Wax On / Wax Off

Wax On / Wax Off - Part 1

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Gordy Knudtson

7 жыл бұрын

Go to GK-Music.com for Zoom lessons and method books by Gordy Knudtson, drummer for The Steve Miller Band.

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@drummersecret2796 6 жыл бұрын

Most brilliant drum instruction on KZfaq! Amazing and just the best! Thank you!

@clueken13 Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more. He provides the most comprehensive and complete instruction regarding technique that I’ve found.

@youplusdrums 4 жыл бұрын

Gordy, You are such a gift to the drumming world. Thank you so much for sharing !!! Just Brilliant.... and then some. It seems like anyone that leaves a thumbs down should have to explain why... and then we can tar and feather them in the town square. Thanks So Much !!!!

@GKMusic54 4 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

@clueken13 Жыл бұрын

So glad I got recommended your videos…my new favorite drum teacher.

@cresk 5 жыл бұрын

I wasted many hours watching videos teaching me hand & stick control the wrong way, and there are tons of them. In fact, this involves the majority of them. You are the best teacher I’ve seen hands down. I subscribed to your channel and now will have to stick to it. Thanks a whole bunch!

@GKMusic54 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I do Skype lessons too. You can contact me at GK-Music.com.

@cresk 5 жыл бұрын

Gordy Knudtson awesome. Will contact you .

@Lezcarg1 6 жыл бұрын

Few good drummers are GREAT teachers and you are one, tnks Gordy!!!

@luisanayaborda2315 2 жыл бұрын

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@Iamwel 6 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel last week & I'm hooked on you double stroke lessons. Just found this video today & damn, he's staring to my musical soul while teaching.

@versusdh 5 жыл бұрын

seriously the best teacher. I love that it was all in one take!

@colaiuka 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent materials Gordy! Great drumming instructions! Summarizes all the best technique in one.

@stevenutter3614 3 жыл бұрын

He's playing in perfect timing while speaking. It's hilarious. He's pointing out what should be obvious to us all but isn't.

@daniellenaidoo8586 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful technique for better ergonomics on the drum set. Quality teaching here from Gordy, as always!

@zislec 7 жыл бұрын

Your videos are absolutely amazing👍 Thank you for sharing 👏👏👏

@GKMusic54 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@2002drumsonly 7 жыл бұрын

At 10:47 your shredding almost gave me a heart attack as you started to blitz the drums right out of the blue. Great job!

@Chevyteddy 5 жыл бұрын

Simply brilliant!

@SuperDrumsforever 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing fun exercise . Thanks for posting.

@SEE.E.O 2 жыл бұрын

very cool! i always threw sanford doubles from my high school marching line around the kit, very similar idea at work here. down the toms, up the toms, from snare to tom, from tom to snare, through all the permutations with bass drum filling in the spaces

@wunoteu 7 жыл бұрын

what a great exercise,thanks Gordy

@DIGITALSWOON 4 жыл бұрын

mesmerizing, it's like you edited your face into the video afterwards. your ability to talk freely during these exercises is impressive

@drummerdan86 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for making these videos Gordy!

@GKMusic54 5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@joecedeno1374 7 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic video! A great tool to polish up and re-visit the Rhythm Library and improve fluidity around the drum set. Thanks for bringing up and sharing so many nuances on incorporating and getting better at the Open/Close Technique.

@GKMusic54 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe!

@williamkleitsch1153 4 жыл бұрын

Great - across between Texas drum corps and papa joe jones - love it

@polyphem4841 5 жыл бұрын

gotta love his grunt/mourn/joy-like sounds!

@DIGITALSWOON 4 жыл бұрын

don't really gotta

@enrico826 4 жыл бұрын

it's kind of mesmerising

@trevormcmanis 5 жыл бұрын

Great lesson on the classic “sweep”…

@samiransonowal3667 7 жыл бұрын

u r jst awesome ...that u r revealing u r secrts...keep posting more vids

@patrickberkery8854 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏

@DDandrums 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful stuff!

@tryharder249 5 жыл бұрын

Muito bom, ainda não havia pensado nisso.

@yordanmishev6781 7 жыл бұрын

You are true inspiration sir, keep it up! After playing many years and still be really weak with my left hand and know your video open-close technique I decided to start studying and hook up with this technique from now on. I'm Bulgarian, so I've got hard time sometimes understanding you, but hopefully will get it eventually. :) Cheers for you, best wishes!

@GKMusic54 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Bultish 7 жыл бұрын

Aukay =) this is awsome!

@jimyouknow 6 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thanks

@sharkzf6 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Bad-Ass! 😎

@fernandoamorim86 7 жыл бұрын

sensacional

@breathe478 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@susanbabudro3825 6 жыл бұрын

I agree, your videos and work are amazing! I have learned a lot from them. I used to work with older videos of yours that seem to have gone away. (The ones with the flames) If there is a way to access those as well, please let me know. I miss seeing them. Thanks.

@GKMusic54 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Susan, I'm glad they are helpful! All of my videos can be seen at my website: GK-Music.com, or my KZfaq channel: kzfaq.info. The older videos you are referring to are the Open/Close Technique videos.

@darinwood2183 5 жыл бұрын

Whoa!

@richardrichard2028 Жыл бұрын

Im pretty sure I just got hypnotised by a 5yr old video

@MrLevent79 7 жыл бұрын

Gordy. Bought your book and improved my technique a lot already. Can you do a video showing the proper way to set up drums. It looks like from the video better to set up the floor tom in an angle and snare flat.

@GKMusic54 7 жыл бұрын

I just set the toms up to the angle that works best for me... where my hand wants to play it. Don't worry if it's flat or tilted a bit. You want to able to hit it without hitting a rimshot.

@dornelli1 5 жыл бұрын

french grip rules!!

@reinmacalino2465 5 жыл бұрын

can be used for tenor marching drum lesson.;)

@privacyIsKing 7 жыл бұрын

What would you say is the "best" or "correct" kind of hand technique? I love the way you use the "open-close" and that's why I've been practicing over and over. Mind you, I've been teaching myself to use the core more to drum, that is to say, the movement I try to use all the time comes from the soulder blade as to make the arm more like a whip and let the stick do the hit. On that note, all of the drummers I love don't have a great textbook technique...for example, I love Neil Peart's drumming but I hate to watch him play. The way he moves his hands I just don't like it, but you can't argue against the results. It may be dumb but besides the sound I also care a lot about the aesthetics of drumming or playing an instrument in general.

@GKMusic54 7 жыл бұрын

The "best technique" or "correct technique" is the one that let's you play what you need to play, at the volume level you need to play it at, night after night without hurting yourself. Open/close is a soft technique, Moeller is a loud technique. So you probably won't be using much open/close on a rock gig in an arena, or a lot of big Moeller strokes on an acoustic jazz gig at a cocktail party. Aesthetics are not dumb. When movements look more natural, relaxed, and flowing they usually sound better as well. Next time you watch some youtube drum videos mute the sound, and watch it slow motion. (On newer videos the gear icon has a speed option.) Slow it down to 1/2 speed and just watch. Ask yourself does this person look centered and balanced? Do their movements look smooth, flowing, and natural? In my opinion the guys I've seen with the best technique are "naturals" - kids gifted with talent, who were exposed to many great drummers when they were very young. They learned by watching, mimicking/copying the movements and sounds they saw and heard. Two good examples are Buddy Rich and Tony Williams.

@privacyIsKing 7 жыл бұрын

Gordy Knudtson Thank you so much for replying and it's also a great comment.

@dornelli1 5 жыл бұрын

he might approve of Brufford's technique

@ralphgehteha9924 5 жыл бұрын

The thing that I find a bit strange: When moving the stick low between snare/Tom you hit the head not straight down, but at an angle with low power 🤔 I'm actually trying to avoid just that, it seems wrong to me... 😶

@theryanshantz 6 жыл бұрын

rack tom to the left of me, floor tom to the right...

@miker5233 4 жыл бұрын

I hope one day I'll be able to wax and whack like that

@user-bw3os9eo1d 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr GK

@nelskudler 7 жыл бұрын

Timing!!!! ;-)

@nelskudler 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@MrTristandestry 7 жыл бұрын

hypnagogic

@brunoroy5300 7 жыл бұрын

@cazmataz6579 3 жыл бұрын

He looks like he has a mechanical right arm

@archimedesthehighlyeducate3976 3 жыл бұрын

Isn’t a “U-shape” done while using both arms called a “W shape?” That’s what I see idk about everyone else but not a ridged sharp w A nice arc not the ugly PRINT I use cursive Hm the alphabet is important. Just yanking chains and poking the hornets nest 😅 great stuff