Yup that’s what my life consists of.... I have 5 services to play for each week and no time to hop on a set to practice them so I just basically listen to them once at home and then once on the way to the service ha! It can get stressful when it’s new
Definitely do this haha. I devote all of my formal practice to working on technique, groove, feel, and adaptability. I feel like that is a better approach because when things change on the fly like they always do I can quickly use good foundational knowledge to adapt quickly to the new arrangement :)
You mean you had a church gig that -actually wanted you to play the snare -actually was cool with fully open hi-hats -didn't make you play the toms all the way until the last 45 seconds of song -didn't make you click on the side of the tom for 3/4ths of the song -didn't have only one energetic opener followed by 2 slow slow songs with 90% toms ????? What church have you found???
@@DanMowry Apparently some people hear it as "the beat coming in", I don't hear it as a beat unless it has snare, and even then tom beats only make sense to be used for so long in a song to me!!😂😂
David, thanks for this - so enlightening. As a 'small town covers-band' kind of guitar player, I've never played at the kind of professional level you're doing here... so hearing your 'in-ear' mix is like a whole new thing for a musician like me. Assuming that you're hearing it at the kind of level we're hearing it on this video then it really helps to see how it all works. I'd just love to be able to play in a band with in-ear monitoring... to control the level, keep it listenable to and actually be able to hear what I'm doing (for once!). Anyway, love the videos, thanks again. Look forward to seeing more.
I am a church musician for 2 decades till now. Not been paid but it blessed me so much. I dont question being paid but serving without expecting anything in return made worship to Him more of a devotion rather than a service.
My buddy! Great vid, thank you for keeping it real. It’s so good to see good clean drumming content coming from a great musician like yourself. Keep doing your thing brother. Blessings in all you do.
Those plexiglass companies make a fortune on churches. Especially the churches who have just one of their own members playing drums because they’re cheap and don’t want to hire a real drummer. That’s usually the only time those drummers ever play is during church so they’re like Animal bashing the shit out of the drums and doing full measure fills every 4 measures.
Chrissy Martinez from my long experience as a church musician it’s because they use drummers out of their church who play loud, busy and generally very bad instead of spending a few bucks to hire a pro. That goes for any of the church member musicians. For a lot of them the only time they play is at church and they view it as their time to shine.
That tripped me out. Your WL said "Welcome to Seacoast..." and I was like, wait. I am a worship leader and musician at Seacoast Church in Charleston, SC - I did not recognize this campus, haha.
Hi David, I've grown as a church drummer and truly inspired by your journey and all that you do. I love your approach to playing and your willingness to share your knowledge. All the best and look forward to more videos.
The difference is both of you said "my church". This isn't the case of someone in the congregation just happens to know how to play drums and joined the band.
I’m not a drummer but much respect. You kept it real and vlogged your experience lol. Love how people got worked up that he called it a “gig” or that he got paid. He has to carry his very expensive and heavy equipment from location to location, travel, practice on his own (if needed), rehearsal/sound check with live band and then actually perform. But everyone wants to criticize this talented dude and say they wouldn’t accept pay lol. Ok but you probably don’t have to do multiple “gigs” so you probably are not getting offered the same amount of money either.
Jorge Gomez I appreciate that Jorge! I never meant it with any disrespect. But hey, as a normal human in LA, most people have to make 3-4K a month live comfortably. And when musicians can make as little as $75-100 per gig for 8-12 hours of work and struggle to find more gigs in a town over populated with musicians it gets pretty difficult. So taking about 12-14 hours out of my weekend for no pay wouldn’t be the most viable option for me to afford rent, let alone any other predicament that may arise. Some horrible drivers here 😅
Drummer to drummer, I have to ask (and I’ve always wondered this), I see you have a chart and it’s not really a drum chart, but has cues. My question is, how coarse do you grind your coffee for the press? Thanks!
David - You are definitely an inspiration to us Working Christian Musicians. Thanks for Giving back this little piece of your life :-) It's Really Appreciated. Oh, You are an amazing Drummer Very Professional and Keep Giving back :-). Hey, I think it's ok for you to spread your Religious beliefs :-)
This was cool to watch, and very familiar. I play drums for my church. We use a Dr Beat but not typically a full backing track. I actually have the Dr Beat and foot pedals to operate it in the drum cage with me, so I'm still fully in control of the flow of things. I use lead sheets instead of charts and just make notes on where the dynamics are. We do three services on Sunday mornings, with the second being on live stream. Because it's just a thing I volunteer to do I sometimes forget that I have years and years of performance experience and a large catalogue of recorded "shows." Church drumming is a great way to essentially "get reps" as a musician.
I'm a worship guitarist and it was cool to see a similar experience when you're playing at church! That second song is one we do too. Great vid. Keep it up.
Amazing videos bro, God bless and know his glory is always around us!!!! You have passion and so did Jesus Christ !!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌💙🇺🇸 Stand Firm and be strong!!!!
Thanks a lot David I really got a lot out of this video and it’s very gracious of you to share the day in the life of a church drummer. I found the video both informative and inspiring please continue posting such amazing content! Peace and love, -Bishop Bautista
Hello accidentally ran across your channel, u were on a Cruze ship, then worship gig, I am a bassist of 45 years, but a worship player for 2.5 years, it's really cool to follow you, you are very blessed and talented, great personality, thanks for sharing PEACE
Great video! I'm also a worship drummer and it's super interesting to see it from another persons perspective. I'm also the same way, I'll listen through the music a couple days before and maybe sit down on the kit and work some things out if it's new but lately I've had my kit packed up and just work things out mentally and actually play through on a kit for the first time during practice. I started playing for a smaller church with a super tight very talented band. It was amazing. I have played in bigger churches with bigger bands and even though the sound can be fuller and technically better, it just doesn't have the same feel. When you play with a smaller group, everyone has to play so much tighter and it makes you a better musician and makes you connect with the band so much better. I now go to a pretty big church and still fill in once a month at my old smaller church and the smaller church is def where I feel more into it. We also don't play click tracks or anything at the small church and it's more raw and natural and we follow direction from one another and it's just more organic. Thanks for sharing! You're a great drummer!
This video just popped up in my youtube feed since I have been learning worship songs for the church I now play drums for, but then I realized that your name sounded REALLLY familiar. BOOM, I just saw you in a ZackGrooves video from today (6/30/22) doing the drummer guessing! Super cool! I am a self taught drummer for 20 years, but since I have joined this church I have been striving to finally learn more regarding reading music and charts as well as more chops and whatnot. Thankfully I have been playing to a click and recording my own music with my 2 kits for years so it's an easy transition into this field.
Absolutely, when the charts are as shown in Dave's video. However, "charts" to many churches today are lyrics with letters written over them. NO measures, NO notations.
very cool, very professional. thanks for sharing. Have you tried lowering your ride cymbal a little? Just saying (as a drummer who just turned 40) your right shoulder will thank you many years from now!
Awsom..around 38 years ago i was playing a church i went to at the time..the guitar player was really good he was once a rock guitar player so he kinda played with a rock feel it sounded great..and to play drums to him and for it to sound good i had to play a bouncy beat With a rock feel to it after we played i was told you cant play rock and roll here..i wasent playing rock and and roll i was giveing a song a beat that Was right for the song..thay wanted a plain beat that dident sound right to the song...so its awsom to see someone alowed 2 play drums in church the way god intended for them to be played in all their Glory.. I no longer. Play it hurts my legs in the shins and it hurts my hands 2..but i loved watching u play..keep up the good work..
I'm a church drummer. I don't read charts or even practice songs. The preacher sings it on stage and at that very moment i have to think of a beat! That's why i do many mistakes while playing... Edit: I'm playing for a small church btw.. Not one of those big mega churches
Great videos David. Curious how you record the audio for these gigs (click, band audio) that you then use in your videos. Any chance of doing a video on that? I know this is an older video but I came back to this as it’s a good one 🤘🏼 Love the channel!! Always look forward to your next one!!
Hi David! So enjoy to watch you on your drums! I wish my life is just doin' what you are doin' now as a full time drummer(coz' that's my passion). I am a worship drummer too :) but need to learn more on reading music chart and all that stuff! Anyway, keep inspire bro 👍
David I love that snare! What is it? would mind telling me how do you usually tune your bottom heads and how you adjust how much tension on the snare please? Awesome video and Playing!
I’m a new subscriber and I am glad I subscribed. Your content is really good and I use to play in church. Right now I just make drum covers on my channel and your video on lighting in your drum room was very helpful and I thank you!
I knew there is some work to being a drummer but i had no idea. Great stuff Thank you for making the Cruises people pay a grip for more enjoyable. Also I always thought the "Chuch" band was all volunteer. I had no idea you all get paid. To me.... that makes complete sense. Good job at knowing your value.
Hi David, I have been watching you for a couple of years now, not sure of dates though. I loved the CHUCH gig. Does that church have sermons and services that I can access, glad that you have settled in LA, not sure about vanilla coffee though!! You are a fantastic drummer and I hope that you get blessed with more great gigs to work at. PS Liked the Arianne playback 'Boyfriend' you made it sound even better.
The best church md’s are the type that send out charts like this. The one at my current gig just sends out a packet of charts...every tune in order, boom. Assuming you have experience and reading chops, all you have to do is show up and play...it’s a great gig.
It's not just "reading" the chart it's having the ability to perform immediately what's on the chart ie; making each of 4 limbs do what is required independently , that is very professional...
Since when did Reed Silverstein start rocking a pony tail and a white strat ?? haha jk awesome video David! I appreciate how you showed the part in your practice session where you had to take a moment and work out that part. So you ARE human like the rest of us lol cheers dude
Nice video, I too am a church worship drummer and I don't have the luxury of technology, I get the music sheets of a song and listen to the rest of the band play it one time through without me and I write in "notes" on the sheets as the band plays as to what I need to play or what sounds good then we play it..
Hi David! Great playing! I am just now seeing this video. Very cool vlog! Can you tell me what you're using in your practice space for your laptop and mixing board? Thanks in advance.
Hey David, thanks for the insight. I dig seeing into the shows and hearing from your experience. Thanks for sharing! I was wondering what camera you usually use for live footage, like in this video? And do you use the camera inbuilt mike or have an extra one with you for better quality? Cheers
Wow, I didn’t know many churches paid drummers. I’ve played in church most of my life, and wasn’t aware of that practice (other than the big worship groups like Hillsong, Passion, etc.) Great video.
Not many churches do actually. It’s gonna be the bigger churches that do because they will have to set aside a budget for it. My church has 10k plus members and I drum for 3/6 of our campuses every week and I get paid. I’ve also been a member for over 10 years, even though I’ve just started drumming for them. I feel that a church with size shouldn’t hire people to come in, the worship leaders should come from within. Idk that’s just my view. And not everyone gets paid on stage. For my church only the musicians and the campus worship director do. Vocalists don’t.
I found thid kind of Videos very interesting. To see how yopu prepare for a "bread an butter" gig and how long that take with learning the songs etc. Very professional done!
Zohaib Naeem a lot of churches that use click and tracks usually use ableton live. my church gets tracks from multitracks, but there’s also loop community.
I thought but wasn’t sure if you were in Los Angeles at first until I saw all the palm trees on the freeway and the smog lol then I for sure knew you were in LA lol.
Can you film in 60fps? That would be awesome, less stick blur. Also, I'm curious by your statement of "I have my own beliefs" - does this mean that you don't believe or are otherwise non-religious, but are paid to play in church? Did the church have any kind of requirement or otherwise ask you what you believed? Or was it just you play drums well, so here's the gig? You're a fantastic drummer, and I lead the worship ministry at my own church. But I would want band members to profess Christianity and have a relationship with God that's evident.
Hey Michael! I do film a lot in 60fps, but it messes up my eyes a bit too much to watch an entire video with 60fps. And about my statement. I mean it in the sense that this channel of mine is meant for drum content mainly. I don't feel like it is necessary to get into the topic because I don't want to make this channel one big religious discussion. Everyone has their beliefs, and for me and what I am trying to do, I think it is good to keep somethings private to my career and to those I work with in a professional environment.
This whole music-by-numbers/click is completely foreign to me... but the results are good tempo and a very solid live presentation so... I have to get behind that! More curious about the 3 x plexi shields in front of you and the band... pretty arbitrary IMO... (BTW, I appreciate the time compression edits)
David, man, you gotta tell me what song is at 13:30...whether it's the time signature, the mood of the congregation, or the notes.....or all 3. Just a beast of a song, I can totally feel the band's overall groove
@@DrumLuv23 Thanks, man! With GOD's Grace and Mercy, I am now playing the Cajon at our small church 😇😊 Stay safe and GOD bless you!! JESUS Loves you so much!! May HIS Peace be with you!
I have an observation / question and it is NOT meant to be negative in any way. I have watched a few (not a ton) of the larger church worship groups and in these, rarely do the musicians or vocalists make any eye contact with one another. It's as if everyone is on an island doing their own thing. As an example, the guitar player in this video briefly looks over at David one time and that's about it (at least that I noticed). In every band that I have ever played in, eye contact is a MUST and happens all the time. Has anyone else noticed this? I would love to read other thoughts and observations on this. Thanks and God Bless! BTW, David, solid drumming! Really nice!!!!
Just8 2Much that is true in some ways, but a lot of that is because we don’t need to make as much eye contact if we didn’t want to since everything is in our ears as far as cues, transitions, dynamics on the chart, etc... I make a lot of contact with the bass player actually and the guitarist as well, also just depends on how well you know the chart. The more you are reading the less interacting for some songs. But that doesn’t mean we all aren’t listening to each other though.
hey... greetings from Brazil... very cool to see how familiar is your routine in the weekends playing at church. How many drummers in a church like that? I don't think you play every weekend right? Do you have fixed band members - always playing with same people - or you just fits in some band as a drummer in the weekend you gonna play? keep it up, God bless you!
Great vid. Could you tell us the songs that are in the set? Also, what is the female voice that we hear presenting each part of the song. Is there someone that does that for all the musicians? Always been in small churches so a lot of what I saw here is new to me.
kingpho79 heys~ hope i can help. It’s actually the voice guide that is common to be found when the band uses a multitrack sequencer. It replaces the need for Live MD to remind the band. It usually only being used if the church already invest in a silent stage system; where everyone is wearing the In Ear Monitor instead of the monitor speaker. You can get such sequence from places like multitracks.com
@@alexcromer6214 Well, I assume that they've got the suite version because otherwise the possibilities are very limited. It could be possible that they use the lite version but not very likely.
Love the video david !! I would love to do something like that ...especially the "chart reading"...i played drums in church(,but not on a scale that ur on...lol....
great insight ! Unfortunately my church is a capella which stinks because i love playing drums, keys n guitar, how much do these chorches pay per sunday in cali ?
A lot of churches have Personal Monitoring Systems like Aviom. However the trend in larger churches is usually having a monitor engineer to reduce clutter. Personally I still love the Personal Monitoring systems. I like being in control of my mix.
Certainly in the mega church setups and the big festivals and conferences and whatnot. I play drums in a 400 or so strong church in Swansea, South Wales and we've trialled the tracks and click and guide thing a couple of times with...mixed results. Of course, in a church like mine, no one is getting paid and no one's there because they're professional (although a few in the team are pro standard and do music outside of church) so it's often easier to go with the flow, given that s lot of mistakes are often made
Shoutout to all the other worship drummers who “practice” by listening to the song then figuring out the rest on the day..
Austin Coyne
My “practice” is showing up and studying the charts during sound check hahah
Yup that’s what my life consists of.... I have 5 services to play for each week and no time to hop on a set to practice them so I just basically listen to them once at home and then once on the way to the service ha! It can get stressful when it’s new
The only instrument where you can pull this off. Gotta love being a drummer!
Definitely do this haha. I devote all of my formal practice to working on technique, groove, feel, and adaptability. I feel like that is a better approach because when things change on the fly like they always do I can quickly use good foundational knowledge to adapt quickly to the new arrangement :)
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You mean you had a church gig that
-actually wanted you to play the snare
-actually was cool with fully open hi-hats
-didn't make you play the toms all the way until the last 45 seconds of song
-didn't make you click on the side of the tom for 3/4ths of the song
-didn't have only one energetic opener followed by 2 slow slow songs with 90% toms
????? What church have you found???
Emotional Relation they accept me regardless of how loud I play 🥺
@@DavidColaDrums True Christianity!! (Jk)
@@DavidColaDrums I was so glad to hear you played at church. I didn't know you believed!
Haha... 48 measures of tom build up, right? :)
@@DanMowry Apparently some people hear it as "the beat coming in", I don't hear it as a beat unless it has snare, and even then tom beats only make sense to be used for so long in a song to me!!😂😂
David, thanks for this - so enlightening. As a 'small town covers-band' kind of guitar player, I've never played at the kind of professional level you're doing here... so hearing your 'in-ear' mix is like a whole new thing for a musician like me. Assuming that you're hearing it at the kind of level we're hearing it on this video then it really helps to see how it all works. I'd just love to be able to play in a band with in-ear monitoring... to control the level, keep it listenable to and actually be able to hear what I'm doing (for once!). Anyway, love the videos, thanks again. Look forward to seeing more.
@9:00 Those HOLY Ghost notes bro...wow
Holy fuck. I didn’t even hear it til you said something lol. I’m not using my headphones. Good comment. Underrated with only 4 likes.
I was anticipating that since i read your comments and i agree 100%!!!
Oh yeah I caught those as well. Nice touch.
I am a church musician for 2 decades till now. Not been paid but it blessed me so much. I dont question being paid but serving without expecting anything in return made worship to Him more of a devotion rather than a service.
Who cares about God just give me the freakin money !!!
just kidding
American Gods come on green paper slips my dude
Ive been playing in my church band with the same guys (and lady) for 12 years. Definitely the one thing I look forward to every week
Same
My buddy! Great vid, thank you for keeping it real. It’s so good to see good clean drumming content coming from a great musician like yourself. Keep doing your thing brother. Blessings in all you do.
The k high hats. Just always a winner when I hear them.
I play 15" I sweet hats my guy they are a dream
Cole Sisler I’ve been searching g for a used set they are not cheap! But dang seem worth the price!
@@Chudhole Yessir!
Glad to see a church drummer not encased in plexiglass 😂
Yep. He has the cymbal shields in front of him, but that's really all that's needed.
Those plexiglass companies make a fortune on churches. Especially the churches who have just one of their own members playing drums because they’re cheap and don’t want to hire a real drummer. That’s usually the only time those drummers ever play is during church so they’re like Animal bashing the shit out of the drums and doing full measure fills every 4 measures.
exactly! so funny.
Well some churches do it to get proper eq and mixes soooo yeah they have reasons
Chrissy Martinez from my long experience as a church musician it’s because they use drummers out of their church who play loud, busy and generally very bad instead of spending a few bucks to hire a pro. That goes for any of the church member musicians. For a lot of them the only time they play is at church and they view it as their time to shine.
Great VLOG! Gives a wonderful insight into what goes on behind the scenes. Those charts are amazing!
That tripped me out. Your WL said "Welcome to Seacoast..." and I was like, wait. I am a worship leader and musician at Seacoast Church in Charleston, SC - I did not recognize this campus, haha.
Hi David, I've grown as a church drummer and truly inspired by your journey and all that you do. I love your approach to playing and your willingness to share your knowledge. All the best and look forward to more videos.
Wait... Some drummers get paid to serve at church!?!?
Idk man. My church sure don’t pay me😂
Big churches in big cities do yeah
The difference is both of you said "my church". This isn't the case of someone in the congregation just happens to know how to play drums and joined the band.
I played for the church i used to go to for 15 years, never received any pay...akd never charged them either
Playing 4-7 services through a weekend with the possibility of a mid-week rehearsal, is a huge ask for just volunteers.
I’m not a drummer but much respect. You kept it real and vlogged your experience lol. Love how people got worked up that he called it a “gig” or that he got paid. He has to carry his very expensive and heavy equipment from location to location, travel, practice on his own (if needed), rehearsal/sound check with live band and then actually perform. But everyone wants to criticize this talented dude and say they wouldn’t accept pay lol. Ok but you probably don’t have to do multiple “gigs” so you probably are not getting offered the same amount of money either.
Jorge Gomez I appreciate that Jorge! I never meant it with any disrespect. But hey, as a normal human in LA, most people have to make 3-4K a month live comfortably. And when musicians can make as little as $75-100 per gig for 8-12 hours of work and struggle to find more gigs in a town over populated with musicians it gets pretty difficult. So taking about 12-14 hours out of my weekend for no pay wouldn’t be the most viable option for me to afford rent, let alone any other predicament that may arise. Some horrible drivers here 😅
Drummer to drummer, I have to ask (and I’ve always wondered this), I see you have a chart and it’s not really a drum chart, but has cues. My question is, how coarse do you grind your coffee for the press? Thanks!
Peety In Jax great question ;p
or does he drink coffee?
I wold imagine he has a formula similar to mine. The more unfamiliar the songs, the stronger the coffee!
This is the real question. I'm wondering the same.
Dude i was looking forward to seeing the breakfast burritos! LOL- Great chops! Keep up the good work you're a monster player!
David - You are definitely an inspiration to us Working Christian Musicians. Thanks for Giving back this little piece of your life :-) It's Really Appreciated. Oh, You are an amazing Drummer Very Professional and Keep Giving back :-). Hey, I think it's ok for you to spread your Religious beliefs :-)
As a drummer at my high school...that stick break was beautiful. lol
Dude, continue this weekend vlog, i love it!
This was cool to watch, and very familiar. I play drums for my church. We use a Dr Beat but not typically a full backing track. I actually have the Dr Beat and foot pedals to operate it in the drum cage with me, so I'm still fully in control of the flow of things. I use lead sheets instead of charts and just make notes on where the dynamics are. We do three services on Sunday mornings, with the second being on live stream. Because it's just a thing I volunteer to do I sometimes forget that I have years and years of performance experience and a large catalogue of recorded "shows." Church drumming is a great way to essentially "get reps" as a musician.
As a keys player I can say that there’s nothing more stressful than listening to a song for the first time on the way to sound check
I'm a worship guitarist and it was cool to see a similar experience when you're playing at church! That second song is one we do too. Great vid. Keep it up.
Looks similar to my prep but without sheet music.
Thanks for the inspiration David. You rock brother! 🥁
Amazing videos bro, God bless and know his glory is always around us!!!! You have passion and so did Jesus Christ !!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌💙🇺🇸 Stand Firm and be strong!!!!
Thanks a lot David I really got a lot out of this video and it’s very gracious of you to share the day in the life of a church drummer. I found the video both informative and inspiring please continue posting such amazing content! Peace and love,
-Bishop Bautista
Hello accidentally ran across your channel, u were on a Cruze ship, then worship gig, I am a bassist of 45 years, but a worship player for 2.5 years, it's really cool to follow you, you are very blessed and talented, great personality, thanks for sharing PEACE
Great video! I'm also a worship drummer and it's super interesting to see it from another persons perspective. I'm also the same way, I'll listen through the music a couple days before and maybe sit down on the kit and work some things out if it's new but lately I've had my kit packed up and just work things out mentally and actually play through on a kit for the first time during practice.
I started playing for a smaller church with a super tight very talented band. It was amazing. I have played in bigger churches with bigger bands and even though the sound can be fuller and technically better, it just doesn't have the same feel. When you play with a smaller group, everyone has to play so much tighter and it makes you a better musician and makes you connect with the band so much better. I now go to a pretty big church and still fill in once a month at my old smaller church and the smaller church is def where I feel more into it. We also don't play click tracks or anything at the small church and it's more raw and natural and we follow direction from one another and it's just more organic.
Thanks for sharing! You're a great drummer!
Love 'Great Things!' awesome song really like that floor Tom thang you did before the outro 🔥
This video just popped up in my youtube feed since I have been learning worship songs for the church I now play drums for, but then I realized that your name sounded REALLLY familiar. BOOM, I just saw you in a ZackGrooves video from today (6/30/22) doing the drummer guessing! Super cool!
I am a self taught drummer for 20 years, but since I have joined this church I have been striving to finally learn more regarding reading music and charts as well as more chops and whatnot. Thankfully I have been playing to a click and recording my own music with my 2 kits for years so it's an easy transition into this field.
Wow. So spot on. Exactly what it is like as a worship drummer. Get the charts learn the part and have a positive attitude.
So cool to watch worship from this aspect, glad I stumbled onto this! Awesome bro! Keep em coming!
Great playing, man. I don’t know how you learn songs so quickly. Very impressive!
I know right the music director makes a world of a difference when they send charts 🙌🏾 it helps so much when you have little to zero time to rehearse
Absolutely, when the charts are as shown in Dave's video. However, "charts" to many churches today are lyrics with letters written over them. NO measures, NO notations.
very cool, very professional. thanks for sharing. Have you tried lowering your ride cymbal a little? Just saying (as a drummer who just turned 40) your right shoulder will thank you many years from now!
Awsom..around 38 years ago i was playing a church i went to at the time..the guitar player was really good he was once a rock guitar player so he kinda played with a rock feel it sounded great..and to play drums to him and for it to sound good i had to play a bouncy beat With a rock feel to it after we played i was told you cant play rock and roll here..i wasent playing rock and and roll i was giveing a song a beat that Was right for the song..thay wanted a plain beat that dident sound right to the song...so its awsom to see someone alowed 2 play drums in church the way god intended for them to be played in all their Glory.. I no longer. Play it hurts my legs in the shins and it hurts my hands 2..but i loved watching u play..keep up the good work..
Two things:
1) Don’t microwave water for coffee; get an electric kettle.
2) how long did you steep the French press? 5 min max, ideally 4.
@J.Y.718 except talk to me in 20 years when all the 5G energy coming thru the microwaves into your coffee, turns you into a lizard person.
Hey great video!! Was the the electric guitarist Dillan Witherow?
WAS THINKING THE SAME THING PLEASE CONFIRM!!
Pelazix - yup!
nice. thank for the insight and peek into the view of a worship musician. God's love and blessings sir!!!
I'm a church drummer. I don't read charts or even practice songs. The preacher sings it on stage and at that very moment i have to think of a beat! That's why i do many mistakes while playing...
Edit: I'm playing for a small church btw.. Not one of those big mega churches
Showing up Sunday morning for rehearsal/practice and improving as I go. Yup pretty much the story of my life lol😂
Great videos David. Curious how you record the audio for these gigs (click, band audio) that you then use in your videos. Any chance of doing a video on that? I know this is an older video but I came back to this as it’s a good one 🤘🏼
Love the channel!! Always look forward to your next one!!
Maaaaan!!! That is some tight drumming 😱😱😱😱😱😱🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
its so amazing that i heard him playing with the star cymbal and i could just feel you ooze church drummer then i saw this video 😁
I don’t play the drums but I love your channel! Keep up the great work!
Hi David! So enjoy to watch you on your drums! I wish my life is just doin' what you are doin' now as a full time drummer(coz' that's my passion). I am a worship drummer too :) but need to learn more on reading music chart and all that stuff! Anyway, keep inspire bro 👍
David I love that snare! What is it? would mind telling me how do you usually tune your bottom heads and how you adjust how much tension on the snare please? Awesome video and Playing!
Tasty chops bro! Watched a few video's and enjoy your playing.
I'm not religious at all, but I would honestly go just to hear you drum. So tight!
You should consider it, it might change your life
I’m a new subscriber and I am glad I subscribed. Your content is really good and I use to play in church. Right now I just make drum covers on my channel and your video on lighting in your drum room was very helpful and I thank you!
I knew there is some work to being a drummer but i had no idea.
Great stuff
Thank you for making the Cruises people pay a grip for more enjoyable.
Also
I always thought the "Chuch" band was all volunteer. I had no idea you all get paid. To me.... that makes complete sense.
Good job at knowing your value.
It depends on the church. Some are volunteer, some pay
Hi David, I have been watching you for a couple of years now, not sure of dates though. I loved the CHUCH gig. Does that church have sermons and services that I can access, glad that you have settled in LA, not sure about vanilla coffee though!! You are a fantastic drummer and I hope that you get blessed with more great gigs to work at. PS Liked the Arianne playback 'Boyfriend' you made it sound even better.
i didnt even know the chart stuff existed lol. i'd just show up and play the set. but we would also play the song a little differently a lot of times.
The best church md’s are the type that send out charts like this. The one at my current gig just sends out a packet of charts...every tune in order, boom. Assuming you have experience and reading chops, all you have to do is show up and play...it’s a great gig.
Is there anything more satisfying than slowly pushing down the plunger on the French press? :) You know it's gonna be a good morning!
"David you played great! We love you, please join our Chorch!"
54 degrees is definitely not freezing my friend haha 😂Had to drive to soundcheck after a blizzard in sub-zero temps many times here in Omaha, NE! 😭
I read this comment and thought 54 degrees Celsius. Makes a lot more sense in Fahrenheit lol
Missed a lick around 7:00 looked like he said, "Fuck" 😂
It's not just "reading" the chart it's having the ability to perform immediately what's on the chart ie; making each of 4 limbs do what is required independently , that is very professional...
Since when did Reed Silverstein start rocking a pony tail and a white strat ?? haha jk awesome video David! I appreciate how you showed the part in your practice session where you had to take a moment and work out that part. So you ARE human like the rest of us lol cheers dude
Nice video, I too am a church worship drummer and I don't have the luxury of technology, I get the music sheets of a song and listen to the rest of the band play it one time through without me and I write in "notes" on the sheets as the band plays as to what I need to play or what sounds good then we play it..
I definitely don't miss SoCal traffic. Awesome video dude!
Love this! Do more worship drummer content!
dang those transitions are nice 👌🏻
Hi David! Great playing! I am just now seeing this video. Very cool vlog! Can you tell me what you're using in your practice space for your laptop and mixing board? Thanks in advance.
The sound of that snare is goals
I’m a catholic and as soon as I saw this I thought” Welp, this doesn’t look like my type of chorch”
The fill into the outro of Great Things was hilarious! 🤘🏻
Hey David, thanks for the insight. I dig seeing into the shows and hearing from your experience. Thanks for sharing!
I was wondering what camera you usually use for live footage, like in this video? And do you use the camera inbuilt mike or have an extra one with you for better quality? Cheers
I really enjoyed your playing. Keep doing your thing.
Wow, I didn’t know many churches paid drummers. I’ve played in church most of my life, and wasn’t aware of that practice (other than the big worship groups like Hillsong, Passion, etc.) Great video.
Not many churches do actually. It’s gonna be the bigger churches that do because they will have to set aside a budget for it. My church has 10k plus members and I drum for 3/6 of our campuses every week and I get paid. I’ve also been a member for over 10 years, even though I’ve just started drumming for them. I feel that a church with size shouldn’t hire people to come in, the worship leaders should come from within. Idk that’s just my view. And not everyone gets paid on stage. For my church only the musicians and the campus worship director do. Vocalists don’t.
I found thid kind of Videos very interesting. To see how yopu prepare for a "bread an butter" gig and how long that take with learning the songs etc. Very professional done!
I find these videos interesting as it shows the lead up and background to a performance, thanks
Dude that's awesome you read sheet music! It sounds super hard to do that, because i play by ear.
Waiiiit, I just saw your post again. I thought you in cruise ship.. it’s a cool thing you serve the awesome God, Dave.
Hi , Loved it all. Can you please guide me what software you were listening to the tempo and the ques. It seems very cool and helpful, Best Regards.
Zohaib Naeem a lot of churches that use click and tracks usually use ableton live. my church gets tracks from multitracks, but there’s also loop community.
I know that's right brother Pearl the best reason why I play drums 💪🥁
Nice 🔥 but I was looking for the deep snare CCM sound tho. Still smackin
I thought but wasn’t sure if you were in Los Angeles at first until I saw all the palm trees on the freeway and the smog lol then I for sure knew you were in LA lol.
This is my in-laws church. Have been there many times but don’t recall seeing you play. Sounds great as usual!
I believe he was filling in for the regular drummer.
@@natestewiu At the end of the video @14.48 he states this is normal weekend thing
Can you film in 60fps? That would be awesome, less stick blur. Also, I'm curious by your statement of "I have my own beliefs" - does this mean that you don't believe or are otherwise non-religious, but are paid to play in church? Did the church have any kind of requirement or otherwise ask you what you believed? Or was it just you play drums well, so here's the gig? You're a fantastic drummer, and I lead the worship ministry at my own church. But I would want band members to profess Christianity and have a relationship with God that's evident.
Hey Michael! I do film a lot in 60fps, but it messes up my eyes a bit too much to watch an entire video with 60fps. And about my statement. I mean it in the sense that this channel of mine is meant for drum content mainly. I don't feel like it is necessary to get into the topic because I don't want to make this channel one big religious discussion. Everyone has their beliefs, and for me and what I am trying to do, I think it is good to keep somethings private to my career and to those I work with in a professional environment.
@@DavidColaDrums thanks!
All good and well David. Love your content...but do you know Jesus personally? That’s the one question worth answering
Jesse Camera And of course he needs to be asked that question because him being a paid musician probably doesn’t right? 🙄
Actually Giovanni, he needs to be asked because it’s a matter of his soul’s eternity as well as yours. Do you know Jesus?
I do and preach it weekly but it’s pretentious of you to put yourself at higher spiritual plane by asking “do you know Jesus personally?”.
This whole music-by-numbers/click is completely foreign to me... but the results are good tempo and a very solid live presentation so... I have to get behind that! More curious about the 3 x plexi shields in front of you and the band... pretty arbitrary IMO... (BTW, I appreciate the time compression edits)
LanceCampeau When plexi-shields are used like that it’s just to keep the cymbals from bleeding into the vocal mics in front
David, man, you gotta tell me what song is at 13:30...whether it's the time signature, the mood of the congregation, or the notes.....or all 3. Just a beast of a song, I can totally feel the band's overall groove
Its always been my passion to play drums, I hope that I would play at our church someday, in GOD'S Will.
You'll get it, man!!!!
@@DrumLuv23 Thanks, man! With GOD's Grace and Mercy, I am now playing the Cajon at our small church 😇😊 Stay safe and GOD bless you!! JESUS Loves you so much!! May HIS Peace be with you!
love your videos,thanks for all you do brother!
I have an observation / question and it is NOT meant to be negative in any way. I have watched a few (not a ton) of the larger church worship groups and in these, rarely do the musicians or vocalists make any eye contact with one another. It's as if everyone is on an island doing their own thing. As an example, the guitar player in this video briefly looks over at David one time and that's about it (at least that I noticed). In every band that I have ever played in, eye contact is a MUST and happens all the time. Has anyone else noticed this? I would love to read other thoughts and observations on this. Thanks and God Bless! BTW, David, solid drumming! Really nice!!!!
Just8 2Much that is true in some ways, but a lot of that is because we don’t need to make as much eye contact if we didn’t want to since everything is in our ears as far as cues, transitions, dynamics on the chart, etc... I make a lot of contact with the bass player actually and the guitarist as well, also just depends on how well you know the chart. The more you are reading the less interacting for some songs. But that doesn’t mean we all aren’t listening to each other though.
We get some of our stem packages from MultiTracks and have the same voice that we have lovingly named “Cinnamon”.
That's hilarious. I've never thought of naming the voices in a click track.
hey... greetings from Brazil... very cool to see how familiar is your routine in the weekends playing at church. How many drummers in a church like that? I don't think you play every weekend right? Do you have fixed band members - always playing with same people - or you just fits in some band as a drummer in the weekend you gonna play? keep it up, God bless you!
Have to have more than one drummer. The other guy lost the wing nuts and top felts. Lol!
Great vid. Could you tell us the songs that are in the set? Also, what is the female voice that we hear presenting each part of the song. Is there someone that does that for all the musicians? Always been in small churches so a lot of what I saw here is new to me.
kingpho79 heys~ hope i can help.
It’s actually the voice guide that is common to be found when the band uses a multitrack sequencer. It replaces the need for Live MD to remind the band.
It usually only being used if the church already invest in a silent stage system; where everyone is wearing the In Ear Monitor instead of the monitor speaker.
You can get such sequence from places like multitracks.com
@@ajjonathanong Thanks for the reply. Playlist?
What software are you running that indicates "intro", "build", etc? Is that on the iPad?
Also wondering this!
www.multitracks.com/
Ableton
@@12jo34 really? Assuming not the 'lite' version
@@alexcromer6214 Well, I assume that they've got the suite version because otherwise the possibilities are very limited.
It could be possible that they use the lite version but not very likely.
Have been enjoying your vlogs!!
Funny enough my Sunday superstition is I have to eat a breakfast burrito before services that I'm playing in. Great minds thinking alike.
Love the video david !! I would love to do something like that ...especially the "chart reading"...i played drums in church(,but not on a scale that ur on...lol....
I was looking forward to the breakfast burritos!!!
What are you using for the verbal cues? Pretty cool....
I missed seeing the breakfast burrito, and how you transport, set-up, and break-down your drum kit.
great insight ! Unfortunately my church is a capella which stinks because i love playing drums, keys n guitar, how much do these chorches pay per sunday in cali ?
As a worship drummer myself, well done sir
sweet video man i'm also a worship drummer how do you get your in ear mix for the video
He probably has his own mixer and ran a line out from that and recorded it
A lot of churches have Personal Monitoring Systems like Aviom. However the trend in larger churches is usually having a monitor engineer to reduce clutter. Personally I still love the Personal Monitoring systems. I like being in control of my mix.
You can even get a sat nav voice guide to help you drum now? amazing! Is that a standard practice in worship teams these days?
Certainly in the mega church setups and the big festivals and conferences and whatnot. I play drums in a 400 or so strong church in Swansea, South Wales and we've trialled the tracks and click and guide thing a couple of times with...mixed results. Of course, in a church like mine, no one is getting paid and no one's there because they're professional (although a few in the team are pro standard and do music outside of church) so it's often easier to go with the flow, given that s lot of mistakes are often made