The REAL Reason You Can't Flow Around The Drums

Chapters

0:00 - intro
2:45 - why how we learn the drums creates the issue
4:02 - the exact reason flowing down the drums is hard
5:25 - here's the key (and idiom 1)
7:08 - idiom 2
7:38 - idiom 3
8:45 - idiom 4 - "the Stan"
10:29 - outro

[stanbicknell]

Appreciate the shout out Nate 🙏🏻 Thanks man.

[BrokePrepper]

I'VE FINALLY FOUND YOU!! BEEN TRYING TO FIND YOUR CHANNEL FOR 2 YEARS!!! I found you during COVID... Broke my phone, wasn't logged in to YouTube so I lost ALL my subscriptions. Saw this video on another video feed today... God is good!!!

[ingowallocha]

I don’t get all the negative comments about this. He is just trying to dissect how pro drummers flow and what they use to do it. Sure you can learn all 40 rudiments. But will that give you flow and feel? No. You actually only need a few of them and the knowledge how to combine them, orchestrate them and make them feel good. And for that there is some advice on how to do it mire efficiently. That’s what the 80/20 guy tries to do. Sure you have to put in the hard work but he never denies that. So please chill out guys and cut him some slack. He is actually one of the better drum influencers out there…for Christ sake.

[bane_]

Bro. I been coming across your videos here and there randomly in my feed and every time I watch the video it's always killer content. This one especially blew my mind and so after finishing the video I went to subscribe and I was fully expecting to see a subscriber count of at least 1.2M and was thoroughly disgusted when I saw what it was. My friend you deserve double The view and subscriber count you currently have. I can't believe that you don't. There are so many drum channels on YouTube that put out trash content or put out a video once every 6 months and have a million subscribers for some reason. Just goes to show you how screwed up and unfair YouTube and it's users and content creators can be. This comment was supposed to be a sincere compliment and thank you for all that you do. You deserve more

[Zionist_Eternal]

Really love you, Sir, for what you bring to the table. Don't ever think your efforts unappreciated.

[CalumetRedJacket]

Right on. For the RRL, the Beatles, Get Back is a great groove to learn for flow and when to crash with the right hand and when to crash with the left.

[Miesterdrums]

Thanks Nate, I was in the process of thinking about this exact issue. Useful, thoughtful and entertaining video as usual

[rhythmfield]

I’m playing for around 50 (fifty) years and struggle a little bit with these little moves that can lead to big flow on things like big song endings, soloing, and just improvisation in the practice shed — thanks for generously sharing helpful ideas and concepts
— GREG BURROWS

[davidvincentyancey]

Thanks for the tips, Nate. I started playing drums about a month ago, and thanks to you and others, my fills are getting smoother and feeling more natural. Thanks!

[radiosignal]

love the idea of building up nouns/verbs/idioms for improvocabulation. never heard that before. thanks for all the ideas!

[stemogstel]

I set my kit yesterday to a standard RH setup after playing with a lefty setup for over 20yrs. In the first five minutes I found that moving around the kit was incredibly fluid--learning curve for keeping a beat in my RH and flipping my pedals not withstanding--because on an RH kit I lead with my dominant hand (LH) from the non-dominant position.

Before the kiddos are old enough to play on their own, I thought it would be good to flip the kit to RH. Sure enough, both of them (three and 18mo) intuitively understood moving around the kit. It will be a long journey to re-learn playing, but it will be worth the experience.

[Solsev]

I practice every day, hoping to be an "average" drummer, like you. Seriously though, good lesson, and I am working to incorporate these idioms into my play instead of just reverting to quick singles.

[NinjaChoke]

the best teacher. you explain the hardest things in the easiest possible way

[judemah]

Consistently excellent knowledge, wisdom and instruction.

[jeffreywegener]

Great . Though seeing the greats orchestrating rudiments or combos with feet . Great to listen & watch drummers like Keith Carlock & those past like Elvin, Tony, Max & BUDDY RICH. 😀

[CrappyProducts]

This is a great video, it's one of my pitfalls, flowing around the drums, I need to practice this

[nickfili]

Excellent breakdown, and super useful. Grazie, Signori!

[kalagan]

Just discovered your channel, I like it. Onwards!

[panplayer]

I am right handed, but play open handed on a left handed kit. This is because I got a snare, then a hats, and dealt with only those two things for several years before I ever got a full kit. I looked at those two things and thought… why cross over? I’ll just put the hats to the right. Years of doing this before I had a full kit got me in the habit of pretending a bass drum was to the left. Plus I was a Phil Collins fanatic. And the arrangement of toms from right/high to left/low made sense, as that’s how it is on a keyboard. Also made sense for American timpani setup. And all of that and a whole bunch more led to an MM. But with only one semester on kit that whole time.

So I struggle with this idea of a dominant hand. For a very long time I played with my right hand on the ride to the right, and hats to the right. In recent years I’ve been able to switch and play completely left handed, but not quite to the same degree of proficiency or coordination.

And when I watch so many right handed players do soooo much with their right, and the left staying at the snare drum for a good chunk of the activity, I think… is this a properly distributed model? And then that inner voice says “you idiot… why didn’t you just learn the ‘standard way’ of playing right handed on a right handed kit?”

Mid life timpanist and/or orchestral percussionist seeks a kit counselor for long walks in a method book and/stern talks about coordination….

[chrismallios]

Im glad I watched this video. I will be using these methods for now on. Very important advise in this video makes a must to not just watch but to also apply it to your practice routine.