Hey! So, I've been thinking about ALLLLL the stuff that I want to do videos on, and figured this would be a fun place to go next now that I've gotten a few under my belt. My goal is to put out informative (and hopefully entertaining) videos about topics that have helped me improve my skills as a working drumming in Los Angeles. There are already SOOOOO MANY instructional videos on how to play drums and SOOOO many tutorials on how to mic and record drums ... this is sort of my way of combining both things, which I'm very passionate about!

This next series of videos is all about "Stop Thinking Like a Drummer" (and other fun stuff, too). Some of the best advice I've ever received from older, more experienced musicians has basically boiled down to this phrase. In other words, quit thinking so much about "drum stuff" and focus on the big picture of the music you're playing. Another way to phrase this would be to say "think more like a producer."

SO! In this first episode, that's what I'd like to focus on: thinking more like a producer and less like a drummer. The coolest part for me in embracing this concept was that it actually improved my drumming. What do I mean by this? How could thinking LESS like a drummer improve my drumming? I mean, it helped me focus *even* more on musical elements such as time, dynamics, and drumset orchestration and worry less about inserting some cool fill or sick beat I was just practicing. All of a sudden, everything I played felt better, and of course, sounded better ... and, I wasn't getting as many dirty looks from the bass player ... always a plus!

I know all of this might sound pretty simple, and it is, BUT ... it definitely requires a lot of practice and repetition in certain areas. In this video, I focus on overdubbing - something many producers LOOOOVE to utilize in the studio, and something many drummers probably don't often practice and therefore, might not feel very confident in doing. I know I was prettttyyyy terrible at it the first time I was asked to do it in a session, which is why I made this video!

Here are three common ways drummers are asked to overdub (OD):
1. Record drums (kick, snare, toms) separately from cymbals
2. Record kick & snare with a drum machine/drum loop, then OD cyms and perc.
3. "Orchestral" style - record each part completely separate

In other words, we're being asked to not think so much like "drummer-guy-in-the-band" as much as we're being asked to think more like a producer! Anyway, so there you go ... sorry for the 2740 character description but I thought it'd be a good idea to type all of this out, even though I go over everything in the video.

Please let me know if you have any questions! I'm happy to answer them.

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