The Queen Drummer - What's Special About Roger Taylor? | Drum Lesson With Chris Hoffmann

Roger Taylor shaped the music of Queen and has a huge share in their world wide success. But what makes him so special and what elements of his playing can you incorporate in your own drumming?
Chris Hoffmann took a close look at 3 of Queen's most successful songs and explains some easy tools you can use to add some "Roger Taylorness" to your own playing.

00:00 Intro
00:40 1# Bohemian Rhapsody
03:59 #2 Crazy Little Thing Called Love
07:34 #3 Don't Stop Me Now

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Equipment used in this video:

Drum Kit:

Bass Drums: PDP Concept Classic // 24x14
Toms: Gretsch Renown // 12x8, 13x9, 14x13, 16x14, 18x16
Snare: PDP Concept Maple (with steel hoops) // 14x6.5

Cymbals:

Zildjian
15" Hi-Hat A New Beat Top (top)/ Kerope Top (bottom)
18" A Medium Thin Crash
18" Avedis
20" Avedis
22" Kerope
18" A Zildjian China Low

Microphones:

Bassdrum: MC 740 (reso) / M 88 (batter)
Snare: Shure SM 57 (top)/ M 201 TG (bottom)
Overheads: M 90 Pro X
Toms: M 201 TG
Hi-Hat: M 160

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[vickielawson]

You should maybe do a video on Roger’s great drum solo in “Keep Yourself Alive”. Great stuff. He took it even further live. He’s the best.

[mrbouncelol]

I really like what you guys are doing here. There's no way I'd find a drummer in their 20s or 30s who would say their favourite was "that guy from Queen", but right here you are really showing how a lot of these basic sounds that we take for granted in a genre, actually started somewhere and had someone innovating.

[AngelFlores-qmtf]

Another song to analyse would be Stone Cold Crazy. The way that he used to played (as you can hear in the studio and live version) it's too hard, you need to be fast when you hit the snare xD

[patdeniston]

my wife "made" me learn "you're my best friend " and I found it a lot more difficult than I thought it would be
but lots of fun

[userdd]

Hello Thank' s Maestro, always clear and fun!! Always a pleasure to listen to your advises.Kiss of Paris:))

[_Danilevski_Allen]

Thanks for another one nice video, bro. That`s really good job. It was cool if next video will be `bout Ian Paice.

[keithmoon]

I did not know there was a shuffle in Bohemian rhapsody at thr so you think verse until now, I thought it was a normal swing beat...

[timvolmerink]

cool video, but what is the counting app on your laptop called?

[joshuajohnson]

I rather play Bohemian Rhapsody on a (planning to get in June 15 this year) Yamaha Recording Custom 1987 (Roger Taylor own one in 1986 during Magic tour which supports their album A Kind Of Magic which is last live concert to feature Freddie Mercury before his death in 1991).

[RusliLPSoldier]

at 6:33
Am I the only one who needs a cowbell to play that fill on a live aid version of Crazy little thing called love?

[somerandomguy]

Do tim "herb" Alexander of primus

[Memu_]

I feel like this is a pretty poor selection of examples. It's kinda like doing a video on what makes James Hetfield's guitar playing so special and then going over something like Enter Sandman. Songs like I'm in love with my car, Dragon Attack, All that jazz, Somebody to love, etc. would have been much better.

[liamhayman]

Did he have an extra crash during live aid and the magic tour in 1986

[micheldrouin]

Next drummer
Carmine Appice
Vanilla Fudge
" You keep me hanging on "...
Thank you ...Bye!!!

[lindakiddkidd]

DUDE HOW DID YOU DO THAT??!! One triplet two triplet thrr trplrtedfg

[bishopoftroy]

I can`t find any resemblance with the Queen sound. Usually in your videos there is something weird with the mixing, sounds over compressed and bad eq-ing.

[FelixLopez]

Josh dun twenty one pilots next please

[mamadregar]

Roger absolutely not great as John bonham...he just ok 🤣