i always mute my snare with my phone facing up so that 1) the possibility of me stabbing the screen gives me an adrenaline rush which fuels my chops and 2) i can scroll through my ex's onlyfans during the gig to fuel my chops
Things I've used to muffle my snare: Wallet, my phone with a case on, actually DID use a plastic cup once, tbh the plastic cup lowkey sounded like your wood block when I hit it, made for some good grooves. I also used a snare with a Remo muffler inside it, worked pretty good tbh.
Oh man, the jokes in this one are good. The Jazz student wallet joke had me laughing out loud, as well as the random frog butt. Really good video We really apreciate the effort that went into this one.
Snares on top is actually genius. Sounded good, and might help in recording. Usually you need eq treatment to boost the snaretop mics topend frequencies to get it to sound right, but that almost always makes the hihat sound to harsh becuase of the bleed and proximity to the snare. So actually just getting that snap and highs from the snare itself really solves that issue!
10:37 Am I the only who gets the impression that putting duct tap on the wires maybe very useful? A lot of drummers like to turn off the wires during a solo. But the way Zack played apparently used both sounds (with and without the wire) without actually turning on and off the snare wire. The rim shots give the impression that the wires are turned off (which I don't think it's normal), while regular strokes the opposite. And it sounds great!
i love this. a couple of days ago I put some spoons of different sizes on my snare drum 'cause I needed a tamburello, and I don't have one, and the result was pretty sick. when my mom found out that i was using 8 spoons on my snare looked at me like I went crazy. also I used a cd to mute a lot the snare, the sound was kinda impressive
Zach, you are such a goofball. I love how your videos are funny you’re just having fun. At the end of the day, that’s all it’s about. Mad respect Drum, brother. 😊
The broken cymbal reminded me of one time I put a splash on my snare and got a pretty neat sound. Smacking that splash right there on the drum sounded very much like an industrial clap effect!
10:09 Still sounds better than the snare on the school jazz kit. I swear at my school they just mounted some snare wires on an old floor tom and called it a day
My favorite is a tambourine on the snare. Specifically a rhythm tambourine from LP. It adds a jingle to your snare hits and you can also just play it like the cowbell or the wood block.
I have a concert coming up, and my band teacher only wants me to play a basic, quarter note, four on the floor beat the entire time. Do you think he'll kick me out of the band for switching to a heavy metal groove?
i'm so glad this video exists. i found a fish bowl in my band room last year and i put it on my crash once and never took it off. it sounded so dirty and i loved it to death
I was playing a gig with my wallet on my snare, it got to my solo and I got way too excited and hit my wallet in a way that all the coins and cards jumped up and went all over the place. Was hilarious for all the musos and audience to see my bank cards fly across the room
Speaking of snare wires on the batter head, Gerwin Eisenhauer plays his snare upside down and incorporates snare rubbing into his sound. Phenomenally mind blowing drum'n'bass drummer
Gonna show my age on this one, but anyone else remember Juan Carlito Mendoza's drum off solo where he did the disk scratches on the snare side, that was sick
"i was playing alot of jazz gigs in school so i didnt gotta worry abt the wallet being to thick" was funny lmfaooo he referencing the the money situations
Me who uses the phone for muffling for the past 3 years watching this video 3 years later: well damn zack, dont know whether to take that as a insult or complaint 😭😶
Have you ever heard of Animals As Leaders? I feel like you'd really enjoy them, especially Matt Gartska's (however you spell his last name) drumming style. Your style, especially your use of ghost notes on the snare, as well your hi-hat wizardry are reminiscent of Matt's style, I would say. I personally know not a fuckin' thing of drums, I'm a guitar player. But you're fucking awesome man. Such emotion on your face, you feel every last little touch made. Awesome stuff, man. I'm subscribing!!
I use my phone for the 2nd floor Tom and my wallet for the 1st floor tom, a woodblock for my snare, and of course a 12 inch di- That last part was a joke but everything else was fr
@@yes_sayer no… I use a 12- in dil- Oh sorry the video cut off there what I meant to say was I use a 12 inch dill pickle because the pickle juice smells strange so when finishing up a drum fill I know exactly where to go to home base
I use folded up paper napkins taped down. You can adjust the amount of napkins for the right amount of muffling, and you can play on the napkins themselves as a muffled option. Playing on the napkins will tear them up over time so you will need to reapply them at some point down the line. To describe the sound i'd say it sounds a lot cleaner (no pun intended) than having long rattling snares or resonance. As for the response, it feels very consistent, almost the same as playing an unmuted drum but maybe with a tighter head. When you play on the napkins it gets a very soft sound and the sticks don't bounce much.
My band teacher has me put bandaids on my snare for a mute. I think it works really well. Sometimes I’ll tape a piece of paper, or set my music on the snare while I play too.
Came here, while trying to answer questions for a game on his channel. So glad that you and Eric (EMCproductions) were finally able to connect at PASIC in November of 2022!!!
Some guy:
"Hey man, do you have some moongels? I forgot mine."
Zack:
" *F* *I* *S* *H* ?"
Seeing you grow this channel.. I can only say you're a damn genius!
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i just spat my coom
yo
@@fishfromtf2 ayo glad you can make it!
Ah yes, the chicken. The sophisticated drummer’s accessory of choice 🐔
hi
Lol
Hello!
You have 69 likes and I don’t wanna ruin the meme
69 likes
i always mute my snare with my phone facing up so that 1) the possibility of me stabbing the screen gives me an adrenaline rush which fuels my chops and 2) i can scroll through my ex's onlyfans during the gig to fuel my chops
??????? bro?
absolute fucking mad lad
r/madlad
Bro scroll through your Exe's texts for some forbidden chops
I use my iPad lol cos my phone just goes flying
Zack: ''DONT USE A GLASS CUP''
also Zack: *uses glass cup*
its one of those transparent textured plastic cups
@@gdaffix1016 did you here that sound it makes, its glass
@@jorispenterman6351 1. its spelled hear.
2. plastic can sound like that lol
3. have *you* ever hit a plastic textured cup with a drumstick before?
@@gdaffix1016 ok you win nerd
Fastest argument I've ever seen on youtube
"I want you to put a cup on your snare and see what you can come up with"
Me, with an electric kit: hhhmmm, yes, the creativity is flowing
"am I a joke to you?"
LMAO SAME
Same bro samee
Same omg
About to do this
Came for the novelty, stayed for the Grooves. For a Jazz drummer you Rock.
For a rock drummer, you jazz… huh
'for a jazz drummer'
@@j3pgirl524 yes
ayo shots fired ??
A dog named Mingus?
‘Tell me you’re a jazz-head without telling me you’re a jazz-head..’
I'm gonna name a dog Kenny G to piss him off
@@technerdbirdthe poor dog
14:30 was my fav
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Yooo its brandon
Didn't expect mr. cocky to be the greatest object taped to a snare drum of all time.
I’m getting a drumset for my birthday soon and I’m very excited to try putting random crap on my snare like a fish.
@Cal also you can some fishy grooves. Man you gotta water down that snare
That's how metallica recorded several of their albums so you will be good to go
As much as I love the little short videos you post, your full length videos are amazing!
Yes.
YESSSS I AGREEEEE
agreed
his short videos are like gateway drugs 😌
Things I've used to muffle my snare: Wallet, my phone with a case on, actually DID use a plastic cup once, tbh the plastic cup lowkey sounded like your wood block when I hit it, made for some good grooves. I also used a snare with a Remo muffler inside it, worked pretty good tbh.
8:09 ayo that’s flashlight. Parliament. Groooovin dude keep it up.
Bass line at 8:22 is flashlight. Classic!
"Go to your kitchen right now."
*stands up*
"If you're a drummer."
*sits back down*
Flashlight is such a sick base line! Hell yea man. Now Im jamming on it haha
Oh man, the jokes in this one are good. The Jazz student wallet joke had me laughing out loud, as well as the random frog butt. Really good video
We really apreciate the effort that went into this one.
Hey man, you don't speak for all of us. I for one fucking hate the effort put into this! (Jk, I love this video)
Snares on top is actually genius. Sounded good, and might help in recording. Usually you need eq treatment to boost the snaretop mics topend frequencies to get it to sound right, but that almost always makes the hihat sound to harsh becuase of the bleed and proximity to the snare. So actually just getting that snap and highs from the snare itself really solves that issue!
You can use a bottom snare mic to achieve the same thing
@@hobokenhi-fi5212 💀
Man wrote a whole paragraph tryna seem smart
The I Miss You groove with the rubber chicken was perfection
Man, this videos are so enjoyable to watch. Your long videos trying out werid things related to drumms are really entertaining.
The floor tom, every drummer's favorite table
10:37
Am I the only who gets the impression that putting duct tap on the wires maybe very useful? A lot of drummers like to turn off the wires during a solo. But the way Zack played apparently used both sounds (with and without the wire) without actually turning on and off the snare wire. The rim shots give the impression that the wires are turned off (which I don't think it's normal), while regular strokes the opposite.
And it sounds great!
Love the content man, you inspired me to perform at my schools show(I was on drums ofc) and had a lot of fun doing it, keep up the amazing work
12:49 Hello there, the angel from my chicken
I love the vids man, they’re so funny and just overall so good
Ayyy, flashligghhttttttttt! Also that fat groove starting at 13:37. 1337. Nice.
i love this.
a couple of days ago I put some spoons of different sizes on my snare drum 'cause I needed a tamburello, and I don't have one, and the result was pretty sick. when my mom found out that i was using 8 spoons on my snare looked at me like I went crazy. also I used a cd to mute a lot the snare, the sound was kinda impressive
"Make sure it's a plastic cup, not a glass cup *proceeds to use glass cup*"
~Zackary H Grooves 2021
As a drummer, I appreciated the way he kept the groove going while comparing snare sounds
Zach, you are such a goofball. I love how your videos are funny you’re just having fun. At the end of the day, that’s all it’s about. Mad respect Drum, brother. 😊
Can there please be a full cover of I miss you with the rubber chicken?
12:36. Love this part. It sounded like you being a drummer and Dj at the same time. Cool stuff.
I've been meaning to try stuff like this for a while. dope vid, sir
The broken cymbal reminded me of one time I put a splash on my snare and got a pretty neat sound. Smacking that splash right there on the drum sounded very much like an industrial clap effect!
Zack, you're the most creative drummer! 🔥🔥💯
Wow that last groove was just beautiful, I would pay for that to listen to.
10:09 Still sounds better than the snare on the school jazz kit. I swear at my school they just mounted some snare wires on an old floor tom and called it a day
I don't normally find ur videos that funny but u were quite funny in this video... GOODJOB
Fill at 16:00 is Rock With You - Michael Jackson.
loved this
These exploratory jams are sick, that 7:00 drill n bass track is sublime!!!!!!! I'd literally buy a full length version of that!!! hahaha
12:47
Is it just me, or was that a rubber chicken version of "I Miss You" by Blink-182
That cheeky fill at 2:57 took me by surprise. Aaha almost choked on what I was eating. So nice
man your feeling in grooves is Incredible, its just a beneficence to listen to you*-*
My favorite is a tambourine on the snare. Specifically a rhythm tambourine from LP. It adds a jingle to your snare hits and you can also just play it like the cowbell or the wood block.
Of course I would recognize flashlight by parliament. It was the first song that got me into funk.
That flashlight bassline is just legendary
yo why did the chicken part at 13:37 genuinely slap so fucking hard
"whats that fishy smell drummer?"
"thats the smell of great bitchin snare sound ma dude. get used to it"
I have a concert coming up, and my band teacher only wants me to play a basic, quarter note, four on the floor beat the entire time. Do you think he'll kick me out of the band for switching to a heavy metal groove?
Omg please hit those blastbeats😂
yes, your band director wont like if you switch the genre on him
yes but it's worth it
Keep the 4 on the floor but mix it up with some ghost notes on the snare and some 32nd notes on the hats.
Yes. Do It!
i'm so glad this video exists. i found a fish bowl in my band room last year and i put it on my crash once and never took it off. it sounded so dirty and i loved it to death
Playing Miss You with the chicken was 10/10
That baseline is one I learn from Eric. A good beat.
Zack back with another banger
Loved that fish flam groove
I was playing a gig with my wallet on my snare, it got to my solo and I got way too excited and hit my wallet in a way that all the coins and cards jumped up and went all over the place. Was hilarious for all the musos and audience to see my bank cards fly across the room
16:00 its the ''rock with you'' intro from MJ... class
10:25 Finally. The secret to the St Anger snare.
Speaking of snare wires on the batter head, Gerwin Eisenhauer plays his snare upside down and incorporates snare rubbing into his sound. Phenomenally mind blowing drum'n'bass drummer
Bro the fish is amazing! Also, idk if he even knows this, but that fish is called a freshwater drum lol
thisi man is absolutely correct. it's insane how new ideas come when you add or take away one piece from the kit. HOW SWAY!?
"Subtlety matters a lot in music, especially in the right context. I think, I don't know, I'm just a drummer."
*- ZackGrooves*
the snare wires on the top actually did sound pretty cool!
😂 I taped a cardboard sleeve from my sticks to my snare, so far it sounds decent.
Also your dog is fricken adorable.
Loved the Diddy Kong Racing music and the RdavidR reference 😂
our mans legit put a fuckin tilapia on his snare! thats gotta be a world record or something, bet its a worlds first!
10:43 omg this snare sound is perfect!!!
17:06 - it’s so drive and calm at the same time… Perfect groove for perfect track🤩😌 By the way, what is this track?
At 16:00 it kinda sound like the start of Rock with you by MJ
that’s what I was thinking
ZACK I’m begging you: 16th note triplet groove you always use… P.L.E.A.S.E teach, must know, might stop crying then 😭 like at 4:17 to 4:33
Flashlight!!!!!! Yes sir!! Killing Bass line❗️
Gonna show my age on this one, but anyone else remember Juan Carlito Mendoza's drum off solo where he did the disk scratches on the snare side, that was sick
Not gonna lie, I was redoing the music room and grabbed a 2x4 from the shelf I was taking apart, and it sounded so good that it’s still there
remember when jontron filled an entire bucket with flex spray?
you know what i think you should do to your snare?
That thumbnail fished me here.
Finally, a long video boi
7:06 I'm soooo learning that groove!!!! Thats nice!
"i was playing alot of jazz gigs in school so i didnt gotta worry abt the wallet being to thick" was funny lmfaooo he referencing the the money situations
Me who uses the phone for muffling for the past 3 years watching this video 3 years later: well damn zack, dont know whether to take that as a insult or complaint 😭😶
Speaking of mister Rdavidr, when's the collab coming out?
16:00 i hear you with that rock with you intro!!
Have you ever heard of Animals As Leaders? I feel like you'd really enjoy them, especially Matt Gartska's (however you spell his last name) drumming style. Your style, especially your use of ghost notes on the snare, as well your hi-hat wizardry are reminiscent of Matt's style, I would say. I personally know not a fuckin' thing of drums, I'm a guitar player. But you're fucking awesome man. Such emotion on your face, you feel every last little touch made. Awesome stuff, man. I'm subscribing!!
AH, finally a drum tutorialist who has cool grooves AND humour ! Thanks for sharing!
I use my phone for the 2nd floor Tom and my wallet for the 1st floor tom, a woodblock for my snare, and of course a 12 inch di-
That last part was a joke but everything else was fr
damn, u use diarrhea for the symbols
Phone is risky you better be confident in your accuracy 😂
I shattered my already shitty phone camera while playing concert snare bc the band had no moongel
@@yes_sayer no… I use a 12- in dil-
Oh sorry the video cut off there what I meant to say was I use a 12 inch dill pickle because the pickle juice smells strange so when finishing up a drum fill I know exactly where to go to home base
@@imfromfloridayouwontunders8315 yea when u said dil I thought u were about to say dilemma but then u said that and now I'm confused 😀🗿🏳️🌈😏😩
I like how he needed to tape the fish down you know just incase it started to fly away
my wallet dose nothing to my snare because it has nothing in it?
6:57 Someone tell me what background music is in this part😢😢
I heard that in Eric Harland oddmeter video plzzz let me know
The fish had the most organic sound. Was waiting for him to hit it tho lol
Song at 8:11 flashlight.... awesome song ps ur hilarious lol
Im not a crack head…
I use folded up paper napkins taped down. You can adjust the amount of napkins for the right amount of muffling, and you can play on the napkins themselves as a muffled option. Playing on the napkins will tear them up over time so you will need to reapply them at some point down the line. To describe the sound i'd say it sounds a lot cleaner (no pun intended) than having long rattling snares or resonance. As for the response, it feels very consistent, almost the same as playing an unmuted drum but maybe with a tighter head. When you play on the napkins it gets a very soft sound and the sticks don't bounce much.
Imagine being abducted from your home and killed just to get taped to a snare.
My band teacher has me put bandaids on my snare for a mute. I think it works really well. Sometimes I’ll tape a piece of paper, or set my music on the snare while I play too.
I guess I’m a crack head
same yo
same yo
all I can say, man, is holy mackerel
but
Wow! Super useful thank u bro🥵🥵🥵
You are one creative musician bro no 🧢
Came here, while trying to answer questions for a game on his channel. So glad that you and Eric (EMCproductions) were finally able to connect at PASIC in November of 2022!!!
dimsunk is an awesome youtube channel playing mostly funk and he does the top snare wires a lot
Dude that third experiment oof the snare wires on top would sound so good on a worship song