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One mans simple is another’s nightmare lol

Me watching : Ehh easy enough Me doing : Brain.exe has stop working

He even makes drum lessons easy for me to understand. Amazing dude!!!!! What I wouldn’t give to meet Nick D’Virgilio.

I've been playing for 3 years and dont have independence. This is great practice for quarantine, thanks nick and sweetwater

I'm gonna watch this again on My birthday.

One of the clearest lessons on independence I've seen! Many years ago, when i was struggling through some dry exercises on independence, I saw a documentary on Buddy Rich One of the experts said that Buddy was an extra-ordinary timekeeper, but what made him stand out was that he used his left hand nit just to mark 2 and 4, but he'd play rolls and figures like a brass section plays stabs and short phrases A light when on in my head, and I grabbed my old Krupa/Rich CDs and listened. Sure enough, that's what Buddy was doing. I heard how his lines enhanced the music From then on, it changed my view on independence. When I'm playing or working on a groove, I'm not listening to it in isolation. Rather, I'm thinking melodically. If I can't sing the phrase I'm trying to play on snare, cymbal or whatever, then its just an exercise in math, not music. Another thing I got was from his friend and mentor, Gene Krupa. Krupa always said that if you can't dance during a drum solo, he'd felt like he'd failed. So one of my favourite independence exercise, which later became my drum solo framework, was based on this. Essentially a 3:2 clave on hi-hat, triplets on the left hand, 8ths on the right, and playing/improvising on the right foot. As I play, i then switch it around the limbs as I feel...it's a poor mans Ginger Baker impression but I enjoy it! And there's something about the 3:2 polyrhythm that is so energising, don't you think?

I've only been playing the drums for a month and hand/foot coordination is what I'm working on. Man it sux when my hands wants to do what my foot is doing. I shall crack on with practicing this. Super teaching there Nick and thank you. Liked and subscribed 👍

My first book about drumming. Brings back the memories.

This is what should a begginer should learn first. It might be hard, but youll get the hang of it after you get the hang of it, try doing fills that require a lot of independence.

Thank you for this! Such a sticking point for me (and pretty much everyone else). This is laid out so great, super easy to comprehend and retain.

As a very new beginner, I look forward to the day I can do these exercises.

Thank you Nick and Sweetwater. This is genuinely helpful and useful stuff. Not selling anything here -- just contributing to the drumming community. Very much appreciated.

Feel like I’ve struck gold by finding this video. Such a great lesson.

Any Video nick makes is a must watch! Awesome drummer and great at reviews, great at lessons. Thank you for you hard work!

Your kit sounds amazing. Also this is exactly the tutorial I needed thanks dude

Enjoyed this video. And walked over to kit and began working on it right away. This challenge can make one smile.

Great stuff !

Awesome Lesson! Thanks Nick.

Being a beginner, that was sooo Cool ! Learn something new every day ! Thank's for the lesson...🎼🥁👍

About to get my first drumset and I think this will be very helpful. Thanks so much for putting this out!

This is awesome thank you so much

Ey Nick. Thanks for these very useful tutorials. I could swear u sound exactly like Case Casem! Awesome!

Nick, you're one of the most multi-talented people on the planet! Kickass singer, drummer, tech gear guy, ok. I'm stopping there. too much. :)

Dang I feel like this should be treated as a daily practice rudiment for like 10 min a day until it comes naturally. Great video.

Fantastic!!

I lost it at the right foot lmao

Nick thank you for such a great idea to start understanding Independence I think it's important for us to free up our brains to her creativity floats awesome man

Very helpful!

Best drum video on this channel so far. Keep up the good work.

Awesome.

NICKY D YOU’RE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Super good exercise man. Super good.

Super cool

Why am I just now hearing this!?!? Thank you Nick!

Thank you and always God bless

Very good lessons.. Amazing this idea.. Happy birthday.. Haha.. This practice gives a more grip and variations on any drum pattern.. Thanks..

awesome!! more lessons please ?

4:00 me when i am invited to my teachers son's birthday.

Gary Chester....The New Breed! Awesome!

I love this guy.😆🥁🥁🥁✌

Looks simple but is so hard...

I’m convinced that Nick trained Thomas Lang on limb independence after this! 😂 Very powerful instruction Nick!

Nothing simple about these haha! Goooood stuff🙌

great player and teacher. look for his paradiddle around the kit video

sounds really really fun to do ..

Nick is a national treasure.

Gonna try the second out

0:00 Quite okay. Thanks for asking.

Nick Rulez!!!🤘😝🤘

Thanks. These exercises will come in useful! Are there downloadable notations/PDF for these?

Super simple 😳. Does limb independance become easier as you get better. As I sit here, days ticking down to my 1st lesson I'm thinking 'I'm never going to be able to do this'

Great lesson. Any one know of a place where the second exercise written out to download?

Thanks so much Nick, rest assured this lesson didn't go into deaf ears ;) (loved it).

Deary dear nick

The second exercise is from "The Language Of Drumming" by Benny Greb

Brain.exe encountered a problem and needs to be stopped.

Being a metal drummer, the feet are almost no problem, and left hand is only a little bit challenging. Right hand however, kills me. I also prefer doing 8ths with the ride and quarters with the hihat for those offbeat snares, which adds to the difficulty.

SUPER SIMPLE!@!!

Nick, amazing video. Thanks!! One question only: what is the model of the Audiotechnica headphones you are using in the video ?

Im sorry, this probably makes sense to everyone but me. However, I don’t feel like you’re teaching me how to do it, you’re just showing me how YOU do it.

I’m good with 3 limbs but when I add the left foot it feels like I’m playing drunk

Good practice routine, fo sho!

When i watch guys like Thomas lang or estepario sebriano, some guys just seem to eventually grow a whole seperate brain for each limb! Some with years of sweating blood n practice n some literally just have it from the get go. Some guys practice their whole lives n cant achieve it atleast not 100%.. danny carey was another one when i saw his drum cam for pneuma it made my brain hurt a lil watching it...then u have guys like mike mangini who are literally drum machines personified!! I have noticed tho the even tho mike mangini is like a computer and can play anything perfectly and in time, it doesn't always translate into drum parts that u feel emotionally if that makes sense...iv always noticed that especially in terms of a mangini v portnoy for example.. portnoy is a legend but isnt on a drum machine computer scale as mangini, yet i connect for more to his writing and "feeling" that u can grasp within the music... i only bring that up because i had a fresh debate about the whole portnoy v mangini after DT announced portnoys return so its fresh in my mind..

What equipment is Nick using to play that click track?

4 Rihanna 15:25

I play open position. I'll just play snare with right hand, ride with left hand! 😁🥁

Bro idk why but my mind is blown I didn't know about this

I may practice these techniques for general dexterity training. I'm not a drummer, but playing solo projects has lots of hands on keys and guitars and feet working pedals. Also, if we aren't allowed to give a shoutout to our amazing sales person aka Joseph Secu, then i'll accept the punishment of no candy on my next order.

My favorite independence exercise is reciting the declaration of independence while playing 8th note triplets on my left foot, upbeat pulses with my right arm with improvised stick rebound fills, and migrating a simple snare accent pattern one beat later every four bars. You think that's hard? You should see what I do with the bill of rights!

I can do this exercice easy now but wy when i try to play purdie shuffle it feel like i dont have a good independence im nailing this exercice whit any limb

I spent the first two and a half minutes of this video hotly anticipating how you were going to sing a song that is in 3/4 over a 4/4 beat. Not bad.

I play open handed...any tips

Lol hands want to do what my feet are doing. If I get the kick going my hands want to play fast as well. This is going to take a while

Play Thoughts Pt.2

Nick is such an amazing drummer. He makes even these terrible electronic drums sound musical

Gary Chester - The New Breed

fellas, can you do an interview with drummers Jeff Sipe and Sean Rickman, cheers

Then there is "meshuggah - clockworks" :D

Great lesson. Shame it's physically painful hearing happy birthday in 4 😂

And here I was expecting a polyrhythm (Happy Birthday is in 3). Still a good tip though.

The melody of happy birthday is alot less str8 and more swung tf lol

Sounds like Casey kasem

this is very hard, at least for me

For you guys wanting to take it to the next level, you should pick "The New Breed" book. This book will be your biggest nightmare. But believe me, it is really worth it in the end!

Now teach us how to play like Neil Peart, ive been drumming for 3 weeks now

Adequate 24 hr period of uterine displacement.

Finally, a realistic sounding kit on the TD50

Simple! Is he having a laugh? 40 years of playing and I can't get close!

Man I feel sorry for anyone that bought the TD50

Nice idea, with infinite variations to play with. Just one thing: Please consider to use an accoustic drum set for your videos, or a good sounding module, like mimic pro or strike or drumit three. These Roland sounds are annoying.

Nothing about this is simple, nothing. Thank you

is a drummer. calls the rhythm the “melody”.