Every Groove Essentials 2.0 Groove

Seafroggys · Feb 1, 2015

Hey Drummerworld....

I got Groove Essentials 2.0 for Christmas, and I decided to go ahead and post videos of me going through every song to catalog my progress as a drummer. They may not be perfect, but it'll show my growth as a drummer. I'll continually update this thread every so often to include my new uploads, to do a bit of show-offing I guess

. This book and play-along CD is definitely a lot of fun.

Rock

Groove 48 Slow -

Groove 48 Fast -

Groove 49 -

Groove 50 -

Groove 51 Slow -

Seafroggys · Feb 8, 2015

Even though I said I'll only update this thread every 2-3 additions, for the first one I'm bumping it. Added Groove 50, nothing too fancy or exciting, but smooth and one of the more solid ones I've done so far.

Eric Sheppard Drums · Feb 12, 2015

Love groove 48! Can tell you're having a blast haha it's great to watch.

Seafroggys · Mar 2, 2015

Thanks man! Yeah I enjoy playing these, even though its a recording, playing with "others" is what drumming is really all about. And these tunes have great groove too.

Been a few weeks, but got the next groove up, you can check it out here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x27aheu2dXA

lefty2 · Mar 2, 2015

Not bad at all. Looked like you were having fun too. That's what it's all about. I think you should be playing the hats with your foot in the section 1:13 - 2:00. Not sure what without playing it. I really like the 2 crashes in front of you. The one off to your right is ok, but those 2 up front really sing. Good job.

Seafroggys · Mar 3, 2015

Ha thanks! That definitely crossed my mind about putting 2 and 4 on the hat. I think in one of my other takes I did that.

Thanks also to my cymbals. The one on the left is an 18" Paiste 2002. On the right is an 18" Amedia Vintage Paperthin. The one on the far right is the oldest cymbal on here, an 18" Sabian AA Medium, but its cracked a bit, which is why it doesn't sound as good. Oddly enough, it sounds obviously cracked to me as I'm playing it, but the "cracked" noise doesn't get picked up in the mics...it just doesn't sound quite as good as it used to. Next paycheck I'm gonna replace it.

Seafroggys · Sep 14, 2015

I took about five months off from this project since I've been busy getting my own band started and recording an album with another group I'm in. Decided to revisit this and found the groove I left off at much easier than I did in April (padding it hardcore will do that to you).

I also realized I hadn't updated this post with two that I did back in April, so here's an update with three videos!

Groove 51 - Fast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3IHHOvGiuo
Groove 52 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryj6RAn0YaA
Groove 52 - Fast (done today) - https://youtu.be/4Be_HzJof78

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phillyb™ · Sep 15, 2015

i love this so much

Seafroggys · Jan 11, 2016

Hahaha....

here's two more, one I did a couple months back, another was from today. This groove was damn hard because my right foot sucks and its a bass drum oriented groove.

Groove 53 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBfKPRV7dPo
Groove 53 - Fast - https://youtu.be/vbhI0Z8BKsQ

Seafroggys · Apr 18, 2016

I've been working on Groove 54 a long time. It was easy to learn, but the hard part is getting that tight bass drum groove to line up with the bass guitar on the recordings. Plus the tempo of that fast groove....that does work the right hand quite a bit. The slow one I recorded a couple months back, its fairly sloppy, but I worked hard at the faster one and I think that's much cooler and tighter.

Groove 54 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0gYI32f2OA
Groove 54 - Fast - https://youtu.be/9bDmCXyScM4

Seafroggys · Apr 24, 2016

Man I had a busy week! Since I'm temporarily living with my parents until I can find a new apartment, I've been on my drums over an hour a day. Since these particular grooves/songs were pretty easy, I burned through them pretty quickly. Got four done!

I also bought Groove Essentials 1.0, but I'm not sure if I want to work out of those. The rock and funk stuff in there is very easy for me, and while the jazz stuff is stuff I know already I could use a refresher. The latin/world grooves would be worth looking into, but we'll see. For now I'm sticking with 2.0

Groove 55 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5G5i5HZ_eg
Groove 56 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru_IN-PgGzs
Groove 57 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qTGYHnLQ2A
Groove 58 Slow - https://youtu.be/77OWKqftkBc

Seafroggys · May 17, 2016

Here's three more. I tried to make Groove 59 fast the perfect video, but I just couldn't get it. Just got so frustrated, I spent days and days on it. So its actually better than most the other videos, but its not perfectly smooth, but hopefully I can still use it as an audition reel for bands.

Groove 58 Fast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7eHjjZQP38
Groove 59 Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdndbxhuqN0
Groove 59 Fast - https://youtu.be/Tk7YsjLsJWM

Seafroggys · May 31, 2016

And the rock section of Groove Essentials 2.0 is finally done! Woo! Definitely improved on a few things, namely not to rush the hell out of fills and also to hold back on slow, slow ballads. I actually applied Groove 50 to a gig I had last year and it really impressed the band I was filling in for, they really liked it. And I use Groove 51 for a song in one of my bands, just to switch it up from the traditional 2 and 4 that most songs I play are.

Groove 60 Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY4_FxoO6xk
Groove 60 Fast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVBrgcLeI-k
Groove 61 - https://youtu.be/7fUdry9vLAg

Seafroggys · Jul 4, 2016

Good start to the funk section. I'm finding grooving on these is easier than the rock stuff, don't know why. Its easier to feel the 'band' and lock in. My fills are still rock-esque so I need to start figuring out new fills. Also, the last video (63 fast) I set up two cameras with a split screen, so that was cool.

Groove 62 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqQ0ZcV00fk
Groove 62 - Fast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IQzh8UmTPE
Groove 63 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK4unm5LP60
Groove 63 - Fast - https://youtu.be/0uodGC2ehPY

Seafroggys · Aug 2, 2016

Burned through this section really quickly. I must love funk apparently! Groove 67 is my favorite groove in this section, if not the whole book.

Groove 64 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqpgf3M4K7g
Groove 64 - Fast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOlo6ych2QE
Groove 65 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR7Eeayw7Rs
Groove 66 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBW5OaEIJxQ
Groove 66 - Fast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1rdbtgLeBE
Groove 67 - https://youtu.be/jdz0gsfBtlU

Seafroggys · Sep 15, 2016

I'm not liking the RnB stuff as much as the Funk section, so the going has slowed down tremendously. I've been padding a lot more, so my hands are doing better, so that's good. Here's the next three.

Groove 68 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlG3qeZkAbI
Groove 69 Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZlHm-Moxw
Groove 69 Fast - https://youtu.be/tqrvbcolXbQ

Seafroggys · Dec 9, 2016

Finished up the RnB section of the book, which includes the famous Porcaro Shuffle that I don't do too half bad on. Probably my least favorite overall, but it had some cool grooves. Getting on two years since I started this project. Have the jazz stuff, the latin stuff, and the odd time stuff left, so plenty of challenging stuff ahead! Also, 666th post, so time to play some Iron Maiden.

Groove 70 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jSsymuF4CM
Groove 71 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRk6VywpdCw
Groove 72 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_mS9nSAiKE
Groove 73 - Slow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNt8BOXU2NE
Groove 73 - Fast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqtVvuMjdBs
Groove 74 - https://youtu.be/uhC6YlNc8YM

Grace :) · Dec 12, 2016

Great playing - you've inspired me to dig out my GE 2.0 book and get to work again!

CYP · Dec 22, 2016

Love how much fun you're having with these Seafroggys. I got to take a lesson with Tommy 6 months ago or so and his positive energy is definitely contagious- you're channeling it here I think! Keep it up.

Seafroggys · May 30, 2017

And finally updating this with the jazz section. That last uptempo one took me forever, and I didn't really have a lot of fun with playing at that insane speed so I couldn't bring myself to woodshed it. The other ones I had a lot of fun with.

Groove 75 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vkp7KayNEc
Groove 76 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxXUGxoqwAc
Groove 77 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOg4T8qV0NI
Groove 78 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQPW0QtBOBI
Groove 79 - https://youtu.be/iGtOH_NG0Io

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