Groove based Solo

[MaxG]

Hi drummers, I am new to this forum and I think the best way to introduce me is by showing what I am doing on the drums. I just bought a cheap videocam and filmed a little solo.

Here it is:
Part one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja0eLtUbqoc

Part two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk7OfkkA6k4

I hope you like it!

greetings from Germany
max

[gusty]

Funky! i really liked the groove at around 7:20 on the first vid, that groove stood out. Nice job.

[xush]

very cool.
Excellent job

[Wegadrummer]

That was amazing, My foot tapped all the way.. You got the groove AND the chops.. Grat playing!

[MaxG]

Thanks for your kind words! I really appreciate that! Tapping feet and things like that is what I want to achieve with my drumming! :)

[fourstringdrums]

Wow, that was incredible. These videos will definately be an inspiration in my playing. Thank you so much.

What kind of cymbals are you using? I assume the crash on the right is an HHXtreme? It sounds like it.

[7red7]

Awesome feel you have, great grooving!!! Feel free to post up more vids of your playing anytime :D

[MaxG]

Thanks so much!

The drumset I play is a Sonor SQ2 with Vintage beech shells. The snare is an SQ2 birch snaredrum.

fourstringdrums, you are right, it is an HHXtreme in 17". Other cymbals are (all Sabian):

hihats: 13" HHX Evolution

left crash: HHX Legacy 17"

ride: Artisan Ride Light in 22"

splash: HHX Legacy in 10"

right hihat: 80s HH Regular Hats (not mine)

cheers
max

[radeq]

YOu really have the groove, personaly I like the second part better... Your drums sound amazing, an the cymbals, oohh, they are like fairy tale :) good drummin'

[rockinrider]

Very cool, Max.

Smooth movements...very relaxed.

I particularly enjoyed your tom work in the later part of the solo. Rhythmic and melodic.

Were you using a single or double bass pedal? It seemed to me that you use a fast single. Whatever, good foot work.

I noticed that you also use the "Bobble-Head Metromome" to keep your time. I've been a Bobble Head for years...Never lets me down! ;-)

[Drummer Karl]

Viele Grüße aus Hessen!!

Unfotunatly my internet is very slow at the moment so I have to wait for a long time till the video is fully loaded buuut from what I´ve heard already you are an excellent drummer. Your groove sounds very exact...and just so lively! Nice fill-ins too.

Also your kit and cymbal choice is brilliant! Nice sound, even for such a camera! =)

Alles Gute weiterhin,

Karl

[drumbandit]

I really enjoyed both videos, especially the second. How much were the drums if you don't mind me asking? Lovely cymbal setup as well.

Tom

[44Ronin]

Not bad.

At 1:25-1:26 your stacatto stroke on the snare was a real groove killer.

The rimshotting was constant and overdone.

I liked the half time shuffle most.

[MaxG]

Not bad.

At 1:25-1:26 your stacatto stroke on the snare was a real groove killer.

The rimshotting was constant and overdone.

I liked the half time shuffle most.

I love rimshots! I am a Funk/Rock-style drummer so I am used to playing with a fat backbeat although I really like the swing feel. Concerning the staccato stroke I agree with you. But that little groove collection was completely improvised and there are several parts that are everything else but perfect, musically and technically.

I use a double pedal, but as far as I can remember only in the endpart (doublebass shuffle thing).

The kit (20x18, 10x8, 14x14, 14x5 snare) was about 2500 Euros.

"Bobble head metronome", thats great. Its completely unconcious, can't control it. But it's funky, Zoro does it too :)

Hey Drummer Karl, for me, the overall sound is OK, but given the fact that I have the recording equipment to create a better quality sound-performance it's a little embarrasing. The ride, right hihat and HHX crash are way too loud, also the snaredrum. The cameramic boosts the mid-freqencies, so it does not sound very balanced. But I am working on it ;)
Vielen Dank für Dein Lob und Grüße aus Bremen!

cheers
max

[radeq]

WTH is bouble head metronome?!@??

[MaxG]

I think, member rockinrider referred to my strange headbanging ;) (see post nr.10)

[TopCat]

I love it max, epic.

[punky_funk]

Only listened to the first part but...
It just got better and better!

Really like you Hi-hat sound, I think I might get something like that.

Well done Max!

[caprisun3484]

nice groove really liked your playing

[MaxG]

Thanks again!

punky_funk, which hihat do you mean?

TopCat, epic, are you sure?? It is just some grooving...:-)

[Ozzy Biz]

Damn that's a great sounding kit. Are they coated ambassadors on the heads?
I listened to it all while doing some work. Great stuff.

[Big_Philly]

That's my favourite kind of playing! I love it!

[Latin Groover]

You have a killer groove. Your kit sounds amazing...on youtube! It must be amazing in real life. I've been listening to the 22" Artisian on the sabian site and im lovin it.
Ahh your from the Bremen Stadt Musikanten i see...

Whats your aux snare?

Great clean singles too

[rockinrider]

I think, member rockinrider referred to my strange headbanging ;) (see post nr.10)


You got it, Max!

Best time keeper I know of! lol

[II xMETALx II]

I couldnt pick a single fault that was brilliant!

Im a metal drummer, but seeing this type of thing really inspires me to explore other styles and genres of drumming. Keep it up that was great :)

[MaxG]

Thats a great compliment! I consider myself a rockdrummer, when I was 17 I played a lot of metalstuff (Slayer etc.). But all the shuffle kind of playing helped me focussing on the groove, the ONE. Swing feel makes the hardest groove feel better ;)

[Fatticus]

Wow, I really liked that.

[dwlover]

I thought the playing was good, but the snare imo sounded horrible...... no offence mate.

[MaxG]

No problem, you are right. I am experimenting with my drumsound all the time and some results are...hm...questionable ;)

Listen to my new video, the sound is different (so is the snare), higher pitched and a little drier.

But keep in mind it is just the cameramic, I am working on bringing sound and picture together.

cheers
max

[MaxG]

@Latin Groover: The aux snaredrum is a 12x5 Sonor Designer, maple light shell.

@Ozzy Biz: In this video the heads on the toms are both coated Emperors. Normally I use a coated Emperor just on the floortom, the 10" tom is equipped with a coated Ambassador. I like the smooth attack of the Emperors on the floortom. Further it is a little more controllable than with an Ambassador.

cheers
Max