FULL LESSON: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana - Trinity Rock and Pop Drums Grade 6

Talk-through of the drum part from Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana, as it appears in Trinity Rock and Pop Grade 6.
This is a completely epic series of drum grades for anyone wishing to learn the instrument in a structured, methodical and effective way while playing some of the greatest rock and pop tunes of all time!
This version is very close to the original, and all the stuff here will work along with the Nirvana version.
Book with free audio download of the track with and without drums is available here:
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/085736644...
Video demo of the song is here:
• Smells Like Teen Spiri...
And kick drum speed-building exercises which will be really useful for this tune are here:
• How To Play Fast Bass ...
• How To Play Fast Bass ...
Have fun and please let me know if any questions :)
Mike
Kit
Yamaha Recording Custom - 22”/10”/12”/16”
Tama John Blackwell 6.5 x 13” Snare
Evans Hydraulic Red Drumheads, Evans Edge Control Reverse Dot (Snare)
Meinl Byzance Cymbals - 20" Sand Ride, 18” Sand Thin Crash, 16" Vintage Crash, 14” Sand Hats
Vic Firth Extreme 5A Sticks

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

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[@rebekahfarrell5298]

I love his spirit he's so energentic

[@kidfriendly6666]

This dude's great. Hes fast and a great teacher

[@ITaHOAX]

I like how exited he is about it

[@eviebush7866]

I’m now on this song, I’ve got drum lessons every week until I leave on the 8th July so I should get through it easily. This helps me out a lot so cheers for this

[@SweetyMitSchnabel]

Such a nice video!!! I never knew which notes to play in the fill, now it sounds clean! Thank you! 🔥

[@DanielPochman]

Thank You So Much Mike! This has helped me unlock new techniques and i improved a lot using the bassdrum. Your always so proactive and happy when you are teaching. Thanks! 😀

[@Max-xk4vm]

I had really really big problems with the part (bridge) at

[@davemoore3394]

Love it. Not too many words, quick and concise. Love the energy and excitement too! Rock on Mike - you have a new fan :)

[@JESSEPINKMAN74]

This is really the best instruction ive seen for this song, thanks so much

[@universalcloudmusic]

you are a great teacher you help more than any other tutorial and make us really understand

[@georgerobb1546]

Mike, I got back into drumming a couple of years ago after many years. I used to read so sought out a local teacher who teaches from the Trinity school. He actually pointed me to your videos for how to play the whole song and I have watched them since. I quickly got back up to speed but have continued to use the Trinity books for reading drums but also for bass and guitar. It’s OK I also don’t work for them and I’m too old to think about grades. What I do is learn their rudiments, download the original and play along. With a few minor changes this seems to work. The real reason for my post is that I am working on this tune and clicked on your video expecting to see you play the song. I hope you don’t mind my comment but instead you broke it down perfectly. I understand how much work this is but this definitely works for me. I can understand how the people working on other grades will appreciate the same breakdown. Apologies for the long post but this type of video works a treat. Top lesson and many thanks.

[@davegill7614]

Hi Mike I finally got it up to full speed....thanks so much really happy after winky a few months of drumming :-)

[@psychopete23]

Thanks for the tutorial! It was very informative and you taught me this awesome song with very little trouble. Thanks, man! 😎🤘

[@fabulousec]

I really like your Vid Mike, it always improves my skill and getting better drumming! (Because of your Vid i got Merit on Grade 5!Thank you!)

[@urvashisingh2125]

Just began a month ago I’m on grade 3 but my teacher told me to do this song. This tutorial helped me a lot thankyou!

[@meadowgallagher-diver4486]

Thanks so much, this helped me ever so much. Not many people do free lessons like you do, thank you

[@razorkxll]

Since I have no drum lessons I using you as my drum teacher

[@deejayyo6237]

Amazing tutorial, thanks a lot! 😍😍😍

[@ASD-vc1oc]

So helpful! Thank you so much