Jazz Drum Solo Technique - Shape your solos

Here's a really simple Jazz drum solo technique to give your drum solos tons of shape. It all comes down to dynamics and knowing how to control the volume of your instrument will make you one of the most popular drummers in your town. In this video, learn a simple exercise to help you quickly improve your dynamic drumming.

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[constantkiffer]

Your lessons are very precious ! Thx you Von 🤗👌🏻

[peterlilley]

Thanks Von, nice video. I know you also play big band, so perhaps you could do a course on that: chart reading and interpretation, long / short note articulation around the drum set, band figure set up, fills, intro, shout, outro chops etc. Best wishes.

[Alaska_MD]

It's great stuff, but the explanation I think is a little tired. I've been playing jazz exclusively for a long time, and I've come to the conclusion that good fills or comping has nothing to do with a "conversation." It has nothing to do with dynamics. It has nothing to do with "telling a story." It has nothing to do with "call and response." It's more like language. It has to do with "things that sound good." Just like a pentatonic scale. There's not really an explanation for why it sounds good. Why does your ear like notes on a scale? It just sounds good. If Jazz teachers would just say: "... here's something that I've done that sounds good... use that..." The world would get a lot easier.