I studied private lessons with Joe in the late 70's when I first came to town. He said "you already have too many chops" do you want to work in the studios or go on the road in a bus? I said, I want to do studio work. He said OK then, forget all that crap were starting over :) As it turned out, a few years later, he was the percussionist on my first TV session and that made me relax and do a good job. I owe a lot to Joe Porcaro.
RIP Joe Porcaro... He didn't just gift us with his own music & knowledge, but also brought up, taught and influenced his sons Jeff, Mike & Steve - three of the most influential musicians of their own time. Rest well Joe - reunited with Jeff & Mike. Sad day...
You do realize that makes perfect sense right? you can't teach yourself what you don't already know, plus you might not even know what you dont know...... I took lessons from a guy who had been a drummer for 45 years,probably one of the greatest drummers that no one's ever heard of, he played everything from the Ed Sullivan show to cruise ships to Disneyland and everything in between, guy had played drums in just about every musical situation imaginable......and that's who you need to learn from somebody with real world experience that's applied their craft in multiple different disciplines. I feel like a lot of these drum lesson teachers around nowadays know how to play the drums but never actually applied it to any kind of real world situation, clearly the pocaros are the right kind of teachers.
Calling him a session drummer is such a insult. Toto, as Still Life, was a band he started in high school and his father was already a renowned musician too.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is a true professional drummer. Technique, listening to the other musicians, practice, thinking about complimenting the singer, no ego, no desire to overpower the rest of the band, no showing off with solos, just doing his absolute best to make the song great. So creative. We lost this nice man way too soon almost 30 years ago. You've heard his playing on hundreds of songs by various artists and never even knew it. A true master.
Just too bad he is coked out of his mind here (hence the constant sniffing and constipation). Imagine if he was sober and didn't basically had to swallow his own bile down all the time. Just goes to show that drugs suck (and he died from cocaine, no matter what the Toto camp wants to tell you)
Joe, no joking, is probably singularly responsible for the “sound” of percussion heard from the 70’s through the 80’s and early 90’s. The Artist/band list alone he produced and played for is nothing short of impressive. This guy is/was a legend. RIP Joe.
I remember learning this shuffle before UA-cam and these videos were ever available anywhere I did this by listening to my dad’s Toto album and playing to it on my Cd ghetto blaster wondering who this guy was this amazing drummer? And by the time I watched an episode on tv His wife was explaining how he had passed on some tv show and I thought, bummer! No one knew who I was talking about when I mention his name. Now if you are a drummer no matter what age you are people know who this legendary drummer is thanks to UA-cam and people sharing this. Great lessons all of them Jeff is one of my all time favourite drummers! Rosanna was bloody Epic and it is one of my go to beats to play every time I play drums.
Never heard Joe Porcaro? He was all over the Toto albums, Rosemary Clooney, Pink Floyd, Nancy Sinatra and tons of others and he sadly outlived most of his children, which can only be insanely painful (and live through the Toto royalty drama as well and be dragged into court) The Porcaros were truly a example of "only the good die young"
For me, Toto died with Jeff's passing. Yeah, the carried on with Simon and they were good but the sound changed. Jeff was Toto & to some extent influnced music round the world.
Music is the most favorite thing in my entire life and have been told I have a great singing voice. However, I am completely clueless when it comes to understanding musical notes even though one of my guitar playing friends says it is all about counting to four. Of all instruments I figured drums were the easiest because I can keep a beat but, after seeing this I might have to settle for bongos, LOL. Both Jeff and his father Joe make it look so easy. Unbelievable how they an break it down so much and say "It goes something like this" when they really mean it does go like this.
Its weird, even when he plays the straight eights groove you can tell its him. Its something you cant "learn" if you ask me, its just a natural thing he had that will never be copied.
Just discovering this after hearing Rick Beato interview Bill Schnee about how he used Telefunken 251's on the whole kit. What an incredible talent, RIP Jeff Porcaro.
great to watch him talk about his playing. Does anyone else think he is fighting indigestion quite on some occasions when he talking? :) So he was human after all! ha!
Actually, I thought that may have been a sign that he didn't have a healthy heart. Just a possibility considering what occurred about 3 years or so later.
@@sassymessmess9110 As I've personally discovered lately, acid reflux can produce the same gaseous results if one is taking an antacid like Pepcid, or something prescribed. On the other hand, I've been told that the body can go through similar reflexes if the heart isn't healthy, especially a persistent cough due to the heart not handling body fluids efficiently. We sure do miss him though. No telling where he was taking the pocket with those deep canyons he recorded on Kingdom of Desire.
@@drumsport To me there is no doubt he was not healthy when recording this video. This was not just by accident because of taking some food from an italian restaurant as some people wrote in the comments. Actually I saw lots of interviews with him and he always looks stoned. And regard his paintings published in the booklet of the live-record "Los Lobotomys". Skeletons! Why did he paint this? May be he knew, that he didn't have much time left. Also the whole athmosphere of Kingdom seems quite related to death. The guys knew they were on a dangerous path (Jeff was not the only one). Also the performance of "Jake to the Bone" in Montreux 1991, when they had to finish the song before the end because of his wrists ... the wings of time ... makes me sad to watch although he plays phantastic.
That pattern at the beginning ran straight thru the 80s and into the mid 90s especially in 90s alternative music. I hear a ton of Janet and Michael out of those patterns at the early part of the video
Joe Porcaro's Lesson Initial Tune 30:31 Cymbal Time 34:09 Cymbal Turnarounds 38:49 The Musical Drummer 41:08 Tehais 43:40 Tied Notes 46:35 The Two Feel 50:35 Hand Technique 55:24 Rudiments 1:09:12
WTF?! i've seen this video hundreds of times and i notice only now that he doesn't do the Rosanna shuffle right. the last kick on the snare at the end of the pattern is not on the snare few times here. he hit the kick just before on the quarter note instead of on the snare. how did i not see that before?? it's so clear and audible.
Até hoje curto as músicas do grupo toto! Meu filho de 22 anos gosta muito também 👍👍👍quanto ao Jeff Porcaro pra mim é um dos maiores bateristas junto c/Eric Car e Neil Pierton não sei se escrevi correto, mas o importante é que esses 3 são monstros da música 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Miles Porcaro e Carlos Vega no meu coração !!! Shannon Forrest trás o espírito eo Groove de Jeff Porcaro de volta para o Toto !!!
David French; Guitar player here but even I can pick Jeff out in a song. Guitar guys should learn to hold basic rock grooves with fills on a kit. Just a few lessons are priceless...
You know us drummers are the butt of quite a few jokes from other instrumentalists....but we're actually the most important element of any musical project, what we do combines the musical know how of playing any other instrument combined with the physical conditioning of an athlete, not to mention the fact that all drummers are expected to be everyone else's babysitter in regards to time, heaven forbid you learn to keep yourself in time.......hell some other players can't even stay steady on a pre established time.....how many times as a drummer have you gone into a section of a piece where there are no drums only to come back in 2 measures later to find the time all f***ed up. "You play a different instrument cause you dont have what it takes to be a drummer"
Hi guys out there ....He is definitely one of my best of drummers :-)) I know he play on Paiste at this video, but Im curious is he played on 602 cymbals...? Great drumming though ❤️❤️🥁👍🏼
I FEEL his FEEL!! Everything he said is exactly how one should be thinking and doing for each and every recording this is why he was hired by so many artists who knew he was very young but also knew that Jeff was like having a prominent producer who just happened to be the very best at what he did...Play his drums like no other!! Rest eternally in Heaven with you loving brother...♩😎🎶🎵🌏🎵
@@jeraldcuccurullo2497 In the eternal multiverse of heaven we all get our personal eternal chops and bandmates from Jimi to Jeff and anybody else on any instrument who left us astounded at their feel, groove and fire.
I studied private lessons with Joe in the late 70's when I first came to town. He said "you already have too many chops" do you want to work in the studios or go on the road in a bus? I said, I want to do studio work. He said OK then, forget all that crap were starting over :) As it turned out, a few years later, he was the percussionist on my first TV session and that made me relax and do a good job. I owe a lot to Joe Porcaro.
«Forget all that crap». Awesome! Who have you played with, if you don't mind sharing?
@@hugolafhugolaf Elton John :-) to name one!
@@DjsArtistRep Damn! Porcaro’s lessons paid off!
No matter what instrument you play, this is a must Watch video.
RIP Joe Porcaro... He didn't just gift us with his own music & knowledge, but also brought up, taught and influenced his sons Jeff, Mike & Steve - three of the most influential musicians of their own time. Rest well Joe - reunited with Jeff & Mike. Sad day...
I went to Grant with Steve. He was mapping out Moog synthesizers, great experience.
I learned more from JP in 10minutes than trying to teach myself for 10 years... I'm dead serious.
You do realize that makes perfect sense right? you can't teach yourself what you don't already know, plus you might not even know what you dont know...... I took lessons from a guy who had been a drummer for 45 years,probably one of the greatest drummers that no one's ever heard of, he played everything from the Ed Sullivan show to cruise ships to Disneyland and everything in between, guy had played drums in just about every musical situation imaginable......and that's who you need to learn from somebody with real world experience that's applied their craft in multiple different disciplines. I feel like a lot of these drum lesson teachers around nowadays know how to play the drums but never actually applied it to any kind of real world situation, clearly the pocaros are the right kind of teachers.
@@LIBERTYorD34TH I couldn’t have said it better, I’ve been playing in every situ live since the age of 9yrs.
I’ve been playing for 55+years now.
Which JP? LOL
Jeff & Mike Porcaro!! Rest In Peace. 💗💞
One of the greatest rhythm sections
And now Joe has gone to join them. Heavenly jams are coming.
The great legendary Drums❤❤
Some people are performers, some people are teachers...then there's this guy. Lucky to have shared some time on earth with J.P.!
Jeff Porcaro the greatest session drummer of all time.
Calling him a session drummer is such a insult. Toto, as Still Life, was a band he started in high school and his father was already a renowned musician too.
Ladies and gentlemen, here is a true professional drummer. Technique, listening to the other musicians, practice, thinking about complimenting the singer, no ego, no desire to overpower the rest of the band, no showing off with solos, just doing his absolute best to make the song great. So creative. We lost this nice man way too soon almost 30 years ago. You've heard his playing on hundreds of songs by various artists and never even knew it. A true master.
You said it best.
Passed away in 2020 RIP JP
Well said James. He really was one of a kind. And an absolute gentleman to boot.
Just too bad he is coked out of his mind here (hence the constant sniffing and constipation). Imagine if he was sober and didn't basically had to swallow his own bile down all the time. Just goes to show that drugs suck (and he died from cocaine, no matter what the Toto camp wants to tell you)
I so love the Porcaro shuffle! This man was the greatest of them all! RIP
Joe, no joking, is probably singularly responsible for the “sound” of percussion heard from the 70’s through the 80’s and early 90’s.
The Artist/band list alone he produced and played for is nothing short of impressive.
This guy is/was a legend. RIP Joe.
Jeff you are truly missed. You were an amazing talented Drummer with a different approach to styles and patterns and feel. 🥁😪
A genius drummer...passed away so young. RIP
Jeff makes it seem so easy to get that amazing feel.
God gave him that Gift. Of this, I am absolutely convinced.
Mike always looked so happy while playing that bass...would love to have met the whole family
Me too, man. He's been my inspiration for many years and he'll always be.
I love watching Jeff play so I can feel like I suck LOL It motivates me to practice......
I had these two on VHS back in the day - Glad to watch them again. Thanks for sharing!
The greatest to ever do it. Literally
I remember learning this shuffle before UA-cam and these videos were ever available anywhere I did this by listening to my dad’s Toto album and playing to it on my Cd ghetto blaster wondering who this guy was this amazing drummer? And by the time I watched an episode on tv His wife was explaining how he had passed on some tv show and I thought, bummer! No one knew who I was talking about when I mention his name. Now if you are a drummer no matter what age you are people know who this legendary drummer is thanks to UA-cam and people sharing this. Great lessons all of them Jeff is one of my all time favourite drummers! Rosanna was bloody Epic and it is one of my go to beats to play every time I play drums.
didn't know the dad was a drummer. literally the most musically talented family ever
Never heard Joe Porcaro? He was all over the Toto albums, Rosemary Clooney, Pink Floyd, Nancy Sinatra and tons of others and he sadly outlived most of his children, which can only be insanely painful (and live through the Toto royalty drama as well and be dragged into court) The Porcaros were truly a example of "only the good die young"
his groove is off the charts
He was responsible for making TOTO's tracks immortal legends!
and Steely Dan, and a bunch of other artists/bands...
@Stephen Negley True dat!!
For me, Toto died with Jeff's passing. Yeah, the carried on with Simon and they were good but the sound changed. Jeff was Toto & to some extent influnced music round the world.
@@NToombes I agree. I like the albums with Simon, but it just wasn’t the same without Jeff.
R.I.P Porcaro Family :
Jeff Porcaro
Mike Porcaro & ... Joe Porcaro
Loving your explanation and showing of all your signature timings. Wish you were still with us. You were a classic drummer & percussionist.
Drumming MASTER CLASS: Jeff Porcaro. MASTER CLASS DNA Pool: Joe Porcaro
i could watch it for hours and hours!!! fantastic
Music is the most favorite thing in my entire life and have been told I have a great singing voice. However, I am completely clueless when it comes to understanding musical notes even though one of my guitar playing friends says it is all about counting to four. Of all instruments I figured drums were the easiest because I can keep a beat but, after seeing this I might have to settle for bongos, LOL. Both Jeff and his father Joe make it look so easy. Unbelievable how they an break it down so much and say "It goes something like this" when they really mean it does go like this.
I❤Porcaro Family !!!
Some of the best musicians of all time came out of their family. Jeff, Joe, Mike, Steve, etc.
We miss you so.
Very good videos, thank you for sharing them.
Jazz Shuffle Example 1 is sick!
May rest in piece. What a guy that he was. Great loss
Love it! No double bass pedal shit.. Dizz iz da real deal!
The hi-hat and snare sounds 👌fenomenal!
Let alone how great Jeff was. look at his Dad.... pretty impressive.
Se a galera de hoje soubesse dar o devido valor e respeito as pessoas mais velhas o mundo seria melhor.
Everything Jeff is demonstrating is amazing, even those beats he doesn't like that much.
He played so many shuffles in songs, but he actually hated them, lol.
@@nickavenoso7851 Well, that's what he said in a clinic, but he played them so brillant. ❤👌🙏
@@funklover24 Yeah. His shuffles are some of my favorites.
Its weird, even when he plays the straight eights groove you can tell its him. Its something you cant "learn" if you ask me, its just a natural thing he had that will never be copied.
They reckon he could groove like that when he was 14
Hes holding back the snare its called fatback
Actually very simple in theory. Know your beats, and then give'm color by being just a tiny bit off-ish...
@@MrChiliped What about the lope? Not many can get that feel.
Very true. Whenever I hear a song, I know immediately that is Jeff's playing.
love how he openly admits, "which i stole" from sly and the family stone
All musicians steal but few will admit it. That's the mark of an humble and honest man.
RIP Jeff Pocaro
Nothing says the ‘80s like a DX7 bell patch
Vielen Dank! Ein echt schönes Video, was uns erklärt, wie es geht
Vielen Dank MR. TOTO Drummer! (Y)
Joe Jazz and Jeff Rocks
We miss you Jeff and Mike ❤️ 😔 😔
Just discovering this after hearing Rick Beato interview Bill Schnee about how he used Telefunken 251's on the whole kit. What an incredible talent, RIP Jeff Porcaro.
he ate smth that sends all the gas up hahaha...miss you groove master
Among other fabulous things, Jeff had a laser focused kick drum sound.
ジョー ポーカロさん、3人の息子さんを、スペシャリストに育てられたのは、凄いです！💜
Ladies & Gentleman Mr. Shuffle, Jeff Porcaro!
Funny thing was he hated playing shuffles
REST IN PEACE JEFF
King of drum🤟
great to watch him talk about his playing. Does anyone else think he is fighting indigestion quite on some occasions when he talking? :) So he was human after all! ha!
Actually, I thought that may have been a sign that he didn't have a healthy heart. Just a possibility considering what occurred about 3 years or so later.
@@drumsport
You're probably right because I watched a totally different Q&A session a few years later and he was doing the same thing.
@@sassymessmess9110 As I've personally discovered lately, acid reflux can produce the same gaseous results if one is taking an antacid like Pepcid, or something prescribed. On the other hand, I've been told that the body can go through similar reflexes if the heart isn't healthy, especially a persistent cough due to the heart not handling body fluids efficiently. We sure do miss him though. No telling where he was taking the pocket with those deep canyons he recorded on Kingdom of Desire.
@@drumsport To me there is no doubt he was not healthy when recording this video. This was not just by accident because of taking some food from an italian restaurant as some people wrote in the comments. Actually I saw lots of interviews with him and he always looks stoned. And regard his paintings published in the booklet of the live-record "Los Lobotomys". Skeletons! Why did he paint this?
May be he knew, that he didn't have much time left. Also the whole athmosphere of Kingdom seems quite related to death. The guys knew they were on a dangerous path (Jeff was not the only one). Also the performance of "Jake to the Bone" in Montreux 1991, when they had to finish the song before the end because of his wrists ... the wings of time ... makes me sad to watch although he plays phantastic.
@@funklover24 you’re referring to Jeff’s wrists?? Can you expand??
I have severe carpal tunnel.
What a god. What a legend.
He was an Idol
That pattern at the beginning ran straight thru the 80s and into the mid 90s especially in 90s alternative music. I hear a ton of Janet and Michael out of those patterns at the early part of the video
Geweldig hoe Jeff al die bekende Toto nummers uitlegt achter de drums
ジョー ポーカロさんは、人間国宝みたいな方ですね！人間わざとは、思えない！💜
How does this not have >1M views yet??????
14:03 grandiose
Joe Porcaro's Lesson
Initial Tune 30:31
Cymbal Time 34:09
Cymbal Turnarounds 38:49
The Musical Drummer 41:08
Tehais 43:40
Tied Notes 46:35
The Two Feel 50:35
Hand Technique 55:24
Rudiments 1:09:12
maestro de los maestros jeff porcaro dioos te tenga en la gloria
Que show a parte do Joe ensinando. É bem tranquilo. Até eu, que não sou baterista, vou me empenhar em pegar isso.
You know drummers don't get musical royalties, but damn he wasn't just a timekeeper!
He got a nice little bonus from Boz Scaggs when Silk Degrees went platinum.
@@bambubi1 bought his first house with that dough
I believe Jeff did, his wife made Toto pay every time they played live or covered any of his original works......
Let this inspire you to have a great feeling Groove!!
What a family !
true-to-form player honestly from the heart player can't be beat r i p
Pure musical genius
What a player
WTF?! i've seen this video hundreds of times and i notice only now that he doesn't do the Rosanna shuffle right. the last kick on the snare at the end of the pattern is not on the snare few times here. he hit the kick just before on the quarter note instead of on the snare. how did i not see that before?? it's so clear and audible.
He was a monster!!!!!!
Até hoje curto as músicas do grupo toto! Meu filho de 22 anos gosta muito também 👍👍👍quanto ao Jeff Porcaro pra mim é um dos maiores bateristas junto c/Eric Car e Neil Pierton não sei se escrevi correto, mas o importante é que esses 3 são monstros da música 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
A
The best.
First drummer of all times: God
Second: Jeff Porcaro
AMEN!
God? Which band is it
Third drummer: Gavin Harrison
He means Gadd
By god you mean Bernard Purdie?
Thank you
24:18 he breaks down the groove to Pamela...
9:30 You can hear Jeff doing these patterns on Dire Straits' "Calling Elvis" just as it fades to its end.
Magic!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
オシャレ！💜
Thank you Master !
11:15 to 14:36 ....... Pure genius!
my old teacher love jopo
Невероятния Джеф Поркаро,най добрия барабанис на ТОТО за всички времена!!!!!!!
thank you for posting : ) 😊 👍
Great 👍🔥🔥👍
Everytime I hear him playing I feel I need to get a drum kit and learn how to play ❤️ Toto ❤️
Jeff Porcaro, Mike Porcaro, Miles Porcaro e Carlos Vega no meu coração !!! Shannon Forrest trás o espírito eo Groove de Jeff Porcaro de volta para o Toto !!!
Just do it.
Just Brilliant Love it THANK YOU!! ✌❤🙏
Watching this video makes me realize how lazy are a lot of drummers nowadays.
True
Synth plus finger = sick beats.
Alot of drummers nowadays didn't have the great Joe Porcaro as their father and mentor.
Thank 's for your.lessons Jeff
22:39 - and the hairs go up on the back of my neck.
David French; Guitar player here but even I can pick Jeff out in a song. Guitar guys should learn to hold basic rock grooves with fills on a kit. Just a few lessons are priceless...
It's amazing.
I came
@@nothingleft777 I will be the first to recognise this marvellous comment.
Legends. RIP.
Jeff Porcaro and Joe Porcaro Drum Lesson Video
This is better than some of the shit videos I seen in the past. Pocaro is great.
スタジオ取って、ドラム叩きに行きたくなった！💜
"...and it should sound something like this". If you are a drum genious.
Simply the Best on the planet!!!!
22:41 - Rosanna detected!!
1:02:47 omg, blast beats!
8:20 lock it in. Love jeff
You know us drummers are the butt of quite a few jokes from other instrumentalists....but we're actually the most important element of any musical project, what we do combines the musical know how of playing any other instrument combined with the physical conditioning of an athlete, not to mention the fact that all drummers are expected to be everyone else's babysitter in regards to time, heaven forbid you learn to keep yourself in time.......hell some other players can't even stay steady on a pre established time.....how many times as a drummer have you gone into a section of a piece where there are no drums only to come back in 2 measures later to find the time all f***ed up.
"You play a different instrument cause you dont have what it takes to be a drummer"
agree, there is nothing better than a great drummer, it's primal and it holds everything together ... a great drummer is the key to any great band
Hi guys out there ....He is definitely one of my best of drummers :-)) I know he play on Paiste at this video, but Im curious is he played on 602 cymbals...?
Great drumming though ❤️❤️🥁👍🏼
Looks like it, but I don’t really know exactly. He was also playing a combination of Paiste and Zildjian cymbals live during this era.
世の中には、凄い人が居るんだな。知らなかった！💜
Thinking maybe he recorded this after eating a big Italian meal
Its the booger sugar
I FEEL his FEEL!! Everything he said is exactly how one should be thinking and doing for each and every recording this is why he was hired by so many artists who knew he was very young but also knew that Jeff was like having a prominent producer who just happened to be the very best at what he did...Play his drums like no other!! Rest eternally in Heaven with you loving brother...♩😎🎶🎵🌏🎵
Damn I was thinking the same thing. Thought he was gonna puke at some point. He’s one of the all time greats though
@@jeraldcuccurullo2497 In the eternal multiverse of heaven we all get our personal eternal chops and bandmates from Jimi to Jeff and anybody else on any instrument who left us astounded at their feel, groove and fire.
Cocaine users call this the drip, that feeling when what you snorted drips down the back of your throat. True or not, I dunno.
His dynamics are out of this world....dave wecklish
Dave Weckls dynamics are Porcarish... ;-)
@@MrChiliped whatev
Don't go there people and turn a who's better between two legends!
@@danablake9349 thanks Dana. 😉