Derek Roddy - 'The Music industry' drum interview
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2012
- Derek Roddy accepted to be a guest of The Drum House and shared his amazing experience and drum knowledge with us! ENJOY and share it to support us!
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Derek Roddy has forever changed the face of Extreme Metal drumming and, is fast becoming one of the more influential drummers in the world today. Derek is by no means the originator of the blast beat but, one of it's biggest pioneers and educators, propelling Blast Beat drumming to the forefront of modern playing, in ways no other Extreme Drummer had done before him.
A native of South Carolina, Derek grew up in a musical family and took to drumming at an early age - influenced by a variety of music. Originally inspired by his family, Derek was also inspired by drummers such as Buddy Rich, Gene kruppa, Billy Cobham, and Tony Williams, moving on to more commercial drummers such as Peter Criss, Tommy Lee, Eric Carr, Nicko Mcbrain, etc. Derek took an interest in metal music as a teenager, and began to hone his skills playing in bands and along to recordings.
Derek first toured at the age of 18 as the drummer for punk rock pioneers Bedlam Hour. By his early 20s, Derek was a working musician - playing in a variety of bands, teaching drum lessons and working in the music retail field to support his interests.
In 1996, he moved to South Florida and joined Malevolent Creation, with whom he recorded and toured. Over the next 10 years, he continued to record and tour with many ground breaking Extreme Metal bands - cementing his reputation as a phenomenal drummer in the Extreme Metal community.
During this period, he produced his first instructional VHS for drummers, which went on to sell thousands of copies with virtually no promotion, advertising or help.
In 2002, Derek launched his own website along with an online discussion forum dedicated to drumming and related topics. His popularity continued to grow with the rise of websites such as UA-cam, where fans often uploaded footage of his playing.
After parting ways with Hate Eternal in 2006, Derek broke new ground as a music educator. His 2006 instructional book, The Evolution of Blast Beats, was the first of its kind - documenting the history and composition of extreme drumming. In 2009, he teamed up with Hudson Music to release an instructional DVD titled, Blast Beats Evolved.
In a music industry battered by changing times and new technology, Derek's career has not only remained intact - it's flourished!
Raw abilities, devoted fans and a do-it-yourself work ethic have enabled him to thrive without publicity from record labels, high-profile gigs or major media outlets.
Derek has become one of today's most popular clinicians - performing for audiences all over the world. In 2008, he was a featured performer at PASIC and the Modern Drummer Festival....and, has played on most every major drum festival worldwide.
He's inked major endorsement deals with Drum Workshop, Meinl, Vater Percussion, Axis Percussion, Shure, and Remo. His signature products include the Meinl Serpent's Ride, Axis A21 pedals and his signature model drumstick manufactured by Vater. Both his website and online forum remain active - while videos of his drumming continue to garner millions of views on the web.
Never one for nostalgia, Derek has formed a new band - Serpents Rise - and released their self-titled debut album through his website.
As an artist and educator, Derek Roddy continues to push the limits of today's music.
This is one of the most incredible life lesson from a very wise man. We have to thank the drumbrother for having this on youtube.Go Ahead guys you're doing a great job!
I love how he seamlessly incorporated the evolutionary progression of music. Brilliant.
That was surprisingly philosophical for a conversation about drumming. I wasn't expecting that but it's good to hear that he's down-to-earth and I agree with him.
I've been following his career since 2000, 12 years after he is the same guy, but more wise, and more drum's technician, the best blaster in the world. I met him at NAMM 2009 and all what he said was: "Don't thank me for what you are now, but thank the guys who invented the rythms, that make us drummers feeling alive for every beat we produce or we hear"
He's given both sides of the spectrum in his belief so there's nothing to conflict with his opinion. He's being open minded about if you can make a living out of music that's fine, but he rather it be from his own preference of how music should be as a whole.
:) he has so much to teach both in drums and life! J.
What a great guy!:) many thanks for this interview! :)
Trends have been around forever. Thats how we evolved together as people.
Beautiful ! Thank you, Mr. Roddy!
and it still is an art! how is it not?
that's some wisdom right there :)
@lordpeter thanks for watching! keep following us! :)
new found respect for derek. great insight.
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@Glath513 Thank you for watching! :)
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@Scratch47 thanks for watching ;)
@mrlurp Enjoyment is everything! :)
People buy for trend too,and the trend most of the time is what gets more pushed around the web and tv,but it still art,not saying it isn't! J.
Yeah,in a way musicians should be able to support themselves in life with music,i agree with you,but what Derek wanted to say is that music has become completely a business nowadays and we should go back to when music was an art... J.
Thank u Derek :)
he is a reall smart guy not only in drums
He is absolutely right. When you are in your 40s, music looks a lot different than when you were young. However, if you want to move around and take your music live to another location, you will need to figure out how to pay people to assist you. There is no way around that. That's life.
Roddy I like your thinking \m/ Hailz
Who's the guy on the left? James Payne from Hour of Penance
BUT, Hate Eternal is on iTunes. Go figure!!
@iDrUmMeR4LiFe69 YEAH! :)
Regardless if you think that the music is garbage and made for salable profits more than being an art, people enjoy it as an art, thats why it sells. people buy it because they enjoy it! how is that wrong? how is it not art? even if its bad! theres terrible paintings people buy
What do you do when music is all you do? :/
go to work slacker .... music is not a job
LOL Obviously your brain is small
+Obscure Machines Unless its rap or any other mainstream genre people these days can have easy access to, metal in general is a no go. Invest yourself first by getting a good job and making something out of yourself.
yep money is to blame
Personally i think that bands that fully commit and only try to play music for the people shouldnt be frowned upon for selling it. I think people pay for the healing tool just like they do for a psychiatrist or pills or any other types of healing tools or service. And if youre willing to commit 100% to serving people with your music, you deserve to make money doing it.
Yeah,but it goes all around the money and what is more salable rather then what's more artistically good nowadays in my opinion... J.
Hippie talk
And what's even worse now, is people download music, because its free, and drum solos as well, in to there ipod and they come up to me, and say Daniel you want to listern to my awesome 100,00 songs, or crap, like therefor music is dieing because of this, even bands carn't make a profit anymore, and people tell me I don't need to by cds anymore, because I have my awesome ipod, see that is crap I don't, I still by cds And am never goner stop unless they stop making them, Ipod are Crap.