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Stephen Taylor
United States
Приєднався 16 тра 2010
Hey there. I'm Stephen Taylor. I run an online drum school at www.StephensDrumShed.com, an online drum lesson system to meet your specific needs. Former Universal Records recording artist. This channel was featured in the October 2013 issue of DRUM! Magazine. I endorse Zildjian Cymbals, Tama drums, Vic Firth Drumsticks, Aquarian Drum Heads, Alclair in ear monitors, & Drum Dial.
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Tama Starclassic Bubinga Exotix Drums
Vic Firth 5A sticks
Aquarian Coated Hi-Velocity on snare batter, Classic Clear on snare reso, Response 2 on tom batters, Classic Clear on tom reso, Ebony Regulator on kick reso, Super Kick 10 on kick batter
All Zildjian Cymbals
Alclair In Ear Monitors
GET YOUR FREE TRIAL MEMBERSHIP AT THE LINK BELOW
or feel free to email me at help@stephensdrumshed.com
My Gear:
Tama Starclassic Bubinga Exotix Drums
Vic Firth 5A sticks
Aquarian Coated Hi-Velocity on snare batter, Classic Clear on snare reso, Response 2 on tom batters, Classic Clear on tom reso, Ebony Regulator on kick reso, Super Kick 10 on kick batter
All Zildjian Cymbals
Alclair In Ear Monitors
POV: Full Day as a Pro Session Drummer (Drama)
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POV: Full Day as a Pro Session Drummer (Drama)
When I was growing up dreaming of making a living playing the drums, I often wondered what it was like to be in a REAL drum recording session. I recently cut a drum track for my buddy Meshach Jackson. I thought I would film the whole thing POV style and bring you along for the ride!
You can check out Meshach's music here: open.spotify.com/artist/13Ifw30Y9iDhlpGddvHb5M
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
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Cymbals: Zildjian
Drums: Whatever
Sticks: Vic Firth 5A
Heads: Aquarian
In Ears: Alclair In Ear Monitors
Lauten Microphones
Earthworks Microphones
Subscribe or I will steal your cymbals: bit.ly/2AyH1Fb
POV: Full Day as a Pro Session Drummer (Drama)
When I was growing up dreaming of making a living playing the drums, I often wondered what it was like to be in a REAL drum recording session. I recently cut a drum track for my buddy Meshach Jackson. I thought I would film the whole thing POV style and bring you along for the ride!
You can check out Meshach's music here: open.spotify.com/artist/13Ifw30Y9iDhlpGddvHb5M
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
___________________________________________________________
FREE drum lesson series "Creating A Drum Fill Vocabulary": www.stephensdrumshed.com/creating-drum-fills-signup/
FREE download "30 Days to Better Doubles": www.stephensdrumshed.com/emailstuff/
Instagram: stephensdrumshed
Facebook: stephen.taylor.drum.lessons/
Twitter: drummeretc
Cymbals: Zildjian
Drums: Whatever
Sticks: Vic Firth 5A
Heads: Aquarian
In Ears: Alclair In Ear Monitors
Lauten Microphones
Earthworks Microphones
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Cool video. Thanks for the perspective. Question: It seems like someone is clapping slightly off the beat, at times, in at least one of the four takes, but it's not mentioned, or maybe I missed the graphic. Do you hear the same thing? If so, is that ok maybe due to the added depth, kind of like double tracking a vocal?
Bro, the song sounds great! Thanks for sharing the process. I imagine it was difficult to hit publish. Thanks for being real and vulnerable in your craft! Keep putting out great content!
I love playing in 3.
We saw YES in 1977. Alan White played a set of North drums . Russell Kunkle played North drums on " Running on Empty"/ Jackson Browne. A photo of his kit was on the album
I didn't know that about Russell. Thanks for the info!
@@StephenTaylorDrums Thanks for the walk/ wobble down memory lane .
great video no nonsense 😃
Listen to John Tropeas album from 2010 with Will Lee on bass . It was released in Japan . He plays a variety of styles . Not that many drummers can do that .That's why he is one of the great ones.
ngl i used to drum so much as a kid and just in the last year picked it up and i went straight for the hard stuff. Dont be afriad to sound bad your first couple times playing a song its part of becoming better. GOTTA GET IN THE REPS
Hahahahahahaha stephy you're so cuuuuttteeeee
Thank u
Tomorrow Never Knows is a study in minimalism. I'm not a drummer, but that simple beat hits me emotionally like a truck every time. Instantly chills me out.
This is sick, myhead spinning just thinking about how he's remembering all of this sophisticated drumming pattern
Good stuff!!!
Nice 👍🏽
Crossing arms is wasted motion.
I am new learning and some parts of this song is a little difficult to do but I will nail it. Also, it’s so fucking hard to understand most of the words not because I am not a native English speaking, but because of the new vocabulary. It’s still hard to assimilate the name of the “body drum” even in my language 😅
Excellent example of why you need a producer. The part is just way too busy. I know you said he is working a lot on the mix to make it sounds less busy and top-heavy. So, why not just do that from the beginning in the actual performance. Artists will get too stuck on their ideas. A producer gets them unstuck.
Depends on the producer. But, in the end, it's the artists vision of a song that matters. You could say the same about the part for the RHCP...or the Hendrix song I reference. In the end, they become a part of the song. If that's what the artist hears, that's what needs to be played. I can list songs for days that have busy drum parts. Could another part have worked? Sure. But would the song have been the same? No. If you give the same song to 15 different artists, you will get 15 completely different versions. A good producer listens to the artists vision and then looks for the quality in that. My job is to help that artists vision come alive.
Love you, love your channel, love your playing on this. But, and i don't want to bash the guy at all - why do a lot of musicians who make charming, earthy, basically simple folk songs, feel the need to overcomplicate their music with asymetric forms, parts, bars, to many kicks / stops in strange places? I just turned down a real decent gig by an otherwise great musician knowing what pain it'll be to have 20 red flags in each of the 15+ songs of the set... And it's not (only) because i am lazy. I feel that a lot of music would be better it would be more simple and just flow, as everyone in the band will relax, play more musical and audiences will get it more easily. Love. Peace.
You should hear the mix. He's doing an incredible job of mixing this drum part in where it sounds natural and not at all top busy.
@@StephenTaylorDrums Thanks!!! I didn't want to bash it, it's just something i am thinking about a lot - things that might feel better If they more simple.. Keep up your great work. Your drumming is always clear, relateable, sincere.
lol - the last one was driving me nuts because the chapter marker on the tileline says "Help" and I missed the part on the video itself says "Something", so I was scouring Help for anything close to your pattern. When I finally rewound enough to see the Something caption it all made sense. That is truly a groove that totally shouldn't work for the bridge of that sublime ballad but it does!
..ajust a note: I❤ am kipping full of shit longs ads just for you will take the cash. ONE2
PopHigh Sailorman dooxd you are the ONE2. Love. N.Y
This was very cool! I love sessions that get weird!
How did you do that lim on back in black ugh
Not sure on a scale of 1 to 10 how Stephen would rate this session pertaining to difficulty? I can’t imagine how the greats like Jeff Porcaro and Bernard Purdie dealt with the likes of Donald Fagan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan. Really cool to see!
This was a pretty typical session. All of the things we ran across were pretty typical...gear issues, botched takes, communication with the artist. They are all challenging in their own ways but also a lot of fun
Donald and Walter got along really well with drummers. They would let them do their thing and if they didn't feel it, they would get somebody else to do their thing and see how that went.
song name
Is it just me ? The Debbie reminds me of ZZ Top 😉
Phenomenal Instruction Steven!
Drumming... what an art form. The best advice I would give to drummers.... practice, listen and feel the flow of music. Steve Gadd is a prime example of this approach. Fluid... anticipatory.... beautiful. Blessings all...
Can I have your phone number please
Wow, great job! Love studio stuff. Great playing. :)
Great video! Technical question, when you flip the pattern (around 44min), do you play a double with your left hand (floor and then the accent on 1 on the snare) or do you play a diddle with the right hand to buy some time (and be able to give the power on the downbeat on the snare)? Either way, you sound great!
Lol, I was having to do it on the fly and I don't remember. Knowing myself, I would have played a double in my left and just tried to land back on the snare
I have mixed feelings about this sesdion. Your drumming is tops and attitudd pro. Ain't gonna lie, this kind of gave me some ptsd from a session I did a few years back. I think the one more time hinted of....
Haha! Man, I hear that almost EVERY session. And every engineer or artist says it differently lol. Just part of the job. I honestly don't care, I simply want them to get what they need. And if they're not feeling it, let's do another until they do
Looks demanding but you remained upbeat 👍🏻
Great video! Its funny all the new "science" about drum making (suspension tom mounts, exotic woods, virgin bass drums, wood grain direction!! etc etc.) you use old 60s drum equipment on a rail console and an 8 lug snare and it sounds great. We drummers get too caught up in stuff.
Great work on such an intricate piece! What's the name of the track, I want to download it as it's such a nice track to chill out to.
Duuuuude! Why on earth would any Drummer use sticks with bare wooden tips? That is ssoooo 1930's. Too soft. Too dull. No bright ping. Uughh.
I can't stand plastic, nylon, or any other type of tip. Not musical sounding to my ear
Thanks for sharing this, to show your process and to encourage me that I’m doing it right (mostly)!
Hey, I'm just another player trying to do the work like everyone else! We're in the same boat
VERY nicely executed...
Thanks!
If you listen properly the kick drum isn't just on 1 & 3 its pretty constant the whole time! this guy plays it the proper way ua-cam.com/video/JT0iAuuYDEw/v-deo.htmlsi=X5PU095bCXq-7ahW
This was so much fun to watch (over and over). I will share it with my 10 yr old grandson who is eaten up with drum love. He especially likes anything old.
This is such a great & honest capturing of what it feels like to be a drummer in the studio. Gear issues, anxiety, not knowing the stops even though you've heard them a million times and of course, learning new drum parts on the fly, that you haven't integrated into the song before. So good!
More sessions videos would be awesome 👏🏽 !
You know it’s actually quite refreshing to see you go through this start to finish. I’m sure a lot of people think professional drummers nail there parts right off, so to see you try different things than get feedback and apply it is awesome!….
Yea, each session and song is a process for sure. Which is the fun part to me. The discovery of the song as we go along
Killer video , I kind of heard a Ringo feel myself 🥁 Thanks for all you do and share with us
Thanks my friend!
I also heard a Ringo feel in those triplet runs down the kit (which sounded really creative and musically appropriate).
Great part, had me air drumming to it. 👍
Thanks! Great direction from Meshach...once I caught what he was trying to say haha
My favorite is these drummers going through all of this just to have the engineer pretty much replace all of it with sampling! They get the best drummers in the world and use samples! Ugh!
Samples are part of the landscape now. Just how it is. The great engineers use then as a tool and not as a crutch. If done properly, they can add a lot. Or take away a lot. All in how the tool is used
More videos like this one,Stephen. Way to go!
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Counting just throws me off. I've been playing since I was 7, and I have always been able to play by ear. I did take lessons, but playing by ear payed the bills.
My favorite Zeppelin tune is the one I don't play on, Going to California.
Great feel Stephen. You are so good.
Thank you my friend
Ah my favourite time signature!! Your snare ghost note patterns are awesome, and you add alot of movement and emotion to a good song. Really cool seeing how a drummer of your calibre has alot of the same issues that I experience when tracking, especially the pyschological aspect of thinking about parts, analysing stuff you've just played while trying to be the moment with the new part you're actually playing....or stopping a take when no-one else thinks you've done anything 'wrong' but you just don't reckon you've played with the right feel or conviction, and you're trying to negotiate getting a take you're happy with while not annoying the hell out of everyone else