Drum Video Do's and Dont's

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Penny for your thoughts, I think when watching drum videos for inspiration, its important to watch videos of our favorite drummers working for their main "bread and butter" gigs, more so than solo videos or them playing with more progressive side projects. For example watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEe4-ZtjnT0

and then watch this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZI9YvM02L8

To me, choppy stuff is great, but more important to focus on the skills that pay the bills.
 
Indeed it is definately. I guess my only point is that a lot of times we drummers think too much like "drummers", and not enough like "musicians". Indulging too much in only listening to solos, in my opinion, leaves one with a wrong impression as to what being a drummer is all about in the big picture. Shawn Pelton said it best at the MD Festival 2003, "I've played more solos in the past 5 minutes then I have in my entire career" lol. For me for example, there are several drummers I often turn to for inspiration in the form of youtube videos before gigs.....Abe Laboriel Jr, Chad Smith, Stanton Moore, etc... but when I go to look up there videos I don't search by their name, I search things like "Paul McCartney live" or "Mylene Farmer live" (for Abe) "Red Hot Chilli Peppers live" (for Chad) and "Galactic live" for Stanton. This way I'm not just bombarded with videos of them soloing, but I see them actually laying down grooves and making "music". This usually provides better and more appropriate inspiration to get me pumped for a gig.
 
I don't mind watching a drum solo or two, but I'd much rather see someone like Buddy Rich cut loose on a song. I know he can tear up a kit - I don't need a video to show me. But I want to see how he controls a band. I like to hear how he makes the drums fit into music.
 
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