One of the few (and certainly most unexpected) rock drummers whose solos wouldn’t have had me running to the bar 😂. This sounds easy til you try to break it down - like most good stuff. Another well constructed lesson ✌️
Mike, I grew up in East-Germany and had my first Sweet encounter over the radio at the age of 10 with Wig Wam Bam. Sweet became my absolute super idols over night and in admiration for Mick I started with drum school when I was 12. In 1987, I finally met Mick for the first time along with Andy Scott and even a few times more the following years. Your tutorial on Ballroom Blitz is just so well made and explained. In memory of Mick I am determined to get this iconic drum lick rolling best possible. Thanks so much, Enrico
I play this with a later Bass player of the Sweet, who performed with Brian C. Cheers for the great breakdown video 👍 It's great fun to play, so much to think about throughout the song.
Nice one Mike. I've been workiing on this song for a while now and yes, it's tricky! There's some stuff on UA-cam from Sweet's lost German concert filmed in 1974 for a TV show which came to light in 2016. Some pretty heavy stuff going down and a great drum solo from Mick. They could have been so much more.
Took a look at the video, Mick had both feet on his bass drums until he moved his left over to close it for riding. Maybe he was one of those that varied his part. This song came out the year before I started playing drums and stayed popular for a few years. I grew to hate it for a while because of the number of times bandmates would look over at me and (imitating Brian Connoly) say "Are you ready, Steve?" AAAAAUGH!! I'll admit to throwing a stick on occasion. Now it's back to being a nostalgic pleasure for me. Thanks, Mike!
@@steveanderson6180 Ha nice one Steve, good call with the double bass drums - Yeah optional to play two bass drums, if you have them! And yeah as I said hi-hat foot part also optional, gives it a good feel for live IMO but perhaps not 100% authentic to the original and leave it out if preferred. Cheers Steve 👊🏻
How To Play The Drum Beat From "Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet Been asked about this one quite a lot! Classic little example of the “train beat” (ua-cam.com/video/IpCvLCQlQfE/v-deo.html) with a couple of variations added. Some videos about developing your ability to play accents in your single stroke roll, essential skill to make this sound authentic: 1.Accents on the beat - ua-cam.com/video/WcQsytDUnBs/v-deo.html 2.Shifting accents - ua-cam.com/video/H1eyi1RLqVM/v-deo.html And video discussing the “I’m struggling with...” concept and the 2 ways to build up coordinated grooves (which I touch on in this video ) is here: ua-cam.com/video/r-WX0F0STTY/v-deo.html Thanks for watching and have fun :) Mike 675+ free drum videos at ua-cam.com/users/mikebarnesdrums If you’ve enjoyed this channel and found it useful, please support it and help it grow at www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums
Thanks Mike, I will use the start with the kick then add more as I go method, then once I have it in my head, I will understand the groove, lots of fun. Cheers Wayne
I use to play the beat with an inverse paradiddle starting with the left (LLRL/RRLR), so the accents sound like in a stereo effect which sounds pretty cool for me :)
"Are you ready steve" - love this song!! Thank you for tutorials they are super helpful. I have a request, Black Sheep by Metric, from Scott Pilgrim vs the World would be amazeballs!!
I saw Mick Tucker play this a long time ago, both live and on the record I believe the snare is slightly ahead compared to what you´re playing here. Also the first demo part here (0,10ff) is quite a bit off, isn´t it? I may be wrong, I´m a producer, ex DJ, backline/FOH tech, not a drummer. Just curious.
Hi Mike, did you ever get around to uploading a full version of this song? It's one I've been determined to try and learn properly, as it was the first song I heard as a little kid that got me so interested in drums! I'm ok with the beats, but the two main sections of tom fills still throw me, particularly the tom pattern towards the play out. Would be good to have these in notation to work on if possible, as there is some funny timings to the fills, which I'm having trouble working out. cheers.
Kit is Drumtec Diabolo kick and toms, Roland snare and cymbals, Roland TD-11 Module. Vids below… Kit: ua-cam.com/video/EHQbhU7UFuM/v-deo.html Sounds: ua-cam.com/video/E6B6R0GoCrU/v-deo.html How it’s recorded: ua-cam.com/video/jt3hZ3tY9_A/v-deo.html
Sir i have been watching you videos since the last few hours and I am sure it will help me a lot. Thank you so much for that. I wanted to tell you that, I am a beginner drummer, so I am trying to play easy songs for practice. Can you please help me in breaking down the bridge part of the song "Bloody Valentine" by MGK.
Hi Mark, kit details here... Drumtec Diabolo kick and toms, Roland snare and cymbals, Roland TD-11 Module Kit: ua-cam.com/video/G9M85FEHrb0/v-deo.html Sounds: ua-cam.com/video/E6B6R0GoCrU/v-deo.html How it’s recorded: ua-cam.com/video/jt3hZ3tY9_A/v-deo.html
Cheers Mike. Long time Mick Tucker/Sweet fan and as a drummer I was happy to see him play this live a few times. Really good point you made about how he 'swung' the beat and it's a fair bit trickier than most would appreciate, especially the last part of the pattern. I've seen a few tutorials and like most the (two?) left hand snare accents which follow on from the bass drum (on 2 and 4) at the end of the pattern are always where the doubts/variations arise. A great drummer was Mick. ua-cam.com/video/tqketmsRz1E/v-deo.htmlsi=FEd4cRmNTdSbWMjI
Doesn’t sound the same on electro kits,, I’ve got a mimic pro and it still sounds pretty crap,,,so don’t worry if your trying this on an electro,,,it will sound much better on an acoustic.
Mick Tucker (& Sweet) are my absolute favourites.
Mick Tucker is such an underrated drummer especially on the Sweet’s much more rock albums. Well explained 👍😬
Yeah great drummer, great feel. Cheers Jamie!
One of the few (and certainly most unexpected) rock drummers whose solos wouldn’t have had me running to the bar 😂.
This sounds easy til you try to break it down - like most good stuff. Another well constructed lesson ✌️
Mick and the Sweet created magic together!!!
Nice explanation of the swinging taps
Thanks man
This beat is my arch nemesis throws me off every time but this helped a lot. you have a new subscriber
Cheers man! Appreciate you watching.
Mike, I grew up in East-Germany and had my first Sweet encounter over the radio at the age of 10 with Wig Wam Bam. Sweet became my absolute super idols over night and in admiration for Mick I started with drum school when I was 12. In 1987, I finally met Mick for the first time along with Andy Scott and even a few times more the following years. Your tutorial on Ballroom Blitz is just so well made and explained. In memory of Mick I am determined to get this iconic drum lick rolling best possible. Thanks so much, Enrico
Cheers Enrico, thank you for watching and have fun!
I play this with a later Bass player of the Sweet, who performed with Brian C.
Cheers for the great breakdown video 👍
It's great fun to play, so much to think about throughout the song.
Good tutorial. We’ll explained and easy to follow. Thanks 👍
Cheers Clint!
Nice one Mike. I've been workiing on this song for a while now and yes, it's tricky! There's some stuff on UA-cam from Sweet's lost German concert filmed in 1974 for a TV show which came to light in 2016. Some pretty heavy stuff going down and a great drum solo from Mick. They could have been so much more.
Ah yes, nice one Tim! Cheers for watching as always :)
Took a look at the video, Mick had both feet on his bass drums until he moved his left over to close it for riding. Maybe he was one of those that varied his part. This song came out the year before I started playing drums and stayed popular for a few years. I grew to hate it for a while because of the number of times bandmates would look over at me and (imitating Brian Connoly) say "Are you ready, Steve?" AAAAAUGH!! I'll admit to throwing a stick on occasion.
Now it's back to being a nostalgic pleasure for me. Thanks, Mike!
Just saw where you mentioned that you added the high hat. Apologies.
@@steveanderson6180 Ha nice one Steve, good call with the double bass drums - Yeah optional to play two bass drums, if you have them! And yeah as I said hi-hat foot part also optional, gives it a good feel for live IMO but perhaps not 100% authentic to the original and leave it out if preferred. Cheers Steve 👊🏻
Best vid to date for me. You bring up many key topics in drumming and learning same. Thx.
Cheers Ken! Glad if helpful 🙏🏻
How To Play The Drum Beat From "Ballroom Blitz" by The Sweet
Been asked about this one quite a lot! Classic little example of the “train beat” (ua-cam.com/video/IpCvLCQlQfE/v-deo.html) with a couple of variations added.
Some videos about developing your ability to play accents in your single stroke roll, essential skill to make this sound authentic:
1.Accents on the beat - ua-cam.com/video/WcQsytDUnBs/v-deo.html
2.Shifting accents - ua-cam.com/video/H1eyi1RLqVM/v-deo.html
And video discussing the “I’m struggling with...” concept and the 2 ways to build up coordinated grooves (which I touch on in this video ) is here: ua-cam.com/video/r-WX0F0STTY/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching and have fun :)
Mike
675+ free drum videos at ua-cam.com/users/mikebarnesdrums
If you’ve enjoyed this channel and found it useful, please support it and help it grow at www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums
Loving it!
Loved the lesson, Mike! Thank you. I, too, have been trying to figure out the kick part. Huge help here.
Great stuff, cheers Mike 👊🏻
Fantastic Performance again......thanks a lot Mike !✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼👍👍
I love the drumming on this song. It really gets me going for my workouts. I’ve recently discovered your videos. You got great chops!!
Cheers! And welcome, thanks for watching 🙏🏻👊🏻
Thanks Mike brilliantly explained mate
Cheers Don!
Thanks Mike,
I will use the start with the kick then add more as I go method, then once I have it in my head, I will understand the groove, lots of fun. Cheers Wayne
Cheers for watching Wayne, glad if helpful :)
Legend :) Thank You so much Mike for doing this! can't wait to see the full run through! really appreciate this video!!
Cool Rod, yeah great tune with a great feel.
Awesome playing man :)
Fantastic ....love Sweet. Desolation Boulevard brill rock album. Thanks for doing this. Fab song, great drummer.
Yeah, all time great feel! Cheers Elaine :)
I use to play the beat with an inverse paradiddle starting with the left (LLRL/RRLR), so the accents sound like in a stereo effect which sounds pretty cool for me :)
Great lesson! Thanks!🤘🏼👍
🙏🏻👊🏻
Have you done the full version of this yet? I notice you said you would in your video. Great intro tutorial thanks
"Are you ready steve" - love this song!! Thank you for tutorials they are super helpful. I have a request, Black Sheep by Metric, from Scott Pilgrim vs the World would be amazeballs!!
Cheers Kitaara! Thank you for watching and will add to the list! 👊🏻
beyond being a technical drummer your description and teaching ability is just tits. Brilliant bro.
Much appreciated! Cheers man 🙏🏻👊🏻
Excellent
aye I can get around this channel. good ratio of show and tell.
Cheers man, thanks for watching and glad if useful 👊🏻
I saw Mick Tucker play this a long time ago, both live and on the record I believe the snare is slightly ahead compared to what you´re playing here. Also the first demo part here (0,10ff) is quite a bit off, isn´t it? I may be wrong, I´m a producer, ex DJ, backline/FOH tech, not a drummer. Just curious.
That takes me me back, it was one of the first singles I ever bought, have you ever played "No time this time" by the Police?
Hi Mike, have you uploaded the full song yet? Ta Elaine
Hi Elaine, no!
Good vid.
Now we're talking!
Hi Mike, did you ever get around to uploading a full version of this song? It's one I've been determined to try and learn properly, as it was the first song I heard as a little kid that got me so interested in drums! I'm ok with the beats, but the two main sections of tom fills still throw me, particularly the tom pattern towards the play out. Would be good to have these in notation to work on if possible, as there is some funny timings to the fills, which I'm having trouble working out. cheers.
Ha, still on the list!
Was working on that tom pattern near the end with another student recently!
I really like the Bassdrum sound. How do you get it?
Kit is Drumtec Diabolo kick and toms, Roland snare and cymbals, Roland TD-11 Module. Vids below…
Kit: ua-cam.com/video/EHQbhU7UFuM/v-deo.html
Sounds: ua-cam.com/video/E6B6R0GoCrU/v-deo.html
How it’s recorded: ua-cam.com/video/jt3hZ3tY9_A/v-deo.html
Thanks for this.
Sure man, thanks for watching 👊🏻
Sir i have been watching you videos since the last few hours and I am sure it will help me a lot. Thank you so much for that. I wanted to tell you that, I am a beginner drummer, so I am trying to play easy songs for practice. Can you please help me in breaking down the bridge part of the song "Bloody Valentine" by MGK.
Nice video dude :D
👊🏻
Hello mate what is the snare brand size and skin..thanks
Hi Mark, kit details here...
Drumtec Diabolo kick and toms, Roland snare and cymbals, Roland TD-11 Module
Kit: ua-cam.com/video/G9M85FEHrb0/v-deo.html
Sounds: ua-cam.com/video/E6B6R0GoCrU/v-deo.html
How it’s recorded: ua-cam.com/video/jt3hZ3tY9_A/v-deo.html
Cheers Mike. Long time Mick Tucker/Sweet fan and as a drummer I was happy to see him play this live a few times. Really good point you made about how he 'swung' the beat and it's a fair bit trickier than most would appreciate, especially the last part of the pattern. I've seen a few tutorials and like most the (two?) left hand snare accents which follow on from the bass drum (on 2 and 4) at the end of the pattern are always where the doubts/variations arise. A great drummer was Mick. ua-cam.com/video/tqketmsRz1E/v-deo.htmlsi=FEd4cRmNTdSbWMjI
Hey
What are you using for a drum stool?
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Doesn’t sound the same on electro kits,, I’ve got a mimic pro and it still sounds pretty crap,,,so don’t worry if your trying this on an electro,,,it will sound much better on an acoustic.
This doesn't sound right, it sounds like something is missing, like extra beats from the snare?
This is what I'm hearing and is consistent with music scores of the drums for this tune. Cheers for watching man :)
thought I heard footloose beat there for a while
Similar overall rhythm, but different kick part and the snare is not played as and accented roll as here. Thanks for watching 🥁
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Get a wireless mic
I have one, picks up the acoustic sound of the electronic pads too much. Thanks for watching :)
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