Idk why but as soon as you started talking I subbed. You seem like the most chillest dude

i’ve been playing for years, i have no problem playing alone, but the moment i’m in class my mind blanks out and i just keep time. i’m getting older and into more advanced groups that it’s no longer acceptable to stay in the background. It’s scary but this video helps a lot. it breaks things down making it less intimidating. along with that, a comforting video that has funny moments, making it seem welcome. thank you!

Tim the trouble is you make it look so easy. Watching your big band intro--so effortless! Thanks for the lesson.

Great fundamental teaching on set ups that are never taught in a straight and simple way. Great job Tim

That crash cymbal is beautiful. Sounds so jazzy

Wish I got this sage advice when I was 10! (I'm 47).

Wow that snare sounds so good! Perfectly tune. Thank you.

Great lesson! You have a great sense of time, and swing Tim. And your doubles are so smooth, and those Gretsch drums sound sweet.

Awesome, i'm not a drummer but conductor and found you when i'm looking for some drum patterns for a composition, thanks!

I love this intro

Excellent explanation and examples.Thanks Tim!

Great exemples and great lesson overall. Many thanks !!

Very helpful filling ideas in those critical moments of the song. Nice to have as tools or tricks.

Thanks my band was playing early afternoon blues and this video help with the ensemble hits.

Hey dude i wondered where your vids went for several years good to see you put new stuff up!

Love this! Solid simple jazz big band knowledge 🤛🏽

Those Sabians are to die for! You really have selected some prime pies for that genre. Your snare is perfect too.......(also a compliment of your tuning). ALSO - This lesson is a myth buster - and lesson in mature playing.

The laugh at 5:01 is the best part of this video

Thanks so much for the information! Love of the way your cymbals sound.

WOW! I just found your channel and fell in love with it! I've been playing rock and blues for years. I'm now trying to learn how to play jazz. Thank you for the great tutorials, your insight is fantastic! Keep up the great work! Very inspiring and funny too!

"I'm here to help you with your Journey and big band drumming."

Appreciate your great lesson

Fantastic lesson, thanks. Those cymbals are to die for.

Very helpfull. Thanks! Great playing and sound also.

Great video

Cymbals sounds awesome! Your hand too! I love that Sabian Artisan

Love your video of Excellence...Gods continued blessings... Thanks you are great

Thank you so much! You are spot on!

love this lesson..

Lol, that laugh at 5:02, lol !.

dude that was incredible! thanks for sharing!

Very nice video! Thank you

Mr. Metz, great video !!! I am from Brazil and I am trying to learn the fundamentals of Jazz drumming. Your lessons are amazing. Your english is very clear and easy to understand !! Please do more videos about Jazz comping. I have watched your last video about comping (one of my biggest issues in Jazz drumming) and I would like see you teach more about it. !! Regards !!!

Great video. Thannks Tim.

you, my friend, are a life saver

Such a good lesson!! So well explained :)

nice work MR. thank you very much!!!!!!!

loving these vids man :-)

Tim, I think you are a fantastic player!

because im not a sight reader its very difficult to remember where those pushes,dynamics are meant to be in the song,id have to memories every arrangement and thats wayyyyy to much great video.

Hey Tim, can you do a video on some of your favorite phrases for trading 4's?! Bass drum comping would be great too! Thanks for all you do.

Best Cymbals i head for along time

Great lesson Tim. Im great at keeping time and have lots in the tool box but when it comes to fills i dont have many and struggle to keep time. Could you please do a lesson breaking down good fills to learn and how you keep time throughout? Thanks, Dave

Hi Tim I am one of your followers on on youtube. your explanations are simple but at the same time they are well explained and are very useful and practical. I really like your style of playing. I also play in a big band and in a jazz quartet. I found very interesting the ideas of this latest video for the big band. I would like to congratulate you. Please ontinue to upload new videos because they are very useful and interesting. Do you have videos or suggestions how to tune the drums ? I really like your way of tuning as on this video. Swinging greatings from Max from far Switzerland (Gretsch USA custom player)

Great to see you back doing videos again. Your older videos were awesome. Since you asked, could you do a video on buzz rolls? There's very little practical and usable information on youtube/the interwebs. It's guys on pads doing the 'let the stick bounce' thing. And some examples in context (al la Elvin) would be great!) Thanks.

Tim, love to see video of some of your gigs (entire tunes, sets, etc.).

I remember in your tuning video, you only tuned your floor tom. I'd love to see you do a small rundown on tuning your whole kit!

Good one!

Very helpfull! You are a nice guy! Greetings from bavaria!!

that's a good one!!!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Thanks it's helpful..

Best sounding Sabian jazz cymbals I've ever heard. Artisan or Legacy? Med or Med-thin? Any info would be helpful. Thanks!

That was cool

Great video Tim. Do you have a video showing how to break up rudiments around the kit as a fill? I know this is something Philly Jo Jones use to do. Thanks again.

I was a successful session drummer in Hollywood in the 1980’s early 90’s. I recorded for very well known artists but it was pop / rock. Now fast forward 20+years without playing im very enamoredmwith jazz. Can you do a video on ghost notes? Im having trouble with other videos explaining it . You seem to be VERY GIFTED in explaining concepts. I understand you and your videos and can incorporate immediately what you are teaching. Is there an easy way to understand ghost notes that makes fills and soloing Sound pro? Thanks much. You are awesome. BTW im now 65 and again excited about drumming.

I like to catch the kick with the bass drum for the bones and snare for sax,s and trumpets.

I’d like to see a video on big band chart interpretations. Instrument / cymbal pairing, etc.

No se porque algunos no les gusta.La verdad es que ayuda mucho,gracias

I'm inspired now :)))

Love your snare sound! What is that gretsch or something? Thanks for a cool vdo bro!

nice video, can you make a video talking about turn araounds and conectors for changes of sections ? it will be helfull for me. Keep going, i watch you from Colombia.

Great vid! Think you can do a lesson on using the 7 stroke roll?

Great instruction! Thanks. I'm in a local swing band and we don't have a conductor so when we get to a fermata ending it's up to me to control the ending. I'm not very good at it. If you did something on endings I'd appreciate it!

Great lesson, thanks. My biggest problem is reading. I usually get lost navigating the chart and then fluff the ending but I didn't realise we were at the end. There are so very few lessons onm youtube about reading jazz big band charts - I really would appreciate some guidance.

Is that Cadillac Green? Sounds good too 👍

Can you show some Big Band drumming using “ matched grip “ ? Thank you, Tim.

Brah, you sound great with a big band! What's the left cymbal?

Congratulations Tim, not only you are a great drummer but also a great teacher. I am trying to get more into jazz and I have found your lessons really useful . I have a question for you: I have seen many jazz drummers using the kick drum occasionally when playing a groove (pretty much a swing groove) . but I have noticed that you keep using the bass drum on the whole 4 beats of the measure (very softly though) . In your opinion, should drummers do so all the time? Greetings from Lima, Perú!

Hi Tim, I like the video and pdf. I guess that this video is only about " ensemble figures". How about a video and pdf on "section figures" Thanks alot Shlomo Laufer

Hi Tim, great video as always! Do you have any recommendation on your top 5 or so big band albums?

I would like to hear you counting out the bars plz when playing at the slower tempo

you're good

Love the fill at 0:12 sweet ! what's the sticking pattern ?

Great video!could you tell please,which drumhead you use for the kick drum both side?thanks

What's the the fill @ :13? Is that paradiddle? Are you using the kick as a part of the fill?

Weirdly your reactions remind me if pewdiepie xD great lesson btw. subbed!

05:01

How do you feel about the 19 HHX X-treme as a left side ride? Sounds killer as a crash in these fills...how's the ride...would it be appropriate for softer sections vs. main ride?

if you dont mind 1 what kit is that 2 the bass drum size is that an 18 inch lovely sound .

You might get fired, but not if you were Buddy! Thanks and Blessings Tim!!!

What do you do if you're stuck on the same few set ups and you listen to a lot of jazz already?

Hey i subscribed to your channel, i hope to learn jazz drumming.

Can you tell us what finish is on drums? Lacquer? wrap? color name? Thanks

Hi Tim, I purchased the pdf a while ago and printed it, do I need to buy it again to print again?

It's been sometime I know but I can't find the PDF on your website.

What’s the name of the song at the beginning of the video?

No lessson this last Sunday?

Helped a lot! Thank you :-) 05:02 hehe

Link doesn't work in Germany :(

What’s that song at the beginning

Hi Tim, I can't access any PDFs. It just gives me a blank page.

I don’t know why I’m struggling with the beat 3

Hi Tim, I've been trying to buy your PDF lessons for several days, but your payment system keeps rejecting my credit cards and won't access PayPal. All of my payment types are valid, so there's a problem with your payment vendor. Please advise. I sent you a message via your website, too. Thanks!

You're playing blues machine in the intro.

6 minute for 1 trick waw ...

Oh god im getting fired

666th view :D

Hi thanks for the help ☺ which HHX is that your crashing !?

Hi Tim got any rudiments that I can practice my rolls cause awful when I play fills where jazz drums sound besutiful