Thomas Lang Drumming Boot Camp lesson - Unison Exercises to balance your hands

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  • @fred-wk6vv
    @fred-wk6vv 5 років тому +16

    Ok, I ll start practicing, see u in 20 years

  • @gooneybird47
    @gooneybird47 9 років тому +13

    I worked on this just the other day, & I felt so much looser on the gig. Please don't get discouraged w/this stuff. I found it to be very beneficial. Don't feel compelled to do it as fast as Mr.Lang right away...take it slowly at first..you'll get it.

  • @michaelthe13th
    @michaelthe13th 10 років тому +27

    his unison stroke is so perfect it sounds like only one stick is playing it. haha. awesome video

  • @adityatyagi4009
    @adityatyagi4009 10 років тому +21

    Thomas Lang is a complete bad ass!

  • @brownydwbrown7485
    @brownydwbrown7485 2 роки тому

    Thomas, it's the 4 over 3 pattern that makes my brain 🧠 seize up
    forsome reason...I'm still learning at 64 yrs old. 😏
    And I'm so glad that you are a very good teacher, easy to understand your lessons.

  • @juliahewwitt1361
    @juliahewwitt1361 8 років тому +2

    You take drumming to the next level .

  • @waqqodonkey
    @waqqodonkey 10 років тому +7

    appropriately called Drumming Boot Camp! Thomas would shape up any slacking drummer in no time!!!

  • @lookwhatthecatdraggedin351
    @lookwhatthecatdraggedin351 10 років тому +1

    Thomas Lang is an Excellent drummer.

  • @JohnnyJuleJazz
    @JohnnyJuleJazz 6 років тому

    Everytime I watch you on UA-cam I learn something. I just got out my copy of the 40 international drum rudiments. I am back working on my Snare Drum chops. Everything boils down to groups of 2s and 3s. 2-2-3-3-2-3 for example. Triplets and eighth notes.
    The Professor

  • @3djustin
    @3djustin 7 років тому

    I hugely appreciate these exercises. This situation material you would easily pay a bunch if money for on a DVD set. I love this guy sharing the knowledge. Thanks for helping us all up our game. Love your stuff Mr Lang.

  • @justintime1976
    @justintime1976 10 років тому +23

    Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? What, do you not like G-Shock watches?

  • @paulforrest6000
    @paulforrest6000 3 роки тому

    Thank you Thomas. This was exactly what I was looking for.

  • @journeyseb
    @journeyseb 9 років тому +1

    This guy is so good!

  • @drumvisio
    @drumvisio 10 років тому +1

    Enjoyed your Lesson,- You are A Great Instructor Thomas! Thank you very much! Your effort and time making this available is invaluable. Much Appreciated and Many thanks!

  • @POUGASDR
    @POUGASDR 7 років тому +1

    Great drummer! Great teacher! great dude!

  • @jyotisat
    @jyotisat 4 роки тому +1

    Sir they are really superb fills, i am practicing them, lovely❤️❤️❤️

  • @mchris04
    @mchris04 6 років тому

    My mind is blown! I've been looking for a way to learn accents and i did not understand the accents and rebounds book. this is soooooo helpful. Thank you!

  • @3djustin
    @3djustin 7 років тому +1

    Fours with the left and threes with the right at the same time. So sharp.

  • @zvikamark6305
    @zvikamark6305 4 роки тому

    Great Exercises many thanks

  • @lolodrums
    @lolodrums 8 років тому

    The most useful lesson for us drummers enthusiasts...thxs Tom!

  • @Joeyinspiration
    @Joeyinspiration 10 років тому +1

    Thomas,THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
    this is a great practice
    I've only practice for two days
    my hand balance improve very much(Although only 50 bpm)
    nothing else but THANKS A LOT!

  • @Deadleg
    @Deadleg 10 років тому +2

    Lang is awesome.

  • @MrMirks-lq1ti
    @MrMirks-lq1ti 9 років тому +1

    Thomas Lang is such an amazing drummer/teacher. Never thought about doing these exercises so thanks a bunch for making this lesson.

    • @larrytate1657
      @larrytate1657 9 років тому

      Jojo Mayer does this in one of his solos on his hand tech DVD

    • @MrMirks-lq1ti
      @MrMirks-lq1ti 9 років тому

      +Larry Tate do you have the name of the dvd? I always love to learn more.

    • @larrytate1657
      @larrytate1657 9 років тому

      Yes it's called jojo Mayer secret weapons for the modern drummer, a guide to hand technique. Todd suchermans methods and mechanics is my fav DVD though.

    • @MrMirks-lq1ti
      @MrMirks-lq1ti 9 років тому

      +Larry Tate thanks so much Larry I'll definitely check him out

    • @larrytate1657
      @larrytate1657 9 років тому

      No problem.

  • @craigtheschmeg3253
    @craigtheschmeg3253 5 років тому +1

    Wow, I wish there was You Tube back in the seventies. Very nice!

  • @dagostinoification
    @dagostinoification 10 років тому

    Thank you Thomas ! for the drums/evolution !

  • @rusamene
    @rusamene 6 років тому

    awesome and extremely useful

  • @kschumac
    @kschumac 6 років тому +2

    I like how at the beginning I'm all like, "well, this isn't so hard!" And by the end my brain literally explodes like from the movie Scanners.

  • @Dakiaty
    @Dakiaty 8 років тому +1

    Whoa I hope I can get that good some day o.o Props to you man

  • @JuEdWa
    @JuEdWa 9 років тому

    Awesome! Great lesson. Works for me.

  • @southofheaven4321
    @southofheaven4321 9 років тому

    really good wee lesson,,

  • @JR-sw2ru
    @JR-sw2ru 10 років тому

    THIS IS GOLD TOM

  • @LiquidAudio
    @LiquidAudio 10 років тому +4

    Great lesson, loved these exercises, bloody hard to get those amazingly clean synchronised hits that Lang gets though!

  • @timwaterson
    @timwaterson 6 років тому

    Killing s always My Friend Thomas
    These Grooves are infectious

  • @siegfriedlemoinebabare2088
    @siegfriedlemoinebabare2088 7 років тому +2

    Thomas you're really one of the 10 best drummer in the world ! What masters ! What a surgical precision!
    "You can also increase the tempo" ... It's a pity that I am obliged to divide the tempo by 3... ^^ F***k !
    work-work-work-work- never give up - never give up - never give up NEVER!!

  • @traskabraska
    @traskabraska 9 років тому +1

    simply amazing +.+

  • @HansMcGruber
    @HansMcGruber 5 років тому

    Any videos where he goes over his electronic drum kit set up? Couldn't find anything. Really like it

  • @cezerelecrucio9717
    @cezerelecrucio9717 7 років тому +5

    "Okay?" Best end to a lesson ever.

  • @g11c
    @g11c 10 років тому

    Best lesson ever ...

  • @Joesfosterdogs
    @Joesfosterdogs 7 років тому +1

    them rolands sound good...nice snare...

  • @Ferbarenco
    @Ferbarenco 6 років тому

    Simply the best!!!

  • @danielhan.9359
    @danielhan.9359 8 років тому

    Great! Thanks!

  • @encoreee90
    @encoreee90 10 років тому

    Man those unisons with accents on toms from beginning sounds fantastic.

  • @larrytate1657
    @larrytate1657 9 років тому +1

    Awesome thanks for sharing, I think jojo might of been doing something like this on his hand tech DVD solo.

    • @gooneybird47
      @gooneybird47 9 років тому

      +Larry Tate You're correct. Jojo does touch on this in his DVD. Tony Williams had a similar exercise. Very fast unison quarter notes w/all 4 limbs (not flamming) together for extended periods of time...painful at first, but beneficial.

    • @larrytate1657
      @larrytate1657 8 років тому

      Nice

  • @HoldenMcG
    @HoldenMcG 10 років тому

    Warren,
    Try leading with your non-dominant hand. Rip thorough some singles leading with your Left if you're a righty, or your Right if you're a lefty. At first don't worry about how uniform it is, just get it moving and separated, and you should be back on track!

  • @matthewcox9636
    @matthewcox9636 9 років тому +1

    when doing this excercise, should be be focusing on finger actuation, or wrist actuation? ie, are our fingers or wrists doing the drills?

  • @LilKidKnees
    @LilKidKnees 10 років тому +30

    "you could always speed up the tempo.."

  • @AndreAlves-jk6vi
    @AndreAlves-jk6vi 9 років тому

    Sem dúvida Thomas Lang para mim é um mestre obrigado Deus por esse instrumento usado em suas mãos. Te amo muito Thomas Jesus Cristo também te ama.

  • @scottdinges2181
    @scottdinges2181 6 років тому

    A very good example to learn from is Ringo Starr. Two examples would be the beatles revolution video and there cover of kansas city.

  • @Newinvestor2023
    @Newinvestor2023 10 років тому

    This dood is a machine...seriously. Each body part is it's own entity!

  • @jessyruel3006
    @jessyruel3006 4 роки тому

    aaah man, i got chillz just watching those exercisesm especially his very last rolls, it killed me ! damn i need some real practice !

  • @mattronaldholloway3428
    @mattronaldholloway3428 5 років тому +1

    All I want to know is where can I get a set of edrums just like that with extra closed hi hat and double bass and 3 cymbals just awesome I act need a set like that.

  • @hddrummer8838
    @hddrummer8838 10 років тому +1

    im a Musicians Institute student and he's teaching there now. its crazy

  • @treatb09
    @treatb09 4 роки тому

    i haven't played drums consistently in about 14 years. so getting my timing back has been a huge challenge. i remember struggling with perfect timing in the 4th or 5th grade when i started. the worst part is feeling like i can still play like a 15 year old that could skate for 8 hours straight. i never really got tired back then. i was using old sheet music in my apartment, and i got some rudiments back, but now that i have drums, its more depressing and less motivating. especially since i only play original music, so drumming to my own music that never got any enjoyment from others, well, its like why should i even bother anymore? i'm just a talented loser alone in a room doing things no one wants to hear... people want to enjoy music... people wonder why we say music is dead. well, that is why, because in the 15 years of playing guitar, i've never met another original musician in 15 states that i traveled. you get random bands, but never someone doing what i did, which was just hanging out at open mics and busking. you'd get someone with one or two original songs, but they'd always resort to known music for approval. i used to write 3 songs a week, and memorize them, and play at the mics. after about 15 songs though i start to forget. but getting to drum again has been wonderful. its just that at that point i could keep up with guys like thomas lang, in my own right. i always feel like i'll just sit down and copy chris adler again, but then i can barely even use my legs. life sucks.

  • @zacheryporteous9352
    @zacheryporteous9352 9 років тому

    Yes Thomas lang, I will do as u ask

  • @whileistaysecluded
    @whileistaysecluded 7 років тому

    this is a really great lesson for anyone using blastbeats in their music

    • @Martin_Bernard
      @Martin_Bernard 2 роки тому

      Death metal drummers play much faster, 140 bpm or even more

    • @whileistaysecluded
      @whileistaysecluded 2 роки тому

      @@Martin_Bernard definitely! death/extreme metal is mainly what i listen to hence the username :) Goerge Kollias, frost, Marthyn Jovanovic, HellHammer, and Inferno are some of my favorites.
      Wanja here on youtube has gone up to 320 i believe, check him out if you haven't already, hes nuts! channel:
      Wanja [Nechtan] Gröger

  • @kbdrumz713
    @kbdrumz713 10 років тому

    Love it!!

  • @paoladevita2511
    @paoladevita2511 9 років тому

    muito bom esse cara!

  • @danielgrose1706
    @danielgrose1706 10 років тому +10

    I should have seen 5:50 coming. My jaw dropped. I can't wait till I accomplish that.

    • @Mex1CanJack
      @Mex1CanJack 10 років тому +4

      Just practice it every day, you'll be surprised at how fast your muscle memory picks it up. I'd say you'll be in about a week or two.

    • @cezerelecrucio9717
      @cezerelecrucio9717 7 років тому

      FOR REAL.

    • @zdesigns2802
      @zdesigns2802 6 років тому

      idk if you like blast beats but they make playing in unsion as simple and easily to where its simplicity could very well come and feel as naturally and easily as playing a 4/4 feels. And also comes along with better stick control and so on

  • @panzerken
    @panzerken 10 років тому +20

    Damn, more like drumming concentration camp!

  • @wambirinjiiri8092
    @wambirinjiiri8092 9 років тому

    Great lesson but crazy stuff

  • @garberwarren
    @garberwarren 10 років тому +4

    Great exercise. I have been practicing with both hands in unison and it is solid. I am having trouble when I try to alternate, like a single stroke, my hands keep going back together. What exercise do you recommend to get them separated? When are you coming back to florida?

    • @josshlegg8647
      @josshlegg8647 10 років тому

      just keep playing singles

    • @pietzsche
      @pietzsche 10 років тому +2

      Obviously I'm not Thomas Lang, but there's a single piece of advice that always works when you're having trouble on drums, do it so slowly it bores you. For a long time. It'll become natural more quickly, and you'll have room to make sure everything's precise.

    • @813RiC
      @813RiC 10 років тому

      Do it slow

  • @Slipstream0001
    @Slipstream0001 6 років тому

    Was waiting the whole time to hear WHY you would practice them, he drops the bomb at 7:50

  • @rich4896
    @rich4896 10 років тому +6

    Thomas Lang the Demi God

    • @jamescrud
      @jamescrud 10 років тому +1

      Full God!

    • @Martin_Bernard
      @Martin_Bernard 2 роки тому

      Always this god comment, so annoying

    • @rich4896
      @rich4896 2 роки тому

      @@Martin_Bernard I am sorry that my 8year old comment offended you

    • @Martin_Bernard
      @Martin_Bernard 2 роки тому

      @@rich4896 Hope during that time you realized that's just a normal human being who practiced more than average drummers

  • @mrthundaboots
    @mrthundaboots 10 років тому

    Hmmmm... Gotta try this one...

  • @asbellvargas9995
    @asbellvargas9995 10 років тому +1

    Hello! Amigo tocas demasiado bueno batería podrías dar clases en español esq casi no te entiendo XD un saludo desde costa rica tus vídeos me sirven de mucho

  • @tontopavarotti
    @tontopavarotti 6 років тому

    I think Thomas is probably the best drummer on Earth.

    • @Martin_Bernard
      @Martin_Bernard 2 роки тому

      Always this "best drummer" comment, so annoying

  • @terryseager5378
    @terryseager5378 4 роки тому

    So simple, even septuplets with right hand accents on the toms are easy.....
    Still, I'm here for the same reason as anyone else - Lang is rather talented and is often excellent youtube material

  • @joeet7288
    @joeet7288 8 років тому

    beast...

  • @jrcritchley
    @jrcritchley 9 років тому

    is he using moeller or whhat? how do you get the rebound off of the toms?

  • @interdrummer2
    @interdrummer2 10 років тому

    i have some troubles doing this on pillows with no or little rebound ... about 10 minutes (90+ bpm ) and my arms start to hurt already :*(

  • @EctobiusRex
    @EctobiusRex 6 років тому

    5:50 idk why I can’t stop laughing

  • @Broonbeans1975
    @Broonbeans1975 10 років тому

    Warren, try at a slow tempo, accentuating all the left hands then the rights. Might help :-)

  • @thomasjrgensen7638
    @thomasjrgensen7638 10 років тому +8

    Thomas you would have killed with Dream Theater :-)

    • @HUK38
      @HUK38 5 років тому +1

      DT is NOT worthy...

    • @j.d.7208
      @j.d.7208 5 років тому

      Yes if Mike the master Mangini hadn't destroyed everyone that showed up

    • @user-wh6sp6st8s
      @user-wh6sp6st8s 4 роки тому +2

      Mangini was the right choice..not that any of the choices wouldn't have worked..other than Roddy..had no business there.

    • @Martin_Bernard
      @Martin_Bernard 2 роки тому

      Lang plays like a robot and has no musicality, that's why he doesn't play for any famous band

  • @dynamicbeast1
    @dynamicbeast1 10 років тому

    Does anyone know what kit that is?

    • @jeroromouse9699
      @jeroromouse9699 8 років тому

      Its the flagship Roland td30kv supernatural kit with aux x- hats and left bass drum and other extra kick pads.

  • @nordikax
    @nordikax 10 років тому +3

    Odin approved!

  • @romanbykov5922
    @romanbykov5922 7 років тому

    I get to 380 bpm and then I stop distinguishing the notes completely. Something wrong with my ears? What should I do? lol
    P.S. The video is awesome!

  • @Ramblon1
    @Ramblon1 10 років тому

    Is that mic part of the headset? Ive been looking for a headset with a mic so I can sing some background vocals while drumming. Any suggestions?

    • @goldunitdrums
      @goldunitdrums 9 років тому

      TommyLand the mic isn't part of the headset, it's just a headset mic worn underneath the Vic Firth headphones (which are great btw.) suggestions based on price/quality/etc:
      shure WH20 ($100) countryman E6 cardioid ($400-500) or DPA 4088 or d:fine cardioid ($600-800) Like anything gear-wise it's all about your budget. Definitely don't get an omnidirectional capsule (which picks up sound in all directions) you want a cardioid or hyper/super cardioid pattern. Looks like he's using a DPA. Hope this helps.

  • @LHondrums
    @LHondrums 10 років тому

    OK!!

  • @vernonfreeman6639
    @vernonfreeman6639 9 років тому

    Thomas Lane

  • @TheJuxtaposedKing
    @TheJuxtaposedKing 8 років тому +4

    yeah i didnt catch any of that

    • @martinhrusovsky1733
      @martinhrusovsky1733 6 років тому

      Thats why you neeeed to practice this (and whatever else)

  • @stevieprice-fx9bi
    @stevieprice-fx9bi 8 років тому

    I thought he said "we will start with 190bpm" xD I was like wtf

  • @smjdrums
    @smjdrums 8 років тому +1

    Start at about 40bpm more like haha

  • @alghamotowear
    @alghamotowear 7 років тому

    Pardon my sight. Is that an electric drum?

  • @albertodf2203
    @albertodf2203 7 років тому

    ok

  • @thumari1
    @thumari1 6 років тому

    Okay?!

  • @BAlessio91
    @BAlessio91 4 роки тому

    Unison hand rhen fricking polyrithm

  • @SnateOne666
    @SnateOne666 6 років тому

    mkay?

  • @NoEasyFeet
    @NoEasyFeet 8 років тому

    "Uhkay..." heeeheeehee

  • @DerekSpeareDSD
    @DerekSpeareDSD 10 років тому +1

    Looks easy enough... :/

  • @RonniesStage
    @RonniesStage 9 років тому

    dang...I should give up and toss my sticks in the fireplace.

  • @JoelFilizzola
    @JoelFilizzola 10 років тому

    Eduardo Navas

  • @alexringostar5081
    @alexringostar5081 3 роки тому

    Это просто пипец
    Вы мой кумир

  • @robertociai6205
    @robertociai6205 5 років тому

    An alien

  • @honza_kriz_bass
    @honza_kriz_bass 10 років тому

    This is simply impossible. Not that it's hard, that's just impossible!

  • @drumdude46
    @drumdude46 10 років тому

    Dude is like taking a drum lesson from "Shwartzenegger". "I must C-dush You!"...."Drago' from Rocky 4! ha ha! freakin' machine.. silly Austrians and Russkies.... always 'over-the-top' about their bootcamps. lol! guy is ridiculous-good though. we all know that.... must say however, i prefer the 'looser', less-perfect-muscular' approach to 'warming up'. Steve Smith comes to mind. very relaxed...looser....cerebral. this guy is almost 'too perfect' for what i'd be into... sayin'.......

  • @alexringostar5081
    @alexringostar5081 3 роки тому

    Все остальные ..просто молчат. Майк Портной отдыхает

  • @mastersasori01
    @mastersasori01 9 років тому

    A bunch of frustation awaits for the beginners like me even before doing this.

  • @mattronaldholloway3428
    @mattronaldholloway3428 2 роки тому

    That freaking metronome is driving me nuts and up the wall. If I had to play by click or metronome I quit. Can't take that 💩

  • @henryt9731
    @henryt9731 9 років тому

    wtf.........