Benny Greb gives away a secret (the Floor Tom Air Trick)

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5 жыл бұрын

I often get asked about this effect i use to change the pitch of my Floor Tom during my Solo.
In Canada at the Ralph Angelilo International DrumFestival, the camera caught my answer to it. I also explain other ways how to change the pitch of drums to create different sounds on the Drumset. Enjoy!
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@bc-518 5 жыл бұрын

I will pay to watch his stand-up comedy if there is one

@Tekkerue 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂 Absolutely! Comedy Central needs to hook him up. Hey did you hear the one about the drummer who locked his keys in his car?...... It took him three hours to get the bass player out. *ba dum tss*

@leocomerford 5 жыл бұрын

Two-man show with Beardyman.

@facepalmedgodzilla7999 5 жыл бұрын

It's gotta be better than Fred Armisen's

@mikemasiello5965 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@JLozdrummin 3 жыл бұрын

He's got a great sense of humor.

@ELsplitterz 5 жыл бұрын

All these people saying "He wasn't the first" Well I didn't hear him say he was the first anywhere in the video at all. Simply explains his thought process behind changing the pitch while playing.

@Hanssone 5 жыл бұрын

Drum comedy standup? new category?

@tylerspatafore9315 5 жыл бұрын

Michael H Fred Armisen tried it. It sucked

@Chillidog650 5 жыл бұрын

@@tylerspatafore9315 thats because Fred Armisen literally sucks

@brandoncollins4125 3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerspatafore9315 I literally came here to make this comment. Way to beat me to it

@RA2Music 5 жыл бұрын

This is a cool effect, but when you hear It live it is really incredible. I was at the clinic in Portsmouth NH (USA) where Benny did this and also explained the technique. Yet another innovative idea from a master musician.

@andysimmons311 4 жыл бұрын

Yooo I heard about that and I totally should’ve gone!!

@chess_is_a_vibe 5 жыл бұрын

Benny vs The Sound Guy again!!!

@domijust4816 5 жыл бұрын

You legend! I'm sure everybody would like to see more of you on KZfaq! Keep it coming :-)

@bennygrebofficial 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying that, I will definitely be more active in the future here.

@domijust4816 5 жыл бұрын

@@bennygrebofficial Awesome!

@mattbridges8908 3 жыл бұрын

This comedian is a pretty good drummer. I hope he sticks with it.

@colinbatera 5 жыл бұрын

You are a legend!! And your humour is amazing! To do that is not easy...probably harder than playing drums!😁

@JuanderBoyMusic 5 жыл бұрын

I just hired a intern to blow on my floor tom when I need to change the pitch. She charges by the song, 5 songs minimum.

@mrt5342 10 ай бұрын

Magician. His "hand" drumming far exceeds my "stick" drumming. Makes me wonder if I should stop using sticks altogether, or take up a different hobby.

@MegaBell666x 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent teacher!

@kevinberstler 5 жыл бұрын

Benny is a beast on la batería. Incredible work with Nick Johnston. His books are wonderful resources as well.

@Jetty-xd9yc 5 жыл бұрын

His creativity is far beyond 90% of most drummers. We see a 4pc kit, he see's God knows what 🥁

@J0intV3nture 5 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to see your next stand up show at Hafenbahnhof when you get back home. I'll be looking out for you....! ;)

@geralddrums 4 жыл бұрын

I love the creativity :-)

@gali_g4685 4 жыл бұрын

Benny always made my day... :D

@dibber43 3 жыл бұрын

Benny Greb...great drummer, great guy!!!😎👍

@timwaterson 5 жыл бұрын

Benny is Amazing and Funny I saw a Drummer in the early 70’s do it with Tube and also pitch bend it with his foot this is where I got the Idea from! Benny’s is definitely the Funniest Version

@Zw1d 5 жыл бұрын

im pretty sure gavin harrison has done it in the past, when he played on letterman's for example

@bruthax-ray8366 Жыл бұрын

I did this in the 80's using plastic 1/4" tygon tubing. Kind of like a Roger Troutman thing, but on the drums... It was a pretty cool effect!

@T-Bore 5 жыл бұрын

Genial, Benny :D Gern mehr davon!

@mikemasiello5965 5 жыл бұрын

Every drummer is a comedian

@isaigonzalez8182 5 жыл бұрын

Como amo a este sujeto 💙

@stefanobastianoni7719 5 жыл бұрын

He can also do stand up comedy...

@stickdrumsnrocknroll 5 жыл бұрын

omg, that drumkit !!!

@mairadiaz8836 5 жыл бұрын

Estoy enamorada de este hombre.

@tdrum21 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Let’s see 🔥 trick too

@bennygrebofficial 5 жыл бұрын

some ppl want to see the world burn :-)

@trevormcmanis 5 жыл бұрын

Such a cool dude....

@dabush33 5 жыл бұрын

You're a true inventionist

@edwardbrown2142 5 жыл бұрын

well now we need to know about foot technique

@CamiloMoyaBaterista 5 жыл бұрын

Jojo mayer have an amazing dvd

@RustyKnorr 5 жыл бұрын

Now we see how loose the floor tom head is, barely any tension on it!

@handidrummed 5 жыл бұрын

yeah he talks about tuning in his Art and Science of Groove DVD. The floor tom is just slightly above finger tight.

@recoveredaccountrecovereda7141 5 жыл бұрын

the first two maneuvers with the drums he got from Papa Joe Jones and Sam Woodyard.

@idkitall6804 3 жыл бұрын

Benny’s the coolest drummer on the planet..!!!!!

@scotturban54 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting

@Steffentrommelt 5 жыл бұрын

great and funny

@tm4333 Ай бұрын

My drum teacher in the 80’s had tubing stuck in vent hole of aux floor Tom and would do this.

@TimoWeberDrummer 5 жыл бұрын

Yes man! :-D

@joshuaguzman4990 5 жыл бұрын

the best drummer world

@ronagoodwell2709 Жыл бұрын

Surgical tubing fits into the air vent. Just blow into it. A foot pump can also be attached to the tubing.

@Thewiz666 5 жыл бұрын

Saw Stanton Moore do this at a Galactic show back in the late 90s or early 00s with a tube. My worry was of a massive humidity concern to bare wood inside over a long time doing it... moisture wouldn't necessarily be able to escape too well I figured.

@PenguinMcDuck 5 жыл бұрын

Don't need to worry about that for guys like Stanton Moore. They change drum heads all the time... Not because of wear and tear, but because they're all sound geeks.

@miker5233 5 жыл бұрын

Would be the perfect kind of drummer I'd want to be very relaxed and that's when you have your best ramen in articulation is when you really relaxed

@handidrummed 5 жыл бұрын

Glen Koche uses a tube as well to achieve this. Though I gotta say that Benny's way of doing it is much more entertaining. It's like floor tom CPR lol

@p_s_hoffman8772 5 жыл бұрын

He's hilarious.

@edthedrummer Жыл бұрын

Alan White of Yes did that with air lines

@Drumaier 5 жыл бұрын

Benny FTW

@funkdrummer 5 жыл бұрын

Easier way is to buy a 4-5 foot length of tube from the hardware store, insert into floor tom vent hole, place other end in mouth. Then you can use two hands to play and add air into drum, thus raising the pitch. Maybe I'll make a video on it sometime.

@latemnf 5 жыл бұрын

What about a bellows controlled by your foot so you can get even more pressure?

@funkdrummer 5 жыл бұрын

latemnf another great idea! I find that there’s only so much higher in pitch it will go with blowing air into it before the head can’t stretch anymore. Plus, the plastic tube fits easily in my stick bag and I already have enough to load in/out as it is.

@conradmason87 5 жыл бұрын

@@funkdrummer Ahha... then your feet are free for bass drum and hat playing...this could work...

@funkdrummer 5 жыл бұрын

@@conradmason87 It not only can work, but has worked. I've used the tube technique in live settings before.

@FacsTwo 5 жыл бұрын

He's a god, but I've seen the air trick made by Gavin Harrison in a slightly more confortable way

@XiyuYang 4 жыл бұрын

Slightly? You mean a lot more?

@Drumma75 5 жыл бұрын

I saw Stanton Moore do this with a tube at a Galactic show in 1996. Pretty cool effect.

@fubar1217 5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't Glenn Kotche doing this as well? I think he's the first person I saw do this with a tube.

@Drumma75 5 жыл бұрын

@@fubar1217 Yeah I've seen him do it as well.

@iamminmalik Жыл бұрын

Benny kills me

@skullkid112 5 жыл бұрын

Benny's funny man

@jamespacia8610 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome 🔥 Saw Allison Miller do something similar using some kind of tube (like the one on a talkbox?) cool stuff!

@Merlincat007 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I’ve done it before with rubber tubing from a hardware store. You just need to carefully measure the vent hole on your tom. The one thing is that the condensation from your breath can build up and drip into the drum which might not be great for it.

@jamespacia8610 5 жыл бұрын

Gavan Borgias Fantastic! maybe I’ll give it a go sometime myself.

@drewconlin9452 5 жыл бұрын

Roy Brooks did similar things with a self fashioned hose decades ago

@ashleymukwevho6078 4 жыл бұрын

where can I watch the full video of this????

@conradmason87 5 жыл бұрын

I now need an assistant to blow into my floor tom to change pitch whilst gigging...and I thought I was all set up...🥁🤪 Hang on though....what if I placed a tube into the aperture in the side of the floor tom attached to a foot pump....🤔

@crashsmash1461 4 жыл бұрын

Benny Greb is Really Funny✌️.

@clapforboobies5892 5 жыл бұрын

So while you're playing you move your foot up against the bottom of the floor tom?

@TrombaSolo 10 ай бұрын

Toll !

@edwardbrown2142 5 жыл бұрын

I've seen other people hook up a tube to the floor tom vent to blow into from the seated position. Have you tried this?

@CliffGraham 5 жыл бұрын

Edward Brown could even attach it to a foot pump and not have to use the mouth or hands

@BarileDiCacca 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to know exactly which bass drumheads thoose are? Batter powerstroke 3 renaissance? Reso single ply?

@glengamble526 3 жыл бұрын

David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen used to use a ‘tube into the tom’ trick in their early club shows.

@user-qp5xr4px7e 5 жыл бұрын

I love you

@sidejacker 5 жыл бұрын

So that one time, at band camp...

@parkershippen5513 Жыл бұрын

Not sure who did it first but I think I’ve seen Gavin Harrison do this many years ago

@mdrums1428 5 жыл бұрын

Benny blew it at the festival loll

@scotthammond-drummer 2 жыл бұрын

He didn't set them on fire - only because there wasn't enough time.

@yes_its_THE_Dave_Alleckna 5 жыл бұрын

Benny, Du verrückter Hund! Jetzt will ich wissen, ob ich das auf den Bass übertragen kann! Wenigstens beim Kontra muss das doch gehen! Moment... Cheerio aus Eimsbusch!

@johaballves8084 5 жыл бұрын

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@tema4282 4 жыл бұрын

крутой чувак: шутеечки, техника, просто речь - все охуенно)

@henz8303 2 жыл бұрын

His groove is tasty even when he demonstrates.... crazy

@famitory 5 жыл бұрын

do you risk rupturing your lungs if you hit it too hard while blowing? I've heard of people bursting a lung while inhaling directly from helium tanks and it seems like the shockwave from hitting the head hard might do similar damage

@bennygrebofficial 5 жыл бұрын

wow .....it seems i do live more dangerously than i thought

@cobra1995xx 5 жыл бұрын

@@bennygrebofficial lol you have one of the best sounding "death machines" I've heard

@carlkolthoff5402 4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... This gives me new ideas! Anyone ever tried attaching a bicycle pump to a drum pedal?

@mightymrmousempls 5 жыл бұрын

You'd think he has thee kids with those dad jokes.

@joedoyle4594 5 жыл бұрын

Oooh what's the foot technique?!!

@SAHBfan 5 жыл бұрын

Joe Doyle - Maybe this? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8WKoKl3z7inh40.html

@joeldelavega768 5 жыл бұрын

I love Benny but he wasn't the first. I did it in the 90's after seeing someone else do it with surgical or fish tank tubing.

@XiyuYang 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my, it's almost as if playing music is some type of competition.

@geengekken 5 жыл бұрын

Gavin Harrison has been doing that for a long time...

@sezyum 5 жыл бұрын

Nice haircut Benny.

@bennygrebofficial 5 жыл бұрын

yeah , me and the soundguy go to the same barber

@jamespacia8610 5 жыл бұрын

Benny Greb you’re hilarious 😂🤣

@sezyum 5 жыл бұрын

@@bennygrebofficial If you come to Istanbul (again), i got great places for you to go. (for haircut). See you then. You have a 'bright' future, i can see.

@SydneyDrums 5 жыл бұрын

Idea.. a simple foot pump from air mattress & tube into air hole 👌🏼 Oh & gaff

@conradmason87 5 жыл бұрын

Sydney Drums.. thought of that but hit a snag when trying to feed air into floor tom and play bass drum and hi-hats at the same time... it's back to the drawing board for me.

@abmusician5970 5 жыл бұрын

I bet the sound check guy plays the bass. Hahahahaha I love that joke. Always works no matter what situation.

@fickaful123 5 жыл бұрын

benny can you make a tutorial video of your floor Tom?🙈

@Tekkerue 5 жыл бұрын

He covers how he tunes his drums (including the coveted Benny Greb floor tom) in his DVD The Art and Science of Groove. Absolutely a MUST have!

@gusbandicoot 5 жыл бұрын

This isn't new...but I still LOVE BG.

@tmaddrummer 5 жыл бұрын

Helium would be more fun!

@weareallbeingwatched4602 11 ай бұрын

YES. SET THE BASS DRUM MIC ON FIRE. I WILL TURN MY BROKEN D112 INTO A PYROTECHNIC DEVICE WHICH EMITS COLOURED SMOKE AND FIRE IF YOU SEND IT PHANTOM POWER. YES. I wil also put a samsung logo on it. Because YES. And Grenfell.

@BionicleSaurus 5 жыл бұрын

Now if only he would reveal how he *tunes* the floor tom...

@bennygrebofficial 5 жыл бұрын

fyi on my DVD the Art and Science of Groove - there is a 20min segment on this. :-) go to bennygreb.com

@BionicleSaurus 5 жыл бұрын

Oh good gravy I need that DVD.

@Tekkerue 5 жыл бұрын

@@BionicleSaurus yes, you do need it! Benny also did a free lesson on Drumeo covering a some of the topics from his DVD, so you can check this out while you wait for the DVD to arrive. 😉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hbZjoptlx7PIpXk.html

@jackorourke1684 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing really new, look up "Gaven Harrison - The Chicken" he does this exact thing in a much more comfortable way.

@lilymuu 5 жыл бұрын

He explains the set up in his King Crimson tour kit video. It's still cool to see other drummers doing it too, though.

@Thomlistentoslayer 5 жыл бұрын

He's fucking tall

@skrawn1342 5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea wtf just happend...

@wytzemusic 4 жыл бұрын

he sure is fun and good, but did you know that the dutch drummer Pierre Courbois already used this tom trick by blowing air through a tube, while playing, in 1977; check his interview video at 20.15 minutes: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d7GeltWJvczGk2Q.html

@BobbyJamescomposer 5 жыл бұрын

Not the first to do this.

@philwright2480 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone said he was

@alexyoung5798 5 жыл бұрын

Why were you in such a hurry?? 😂

@josemoralesmusic1003 5 жыл бұрын

I believe he only had 15 minutes left of the drum clinic. He wanted to show this to the crowd and had to hurry. Besides we only saw 4 out of the 15 minutes, who knows what else he wanted to show.

@TH-gu4wj 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think I want to do that. lol

@richone2540 5 жыл бұрын

Pep Guardiola play drums ?

@Bruttomabravo 5 жыл бұрын

666

@tumiantumi4726 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder what the 47 morons that gave him a "Thumb down" had for breakfast, over the last 10 years.....Benny Greb is a genius...Ende aus, Mickey Mouse.....it´s probable just envy....in wich case, have something else for breakfast....Maybe Eggs, Beans and Bacon.......