Dave Weckl Zildjian Day '86 | Study The Greats

This is the beginning of a new series I am going to do called "Study The Greats." My goal is to find a new video every week of a drummer that I am inspired by and to isolate something cool from the video and break it down for you guys. This is a way for me to get back into studying the pro's and adding to my own vocabulary while hopefully creating content that you guys find interesting as well. So, if you want to see more of these, subscribe to my channel and I will try to stick to making one of these every week on top of whatever performance videos I will make in the future. Thanks for watching!
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[@MarcoForestieri]

Someone have to study you. you are the greats

[@523938]

Yeah Austin! Your explanations & the way you work are simply great & very efficient! A big thank's!

[@juanquijot]

This video is fantastic! I love the format of showing the clip followed by notation then the breakdown of you playing it on the kit. The fill sounded tough at first but you made it very easy to digest. Looking forward to more!

[@williampinner1893]

Cool. Looking forward to this series. Keep up the good work.

[@kyrikeys]

Great concept man. I've been a huge Weckl/Colaiuta fan since the 80's so this for me is interesting and nostalgic. I remember putting on the old Chick tapes and playing on along to Weckl and the band every day, man I tell ya', it was heaven! Keep up the great work man!

[@jaydavids6485]

You have the best format online... keep it up!!

[@josetapia26]

I always leave your channel with more knowledge. love all your vids man.

[@isaacleedrums]

I really like your content and the way you deliver it. Subbed.

[@JD-fk3tk]

Great concept...Keep this series going.

[@alonsosalcedo9489]

"Mmmmmm"- Austin Burcham

[@andreaferrario6436]

2:26

[@derekdartes3573]

Soooo annoying.

[@dennisjwetzel3559]

Great idea for a video series! Hope to see more videos like this! Subscribed!

[@boldirock4748]

Great work, my friend!!! very inspiring!!! From Argentina!

[@chrishitsthings]

Really loving these lessons, Austin. Plenty of food for thought for soloing ideas and you're doing a great job demystifying some cool shit. Well done you!

[@abbdrums]

thanks man

[@imold8233]

Really great work Austin!! Subscribed!

[@LOLE1991KOVIN]

Cool lesson, man. This will be a great series of lessons...

[@MattHobsonDrummer]

Austin, so great to find the first one and it be 'bad ass Weckl'. The era he was on fire with his playing. For us more advanced players your videos are such a great inspiration, to many. If you're ever in the UK I'm taking you for a few pints and a chat and we'll go and see some great jazz, my treat. Thanks.

[@esitoris]

Just great job Austin!

[@90Aga]

Damn dude, you are awesome! this is advanced stuff and you nailed it!

[@venierclo]

exelente muchas gracias por difundir el conocimiento ,gran tutorial

[@marcdedouvan]

Well said and well done. Signed by a French drum teacher and author, also a lot inspired by Dave Weckl.

[@AlSlark]

Thank you so much for breaking down that 5 stroke roll between the ride and HiHat, always wondered how he did that!

[@BeakerArk]

Discovered this series today. This is fucking awesome!!! Please keep it up.

[@antkn33]

The hell with his drumming, I wish I had Dave's fabulous hair!

[@heftyalan1152]

antkn33 he hasn't even got it any more :)

[@90Aga]

Austin has great hair too 😂

[@JeffWald]

Good job Austin! and of course, I'm digging the Masterworks :)

[@myrideisa]

Good stuff. Subscribed. Content will keep me busy for days and days and days (ad infinitum).

[@frankchu5162]

thank you so much Austin!!

[@lechthaler100]

love it so great

[@erikondrums]

Great concept!

[@StompL7]

Dave weckl is not human ! Thé series gonna Be great ! Keep up you know how to play thé drums man !

[@peterswindleylivesound8207]

Great transcribing great playing. Very impressive.

[@JoeChircoDrums]

Oh my gosh! Delicious!! Love Weckl's playing I've been a huge fan since the 80's. Would love to hear you break down Tower of Inspiration sometime.

[@stikkyniks22]

I've made it full circle with these videos, thanks for making them man! I wasn't sure if I wanted to "look behind the curtain" so to speak. The greats that you cover play these things that just sound so magical and I wasn't sure if I wanted to uncover the magic and take away the mystery. I'm glad I did though, I've been incorporating a lot of this stuff in my playing. Thanks again!

[@abbdrums]

that's awesome man! glad you got something out of them

[@Bolewsky]

Subscribed.Good job brother!

[@EBERGER81]

Austin, brother, so grateful for you. I'm a much better player because of you in my life - thank you. And, who better to start with than Weckl? For real!

[@154drummer]

Hey Austin great video....great drumming...really great how you break everything down...Even how great Dave Weckl is....he just keeps getting better and he probably laughs at some of his earlier videos.....he is very humble...just watched his recent performance in Beirut....unreal....must see....thanks Austin ...keep up the good work!!

[@abbdrums]

Thanks man, glad you enjoy the videos!

[@casarno5345]

Thank you Mister!

[@LeandroCaldeiraDrums]

Awesome work Austin!! Subscribed

[@abbdrums]

👍🏼

[@doglouver]

Nice job, thanks

[@doglouver]

Outstanding. Thx. If I saw this 30 years ago, well I would have played this at a wedding. Now I know better. 😱

[@Christ-or-Chaos]

Genius idea dude!

[@skelton9204]

Good job buddy!!

[@Toxination1]

I'm a super fan of weckl! My favorite is master plan!

[@shaknthustnt]

Yeah! Subscribed...

[@Kelesis666]

Subscribed! Btw I also more into study Weckl in the 80's and early 90's before the change with Grubber, And of course he is still at my top 10 fav!

[@pshwon]

So Cool!!!

[@JayBigDadyCy]

Austin I'm loving these vids. I hope you can get around to TRJ and maybe Larnell Lewis or someone super funky and innovative like David Garibaldi (the groove for "Soul Vaccination alone would be amazing) or Adam Deitch. thanks again man! you're an incredible drummer in your own right.

[@retrogore420]

Dude this is killer.

[@davidcurtis4478]

Yes this is beautiful ha! Also love his drum sound. David Curtis Drumming

[@juancochi1]

this is great! im suscribing

[@JeanvanWyngaardt]

Great channel..v

[@slingerlandrox]

Austin...You da man!

[@drumsandmore4448]

Thanks for breaking down Weckl. I can do doubles, I can do a 6 stroke roll....I can alternate left and right (played together) against the bass drum...thanks. I liked and subscribed...

[@nareshgb1]

man.....you sounded like Weckl. That is seriously cool.

[@hectorangelcastillo1944]

Great lessons man! Please can you make some of anika nilles, and matt garstka?

[@larlibu]

Dave is divine ;-)

[@israelubayrodriguezhernand583]

Nice job bro.....i'm keep ripping thanks

[@Ronaldo07ISDABOMB]

Awesome vid man! One thing i noticed in the vid, i think Dave after the 6 stroke sort of thing plays a triplet just with his left hand alone, could be wrong but the sticking i feel may be different, thanks for the vid though dude!

[@jamesroboyle]

Get Nasty! - my buddy used to tell me this all the time whenever I played the drums lol

[@steamsteam6607]

This series is a goldmine. Great work man. Please do more. Do some Benny Greb if you want. Plenty of material.

[@abbdrums]

+steam steam Already have! ;)

[@BuckAugust]

Great videos here on KZbin as well as over on Instagram! 👍🏻

[@abbdrums]

Thanks!

[@garybeaulieu4597]

great job breaking it down! any chance of breaking down the groove in eternal child off of eye of the beholder

[@remito71]

Great

[@MikeMichalkow]

Great Channel Man!

[@abbdrums]

+Mike Michalkow Thanks Mike!

[@blackl1steddrums]

You is now like da greats

[@kileabrew]

Austin, when are you gonna transcribe the Gadd/Weckl/Vinny performance from that Buddy Rich memorial event in, I think, 1987?

[@bentleymitchell3373]

Hey Austin what’s the Bpm roughly on that one

[@addthisto]

mmm nice what's that notation software you got?

[@leightonwatkins9486]

Mate where can i get that transcription software ?

[@ZacStaylon]

I'm not sure, but to me it looks like Dave's hitting the floor tom separate from the hi-hat. ( not flams or double stops) ? :o Maybe he's hitting the bass drum when he hits the hi-hats and the floor tom is on its own..? Unless he's doing something with double bass..? Just something I thought I'd point out, idk. Great Vid and Transcription! Thank you!

[@leightonwatkins9486]

do you transcribe that by hand or does computer doi it mate ..cheers

[@motorcaster57]

5.52 the magic

[@jamesbryce5187]

I think the triplet combo is played foot with hat and floor by itself.

[@MrBostonrobb]

Weckl, Vinnie, Smooth and Gary Novak were just filthy back in those days. Watching those cats even today provides one epic drumming orgasm! Love you channel!

[@rickemoidrums2707]

Hi Austin! I love this series! Thank you for making it :) just wondering, are you sure he's not playing three strokes with his left hand on the snare at one point? When slowing it down, it sure looks like it. Thanks again!

[@abbdrums]

Believe it or not, I actually had filmed a version of this lesson thinking that he was doing a triplet with the left hand! It looked to me like that's what he was doing but I was having such a hard time playing it that it was making me wonder if he was really doing that or not. I went back and tried different stickings and the one I use in this video seemed to work better than a left hand triplet and it made more sense to me that he'd play that. I may still be wrong but I also thought the same thing as you!

[@gilbertorcfilho]

+Austin Burcham Good job man, thanks a lot. I'm a brazilian drummer, sorry for the mistakes on language. Your video has inspired me. Subscribed and shared on my Facebook. However I agree with +Richard Söderlund. Allow me to suggest the hands combination which seemed to me more accurate. From the "2" of the second measure: Rllrlr rlRLll. There are three strokes on the left hand. I have seen mr. Weckl do that sometimes, he's able. Yeah! No wonder he's that amazing. I hope I have helped as I was helped! Greetings to everyone here! ;)

[@user-cv4hd1ne9y]

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[@jinoantony7063]

bro which software r u used for th transcription good wrk bro god bless u

[@abbdrums]

+Jino Antony Logic Pro X

[@gruwer92]

hey Austin, do you know if there's any equivalent for logic x pro for windows ?

[@abbdrums]

Not that I'm aware of... There are other transcription programs you could get on windows like Sibelius and Finale but I'm not aware of another pro DAW that has full scoring capabilities that can be configured for drum transcription like Logic. If you find one let me know!

[@gruwer92]

+Austin Burcham thanks for quick anwser :) subbed of course :)

[@ronaldssvarups1954]

Great lesson! I'm always curious about which mics are you using? Thanks! :)

[@abbdrums]

Thanks man. I'm using the Audix DP-7 Kit and the Direct Sound EX-29 Headphones.

[@ronaldssvarups1954]

sounds really well for a complete mic kit. Thanks! :)

[@ronaldssvarups1954]

and those headphones?

[@freeat_last7375]

LOVE IT BRO...great idea. Totally backing this...drum porn rules. with far less guilt! Put your link in the description. Do you find the visual makes the impact far more exciting than just the audio? Many times I will 'hear' and it blows by, but seeing makes it stick far deeper. I hear a lot of complex stuff and go, "ehh...." and hear what we call easier fills and go, "hell yeah!" Your kit sounds awesome bro. So digging a drum brotha who feels what I do...ever take a road trip w/your friends and it is water off a duck's back...until you connect w/another drummer who 'gets it' :) I don't analyze w/t intellect you are administering here. respect the energy it takes.

[@abbdrums]

Thanks for the kind words... and yes, I agree that the visual makes a huge difference in how you hear drumming and how it impacts you...

[@jameslikesturtles8254]

Could I have your permission to use your transcription in a project that I am doing on Dave Weckl in school? Would be greatly appreciated.

[@abbdrums]

+Diplete Origin Yea that's cool man

[@jameslikesturtles8254]

Thanks Presentation went well. keep up the good work. I really enjoy the "Study the greats" series hope it continues!

[@michelaraujo4375]

Hey Austin, been watching your videos for more than a year now, really awesome work. I came back to re-watch this one and cought you saying "i haven't played traditional in a while", but i guess you've been playing with it ever since. Every other "study the greats", workout lessons, jam sessions, etc, you've been using traditional grip. You probably get this a lot, but why is it that you've decided to go for traditional grip? I've been training traditional for a while and i do it mostly because i'm trying to get a lighter touch, being able to go really quiet for ghost notes and such, and i admit, for atempted badassary haha. But why do you do it? It's a very interesting choice, seeing that some people would even consider traditional grip to be outdated (which i absolutely disagree).

[@abbdrums]

There's something kind of magical about it... It's kind of tough to describe but I definitely think differently and play differently with traditional. I go back to matched when I need power and pinpoint precision with rimshots, but if I am trying to play more fluid with lots of texture, I prefer traditional. They're both valid and applicable for different things... hope that helps!

[@michelaraujo4375]

Sure helped! I learned with matched but started learning traditional lately specially because of all the greats that use it, Vinnie, Novak, Weckl. And couldn't agree more, it is kinda magical, the way that i think and feel changes completely when i use traditional, i feel somewhat inspired to go down a certain path when playing traditional grip, even thoug i still have more precision and chops with matched because it's the grip i learned with. And your "study the greats" series has been a real inspiration too, keep 'em coming, they're awesome.

[@heftyalan1152]

I was too busy listening to Steve Smith, Steps Ahead era, to find time to listen to too much Weckl but this is a nice fill

[@robdavol4956]

Just rewatched this clip...….. Lick is nasty. Great job transcribing and demonstrating!

[@casarno5345]

Yes, me too!

[@germangismondi944]

The fill is wrong. If you look his left hand he is doing 3 notes with the left hand

[@user-gq2rk7rs4w]

5:45

[@jamesbryce5187]

5 stroke on HH no bell

[@CameronBartholomew]

Timestamp 5:42, 6:00

[@duder8562]

Dave's biceps tho

[@deruntekelioglu4370]

you really hear only that ?

[@josecitolopez8083]

This guy is freaking cute!!!

[@krthkh]

i feel like un-educated drummer after seein this... damn

[@tootallforbaseball]

Austin, you do a great job with these lessons. However, and don't take this wrong, you DON'T have to play your traditional grip way back to get a great sound. Weckl doesn't even play far back with his left hand now, like he used to. It's super awkward, given all of the bouncing that he does, especially with the hi-hat.

[@BboyDaquack]

"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM"

[@Smoove_J]

Great drummer, but his signature sticks were crap. They broke the first time you hit a good rim shot. I think they were made out of cork or something.

[@JulianFernandez]

mmm. nasty.

[@Samsgarden]

Are we talking about a drum fill or your sexual exploits here?

[@abbdrums]

+Samsgarden drums and sex are the same thing...

[@nielsemilbechnaumann]

Sex is something you enjoy when you are not able to play the drums.