Drum Lesson: Insane Vinnie Colaiuta Lick Explained

[@toddwalkerdrumstudio]

Hi Joe, fantastic job!...The amount of work, discipline, time, effort, listening (viewing) etc. etc and, over-all approach to ANY of Vinnies work is always to be highly respected!....AWESOME job my friend!....I absolutely appreciate and commend you on how much work a video like this this can take to make, break-down, notate, describe and ultimately perform!.... YOU did an OUTSTANDING JOB sir (at almost a "HOUR LONG" educational drum adventure) for all your viewers in such wonderful detail & explanation!........ Vinnie WOULD be extremely proud of this accomplishment (video instruction/performance) from you, I am sure!....Thank you so much Joe!

[@StefanFeurich-pl9gz]

Really great job of analysis !Vinnie's art is so outstanding because of his playing on the edge of possibilities in power and speed combined with technique out of space...thanks for doing this and showing what hard work it needs to learn how to think and Player!

[@EleanorPeterson]

​@XianS2019​​🐦"It's not dead, it's RESTING." (Monty Python reference.)

[@KenHada]

Always wondered what he was doing, now I know why I can't ever do it! hahaha Thank you for breaking it down.

[@_tgwilson_]

Brilliant analysis and a clearly organised breakdown of the skills needed to play that classic solo. Patience and correct understanding of the body and use of techniques like Moeller will help you get there. The level of competency required here is high so it will take time to accompish.

[@MrJamesHoy]

Great work. Thanks for taking the time to do this.

[@malvessidrums]

Really enjoyed the lick, warming up to it this morning. Thanks Joe

[@vicloyo3928]

Your a mad scientist just like King Vinnie!!.. thanks for the awesome video Joe, best regards from Mexico.!!

[@gitgeronimo9375]

Man, I’ve been waiting for another one of these!!

[@tdrum21]

Great to see you back on here 👌🏽🎶🥁

[@DonRua]

Easy to understand. THANK you.

[@michaelfraters831]

Awesome lesson!

[@Vinc3n7]

Outstanding lesson!

[@DimitriFantini]

really nicely played Joe!!!

[@joecrabtreedrums]

Thank you very much :)

[@EleanorPeterson]

Terrific stuff! It makes me appreciate how daunting a Frank Zappa audition must have been... He smiles as he hands you a page of squiggles and you have 45 seconds to read it through before he expects you to play it note-perfect with groove and flair. Yikes. Vinnie was famously (and uniquely?) on top of the situation and got the job, but I bet 99% of ordinary drummers would have walked out, apologising to Frank for having wasted his time. 🤭

[@zumb42]

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[@TheColabuti]

Where can one find the original video containing this lick?

[@jazzpianoman01]

Nice one Joe; Vinnie is not of this world and anything by Vinnie is hard

[@weezypeezy4366]

Yup … it’s confirmed … I can’t do this ☹️

[@miguelsaavedrums]

1:26 jesus

[@petarpavasovic6333]

Did you use Canon 6D for this?

[@joecrabtreedrums]

No. It was a Sony camera. Can't remember the model

[@petarpavasovic6333]

@@joecrabtreedrums thanks

[@toddhinman6915]

How do I get the transcription of the solo?

[@joecrabtreedrums]

Hi Todd, Multiple transcriptions (including simplified versions), and audio play alongs (from 50bpm - 119bpm) are available as part of the full lesson - bit.ly/3eNgCYn The full lesson is part of my Drum Lessons on Teachable. When you enrol you'll get instant access to hundreds of hours of in depth lessons.

[@MELONenSURPRISE]

Man ! So much unnecessary talking Like a chicken brooding on egg ...don't make it a philosophy just do it

[@gillan5]

never liked that fancy Claiuta playing- will never like it.

[@joecrabtreedrums]

Well, I certainly appreciate you taking the time to let everybody know. Part of me can't help but wonder why you watched a video titled "Vinnie Colaiuta Lick Explained" if you never liked his playing and never will. Perhaps you just like to torture yourself?

[@eddielhs]

@@joecrabtreedrums Well, he (gillan) never said that he's watched the whole video, just stated that he does not like the Colaiuta style, so why do you have a problem with someone not liking the same things you are? Great lesson, though!

[@JoesRandomStuff]

@@eddielhs I just found it strange that he felt the need to say anything at all.

[@DamnitDave]

Imagine how successful drummers would be if they spent as much time practicing their own creation instead of trying to copy someone else's from 3 decades ago.

[@chezchezchezchez]

Huh?

[@MattPoyntermusic]

Imagine how smart we’d be if we made our own math problems instead of studying the same problems other people have already been doing.

[@MrJamesHoy]

Imagine how successful this comment would be if you invented your own language.

[@webstercat]

Learning a language requires you learn new words. Ever motion in this lick can be helpful & applied to completely different feels but I hear you…

[@remyzsacka8670]

That’s just wrong :/ Vinnie and co. Themselves learned from their past heroes, every big guitarist developped their technique and identity starting from people who came before, that’s just how learning a language and innovating works. People create slang from already existing languages