STEVE GADD Shows Us The SIMPLEST THING On Drums, But Why Is This So F!@#$g Hard To Play |

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    For me the greatest revelation in the art of drumming, is to execute the simplest thing to the ultimate perfection. It is like Picasso drawings, looks childlike but you see also the profound deepness and superb quality.
    In this video you see how amazing Mr Gadd shows us this knowledge, if you look at it a little further:).
    It is never about fast playing and showing off ( You see and hear that he has some of the greatest skills and technique on earth) but the music comes first. That's why he is one of the most recorded drummers of all time...
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  • @JeffWald
    @JeffWald 2 дні тому +9

    "its the simple things" :). Great pointing out the gold nuggets that can easily be missed. Thanx boss!

  • @yuvalper1978
    @yuvalper1978 42 хвилини тому

    The man is a genius

  • @THELONGHOSEcom
    @THELONGHOSEcom 8 годин тому +2

    2 seconds and you know it is Steve....organic and tasteful.

  • @SylarTheBest
    @SylarTheBest День тому +2

    What a gem!

  • @quicolic
    @quicolic День тому +2

    Great! Great! And this Yamaha sound, oh my God!

  • @nj_resident6705
    @nj_resident6705 20 годин тому +1

    Thank you for this post. Excellent!!

  • @Twotontessie
    @Twotontessie 9 годин тому

    His touch was so exquisite. Like he didn’t want to hurt the drums. ❤

  • @robbiesmith6859
    @robbiesmith6859 День тому +8

    he learned how to play simple,from rick marotta,when he came to new york in the early 70's.he was very technical then,and had to strip down a lot of his chops in ordrr to lock with other musicians.the music tells him what to play or not to play.other drummers like harvey mason,jeff porcaro,jim gordon,jim keltner,steve jordan,jr robinson have the same qualities.if you want to hear steve gadd stretch out a little please listen to steps live at the pit,with michael brecker,eddie gpmez mike mainieri,don grolnick.amazing ülaying and not boring at all....do a little research before you judge...

  • @cbolt4492
    @cbolt4492 20 годин тому

    Incredible

  • @JacksonDang04
    @JacksonDang04 День тому +2

    The simplest thing 🗣️📢🔊🔊🔊🔊🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @SJF98
    @SJF98 День тому +1

    Great excerpt! Thank you for sharing, it is very instructive and helpful to see your comments on the nuances etc. that are very hard to play consistently well. PS. Please just ignore the negative comments, the rest of us appreciate the time and effort you put into these analyses!

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge День тому +2

    I got it. Need to start off with.... THE SIMPLEST THING.

  • @rhythmista7707
    @rhythmista7707 День тому +2

    His feel is absolutley insane. And yet again, there he is using a Ludwig supraphonic snare drum to compliment that "simple" groove. The most played and recorded snare drum in modern music history..

    • @metroknowm
      @metroknowm День тому

      i have several modeled versions of the supraphonic within my own vst that i return to for so many funk, soul, and dry rock recording gigs. it's extremely versatile in this virtual state as well. and no one knows it's modeled.

  • @patzzaj
    @patzzaj День тому

    master of time 🎵🎶🎵

  • @ThomasNappo
    @ThomasNappo 9 годин тому

    Hes got the Best Time..😊

  • @Abrahamhamham
    @Abrahamhamham 20 годин тому

    James Cameron and Steve Gadd. Nice

  • @dokproduction9881
    @dokproduction9881 День тому +1

    Steve God.. That's all!

  • @Squirrel-i6u
    @Squirrel-i6u 19 годин тому +2

    Playing at that tempo would be the hardest part for me.

    • @clivewellings7606
      @clivewellings7606 10 годин тому

      Playing slowly is much harder than playing fast.

  • @coreytruesby901
    @coreytruesby901 День тому

    The reason it seems hard because it’s a simple lesson but it takes time and discipline. I would pay attention to the groove first and when I’m comfortable with it then I’ll start adding to it slowly but constantly has Steve.

  • @jameswise7719
    @jameswise7719 День тому

    Even dubbed
    Steve is an influence to many
    That don’t even realize it .
    Thank you for teaching us how
    To play some of the most famous
    Drum patterns to ever exist .
    It took me a minute to learn
    50 ways . But I eventually found it.
    Although no one can do it
    Like Steve.

    • @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel
      @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel  День тому

      thank U!

    • @rhythmista7707
      @rhythmista7707 День тому

      It took you 1 minute ? Lol..Don't think so.

    • @jameswise7719
      @jameswise7719 День тому

      I didn’t say it took 1 minute
      Literally.
      It’s a figure of speech .
      In reality it took about a
      Week of first learning the
      Groove
      Then another week or so
      To play it properly and in time .
      If it takes you less great
      If not that’s ok too .
      Exact words are hard to live by
      Give me a break .

  • @pal4597
    @pal4597 День тому

    I love when a newish student says I can do that beat, it's easy. Lol

  • @TweedSuit
    @TweedSuit 2 години тому

    The hardest thing he's doing is keeping that slow tempo rock solid throughout the different parts.

  • @bmodextreme
    @bmodextreme 2 дні тому +16

    Too bad they did add the dub echo of “the simplest thing” over each example in the original video

    • @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel
      @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel  День тому +2

      sorry for that I thought it was funny:(

    • @drumkick2315
      @drumkick2315 День тому +1

      @@RubenvanRoonDrumChannel It is, indeed, really nice, please keep it

    • @bmodextreme
      @bmodextreme День тому +1

      @@RubenvanRoonDrumChanneli like it too, I’m a bass player and i have this clip from “be the drum” channel saved to my phone so when a drummer says i don’t know what im talking about, i can show them Dr. Gadd

    • @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel
      @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel  День тому

      @@bmodextreme Good one;)

  • @tonysmith5878
    @tonysmith5878 День тому

    MR.GADD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @davidbonar5190
    @davidbonar5190 День тому +3

    this whole thing sounds like a skit on an 80s/90s hip hop album :) the simple beat, the samples...

  • @ThePsychedelicBowser
    @ThePsychedelicBowser 20 годин тому

    Hes laying it down...😏

  • @christiansmyth1466
    @christiansmyth1466 День тому +1

    I love how he swings that 16th note pattern on the hats. SG is the MAN.

  • @omnipop4936
    @omnipop4936 16 годин тому +3

    Why do they overlay his voice saying "the simplest thing" every time he begins to play? It's creepy.

  • @MarkColden
    @MarkColden День тому

    Are those 15" or 16" hi-hat cymbals?

  • @MKDreieich
    @MKDreieich 16 годин тому +1

    ...not 100% sure if Up-Close was really the 1st instructional drum video, but it has all the essence...push-pull, heel-toe, alternations among hand and feet, breathing, 16note triplet licks, linear...and a demonstration of 50 Ways that made (I guess) Rick Latham kick himself for his transkription in Advanced Funk Studies ;-)

  • @seppoinnanen5577
    @seppoinnanen5577 21 годину тому +3

    The slower the tempo gets, the harder it gets...

  • @whatilearnttoday5295
    @whatilearnttoday5295 20 годин тому

    Bass player... Important how you're picking out the length of the beats. "Long" and "short". If I'm not mistaken I believe Gadd thinks that way, in cycles of waves (Like Billy Cobham also?) and long/short rather than counting.

    • @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel
      @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel  19 годин тому +1

      So true!!! That is what we can learn from bassplayers…. Timpani is the secret;)

  • @D3ltus
    @D3ltus 13 годин тому

    "the simplest thing"

  • @latentsea
    @latentsea 4 години тому

    Simple like king fu.

  • @peatmarshnotfound
    @peatmarshnotfound 3 години тому

    I hate when people compare Steve Gadd to God... he's good and all, but he's no Steve Gadd.

  • @bishopoftroy
    @bishopoftroy День тому +9

    It`s not so f%^&@$% hard :))) Really this is not difficult at all, playing with all those dynamics and opening the hihat, that`s just basics. Stop fetishizing stuff just because it`s played by famous people.

    • @wowmanhaha
      @wowmanhaha День тому +1

      Thank you! There is way to much fetishizing out there in the drum world - it's a wonder anyone else picks up a pair of sticks at all.

    • @rickylefebvre
      @rickylefebvre День тому +1

      It is actually hard to make it sound exactly as good as Gadd does with everything all at once (that exact timing, that exact feel, those exact dynamics, those exact articulations, etc). Though yes, it is all based on basic stuff and there is a lot of overly fawning praise of really basic stuff an annoying amount, I agree.

    • @bishopoftroy
      @bishopoftroy День тому +8

      @@rickylefebvre no it`s not hard to sound like that, it`s not and Gadd is an overrated drummer.

    • @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel
      @RubenvanRoonDrumChannel  День тому +2

      How many records did you record? and did you played with all the legends in Jazz and Pop music? Quincy Jones , Paul mc Cartney Paul Simon Eric Clapton Mike Brecker, Chick Corea and a 1000 more?

    • @DavidOakesMusic
      @DavidOakesMusic День тому +3

      @@wowmanhaha I see so much " maaaan [drummer] could play one hit on the hi hat and you know its them and nobody else could have done that "
      It's ridiculous.
      " Buddy Rich is the greatest drummer of all time " - literally any vid I see of him - he's hunched over playing as fast as he can. Every one.
      Plus he was a renowned POS who hated Matched Grip _for no reason_ when lots of modern drummers say there is NO advantage to Trad Grip. NONE.

  • @Patriot-x8y
    @Patriot-x8y День тому

    Ruben, been playing drums long ?? Doesnt sound it.