I just got my first merch from your store, the world famous "groove responsibly" shirt and I can't wait to show it off. I'm positive it's going to improve my playing, that's how science works. Thanks for another great video Rob. 👍

“If you’re an advanced drummer, stick around and watch it anyways ‘cause I’m cool.” LOL. So awesome. 😎

Everytime I get done practicing, one of your videos pops up with a similar exercise. I'm so glad I found your channel, you're my number one drum teacher. Thanks man, keep on making those sweet beats

I've been learning a lot from your channel the last couple of years, Rob. I watched for a while before I found out you were involved in music ministry. By that point, I had watched enough that I wasn't surprised to learn that you're my brother in Christ. You want to hear a story about how awesome our God is? I'll try to keep it as short as possible. I started playing drums when I was 9. I accepted Jesus when I was 11. I didn't get serious about either until I was 13. I went to youth camp that summer. It was 1983. Our youth leader turned on a Petra cassette in our cabin. I didn't know about Christian rock or CCM. I had no idea there was Christian music other than hymns and southern gospel. I also grew in my faith a lot that week. I felt God call me into music ministry. Which I assumed meant I'd be the next Louie Weaver, touring the world with a Christian band. That wasn't His plan. I played in some local Christian bands that were good, but never went any where. I played some jazz in high school. I had a brief paying gig in a band with Mike Shannon. He's a world class sax player, who's played with a long list of names you'd recognize. I've forgotten most of them, but it included Boots Randolph, Christy Lane, the Opryland Orchestra, and the house band at one of the big ballrooms in NYC, I can't remember the name. Mike was my high school band teacher. I decided to become a paramedic, as my back up plan. Like most musicians, my back up became my career. I began playing praise and worship at church in the late '90s. 9 days before I turned 30, I was at work. I worked at a rural ambulance district that did all the 911 calls and the routine transfers. My partner and I were headed to a hospital in the next county to transport one of our residents back to a nursing home when our ambulance was struck and overturned. They had to cut me out. I wouldn't know it for a very long time, but I fractured a vertebra, and another one was displaced, putting pressure on the nerves in my spinal column. I worked for two more years, which caused a lot of nerve damage, before I was forced to retire on a disability pension. My back got progressively worse. Eventually, I was in horrific pain 24/7. The nerve impingement caused a lot of pain in my legs and feet. It also made them too weak to work. I walked with a cane, or a walker, when I could walk. I had a few, very rare, really good days where I could actually do stuff. I rarely touched my drum kit for about 15 years. Playing just hurt too much. Over the course of 20 years, I went to more than a dozen doctors. Neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, pain specialists, chiropractors. Including some of the best docs in their fields. No one could diagnose or help me. Two quacks actually straight up accused me of faking. I spent most of my time in bed. The pain was unimaginable. I thought about suicide every day. I couldn't do that to my wife and our 4 kids, though. I gave up hope. I became angry with God. I never stopped believing He was real. I've seen Him move too many times. I did, foolishly, doubt His love, though. I often prayed that if He wasn't going to heal me, He would just let me die. My family and my church family never stopped praying for healing. I ended up getting a neurostimulator implanted in my back to help with the pain. It became so infected, they had to remove it. They didn't get all the infection, though. My surgeon was having her PAs treat me over the phone. I had a 3 inch pus pocket that was millimeters from my spine. I could have ended up dead or paraplegic. So, I went to the ER at a different hospital. It's one of the best in St. Louis. They admitted me and put me on IV antibiotics. Their Chief of Surgery reviewed my case, and looked at the x-rays of the infection. He saw something else. He came to my room and introduced himself. Then he told me that he could fix my spine. He said I'd have to lose 28 lbs before he could do the surgery. Exercising wasn't an option, so I changed my diet dramatically. I quit snacking and sugary drinks completely. I ate an otherwise normal diet, just a lot less of it. I lost 40 lbs in 2 months. My surgery was about 6 weeks before the 20th anniversary of my accident. That was 3½ years ago. I'm doing so much better, now. I'll never be 100%, though, because 20 years of the wrong treatment caused too much nerve damage. My biggest fear, during the bad years, was that I wouldn't be able to walk my 3 daughters down the aisle at their weddings. Our oldest was married 2 years ago. Our 2nd daughter was married in June. I walked them both down the aisle. I even got to do a father/daughter dance to Cinderella by Steven Curtis Chapman at the reception. About a year after my surgery, my church's drummer left, leaving an opening. I've been playing again, the last couple of years. I'm finally starting to get my feel back. The coolest part is I get to play with my kids. My youngest daughter, who is 14, plays bass every other week. Our middle daughter, who's 18, plays keys sometimes, and sings most of the time. She just moved off for college, though. When my son is home from college we switch out on drums and percussion. Son in law #2 plays percussion occasionally. God has been so good to me. Far beyond what I deserve. Even when I gave up on Him, He didn't give up on me. Your channel has blessed me a lot, as I'm learning to play again. I hope my story blesses you a little.

Here he comes: Rob 'Stick-around-cuz-I'm-cool' Brown

Excellent lesson Rob. Two tips I’d like to add for anyone looking for more ideas are 1. Use different subdivisions for your patterns, try the 6 note roll as 16th notes and triplets 2. Take your government issued stickings and add a couple notes before or after. I sometimes add a Rll before a paradiddle to make it a 7 note figure RllRlrr. Just adding two or three notes before or after a pattern can makes some interesting phrases. Happy practicing everyone and thanks again Rob!

I think this displacement idea is a game changer. I feel pretty good about my 6 stroke roll when I start it on the quarter note because it’s easy to count and I k ow my right hand is coming down on the next quarter note. Starting it on the “and” of any quarter note completely changes the sound and makes counting so much harder, initially. Great lesson, Rob.

Thanks! I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Great instruction and only 24 hours a day to practice it all.

Rob, I appreciate your confidence when you think I could start some of these as a fill and then find my way out 😁

Rob thank you for helping me become a better drummer. I use your videos for my daily practice and I can't thank you enough.

Another great lesson! I'm right there with you on the value of musical vocabulary building. I like to introduce the 6-stroke roll as a combination of two proto-rudiments: RLL (with an accent on the right), & RRL (with an accent on the left). Use them separately, or in combinations, & orchestrate around the kit.

This reminds me so much of what Mark Brzezicki does. I saw him when he was with Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, live in 1992. When he did a drum solo during the song Whiskey Train, it was amazing. I met him too. Cheers, Rob! ✌️🥁

I stumbled upon your site one day and aside from digging the Phoenix 🤤 You are a dead ringer for the dude who first made me realize I needed to play drums. My shuffle is now on point like never before because I close my eyes and it’s thirty years ago in the basement with the cat that really made me want to learn . Thanks man. Keep kickin✌️

As always still watching and thank you my friend.

I was just playing my drums all day long

i was just searching your page for a new video to jam out to. GREAT TIMING

Groove machine! Love your sound 🤜🏾🤛🏽❤

Curious to see your take on teaching double strokes on the kick, if that's even the right word. I'll check the backlog to see if perhaps you've already got a video on the subject, but if not, consider this a request :)

On the hi-hat in the beginning was a nice one! Not just as a snare/tom break.

I stuck around cuz “you’re cool” 😂🎉 Love this channel dawg!

Rob working on different grooves. I tried two hits on sec.upright tom to two on floor then one hit 1st tom and then floor to snare with paradiddle diddle.in between that doubles on kick x2

Love the lesson. As a beginner/intermediate drummer I’ve Been doing similar with the Paradiddle using it’s sticking pattern to come up with fills across the kit. Between moving the diddle around and orchestrating the sticking across the kit I’ve got a lifetime of learning to do

Excellent video, Rob! You’re an amazing teacher with easy to apply ideas. Keep these more of these types of videos coming on your awesome channel.

Masterful as always! Thanks

You gave me some ideas and things to play around with. Awesome video my friend. That snare drum is killer.

Lovin the lessons from Nashville! Thanks for all you do Rob.

Awesome! Thank you🙏🏻

🤣 stick around anyway coz I'm cool! Love it

❤️ your lessons always man

Can’t argue Rob, you are COOL 😎Creativity is my drumming weakness and your videos really help me with new ideas 💡

awesome tips

Thanks Rob for another great video! Good for thought as always, and some great licks to try, thanks again! God bless!

Love this Channel

That snare sounds sick. Wish mine cracked like that. I am going back to watch your tuning vids

Thank you for this right on time god bless

I want my snare to sound like that! I can't get it to!!!

It's all about that Swagger that gives the feel thank you for the video

I'm gonna go on a 1 month fill celibate. Maybe I'll become a teetotaller. I want to become a funkateer, and fills are standing in the way of the groove. Maybe I'll even dismount the toms and crashes.

I thank you rob 🙏

My guy!!!

Beautiful simplicity as usual. The six stroke is where most of the Motown stuff comes from, with all sorts of variations. Those cats were masters of "milking the crap out of it"!

I've only been playing about 6 months. You're an inspiration. Your kit sounds amazing by the way. Thanks for putting this out here.

Dude I need to start doing this, thanks again Rob!!

Reminds me of the Gadd ideas on a lot from a little. Great lesson & thoughts 🔥

New subscriber here .. great videos Rob, thanks and please keep up the great work!

How funny that I should come across this today. I have been playing with the para diddle-diddle in this same process. One permutation that I have been noodling with is "r l R K l l" and " l K r l K l l" and it has been a blast.

Dave Dicenso did a drumeo that you should definitely watch if you want to practice 6 stroke rolls.

Bought to finally get some merch.

I see that FP9C. I got mine last Monday. Absolutely LOVE it!!

Dear Rob. I'm italian and I love each your video. Can you give me some advice, about how create originally and different sound in a song's bridge, using all the drumset? I hope you understand my question.

Thanks for the video! My comment about the sound, I think you need a different mic for Flor A microphone with a little more low frequencies because a little is missing. And thanks again, you are an excellent teacher!🙏

Government issued six stroke roll…..😂😂😂😂

Thanks!

You are cool!

Yes u r cool...hand Luke 🍻

Rob any advice for tunning the toms using your method with coated heads? I mean for me is difficult to identify wrinkles on those heads :(

I love you, Rob, LOL! The intro, "if you're an advanced drummer, stick around anyway because I'm cool." Made my day, brother ;) And I did stick around.

Rob what’s your opinion on 15-18” hi hats?

Sounding average would be a huge leap forward for me

💙👊😎

👍

Hey Rob loving your videos. Wanted to pass some info, I bought the Yamaha FP9D and it's the best pedal ever. I thought my dw5000 was the king, no way. That direction is amazing. I believe you have the chain driven, you ever play the direct? It is literally night and day. I have 2 kits set up not sure if I want to buy another direct or keep moving my pedal to each set which seems like a pain. If I do my brand new dw5000 will be up for sale. Keep on doing you.

hey what main camera are you using, thanks

Ps. Now show us your version of Bonhams triples with a single pedal. Show off that FP9. Please and again. Thanks

Is this RLL RRL?

Government issue six stroke roll…🤣

Last time I heard from the ex she said it was the kit or her?

Watch it anyways because I'm cool 😎😎😎😎😎😎

Divorce hearing... You crack me up

Books too!

Hey Rob is it possible to organize an interview with you sometime soon via zoom? I do live actually not far from you maybe an hour away but zoom is fine I’ve done interviews with Andrew Rooney and Junk drummer and you are my next fellow cdn potential interview, lol let me know and we can email and set it all up, thanks Tim