Ian Paice is the only click track you'll ever need.

I wish more well-known musicians would do what you do. Hearing the craftman talking about the craft is always enlightening and informative. Thanks for this.

Click or no click, Ian Paice's playing is just sublime!

How lucky are we to have a living legend explaining to us how it’s done. This is pure gold and I absolutely love this channel. Thanks Ian, you are so genuine and humble.

This channel is the best thing that happened to KZfaq in the past decade. We all have an amazing chance to witness a legend directly talking to us! How cool is that?

'I did play everything, I just maybe didn't play it all at the same time', classic quote from a class player and demonstrates the digital age :):)

Love the way Ian gets away from the click with odd time fills to make the recording human. Absolute gentleman too.!

I love Ian’s use of the word ‘humanity’. It’s what my late father who was an architect said that CAD lacked. Love Ian’s work.

Chief was the most innovative, original rock drummer of all time in my book.

I used to hate playing with a click, now I have learned to embrace it. I set my click tone to something not so MIDI computer sounding so it becomes more like playing with a percussionist who has perfect time. I'll say this though, when you're playing to a click you're always in time, no matter what the guitarist says. It does help to settle some disagreements. The click track don't lie.

I like the way you move your hand on your snare, you're like spreading butter on a toast... 😋 Great talking, great playing and great channel, it's very informative and interesting, and I greatly appreciate that you take the time to make it. Really, it's very helpful.

My absolute favorite rock drummer ever. Thank you Ian!

It's pretty astonishing how great the quality is on Made in Japan considering what it was recorded on.

I still remember the sound of the first digital metronome I played along to in a studio; ding, ding, ding, beep....ding, ding, ding, beep!!! Ahh memories.

This is a great example of why I love this channel. Mr. Paice enjoys teaching.....and I enjoy learning!

That extra 20 seconds is GOLD! I love hearing those not fade outs. Cheers Ian!!

So awesome to see a master explain something like a click track. So many musicians confuse a click track with quantization. There is a video talking about if you quantize John Bohnam the feel is lost and that's absolutely true. But if you take a song and create a tempo map following the drum track like Kashmir, while it is played live and with feel, it speeds up and slows down only a little and it doesn't get that far off from an average tempo. Some musicians can play to a click and some say it ruins their feel. While some songs have tempo changes and swing feel changes, it doesn't mean it should sound sloppy. If a musician can't play to a click track when they need to, then my impression is they're mostly lazy or they don't know how to stay locked in. You don't have to sound robotic, but you should be able to follow a click.

I remenber, you´ve been talking ´bout clicktracks about 34 years ago, in an interview with Pete York! Man, i loved Superdrumming.... Thanx for this vlog, an THANK YOU VERY MUCH for beeing one of my idols for over 40 years now, since the day i heard "smoke..." for the first time... God bless you!

I understand why this is being used but I am still happy they didn't use this on the MkII albums. I love the energy and flow on those records.

This is a great channel, sharing all his wisdom/experience and stories while his still alive. Most of the videos on recording stuff that is this detailed are session musicians. So it’s great to see it from a famous much loved drummer!

Thanks Mr. Ian Paice ... good .... you are the god of drums .... Thanks for everything ... Keep it up ... You are in our hearts ... Thanks

This is great, thanks Ian. I myself hate click tracks, way before they became the norm I developed a kind of humming in my head along with my counts and it's second nature to me, sort of my own click track, to have something added now drives me crazy and is a distraction. I also feel something has been most in many of today's recordings with time that is too perfect, there's no feeling some times, that little movement you describe is exactly what I have argued with other musicians on, if band and drummer are good it shouldn't be noticeable but it's there and it's a feeling, and music should have feeling, not just go tic tok perfectly. Some people like Steve Perry of Journey say they look for drummers with what they call a lazy left hand or lazy snare, it's just miliseconds off but gives the song a human quality and groove that listeners can get into.

"Wow" Facinating, I alway love "FadeOuts" on songs, that keep on rockin" and creating "Rat Bat Blue" I wished had gone on longer" drums are great on that song"

Extremely interesting this view behind the scenes. Thanks a lot!

Digital technology and the click track have drained the soul out of a recording. No swing, no groove, no feel. Just imagine Deep Purples Burn or Maybe I'm a Leo without Mr. Paice's signature feel. Or John Bonhams Kashmire or When the Levee Breaks. Music was never intended to be perfect, play it again and splice together the good bits. Now its punch in punch out. I have been around long enough to have recorded on tape. Just sounds and feels better.

Thank you for your time. Reminds me of the old days when they would have a studio musician do a part that a band member could not , Hal Blaine comes to mind.

Thanks I love hearing the music after the fade. I always wanted to hear Jon’s solo carry on after the fade in Solitaire.

Playing to a click always makes me feel like the click is wrong. Really shows you how good your timing really is.

I love you Ian. One of my heroes ever! With Bonham and al little few others.

It’s great to have such a highly esteemed player such as yourself highlighting your own edits. I’ve always looked up to you as a player, so this has helped me. I have been going in the studio for 25 yrs and off and when digital came in and I had to play to a click, I worked at it. But when I didn’t get the snare bang on the click or pulled away, I beat myself up or the producer criticised me for going off grid! I had a snare or cymbal corrected once or twice and thought I wasn’t a great player. I always got the take and didn’t take too long and now I realise it’s perfectly normal and I’m not a crap drummer.....I so related to when you said the tempo in your head is always slightly faster than the click initially and it takes a few takes! I try and practice to a click now with my band to prepare for studio work. You are amazing and these videos are so brilliant. X

I have so much respect for Ian Paice. I saw him couple of times around '73/'74 at Glasgow's Apollo, with DP, and I never thought all these years later I'd be thoroughly engrossed in his excellent videos. He has such a relaxed and informal, but always riveting, approach to presentation. Incidentally, am I the only one who hears a signature Ian Paice 'feel' at 10:57, when his Hi-hat work is so reminiscent of 'My Woman From Tokyo'? Thanks, Ian.

fascinating getting the detail Paicey !

Interesting stuff Ian. I have been recording since the early 80s so I'm familiar with the technology and DP were the first band I ever saw (Portsmouth Guildhall Sept 1971 with Hard Stuff supporting) The point I want to make is that the great bands made great albums without the use of click tracks and the sound of a band playing dynamically with tempo and timing changes. That is the real sound of music. I have played in many situations (mostly in the world music field in the last 20 years) and you cannot replicate the real sound of tempo changes by using a tempo map on a DAW. Yes, you can do all sorts of edits to a tempo track but it is not the same as a band looking at each other for those changes. What about those passages where Ritchie and Ian would go off into their little improv battles in Purple, and the way you, Roger and Jon would support that? This is why nobody makes classic albums anymore - the whole thing has become too sanitised with the ProTools/Cubase/Logic mentality of recording.

Wonderful video, Ian! Thanks a lot.

Thanks for all the videos Mr. Ian you are the best !!!!!

Wow good to see and hear what goes on. Thanks for showing us Ian. Not like “A few red lights and a few old beds” days haha.

It is so much fun to see and hear the Master at work!!!

Thank you, Ian. Love your new album, Whoosh!

Thank you, Mr Paice! Good stuff!

This is awesome content Ian, can't wait for your next clip cheers!

Very cool presentation!

It is so fine, to hear such things about your work the last weeks. Thank you! Your new CD is super!

Thank you for these videos and I must say it's amazing to hear things like how razzle dazzle goes after the fade out, love that insight :)

That was mega!! Really interesting stuff. More please!🙂👍

Thank you for the great tutorial and well done

Thank you Mr Paice!!

Thank you for sharing informations, result of years of experiences and talent

Mister Ian Paice 🥁 sou seu fã.minha inspiração desde quanto passei a gostar de bateria. Adoro te ver tocar e copiei suas técnicas no jeito de tocar. Ver vc tocar os pratos é top demais quebrando os punhos ao tocar os pratos ✌️✌️✌️🤜🤛😎😎😎

Very Interesting))) Thank you Mr. Paice for sharing))

Wonderful. Thank you for sharing your incredible skills and work. Never get bored or tired of your moments. Gracias. Rock on Ian. 🤘🏾🔥

Your videos are great. I’m a long time Deep Purple fan, and here I get to listen to my favorite drummer explain the nuts and bolts of drumming.🤝

another great video .thank you for sharing .

Thanks Ian. You're so right about thinking the click is too slow when you start out. I have exactly the same experience. It's as if I have to let the adrenaline calm down a bit before I'm really sitting with it comfortably. I'm not a drummer, but I find these videos fascinating and very helpful for focussing on the subtleties of timing/accents.

Razzle Dazzle is such an under-rated song. One of my all time favourites from an under-rated album, up there with their top ones, Bananas!

Wow!!!! lesson with the greatest!

Great explanation.

What a great video, thank you!!!

Thanks Ian!

Thank you Ian.

awesome drummer and a gentleman as well.

Fascinating stuff from my teenage hero!

Thanks so much maestro ian paice. 💜🔥🔝dp

When Paicey joined Whitesnake he started to play less like his old wonderfully inventive self and was more straight in his approach. I'd heard that it was Coverdale that wanted him to play more straight like many American rock drummers. I don't know it this is true but why get the great Ian Paice if you don't him to play like himself? He became more straight with Gary Moore, and by the time Perfect Strangers came out it could have been anyone because it doesn't sound like him, which I think is a shame. Perhaps he'd been pushed in to using click tracks by then and it didn't feel natural to him and he struggled to adjust to it. When you have someone as good as this man you should let him be the click and the band reacts to what he does. Live he was more like his old self and by the time The Battle Rages On was released I think he had become a little more comfortable with a click, plus the drum sound is really good on that album. He'll always be my favourite drummer - listen to how he adds different things to the same songs live over three gigs on the Live In Japan triple CD set, just wonderful. Tommy Bolin was blown away by him and thought he was even better than Billy Cobham.

Thank you!! Absolutely interesting. :)

Great video!!

Ian, I don't know if you read any of this stuff but thanks for everything!!! Helluva career and you're not done yet!... From a guitar player...

This kinda explains to me ..one of the reasons. why music from the 50's 60's 70's seemed to have a better feel or more soul....than much more of the music that came after..

Love this rock band they are the best my wife is a fan for many years

very educational....thank you

Thanks maestro.

You are the reason I play drums

Not much to add to all the other comments here - but it does occur to me that trying to get somebody like Gene Krupa play to a click would have been bloody impossible and, thanks to his being the driving force within the band, the music is better than it would have been in that hypothetical scenario. But anyway, thank you for yet another fascinating video. So enjoyable!

Thanks Ian, that was very informative. I do enjoy those DVDs of you all playing in the studio, it's a must buy for me. Much respect, for playing anything with that click track ringing in your ears. So distracting. Loved the tracks that didn't make it into the album, especially the outtro of Steve letting rip. Perhaps the next album could be called "Unhinged" or "Unleashed" and Bob could let go Steve's reins, sure would be interesting. One of the reasons I love Burn and You Fool No-one, it sounds like you're free to soar. That's what Rock music is about. Stay safe.

beautiful swinging lilt!

Thank you 🍀

When I do bass tracks I tend to get behind more than ahead. I totally agree that it often takes more takes but then there is usually something about a decent first take that I tend to love, warts and all.

you are a natural born teacher

I really love the lyrics to razzle dazzle!

Che grande artista e che grande umiltà e umanità! PAICE il maestro dei maestri.

so good to see and hear, you, Ian! talking shop and not just performing; though I've always enjoyed your work/talent. Glad to see you alive and well ! See you again soon? and after all this Lockdown COVID-19 'stuff' +

When I drum to a click track, I speed up and down all over the the place. I’m sticking to the fact I’m doing it because of humanity.

What a fucking cool dude and a great bloke. Also a sensational player. Cheers and thank you for this video.

Thanks, TEACHER.

Very interesting!

Mister Paice don't need any electronic device. He self is computer. I like this musician.

Yep I have that issue as well always want to play it first time faster. The real fun comes when your playing live to backing tracks. If your not on, no-one is !!

Loving so much these "Bananas" drum videos, Ian! Would it be possible to have one of these days "Walk on"? Thank You

I find it easier playing with16th's on the click rather than 8th's. Thanks for the vids Mr P

Phil Rudd is the master of Click Tracks and IAN PIACE just knocks it outta the park.. IAN doesn't need clicks 😎🤟

Listen to "Pictures of Home" and get all the click tracks you want. Paice is a great drummer.

thank you

I might be wrong, but I think click tracks were used also in the analog recording era, let' say 1977-1987 especially to record dance music. The point then was only to have a steady beat. Think about Heart Of Glass by Blondie for instance, recorded in 1978, they used a Roland CR-78 drum machine as a cue to the drummer, and they left it in the final mix too.

SUPER

Who said the drums need to stay exactly at the same beat all the time to sound good on a song I don't get it.

MAESTRO!!

Dear Ian, I'd be greatful if you could answer these questions at some point: There was an accident in January 1972, shortly after recording the Machine Head album, where Jon lost his white chopped Hammond C3 organ and you also lost your Ludwig Silver Sparkle drum kit. I heard that the gear fell into the Hudson River. How did that happen? Was there any possibility of at least getting the white Hammond back? What did you use as a replacement and where did you get it? When did Jon get Christine McVie's Hammond C3? Where is this organ now?

That drum track you edited sounded familiar! Hahaha!

Viejo sabio. Ian Anderson paice

Gentleman !

Interesting note on thinking that the song seems faster than the set click track. I usually get the same feeling, but I`ve been in a recording studio on just a handful of times. I always thought it's because of a slight adrenaline rush from the stress or excitmentof recording. It's nice to know that even a life long proffessional gets that too. Do You think it is actually the excitment factor?