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video More Drum n Bass Stuff Please excuse the poor quality as I recorded it on my mobile. Did another Drum n Bass video today. Using cymbals on the drums to get more drum n bass noises. Trying to make it sound as little like acoustic drums as possible. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Pocket Funk Drumming Please forgive the quality, I recorded them on my phone. This is me practising pocket playing. This is something I dont think enough drummers practise much. Crazy fills and stick tricks are cool but this stuff keeps the gigs rolling in. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video More Gospel/Funk Drums Please forgive the poor quality as I recorded it on my mobile. This is me playing a gospel/funk lick. I got a bit carried away with the fills on my last vid so I was trying to keep it more simple for this one. Just a bit of fun. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Drum Solo/Practise Warm Up Just warming up on the kit. Appologies for the poor quality as I recorded it on my phone. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Gospel/Funk Drums Please forgive the poor quality as I recorded it on my mobile. This is me playing a gospel/funk lick and getting a bit carried away on the fills. Perhaps Ive been watching dana hawkins too much. Just a bit of fun. Check out Dana Hawkins, Aaron Spears and Gerald Hayward to see how its really done lol. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video Drum n Bass Me playing drum n bass, excuse the poor quality as I recorded it on my mobile phone. MySpace | YouTube | Google Video New Groove Formation - Bedford Street My band New Groove Formation performing at Bedford River Festival UK 2006. 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