Developing Your Own Pocket On The Drums
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
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“Real pocket determines how they dance, and how they move to it. It’s the movement of the music.”
Taylor Gordon has carved out a niche for herself as ‘The Pocket Queen’, known for her incredible feel and groove. If you’ve ever seen one of her videos on Instagram or UA-cam, you’ve seen her positivity and passion as well.
In this Drumeo live lesson, Taylor talks about what it means to be ‘in the pocket’. She defines it not as the notes being played, but the spaces between the notes and the feel of those spaces. She also dives into a great point about how the drums - and where the beat lies - can give direction to a song. How do you want the audience to move to the music, and how do you want them to feel?
Taylor views drumming and music in a somewhat unconventional way: she associates grooves with shapes and waveforms. Some are square, others are circular, and others have a jarring up-
down pattern. While she says she doesn’t think she has synesthesia, she describes it in a way that could really benefit drummers who are visual learners.
Follow Taylor:
►UA-cam: / taygrummer
►Instagram: www.instagram....
►Facebook: / thepocketqueen
Lesson Index:
0:29 - SONG: “Quest For Pocket” by Nikko Ielasi
4:48 - Introduction
6:10 - SONG: “Greyson’s Ladder” (Drumeo Edge Drumless Track)
10:08 - Defining ‘pocket’
13:05 - Seeing shapes and waveforms
19:14 - How Taylor builds grooves
31:35 - How beginners can improve their pocket
36:02 - SONG: “U2 Are Led” (Drumeo Edge Drumless Track)
Seriously classy playing. No overplaying, no underplaying, just class!
Exactly.
That's why it's called pocket playing because you are serving the music and dynamics.
100%
You get a lot of gigs that way! Serve the song all day long! I do appreciate chops tho....
That's the word i was trying to pick! Class!! Beautiful!
Oh my goodness! Taylor use to play at my church when I was child! And now she's on DRUMEO!!! Whatttt!!!!!!!
That's awesome! :)
Dude thats crazy😎
God is good!
@@jdouglas2334
Yup 😄
I used to follow her on Facebook like 10 years ago, I remember she was always working hard on her technique, groove and chops. She was always sharing her knowledge and I just followed her because I used to learn a lot from her videos. Now she is here and I even feel proud of her, her hard work paid off :)
She allows every sound to breathe, resonate, and express itself, and her pauses are so professional, one of the most balanced drummers in the game. cymbals and drums so evenly placed throughout.
I agree with you so much!😮💜
Taylor's groove is deeper than the Marianas Trench. This woman is the real deal.
No doubt
For sure
I absolutely ❤️ how she doesn’t overplay but still makes it sounds interesting at the same time. Fantastic.
I love her. She plays so cleanly.
STYLE, My Brutha.
I love her playing soooo much! Her pocket is so deep and it seems like she has all the time in the world to do everything, nothing is rushed. also the drum sound is phenomenal! also I see people say similar thing on other videos but seriously, why would people give this a thumb down rating? I just don't understand
Her cymbal work is exquisite, and her overall phraseology is so perfectly balanced.
Agreed
8:55 Seamless replacing broken stick
Agreed. Its part of what being a pro is all all about.
I didn't actually notice until I saw this and had to rewind it lmao. very stealthy.
I think “I better play pocket” might be the best thing you can have in your head while you play drums
Perspectively 75% if the time couldnt hurt 😉
absolutely 80/20 drummer, and while i’ve got you here, can you please make a video on uptempo jazz fills? I always feel kinda stuck playing fast fills and I feel confined to the few things I have built to memory.
Taylor, you knocked this session of Drumeo right out of the ball park!!!! Well done Queen 🌹👍😁
That’s one of the best sounding snares I’ve ever heard! Such a snappy, sharp sound.
She's the cleanest player I've seen in a long time. She really digs into the groove in this mesmerizing way.
The Pocket Queen, you might be the best drummer I have seen - ever. I haven't seen someone approach creative drumming with such grace, comfort, and talent.
I am not impressed by drummers that can play a lot of technical things, drummers that can play with a lot of feel and soul and pocket really get me going. I agree, one of the best drummers I have ever seen personally!
One of the best drummers I know!
Everything she plays is: "No need to look any further, You got the gig!" Her touch is just incredible.
That entire set of cymbals just sounds absolutely incredible. Great playing.
Yeah, so soft and harmonising perfectly, very relaxing.
Paiste
She steals my heart every single time! So much talent...and Pocket!!!! The people who disliked this video can barely hold a solid rhythm on a tambourine. lol
What male drummers steal your heart with their playing? Lol
@@patrickellerin111 I age with OP comment, as for male drummers, Jon Theodore playing with The Mars Volta steals my heart every single time
Peter Staubs Theodore is a bad ass
I love when a drummer or any musician for that matter, doesn't need to show off or overplay... but then has their moments where they show the chops are technique/ skills are there when the music calls for it! Awesome groove!
Who ever disliked this video I would love to hear your reasons why. This is smooth!!!
For anyone who has followed Taylor Gordon on her UA-cam Channel to see the growth of drumming and understanding of her musicianship is truly amazing. She is really coming into her own!
On the First intro cut played...This is what I'm talking about. Clean, dynamic, colorful, in it, locked without impedance, spaced with the growth factor! Love the syncopation space pocketed with purpose. My goodness, this is so inspiring, this is how I think and arrange...Nikko is beastly with Taylor. Nice Taylor, Nice! Respect. -educapro
As a synesthete, I can really get behind her way of visualizing music and patterns. Creative lesson from a fabulous drummer!
Her point about technique is bang on. If you can make a pair of sticks look like noodles when you're moving them then you're all set.
Practice Makes Perfect, Yet Perfect Thankfully/Mercifully is a Perspective.... Ahhhj.
I love her style, flair, vibe so much ❤️ 🥁 🎶 🎵
7:27 her love for her craft is contagious
Goosebumps! Chills! There's something about a drummer that smiles when they're playing... you can't fake that. Papa Joe Jones and Billy Higgins were in that space and so is the Pocket Queen.
Phenomenal - First class musicianship right here. From the playing to song selection; from the drum mix to the wisdom laid down - It doesn’t get any better!
I absolutely love the way she visualizes grooves as similar shapes and sound waves. Right when she was talking about the sine wave, and played the shuffle, I was like “triangle or saw” and BOOM! Mind expanded.
Congrats on the Drumeo spot I just love it I've been a fan for a while and as always I just love your playing!!!!!!
Finally! I’ve been waiting for this 1.....🔥🔥
Just 6 words
Holy Crap! That was good playing!
She plays with such awesome feel man. Each hit of every drum and cymbal means something. I love her grove
Absolutely love this girl she's beyond incredible at our craft!
Ahhhhhhh this is soooooo goooooooood
The beauty artistry of playing in the pocket,definitely one of the best female drummers around.
one of the best drummers period, without gender qualifier
I can listen to her all day love this style
Same
her playing reminds me alot of the late great John Blackwell, who played for years with Prince...amazing
Girl I watched you from the beginning. Nailing with style!
Thank you for just being a dam good drummer no gimmicks.
Hard to fathom the value of all these lessons and videos. So much helpful information and so many inspiring drummers. Drumeo will be plumbed for generations to come. Thank you.
Her way of connecting grooves and shapes totally makes sense to me!
"Real pocket determines how they move to it….. (words of wisdom) Brilliant playing Taylor
Such a great performance. This was a year ago though wasn't it - just reposted? I watched this a while back anyway, unless I'm imagining it all - inc that broken stick... I was hoping it was a new video! Bring back the Pocket Queen.
Freaking love her style of Drumming and her sound. Exactly the type of drummer I wanna be someday ...
Like a river flowing through the grand canyon! This is what I live for, to see a show that truly goes there. Just saw Chuck Burgi drumming for Billy Joel in Milwaukee baseball stadium, and it was NUCLEAR! 50,000 people grooving and singing, PURE MAGIC!
No usually into this type of music but Taylor's drumming is just so awesome to watch and listen to, I totally jammed out.
that song in the beginning is absolute perfection
After many hours of time keeping focus, I have started thinking visually about square, round etc shapes, as a typical western grid doesn’t express certain grooves so well. I also think this material on how to translate what you play to how you want people to dance is awesome, and make a lot more sense now 3500 hours of practice into my drumming journey than it did the first week.
Though I am only halfway through this EXCELLENT video, Ms. Gordon's description of combining the shapes with movement in her body to demonstrate the groove in a song, it TRULY helped me connect something I've been trying to describe with my own sensations as I write music! EXCELLENT video, Drumeo and Ms. Gordon!
I sometimes wear two (except opposite colors) identical model shoes & I sometimes wear the shirt that has one long one short sleeve. So the color/muscle mem./movement manipulation-reverberations become different colored & (Attitudinal ...?!) personalities and how those individual limb colors & personalities drive a groove, beat, fill, pattern, solos or what have You. I dunno. Just how my mind works I guess. Just a thought. Hava Great One!
Awesome playing and the kit sounds amazing !
Only the most confident of players could pull this off with a fully open cup of water right there next to the kick and floor tom
I noticed that cup 🥤 water also, haven't yet decided on what it reveals.
That's not water...it's Vodka
Discovered PQ on Instagram last year and she's been one of my fav drummers since!
Precisely
same but maybe 2 years ago, so good!
Girl you're so good, and you play with a mood. You're very classy on the drums!
Awesome work around the kit...I've been playing for years and you motivate me to keep practicing and keep working. God Bless You.
This lady is an outstanding drummer! And a very intelligent (and beautiful) woman too!!! I fell in love with her drumming (and her). Its so satisfying to see this level of drummers on YT. Thanks!
Great understanding of music and amazing skill to reinforce melody´s message thru her rithms and fills.
I personally love her use of hi -hats. She´s great
Your Explenation of the Muscle Memory to Sound in the Intro is Exactly as I'd (Try &) explain it as well. Also Sick & Tasty Groove + Chops!
Her feel on that second tune is just sick; so patient but yet fully energetic. Great lesson! Thank you!
Pocket Queen On The Drums .. One Of The Best Female Drummers Ever Of Her Time. With Hard Work In Her Playing .
Thumbs up for "analyzation"!
Great feel & Pocket
Random, but im really feeling the outfit lol
she is one of a kind, style and class, and not just on the drums
Jocqui Dixon her outfit is like the jellyfish from shark tale or finding nemo
This is better than any crazy gospel licks or double bass video.. she’s smooth as silk 🤗
Always a joy to watch the PQ play!!
How much fun she’s having, makes me so happy
I really liked 'Greyson’s Ladder'. That's where she picked me up. Super nice drumming. Best greetings from Germany.
Hi hats are super crispy. Let’s go Taylor!!
What she in the beginning of the video is spot on. I have been saying for years you can really hear it when a musician is emotionally invested in the music.
that hi hat is the cleanest i ever heard
the drum kit is awesome and the play is on fit🔥🔥
Taylor, you inspire me to practice more!!
@drumeo you should also get dre energy to teach on your channel... i'd love to see that so much! You got the best teachers from different parts of the world. Bless your souls! Keep it up!
The beat is with her.... that drumstick switch was seamless sound-wise. Perfect.
Emotions and Audio I TOTALLY get this💯🎯 when I play I just play what I feel
Brilliant! She actually helped me understand! Being a visual learner this helped greatly 🤙🥁😁
6.10 on is just outstanding. Groove and pocket overload 😮😮
Wow great Taylor!! 👏👏👏❤ Greetings from Italy! 👍👍😃🇮🇹
She's a very good drummer and a good teacher too; she can explain very all what she's doing and what makes her tick. Great staff!!!
It's hip to be square!
She definitely brings it. Killin'. Thank you!
yeeeeeeaaaaah! This is what I'm talking about! Her time is amazing!
Yay!!..Paiste!!Great to see someone using 'real' traditional, crystal crisp,shiny cymbals these days. What is it with this AA Meinl craze of horrible dry ,dead,dark,dull cymbals that look like they've been in a car fire!..you may as well be using Aluminium foil for cymbals in my opinion!
Man no lie, I have a fetish for dark drys. To each his own?
Fantastic feel for the music. First track reminds me of Japanese prog rock, like a Street Fighter video game or something. She has a knack for knowing where to propel the beat so that everyone else's note placement sounds purposeful. It's like S level drumming/songwriting where it gets into the "cannot be explained with words, only experience" tier
I am not even a drummer and I just love to watch and listen to her play.
Great drumming!! I like how you actually use your second snare drum, and how each has a unique sound. Also, that robot dancing was ON POINT!
At 08:54, just.. wow. Such cool and control.
Love PocketQueen! Glad he brought up synethesia! Immediately picked up on that and wonder how many of us might have variations.
That fill at 4:23 did it for me. I could hear that 100 times and not get it tired of it.
I go back and fourth between pocket Queen and Rob Brown! Great Great Great stuff!!!!
The Pocket Queen is doing way, way more than playing drums exceptionally well. She's a thinker and it gives me hope and comfort. This is truly inspiring. I love her playing style, this is awesome. 100%
Totally great Drumeo, I'm learning a lot. Thank you.
That is some tight playing. I love her technique!
I love the sound on the symbols so perfect 👌🏽!
Outstanding Taylor!
It's the way she does that facial expression with her mouth whilst locked in the groove... e dey kill me oooo😍 💚
Ohhhhh man that smile at 4:15 Talking about playing in the pocket!
OMG her smile exudes pure joy. Beautiful!
I got my own pocket.
It's inconsistent and all over the place. 🙃
Beat that! 🤗
Taylor is definately really good. Untouchable level for me. ❤
very nice and clean play
Awesome player. Great taste, no excesses. Drums is sounding superb! That hi-hat is to die for.
So smooth, so fluid, so good!
Wow...!!!you're so loving this,love you pocket queen...bad ass drummer.
Shapes. I like that approach. Go around the edge, the shape keeps going, as long as all side lines are connected. Basically a variation on a square, triangle or round
How is it possible that one person can be so gorgeous in so many aspects?!
She’s So Amazing with her music much love to Taylor Gordon the pocket Queen
This Queen Earned her crown
Cool technique, amazing and clear sound, great drumkit and... Beautiful woman