The MENTAL secret to smooth FILL transitions

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02:29 - The simple singles exercise that just might solve your fill transitions right now!
05:19 - The big “MENTAL SECRET”…
06:14 - HOW to actually do this (tips for AUDITORY learners…)
12:44 - Tips for VISUAL learners…
21:06 - The UNDERLYING skill that this all comes down to…
22:55 - 5 practical TIPS for building that “underlying” skill
If you want to smoothly glide from groove to fill and back to groove - and therefore nail songs and jam confidently with a band - then you’re in the right place today!
The problem is that our fill transitions easily get sloppy, clumsy, and out of time, which leaves us feeling frustrated and defeated and feeling like a total fraud.
Let’s fix this today. I’m teaching you the big “mental secret” to overcoming all of this, as well as 3 concrete exercises and 5 practical tips that will show you exactly how to practice fill transitions and prepare you for playing with other musicians and sounding like a total pro in the process. YOU CAN DO THIS!
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@jadedillon5201 Жыл бұрын

One thing that I do is to concentrate on the first note (or two) of a fill. Practice until you’re familiar with the fill, hit the one (or three, or whatever) and then just play the fill. If you nail the first note, the rest of the fill should fall in place. Just my thought, works for me.

@ralfder1. Жыл бұрын

Hi Stephen, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your work and free Lessons that you offer here. Your way of teaching has helped me in so many areas of drumming. And by the way, I had already paid several people (teachers) for lessons from whom I didn't learn nearly as much as from your videos. I am not a native speaker and my command of it is just rudimentary but if I was I would have no hesitation in taking private lessons from you.Thank you again

@johnard100 Жыл бұрын

After spending 2 years (off and on) on the drums I have found the formula for getting fills to sit in the groove so here is my 2 cents worth on the subject. First, the KISS principle, keep it simple stupid. Short, simple fills are easier to keep in the groove. Except for the 1/8 note build, I don’t see any reason to start a fill before beat 3. There is a whole world of fills of 1, 1.5 and 2 beat fills, especially when you start putting in the kick. My other rule is that if I have to think about a fill, then it’s not ready for use. So I practice each new fill until I can slot it in the groove and and keep the groove going seamlessly. For example, take the Pat Boone Debbie Boone fill ( one of my favorites and a must have), I have that down pretty well. It’s so easy for me now that it seems like my hands know what to do on their own. My ears hear it before it happens and my hands make it happen. For me, a dozen fills that I can do on auto pilot is a whole lot better that 30 fills that I stumble on. As a drummer I have one job, to keep the groove cooking. Chops aren’t worth a damn, if the groove gets lost.

@Frank1979Zappa Жыл бұрын

Best advice here: Focus on the sound & feel of the fill, instead of the notes & technique. Thanks, Stephen!

@ssekatawavincent Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Stephen, I had this problem of groove to fill and fill to groove. I really needed this lesson.😊

@eliznaomistuart Жыл бұрын

GREAT lesson - tons to work on here - thanks Stephen!

@markielinhart Жыл бұрын

Great lesson, thanks Stephen‼️

@petermoeller5901 Жыл бұрын

What helped my a lot was the advice with the gap-click. It is one thing when you practice alone at home and you *think* you get groove to fill and back into the groove smoothly. It is a different thing to do that when you play in a band. The gap-clip app can help to develop steady timing. And that steady timing you need from the groove and across the fill and back into the groove.

@gumobe55 Жыл бұрын

Hi Stephen - so much good stuff in there - I am going to have to run your video again so I can get down the many steps you discuss. One thing I must pull you up on - aural is listening & oral is via the mouth. It took me a few moments to realise you mean aural even though it sounds like oral. Cheers Owen

@martinsmith8572 9 ай бұрын

Absolutley superb advice, thank you for your help, my downfall is Radiohead Creep, just over midway he goes into a fast fill and then comes out into the groove, its that part coming out of the fill is so difficult for me, i always return out of time. Great video thanks buddy.😃

@ethanheatwole7357 Жыл бұрын

Hey, Mr. Stephen. I really like the non-glamorous approach you take in all your videos. Good stuff! I became curious when you mentioned jazz drummers, could you recommend a good jazz album? I'm not at all familiar with the genre.

@tenayahfreeman5101 3 ай бұрын

The classic 'gah gah gah gah' beat 😂 ❤

@blapez3071 Жыл бұрын

I like your drum ad libs

@Chiroman527 Жыл бұрын

Stepehen, typical good video = you are great teacher!! Not directly connected to this specific video or VLOG, I just dug up an old Tune on TIDAL. In A Gadda Da Vita !! by Iron Butterfly. I'm 71 yo, so this may not appeal to your vast audience; it contains some psychedelic sounds, but the Drumming is a Classic. Give it a listen for some terrific Syncopated Drumming!!

@freaksarise Жыл бұрын

I found a lot of people having challenges with fill transitions, overthink about what the high hat or kick is doing as you switch from groove to fill. Allowing space and an absence of a kick or high hat has been confusing to many.

@LordBaktor Жыл бұрын

My biggest struggle is keeping track of the bar when I'm doing a fill, I have a tendency to do fills that are one quarter note too long whenever I venture out of my comfort zone. I suppose the way to fix that is to sit down and improv a bunch of random fills to a click and learn to feel when the 1 comes back around.

@Spagz Жыл бұрын

What are those beads on your snare all the time? Did you just group a bunch together or is that available somewhere?

@wowenfc Жыл бұрын

My weakness when it comes to fill transitions is this: knowing when a fill starts. In a song, a fill may start on 3 or the and-a 2, or on 3, or wherever. It's just getting better at identifying where. Thoughts?

@johnard100 Жыл бұрын

I only drum along to KZfaq videos that have the score on the screen. Then I look at the fills and figure out the count. It’s helping me connect the look of the fill, the count and the sound, cause all 3 of those things have to come together before you can use a fill and keep the groove going.

@dennisgockman6042 Жыл бұрын

Not knowing where to begin the fill, but what helped was count exactly where the fill begins the transition. After doing this you will begin to get a better idea what musically fits.

@johnard100 Жыл бұрын

Try this idea. I basically have 3 different folders for fills in my head. One each for staring on the 3, then one for starting on the and of the 3 and one for starting on the 4. Then for each song you figure out what fill sounds right and on what beat, then go to that folder pick any one out, knowing that each one of those fills will fit.

@dennisgockman6042 Жыл бұрын

"Folders in my head " is a concept I haven't heard of. Can you explain how these are built?

@johnard100 Жыл бұрын

You already have a bunch of folders in your head, but you just haven’t thought of them like that. You can call them boxes or shelves. For example one of them is probably labeled “Things I like for breakfast”, which has your typical go-to items for breakfast. So if you conceptualize your fills in the same way, you can then pull out the appropriate fill to start on the beat you want. I started out working on just fills for beat 4. That folder has about 6 that I like and can pull out whenever I want. Then I stated a 2 beat folder and put a bunch in there. Once you start doing that you won’t have any confusion about which fill fits where.