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    Here's a really cool drum fill that Jeff Porcaro played for the song "Africa" with the rock band Toto. It's a classic fill with lots of space, and I think you'll have fun with it!

КОМЕНТАРІ • 172

  • @frankburdodrums8984
    @frankburdodrums8984 5 років тому +56

    These videos are great.
    Love Toto's Africa. Who doesn't?

  • @MikeCarlucciMusic
    @MikeCarlucciMusic 9 років тому +7

    Thanks Mike. Great to see you on Drumeo. Always enjoy the clarity and usability of your online lessons.

  • @NickWishesHeWasCool
    @NickWishesHeWasCool 9 років тому +22

    Mike's such a great teacher, would love to see videos of him teaching advanced concepts

  • @erdemero
    @erdemero 7 років тому +15

    one of the best sounding fills

  • @MrBarnOwl
    @MrBarnOwl 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you, very well explained and getting directly to playing it. Was having trouble with these two fills, gonna try them out ASAP.

  • @garryraines2028
    @garryraines2028 8 років тому +3

    You are doing the fills correct. And I'm practicing hard to do them correct myself. Thank you so much for your public video lesson.

  • @kbalu7488
    @kbalu7488 2 роки тому

    Superb and awesome teaching Mike thank you.

  • @bridggirojas2692
    @bridggirojas2692 4 роки тому

    Love this video, thank you very much. Greetings from Venezuela.

  • @alfredo733
    @alfredo733 8 років тому +2

    GREAT JOB!! IT WAS VERY NICE TO WATCH YOU!

  • @stevevorass
    @stevevorass 7 років тому +2

    Thanks Mike! You made this so easy to follow.

  • @waqqodonkey
    @waqqodonkey 9 років тому +1

    simple fill , but a beautiful one! thank you guys!!

  • @Nicolastorresbravogr
    @Nicolastorresbravogr 8 років тому

    gracias mil gracias por aver subido este video.drumeo

  • @TheZubaKing
    @TheZubaKing 9 років тому

    Love this drumeo. Nice one. Keep it up

  • @denureang4460
    @denureang4460 4 роки тому

    Nice drum teacher .... easy to learn .. looking forward for some more videos ..

  • @edmilsongatti8448
    @edmilsongatti8448 2 місяці тому

    Gostei. Explicação muito boa e fiel à transcrição original

  • @christophmeirich5928
    @christophmeirich5928 3 роки тому +1

    Thx you so much!!!! Greetings from germany Christoph 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @lanqing9884
    @lanqing9884 Рік тому

    Great teacher . Thank you very much for your video.

  • @sujeevanarulampalam6264
    @sujeevanarulampalam6264 Рік тому

    Thanks man. That was great teaching. Much appreciated!

  • @smffd
    @smffd 9 років тому

    Great cool lesson ! Thanks

  • @andreasherkenhohner485
    @andreasherkenhohner485 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much. Very well explained

  • @The_Wasp016
    @The_Wasp016 5 років тому +17

    This is incorrect. The bass drum part is a dotted 8th note followed by 2 16ths. The hihat part is groups of 3 16ths resting the other 16th note of the barre. Good video potentially. How can this have been missed however?

    • @douglashay8626
      @douglashay8626 2 роки тому +1

      Watch Jeff play it live, he played it as a constant stream of 16th notes, as he was known to do.

  • @simoncarlsson598
    @simoncarlsson598 9 років тому +4

    I love this song since the first time I heard it. Just beautiful!

  • @deich31
    @deich31 5 років тому

    Nicely done!

  • @albertweber4423
    @albertweber4423 3 роки тому

    Great Lesson.. Thank you

  • @AjyTojen
    @AjyTojen 9 років тому

    Nice lesson thanks. The rhythm of the fill seems to be inspired by a typical motif found in many African rhythms, such as Makossa. Jeff Porcaro probably used it to add an African taste in this song.

  • @td-12kx53
    @td-12kx53 4 роки тому

    Great lesson!👍

  • @dftns
    @dftns 4 роки тому +2

    Jeff is a Deity! 🙌🏻 🙏🏼!

  • @muuriciodegollada3870
    @muuriciodegollada3870 9 років тому +1

    Mike I love the way you break things down and explain the fundamental I enjoy all your lessons thanks to you I now playing paradiddles totally different it now sounds musical thank you

  • @steveclarke2189
    @steveclarke2189 5 років тому

    great lesson learned a lot thanks

  • @leonardoboss1833
    @leonardoboss1833 5 років тому +2

    Thanks Mike for showing us Toto's African👍👍👍☺

  • @machoenid44
    @machoenid44 6 років тому +1

    Your extremely Right,that's is Music that's Spaces and what not to play.

  • @rolandgerard6064
    @rolandgerard6064 9 років тому

    great lesson, thanks

  • @FLAMANGO12123
    @FLAMANGO12123 4 роки тому

    Awesome

  • @ultimate_savage190
    @ultimate_savage190 9 років тому

    Nice kit !

  • @tizianodifalco
    @tizianodifalco 5 років тому

    Awesome video

  • @j.r.6111
    @j.r.6111 2 роки тому

    thx, it helps me much!

  • @paulogrillo8836
    @paulogrillo8836 9 років тому

    Excelent! Thanx

  • @FadjarMoeljarto
    @FadjarMoeljarto Рік тому

    Waw...great🥁👍

  • @zorzo999
    @zorzo999 5 років тому +46

    you know its a drumming tutorial when there's overcompression and gating on the voice mic

  • @MrSteviebaker
    @MrSteviebaker 9 років тому

    Thank you very much for this video

  • @corazonmanosypies2
    @corazonmanosypies2 8 років тому +3

    9:45 samba groove in bass drum / fill idea over 3:2 rumba clave

  • @haristola84
    @haristola84 2 роки тому +1

    Alhamdulillah, ada kemanisan dc2 tuan.
    Mantiaeppp 👍

  • @alperkaradurmus9428
    @alperkaradurmus9428 9 років тому

    Kick sounds awesome

  • @christophmeirich5928
    @christophmeirich5928 3 роки тому

    Well done!!! 😉

  • @ajgagnon100
    @ajgagnon100 9 років тому

    Nice!!

  • @racedrummer1
    @racedrummer1 9 років тому +28

    Dear Drumeo,
    Dear Mr. Michalkow,
    Thank you for this great lesson!
    I'm a German drummer and I love the Band Toto. But my favourite drummer is Mr. Simon Phillips (Toto, too).
    If you make more Toto-Lessons, I would love to watch them.
    Cool Songs are e.g. "Bottom Of Your Soul" (especial the octoban stuff), "Stop Loving you", "Pamela" and "St. George And The Dragon".
    Hope you got some ideas for the next lessons.
    Greetings from Germany!

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 років тому

      racedrummer1 man, I was there for an hour of those dammed 5 strokes on Pamela yesterday. Friggin Jeff, lol. And another hour for the perfect splashy hats.

  • @GersonFloresDrummer
    @GersonFloresDrummer 9 років тому

    Great!

  • @VerbelMusicChannel
    @VerbelMusicChannel 9 років тому

    Nice lesson. That snare thou

  • @praise_asalikeze
    @praise_asalikeze 5 років тому

    Thanks a lot man

  • @Creativecoverz
    @Creativecoverz 9 років тому

    Nice!

  • @johanlinde9545
    @johanlinde9545 7 років тому

    Thanks Mike 👍

  • @RadioCulture5
    @RadioCulture5 7 років тому

    Thanks a lot you are a great instructor but could you do a tutorial on how to play rosanna by toto as well
    Cheerio:)

  • @Werneurr
    @Werneurr 9 років тому

    Hey Mike,
    Great lessons!
    For quite while now I'm trying to find out how to get the sound of Jeff Porcaro in this song. His tom during this fill sound amazing. Do you know how to get this sound?

  • @user-oq3tw4xt5b
    @user-oq3tw4xt5b 5 років тому

    This guy mike is one of the easiest to follow drumteachers ive ever seen..great explanation

  • @charliehair5491
    @charliehair5491 6 років тому

    I don’t have house to have a drum kit. I live in a condo so what do you recommend for equipment? Second, how does a band form?

  • @hipination1037
    @hipination1037 9 років тому +3

    Great lesson! Really like it. But isn't the full bar fill rhythmically like a rumba clave?

  • @albertobazan1073
    @albertobazan1073 Рік тому

    No Entiendo Un Carajo el inglés pero amo la Canción África y amo
    el Ritmo de Percusión que tiene.
    Y quiero Practicarlo...
    Thanks _ U !!!

  • @bonniehawkins2979
    @bonniehawkins2979 2 роки тому

    Thank you.

  • @sergeisouzgin1621
    @sergeisouzgin1621 3 роки тому

    Super

  • @raitoxote
    @raitoxote 9 років тому

    Once you got this beat, try to play the one which Simon Phillips plays with Toto (the second snare hit comes in the "e" of the third beat), it seems easy to play, but it recquires some independence.

  • @room2growrose623
    @room2growrose623 3 роки тому

    Awesome!! This is exactly how you learn to tap dance. I found this on Scott Adam’s (creator of Dilbert comic) UA-cam channel play list. Ha ha!

  • @Mikimikey
    @Mikimikey 4 роки тому +3

    Hello, great explanation although i think there is only one beat on kick first then following two, so ta, tata, ta, tata.
    I just say because I know the song Africa and I have learned watching to Jeff ‘s videos for a long time.

  • @MrTerryzhou1985
    @MrTerryzhou1985 6 років тому +1

    不错

  • @LittleDrummerChannel
    @LittleDrummerChannel 7 років тому +65

    Don't mean to be over critical guys, but you may check the kick pattern...only one down downbeat at the top of each bar. Good job on your channel though. I just uploaded a cover of this tune and it was fresh on my head. Much love friends.

    • @yamazakifed
      @yamazakifed 6 років тому +1

      true... I couldn't find any version with this bossa kick pattern.

    • @SpiffaJ
      @SpiffaJ 6 років тому +1

      Yes and that 1 then 2 bass drum pattern remains throughout the fill itself. Makes for a much better feel than demonstrated here

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 років тому

      Little Drummer Channel I'd choose to be slick.if I had a better foot or were Jeff and missing a conga player. Play the conga part on your foot. so, "1, uh 2, 3 e, a 4." I think.

  • @davidcarbonnel6396
    @davidcarbonnel6396 6 років тому

    Paiste and Yamaha ! Yes!

  • @toiverstret
    @toiverstret 4 роки тому +2

    It was a simple fill, but it was amazing in the song

  • @trevormcmanis
    @trevormcmanis 6 років тому

    Great Lesson!!

  • @alessandrozanotti8643
    @alessandrozanotti8643 8 років тому +1

    I' ll try to practice with your video. Great job!

  • @Newbport849
    @Newbport849 9 років тому

    I bless the rains down in Africa :-D

  • @chiconoriega7969
    @chiconoriega7969 9 років тому

    thank you

  • @martinhrusovsky1733
    @martinhrusovsky1733 6 років тому

    Best teacher great drummer - no doubt ! 👍

  • @MoMJovi88
    @MoMJovi88 6 років тому

    Are the mid and low toms both 14" ??

  • @Android-rz8ph
    @Android-rz8ph 9 років тому

    drumeo what's the name of that program?.....please

  • @hbrookes
    @hbrookes 6 років тому

    I think I heard the fills were added after initial drum track.

  • @MoMJovi88
    @MoMJovi88 6 років тому

    What about the beat in the refrain? Same as verse?

  • @durzzomusic
    @durzzomusic 8 років тому

    hey you're so cool man

  • @DylanL69
    @DylanL69 4 роки тому

    The beat slowed down is woman of the world by aerosmith or sounds like it

  • @jeanphilippelandry8295
    @jeanphilippelandry8295 8 років тому +2

    first time i clap my hand on a beat so hard. first time that i learn a beat so quickly.

  • @H-RutherfordHill
    @H-RutherfordHill 2 роки тому

    Jared needs to learn to play fills like this.

  • @jonsimon5779
    @jonsimon5779 6 років тому +1

    I read an article many years ago on the creation of the drum tracks for the song "Africa". They created many tracks of the different drum elements one by one for 10 minutes or so. Then they went and found the best section that they liked and then cut that out and made a continuous loop of it. I believe all of the drum fills were added in afterwards on top of that loop.

  • @ricklang_drummer
    @ricklang_drummer 9 років тому +1

    Quick note: I believe he need to retune his voice since the resonant snare buzz is quite prominent during the explanations. Easier to retune the snare though.

  • @austinchoatedrums
    @austinchoatedrums 7 років тому

    That synthetic buzz while talking is driving me crazy

  • @presleypereira9551
    @presleypereira9551 5 років тому

    Name of the drum beat?

  • @samsschool3639
    @samsschool3639 4 роки тому

    Nice Video! But Mr Porcaro had 5 toms right?

  • @gabrielmcgann7736
    @gabrielmcgann7736 7 років тому +4

    Maybe there is a bug on my ear... But im hearing different things on the hats and bassdrum. In the hats like triplets, and bass is 1kick then 2kicks and the 3dr kick goes with the snare (that is the tricky one for me). Well im not a musucian, and dont know shit about notes and music but that is what i heard in the song.
    However, this pattern can be also right. But is not what Porcaro does i think

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 років тому

      Randy Severino that's what he's doing? What'd I miss?

    • @TheItalianoMafiosi
      @TheItalianoMafiosi 2 роки тому

      @@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 first of all, AMAZING NAME DUDE lol. second, he's actually playing patterns of two on the bass drum every time instead of the 1+2 pattern. It's supposed to be "ONE e and A TWO e and a THREE e and A FOUR e and a", but he's playing an additional kick on the A before THREE. That's what Gabriel is talking about and it really bothers me... why would they make an educational video on Africa and get the kick pattern wrong?

  • @bongdones1017
    @bongdones1017 19 днів тому

    This is the way tutorial should be

  • @antonkruizinga1810
    @antonkruizinga1810 5 років тому

    can the 16th also been played with 2 hands?

    • @Dave-us5fq
      @Dave-us5fq 5 років тому

      Yes it could be but Jeff played it with the right hand, his signature groove (other than the Rosanna shuffle) I’d say, but I just say it doesn’t give the same feel but it does work just the same bud👍🏻

  • @alexeynaidiuk399
    @alexeynaidiuk399 9 років тому +6

    Миша Михалков?

  • @danielrajkumar2888
    @danielrajkumar2888 5 років тому

    👌👌👌👌

  • @mahs4987
    @mahs4987 4 роки тому

    Nuuuu 9:47 maior samba, quase um pagodão

  • @titusyarnall6434
    @titusyarnall6434 9 років тому

    I like dremeo védéo :D

  • @greg11311
    @greg11311 4 роки тому +1

    I'm confused. Is it 93 or 95 BPM? It was said that tempo was 93 BPM. The whole fill, second time, at tempo was 95 BPM.
    See why I'm confused?

  • @HerbalistGuybrush
    @HerbalistGuybrush 9 місяців тому

    I always heard it as quarter note triplets

  • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
    @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 6 років тому +1

    action starts at 1:45 guys.

  • @nimratsandhu6125
    @nimratsandhu6125 6 років тому

    They should add music at the end

  • @gertjanvandamme7180
    @gertjanvandamme7180 9 років тому

    I'd love to start drumming but i can't find a decent instructor where i live :(

    • @mattwood1562
      @mattwood1562 3 роки тому

      Highly recommend online lessons (although, after all this time, you may be sorted 😂)

  • @phil3636
    @phil3636 9 років тому

    which snare is he using?

    • @panhead55
      @panhead55 9 років тому +1

      his snare...

    • @yousuxalot
      @yousuxalot 9 років тому

      Mark Kerr hahaha smartass

    • @tomwest9605
      @tomwest9605 9 років тому

      phil3636 I guess it's the TAMA LMP1465F-SEN Sound Lab Snare. I've got the same model, so realized the wood hoops of his snare drum immedeately :P
      Link that brings you to the snare drum:
      www.thomann.de/de/tama_lmp1465f_sen_sound_lab_snare.htm

  • @silasisenmann8491
    @silasisenmann8491 9 років тому

    which headphones does he use?

    • @HardRocker47
      @HardRocker47 9 років тому

      In-ear monitors, it doesn't really matter wich brand, can be Shure, Earsonics, Sennheiser or a lot more.

  • @MaskeJ
    @MaskeJ 8 років тому +36

    Was I rushing or was I dragging?

    • @gredangeo
      @gredangeo 8 років тому +1

      +Jacopo Mascherini [Sarcastic laughing]...You serious?
      You don't know? well, gtfo then. lolololol!

    • @ezramancini1491
      @ezramancini1491 5 років тому

      both at the same time.

    • @deich31
      @deich31 5 років тому

      I got PTSD watching that movie.

    • @jamespooo1249
      @jamespooo1249 5 років тому

      It was a quote from a movie dumbass

  • @blakejones6648
    @blakejones6648 2 роки тому

    @2:27