Benny Greb Drum Solo - Drumeo

This is one solo you just gotta keep coming back to. Taken from his live lesson on "The Art & Science of Groove", this drum solo is 8 minutes of Benny Greb demonstrating his deep understanding of timing and groove - and telling a great story in the meantime.
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[@jianxiang]

Anyone else just happen to search "drum solo" ?

[@richA2430]

博丽先辈 haha i searched drum freestyle

[@the_gabodiaz]

yup

[@dwikywee4292]

ow oo I'm searching the cheapest drummer

[@Patrickbaby420]

Yeah lol

[@pratimachettri8670]

Yes

[@wyattwalker7589]

This man is an undeniable beast of pure groove and musicality. One of my all time favourites no question!

[@RawMcGraw]

had 2-3 lessons with him and he is indeed.

[@DailyDrumLesson]

that's true.. Benny is amazing!

[@larrytate1657]

he is. Him and Todd Sucherman amazed, the level they're on. Todd should def be in a more prog band, no offense to the legendary Styx, but Todds playing is so far beyond what's needed for their music. It's like taking steroids to bench 135 pounds once.

[@drummerboy0620]

500th like

[@AH.111]

His left foot work is incredible, never seen a drummer use the hi hat and the second kick drum pedal at once and alternating between the two. This guy is a beast!

[@Cpayne30]

Papa bless!

[@feladodd5953]

Yeah man. I couldn't believe my eyes at first.

[@Nathan-mg7ho]

i also on occasion use both pedals at the same time, but not even close to greb's skill

[@wcproject7869]

check out dennis chambers and antonio sánchez then

[@boricua9071]

If you wanna see more examples of amazing left foot work check horacio “el negro” hernandez. Amazing independence by both guys.

[@Ingeb91]

He plays off beat on purpose on 1 drum and 1 plate only. he goes through such an immense variation of different beats, he's making my head spin. This guy is a complete monster on the drums.

[@cjlarz]

4 people disliked because benny's left foot is a better drummer than them.

[@chun-weikang471]

the other 34 are all promark fan boys upset about his move to vic

[@ldcsam1]

I LOVE the new Vic Firth Benny Greb Signature Model. It is an awesome drumstick.

[@cbingham.mp4265]

At this point, 64 people disliked because, not only is Benny's left foot a better musician then their whole body, but they're naive enough to have the belief that they could do better hahaha

[@sovereignviper]

Maybe his solos can be boring with a few tricks added in here and there? I'm not saying Benny is bad, but there are different drummers out there for sure. Drummers with spice and flavor and emotion, like Keith Carlock.

[@EnervatedSociety]

I looked up Keith Carlock and decided to watch based on your recommendations. Watching with uneasy tension while this man had seizures on the drums, sweat pouring everywhere, and gyrating as if the throne has too hot, 14 people were shot outside my window, the whole block was set ablaze, and we had evacuate the neighborhood. When the smoke cleared one question came up more than any. Who did all this? It turns out Keith Carlock drumming was so terrible people started shooting and setting things on fire to make it stop, then lost all memory of it. I myself, killed all my fish. If it wasn't for the cameras recently installed throughout the neighborhood we'd all be in an episode of Scooby Doo, in search of the Mystery Machine. So thanks for nothing. True story.

[@detlefmolt2112]

The way he flows with ease around the kit is just beautiful. Instead of lots of little ideas, it sounds like one big one. That, among many other reasons, is why Benny is one of my favorite drummers, and definitely my favorite active drummer.

[@FORC3.DNBOFFICIAL]

Watched this man play and met him on my birthday last week. Dreams do come true

[@LukeDatema]

Incredible amount of control. So awesome 👌🏻

[@finnlc7860]

Luke Datema your videos are cool

[@MattAlmeida]

Finn Cavers jn

[@treshtalk88]

OMFG why do I see you everywhere!!!!!!!

[@preitydaang8238]

yeah true

[@ukrainianhiphop]

SUCK HIS OFF BEATS FROM 0:39 LOOSER CHEK OUT DAVE WECKL IN 1980'SSS BITCH

[@johnnydrummerboy3757]

Seems like 50 incredible grooves lined up for a mistake free solo, just learning one of these is beneficial to your drumming! truly a master at his craft

[@LukasWagnerDrummer]

Benny has such a nice feeling, love his solos!

[@homard62]

Such a commitment to musicality. What a great player. All around with great hands, grooves etc. His metric modulation between feels is just badass.

[@TheMrLeoniasty]

I listen to this almost every day, the groove is amazing

[@hungry_arch]

Benny’s creativity is always off the charts. So unique

[@DragSTARXbox]

So amazing how Benny Greb switches the onbeats to the left foot on the double bass part in the middle just to keep hitting the Hi-Hat with the left foot...and those single strokes later on...this dude is so crazy both technically and musically

[@fcsp8472]

This guy lives in my city and i'm so happy about it.

[@thisisraw3413]

Lebt er noch in Augsburg?

[@dimakireev]

Wake Up which city?

[@fcsp8472]

Dima Kireev [drums] Hamburg

[@fcsp8472]

ThisIsRaw Ich meine in Hamburg. Das steht auch auf WikiPedia.

[@thisisraw3413]

Ah ok.

[@andrewteterin975]

Great drummer Keanu Reeves

[@dankh9483]

Lmao ikr!s

[@alpha.primus8258]

John wick is killing again...the drums.

[@randyhill1677]

😂

[@vinceamaro1382]

Lmao

[@ettoremacca2927]

He's breathtaking

[@dDrummerJ]

Não há adjetivos para descrever esse baterista. Incrível. Groove sensacional.

[@kaustubhverulkar]

One of the best groovy drum Solo I have seen so far! He is exploring so many sections and rhythm patterns! Insane drumming and rhythmic diversity

[@mjh7609]

Control, composition, velocity and attack! It's all there!! Incredible!!!

[@sanityinaseaofmadness7353]

I will always stop what I'm doing to watch a Greb solo. However, I must say that he has single-handedly made me reconsider my choice of drum brands. I'm a solid DW fan, but I cannot remember a time when I thought his Sonor gear sounded anything less than awesome. The kit he uses here is amazing; super warm resonant tones - and that floor tom!

[@perpetualgrimace]

And the award for best sounding stack and floor tom goes to...

[@perpetualgrimace]

No but seriously, how does he tune his floor tom. I need to know.

[@Nathan-mg7ho]

also get a sonor, its just that sonor sound that makes it so awesome and brain meltingly good

[@emersonmauricio1]

James Ferrell did you get to tune your floor tom that way, I am really shock how it sounds, it is almost like a bass drum, imagine to get that kind of tune in the other toms!

[@Jahomey505]

Stack?

[@maxiss874]

Jahomey505 the 10-12 toms are called stack

[@EIStudent]

This guy is a monster! He's always so fun to watch because he's funky, musical AND groovy and he makes it look so easy!

[@alemutasa6189]

Whenever I don't feel like playing my drums I come on KZbin and watch a random Benny Greb performance: it has the same effect as a cup of coffee in the morning for my creativity. One of the best drummers ever FOR SURE

[@VangeliRock]

woa...best part..the start, the middle, the end and everything inbetween. wonder what it feels like to have that much talent.

[@nassar8]

that groove at 3:44 ... jesus fuck how is this even possible?

[@user-ye8us3xm7m]

Me too...

[@LordBaktor]

Few drummers grab your attention like that with a solo. Incredibly entertaining to watch his use of dynamics.

[@drummingnuts]

I love this guy!! Benny is SO fascinating! He's unique, has immense talent, incredible thought patterns and is not afraid of a darn thing!!!

[@mathewmontanari8632]

The floor tom sound is epiccc!

[@IslamFalmi]

This is so interesting to watch, from beginning to end.. great playing!

[@seankenny5329]

On another level this fella ..... technically the best out there for me ... grooves like a mother and SO inventive

[@24DaniS24]

These types of rhythms are the peak of drumming. It literally can not get better than this.

[@danielroik6065]

I Get it all now. Make's a lot of sense now. His mixing up the Drum Beat's & Rhythms. So the Drum solo tell's a story. Instead of just Double Bass every second. In the Drum Solo.

[@kellanmurakami5340]

Most normal human beings only use a period at the end of a sentence. Smh.

[@MrBrian1216]

Kellan Murakami english is obviously not his mother tongue plz be kind

[@neesha5421]

@@kellanmurakami5340 9

[@penelocent]

I love this! I am now a huge Benny greb fan! No words can describe

[@rocker8912]

This is a man who truly understands the entrustment. The way he physically embodies the instrument as a part of himself is unmatched. And that metric modulation!!! come on!!!

[@johnhunterdrummer249]

This solo really encapsulates all that it means to be Benny Greb: musicality, creativity, precision, technique, creativity, control, expression, creativity, groove, excitement, creativity...

[@boricua9071]

This whole genuine felt like some sort of conversation and it’s a damn amazing one at that too brilliant work.

[@KlabauterManiac]

That floor tom sounds superb!

[@sean7343]

No words can describe how good BG is. Thanks Drumeo!

[@CrazyAssDrumma]

I love how you use the entire instrument bro. Real inspiring

[@krujan8448]

id sell my entire kit to have his floor tom

[@s.goldberger4887]

I knew Benny was gr8 but my mind = blown with this one!

[@jacobm92]

now this is one of those groove drummers i can get behind. a lot of people just do some beats and get millions of followers for no reason but this guy is great, i wish i could jam with him

[@drumsticksmusiclicks8227]

The most melodic drum solo you will ever hear. What a man!

[@rianjohnsonsux4344]

Baddest fucking drummer I've seen in a while!!! You have got serious skills!!!😳👍🏼

[@Tracks777]

Lovely content! Keep it up!

[@stephaniedoerr4310]

Benny you are amazing! I just started learning to play the drums 5 months ago and I can't watch this video enough!

[@feschber]

Listening to drums is just so satisfying and calming. I could listen all day

[@ChormiX]

this is his solo masterpiece

[@NikkoNikko98]

All this was fkn INSANE but what really brought it for me was 5:58 when he just went in the POCKET so clean and exact, just amazing, wow 🤘🏼🤝

[@johnjay9404]

I have to say, that was the best drumming I've ever seen. I thought of Stuart Copeland but, this was so fluid and easy like creek water flowing over rocks.

[@noaheslinger1867]

LOVE this. I love just sitting down and grooving like this and just experimenting around.

[@walt2162]

Talk about thinking outside the box. Very impressive.

[@antiago1983]

Jared stop touching yourself :3

[@ukrainianhiphop]

SUCK BITCH DAVE WECKL IS GODS SON OR IGOR CAVALERA

[@DEFIB7]

Аполло Бой ?

[@alexbeattiemusic]

@@ukrainianhiphop what is *"suck bitch dave weckl (i know him btw) is gods son or igor cavalera"* even meant to mean?

[@combatfitness7092]

Аполло Бой shut up Russian spy !

[@thepanman8]

Love that tap on the side of the floor tom, never seen that incorporated into a solo before

[@PrashoonRajSinha]

I just got lost in each and every beat he plays 😍 How smoothly he handles the kit ❤

[@j.cordero6965]

Jared is just staring at him like "God I really do suck..." Jk, Jared is great at percussion.

[@An_Arbitrary_Miscellany]

Pretty much _everyone_ sucks compared to Benny!

[@samuelsalgado9196]

Jervillian Swike thomas lang is better

[@martonkardos8094]

Samuel Why the hell did you even write this comment? Basically Matt Garstka is my favorite drummer, but I'm not gonna say, that one of them is better than the another one. And by the way I don't think Thomas has the musical talent of Benny. I totally appreciate his work though and I'm not gonna go commenting like "Matt Garstka is way better than you" below his videos.

[@sauptikdatta6047]

Samuel Salgado he may b better in skills but not in musicality

[@aidanmcguinness6237]

Thomas Lang phew I can play that😂😂😂😂

[@adrianomuricy6488]

at 3:50 jared looks at his feet all like "da fuck is going on" hahahaha

[@benjaace241]

Thanks Drumeo for show us these amazing pieces !!!!!!!!!

[@izackredmon1725]

He is the master of creativity on the drum kit. Undeniable beast

[@MitchellBowser]

This guy is incredible

[@randyporter3491]

I always enjoy seeing the “thumbs downs” from the self-appointed masters of percussion. They have an old issue of Modern Drummer magazine, a “Pearl” t-shirt from eBay and a 4-piece drum kit their mom picked up at a yard sale. They have been trying to master Wipe Out for three years and they hang out at drum shops, looking at sticks, hoping some kid will ask “Hey man, are you in a band ?” Yet, they post their negative wisdom and insight in comments, so future generations may benefit from their teachings. We should all be grateful for them.

[@PotatoeChipz]

back to this video for some of the most chill and technically insane drumming available.

[@filipesouza8247]

Man thank you for exist and God bless your life. This is the best sound that someone already take from a drum. ❤❤

[@dianecandoflamtaps3688]

The 30 people that gave a thumbs down are obviously not drummers!! More like trolls that have nothing better to do but randomly select videos to vote down and make troll comments!!

[@Sebvdijk]

The groove is real

[@josephle5373]

Really, really, great. The video sounds so fantastic and the whole thing is just absolutely fantastically well done.

[@alebatero]

Dinamics are incredible !, Benny is so inspired in his solos...

[@mccragj1]

somebody has been practicing! Nice!

[@Nowhy]

Half is practicing (skills) , the other is feeling (musicality)... By only practicing all you master is only that, practicing.

[@edwardbrown2142]

@@Nowhy Feeling is completely built through experience, benny himself once said to himself that he didn't have groove - but he practised for years until he is now the drummer with the most groove.

[@Nowhy]

@@edwardbrown2142 yes, feeling like you seem to be talking about is about experience but there is also an exception of a feeling outside of experience; a "feeling" from within where one doesn't follow any "pre-made" plans. Originality lies there and it has to do with trust. If somebody only trusts what experience teaches is (feels) right, then one is bound to fail to hear the silence between the notes and so can't hear the most beautiful song - in silence. It seems impossible to find the right words to express directly what I am getting at... Expressed negatively one could say, that if someone beliefs that a person consists of all the experiences of his past then that person denies any originality in himself. What made Benny Grep groovie might not so much all the practice but his showing of humility in regards to his lack in groove. Would he had believed that he was already groovy back then and wanted to be always right, then there would be no way for him to find his, let's say, true groove/mastery (which almost all famous musicians nowadays lack - like their fans which don't dance). Surly, one has also to practice what one preaches ;).

[@josteinv.jordet257]

I think it's a small hint of talent as well. i mean, it's not like rythm is built into his body or something...

[@FFFLIBOA]

3:44, the best groove i've ever heard

[@user-ye8us3xm7m]

Me too...

[@idiottoastertimmy9079]

I cant even begin to form words on how amazing that was

[@davidmelooficial]

Congratulations, how fantastic, Benny Greb! I'm very fond of your work, Drums Brazil, thanks for the show. thank you!

[@changgames4637]

Damn nice solo. Aside, I think his left crash is the driest crash I’ve ever heard in my life.

[@kaiowens1616]

I think t is a stack, like a splash under the crash

[@garrido44]

Great story!!

[@PhilipDSouza]

So sophisticated and yet so cool... One of my favourite drummers

[@matgranel83]

What a lesson ... Thank you for all this inspiration Master !

[@saulmighty]

4:57,wow never seen that before

[@fanPDstudio]

6:50 와.. 이 섬세한 컨트롤

[@geniusdrummer643]

Tung tao

[@geniusdrummer643]

Teru

[@nataliebrady5572]

I freaking love his style. He's amazing, and I need to practice.

[@strebis6]

Awesome! Relief for any tension headache!

[@sharrythedave4758]

The 10 dislikers love metal more than all this .

[@sharrythedave4758]

Farrel Budiman um ... I did not mean metal and this likers . Sorry I wrote like that . I am not good at defining.

[@jakegreene4313]

Farrel Budiman dude, calm down. :)

[@aresbrutality2831]

What snare is that though 😮

[@nsmith996]

AresBrutality benny's signature by onor

[@nsmith996]

*sonor

[@sanityinaseaofmadness7353]

As Taydoff mentioned, it's his signature Sonor snare. I've been playing for several decades, and even though I've had many favorite drummers, I've never bought signature gear - with the exception of this one. It's SUPER versatile; you find plenty of Benny solos where he uses two of them, for different tones/pitches. It cost me roughly $950 USD, and I don't regret it one bit...

[@lukmanadila6543]

Jon Richt thanks for ur answers dude, it's so helpful. but if i may ask you again, is that true benny uses coated heads too as his snare reso, or is it a clear reso? what do he uses for his snare resonant? thanks by the way 👍😁😁

[@sanityinaseaofmadness7353]

Adil Lukman - I'm pretty sure he uses clear resonant heads on the resonant side of the drum. I'm not 100% sure of this - but I'm fairly confident for several reasons. One of those reasons is at the end of his "Art & Science of Groove" DVD. He spends an hour talking about how to tune your drums, and he does a demonstration on the snare. In that demonstration, he shows clear on the resonant side... This isn't proof, of course. However, I don't know many kit drummers who use batter heads on the reso side, and I assume from Benny's demonstration, he probably doesn't do it very often either. Hope that helps!

[@rickyvecchio7774]

Excellent, very musical ... relaxed..technical .... like all his musical works on drums.

[@danielledrums_]

His thechnique is awesome! And he’s awesome!😍🥁🥁🥁

[@ejqb16]

Can't chose Betwwen Art, Drumming, or Skateboarding So i want to chose all of em (even tho i dont have a drum)

[@alexthepro6707]

That ending at 8:09 tho

[@luckas1]

One is the best drum solos!!!!

[@cesarrodriguez-tw9bp]

Ive been cleaning around listening to this, and man it makes me move! Then I think to myself, wow ! I need this solo as my alarm clock tone⏰. Not some soft sweet melodic groove nor the horrific classic alarm ring , but this solo that automatically shifts me from the static state of dreamland.

[@noahw1337]

gonna tell my kids this is keanu reeves

[@caseysisco9932]

Hi I'm Benny and my splashs cost more than your car

[@icegc]

God of Drum personally. Awesome as always. Thank you for your music and inspiration.

[@gambini_modding]

A fanatic of sounds. Liked how many ways he uses to make that drumset sound.

[@douwevandenworm1751]

Does anyone else get really uncomfortable when he starts hitting the shell of his floortom with his stick?

[@JohnsyOmniscient]

i didn't know Keanue Reeves was also a drummer aside from being a hitman.

[@tristansiltanen]

Mark Braun Villafuerte Lol! he really does look like him. I was just thinking that before reading your comment.

[@ashleyclacy8879]

Because he is the one.

[@Mezzerino1]

Wow!! When im having a bad day im gonna watch this video!! You cant do nowt but smile!!

[@fishbarbeque8540]

This is wonderfull! I am typing along to the beat..........

[@TommyOne2014]

Who else prays to his new Lord Benny ??

[@AyyLebo]

Does anyone know the name of the shoes he's wearing?

[@MesQueUnClub8796]

Lebo nike

[@AyyLebo]

Yes, I got that much, but what specific Nike shoe?

[@dkjoyce4128]

Nike Free 5.0

[@AyyLebo]

Perfect, thanks a bunch! :D

[@samliu6133]

nike

[@sebastianbickelmann572]

He‘s not only an awesome drummer but also super nice !!!

[@jamesrobin2857]

holy. He's so clean.... amazing.