George Kollias Foot Technique

[@wanjanechtangroeger]

1. Choose technique that suits you on hand and feet. 2. Sit on your drumset and start practising the techniques in slow motion. 3. Play with metronome. 4. Be patient. Dont try to play just as fast as possible, try to execute the technique perfectly. 5. Practise a lot every day. Btw. it takes years to become really good so dont give up! And if your left foot or hand is weaker than your right - practise more with your left side... And most important: Have fun playing!

[@nocturnal6129]

No shit

[@charshii3745]

Yo! Wanja! I just started watching your videos lol, coincidence see you in the comments loo

[@amneenja5720]

@@nocturnal6129 you don't disrespect one of the finest drum teachers on yt like that lmao and also his technique is unique and very impressive, you can learn a lot from him.

[@FernandoLemusDrums]

To think, this video is how I learned swivel and fast double bass technique nearly a decade ago when it was uploaded.

[@SarahAParis]

Same here!👌🤘🔥

[@Austin_IK]

he is a phenomenal artist

[@beetlethegray]

E for effort, but sorry camera work. it's like filming the bassist during a guitar solo.

[@turkeytits179]

Now that is the best simile I've ever heard during my life time

[@yeremiayanuardi9111]

turkeytits179 you can hear smiles? wow

[@johnknight9150]

He's right about the knee, I've felt that trying one-per-side swivel in this manner.

[@jessetarr2771]

What an awesome drummer and an awesome dude !

[@-redacted_by_youtube]

You can teach someone all you want. It's up to that individual how they play. Everyone is different and they will play how they feel comfortable. Fast double bass can be achieved by all methods. Even the one's you never thought of. It's all subjective. You do you and be the best you. Don't listen to someone say it's right or wrong. Your body will tell you what's right or wrong. He might have issues with knees you may not. Everyone is different. Don't conform. That's how metal was started. That's how unique players exist. By not listening and saying "I can do better"

[@SarahAParis]

That doesn't make sense to me.. don't listen to the instructor and just play " however"?

[@AtanasovPetar]

I just bought drums and double bass pedal and this is really good advice for building my technique.

[@brenmangood]

I think if you play long enough and keep trying to play faster you will naturally adjust your foot technique to something similar to this. I eventually found myself lowering my heels to the floor more and more. It almost like playing heel down, but my heel is not locked down.

[@aperry8810]

1:41 seems like chewbacca came to watch this tutorial too

[@Tomas_Dane]

Alasdair Perry awrrrrrrrrrr 😂🙈

[@Archferumphis]

Nile/Nike -conspiracy

[@erraticboss168]

Thomas Rönnberg *dramatic music plays*

[@UnholeyCHeese]

Do that! I'm just drumming for a year now but I learned this technique and figured it out after about three months... :)

[@Pratyush___]

"It's a disease, too much double bass." :D

[@Mad1Z]

+Pratyush Kaushal easy fix.. WE NEED MORE COWBELL.. ;)

[@blakeunderwood1075]

Camera guy really isn’t bad. He kept it on the feet most the time. Most important shit.

[@MartinSynan]

@TrSYeTi If you listen to his actual drumming it is impressive. There is a very musical aspect to songs such as What may be safely written. He also does some jazz drumming, which is not really highlighted enough, and if you know jazz then you know the timings are complicated, it isn't about being fast but it displays how good his technique is. Kollias could out-drum any popular drummer in the world, in a heartbeat.

[@electroowen]

what he's not saying is that you have to treat your foot strokes to be rdy to bring the beater back with the recoil to add power to the next stroke, the whole point is to get your toe out of the recoils "way" so no speed is lost. and do this quick enough to sling it forward with the following stroke. Thats why he uses tight springs

[@mcufre]

COuld it be that some people have weak ankles or something and can't get to high speeds? I just try and try and can't go past 180 and even get quite tired there if I stay too long at it.

[@forgettable8365]

1:42 What is that background sound?

[@Ramoa111]

oh man. l've been practicing a lot to swivel my feet with no avail... Just for kicks, a great way to rest limbs is the classic Lars-Ulrich standing up when a song finishes

[@YourNewGod123]

I need to make my swivel a more compact movement definitely. How long did it take before your pain went away?

[@jellojuicer]

Cuz George Kollias is a beast that's why :D

[@XeRo333]

how can you practice to get that fast and get to where you can do the swivel really fast like George????

[@funeral98]

In his videos he talks about having balance when using the heel down method what does that mean? I don't get it

[@888riddim888]

What where the pedal settings? As in which cam was he using and how far back was the pedal board, etc... thanks :')

[@RochLanoue]

Kollias says in the video right above that this ankle movement can fuck up your knee because of the unnatural movement it creates to the bone/muscle structure, so i bet you may feel less tired during playing but you might also feel pain after playing.

[@draganov]

Can someone tell me why some drummers move their ankles left-and right, when they go hyper-speed? Is it some kind of energy saving technique, or perhaps relaxing the leg/foot muscles? Thanks :)

[@juanfregg]

that is a blue cam in the pedal?

[@Stubz_Perez]

George seems like a pretty chill dude

[@LuucasSK]

What pedal is he using in this video ?

[@JohnJillky]

6:34 i saw it online. Guess I gotta report this video lol

[@t.i.f.o.n.e.10]

4:24 . A great italian drummer Raphael Saini

[@AriochStarr]

I gotta learn how to do that. It looks like a cool technique.

[@smmajor]

@F990 Those were direct drives. I think they are Pearl Eliminators

[@komodoensis-rex]

fantastic camera work filming the floor for half the video

[@Mustis1524]

Is he using the black cam?

[@satan6169]

Trying to explain natural talent is difficult

[@heyitsandrew2209]

I was just going to say that I'm pretty sure George Kollias has no fucking idea how George Kollias plays so fast.

[@BurrenSHdrums]

Such thing does not exist at all

[@rubberduckman]

It's just hard work natural talent is bullshit

[@nocturnal6129]

Cool banner.....

[@UnwillingOrigins]

@Centuriadrummer 7 years? How often did you practice each day?

[@thehermit761]

does George Kollias teach as well?

[@stevo946]

@hatespreader666 The only Pearl's that are direct drives are the Demon Drives, these ones look like belt or chain-driven

[@Frostliche]

Haha, that was inspirational. Made me want to start drumming.

[@siento_diegopiedra]

Cómo se llama esa cosita donde choca el pedal en lugar del bombo?

[@BurrenSHdrums]

Bass drum practice pad or something like that

[@MegaAwsomness]

this guy is a legend!!!!

[@SzymonWeiss]

Hoglan has been doing this in 1995. Using the ludwig pedals from o1981

[@manuellozoya1905]

el secreto de el es talon y punta cuando pedalea le da doble primero con la punta y cuando ba bajando le da con el talon por eso es tan rapido

[@MRorPA]

I'm practising this technique, and i do play faster while i use it, but i don't hit the head very strong.

[@midinerd]

Is he saying "super nice injury" at 4:55 ?

[@idk-zy9ig]

Guys do you, by any chance know which youtube channel made this video?

[@kalebdaviesdrums8006]

lol

[@koringn]

aaahhhh katalaba......

[@siento_diegopiedra]

What's the name of that thing ? where the pedal hits ...

[@Stavros_Meggos]

bass drum practise pad? You'll find a bunch on web! This is from pearl i think!

[@XeRo333]

what are some SERIOUSLY gr8 techniquez on how to start practicin' how to get as fast as George on double bass from slow start upz to some serious speed??????? I'm a drummer and I wanna get really really fast like Joey Jordison and George Kollias someone PLEEEEAAAAZZZE giv meee some advise:)

[@NasenErnie]

Wie heist dieses Ding?

[@arthurhobbs3560]

how much are you making off the fifteen second advertisements?

[@odiumhumanigeneri616]

@OGTheDemon That is why I think Hellhammer is at least one of the best, because he is quite good in Jazz drumming. Trym also.

[@erinthelooser666]

lmao dude i know how you feel then i started to get it and my mind exploded and now i cant move my legs anymore! haha

[@ColourfulMB9]

kollia eisai theos!!!

[@stevo946]

@RebelOnAWarpath For sure man I know exactly what you mean haha, I've had my double bass pedal for probably 6 years and i figured it all out about 3 weeks ago and it's never felt better

[@OG.PoshCat]

@OGTheDemon You're right in the sense that it's his 'thing'. It's the style he's best at, for sure. What I'm trying to point out though, is that he's not only adept in his own style of drumming, but also in many other styles as well. It's not like it's an unexpected thing, he's been playing drums for what... 20 something years now? He's not going to be good in only 1 style of drumming.

[@MixYourWay]

Now i ask myself the same thing. I even watched it entirely. It feels like i'm actually learning/improving something hahaha

[@corazonmanosypies2]

muchos tipos filman el doble pedal como que el secreto está en el aparato y el secreto está en la técnica de los pies filmadoooooor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GoslingBateman]

"anybody has something to say?`"

[@TheHeraldic]

@OGTheDemon Kai hahto is a really god drummer as well. He plays for wintersun. You are right about death metal, it's getting a bit generic, but you need to look for the good bands out there, there are very creative bands arround, just hard to find

[@pellabandgeek]

i try this in rockband....

[@demilichripoffdetector7976]

Thank you I was swiveling with my knees shit hurts

[@michaelmdrummer]

Rafael Gonzalez do it from your hip and your knees will be fine :)

[@balinsbane9060]

michaelmdrummer What do you mean?

[@michaelmdrummer]

When you swing your heel to the right,you can move your knee to the left, a little bit, by using your upper leg and vice versa. that, at least for me, takes away some stress on my knees. and yeah our knees are kinda fragile joints :-(.

[@balinsbane9060]

Ohh ok I see what you mean, I've been trying to do this kind of stuff, but I've always just convulsed my foot and ankle, it's like I need to learn it all over again from scratch and it sucks :(

[@tay0mason]

What kind of pearls are they? :O

[@DavidSZevallos]

Pearl eliminator

[@85Aheadstix]

YOUR A LEGEND GEORGE!.

[@projectsephiroth3000]

@TheKingOfManuFish it seems that he has 3 now

[@Tomas_Dane]

The most important for me was the ending... also have been having knee problem

[@morganix007]

My problem is to play softer beats. Like I would like to play Ensiferum's Little Dreamer, but I can't play the double bass parts. I don't wanna be a super fast player. Just play the music I like.

[@jonathannndrums]

@jonathannndrums and his foot when he shows the swivel instead of just the beater.

[@fdyjt]

however you explain it you have to search your best position for yourself even if you have a pro master he cant do it for you exelent video still cheers

[@haigplague]

Was this filmed with a potato?

[@soulbytes]

the one sit in the front is watching and amaze but have no idea how to do it.

[@nikoskoukoutsis3298]

ready ,

[@OGTheDemon]

@GamerFreakFilms2 no hes a brutal death drummer....thats it.... he may be diverse but thats his thing

[@julioazathoth]

He makes me want to play drums and i play guitar :D

[@TheEvandroAS]

Because George Kollias is fucking amazing !

[@JosiahLovelace]

I don't even play drums. I just wanted to see george play.

[@Jaed_Marauder]

because the guy is a fucking beast. i dont even play the guitar nor drums,i play piano xD

[@RodneysRockingChair]

I always watch drum videos. I dont even play drums. And I'm a bassist

[@cristoredentorable]

the secret are in the shoes

[@jamesowen8811]

Okay so the cameraman didn't film much of George's feet, but hey, at least he had the decency to upload the video!

[@Captainsaucebuckle]

I prefer heel up, Its not as fast but I don't use triggers plus my pedals arent as fast as his. not that I could do what he does with good pedals and triggers

[@V8BuldozerDrums]

quello scienziato ''' che ha messo la pubblicita sovraimpressa e un genio cosi non si capiec nulla complimmmmerda

[@fancyman2634]

because you want to understand HOW people create the music you like? thats only an opinion of mine tho

[@nuclearRabbit123]

It's interesting!

[@Taikomaniac]

Best feet in the biz Donati a close second

[@MikeJunior94]

@chickenmanokout practise practise practise, thats what all the big drummers out there will tell you and figuring out what technique fits you and your feet/legs the best!

[@STIXAHOY]

@chickenmanokout Not too easy but there are good training methods that give U exponential improvement

[@smmajor]

@hatespreader666 Oh really? I couldn't really tell, kind of looked like direct drive to me. In the case it just goes to show how boss he is

[@hijofieljehova8215]

Wow George so fuckin good but i don't know that technique

[@WASRGP]

The hell is up with the font on the bottom screen!? Tryin to watch the feet ffs! 😆😂

[@TheScumbag]

Well.. 'cuz Kollias rules.

[@bombingbloke]

i want to play fast dubbel bass soooo baadddd!!!!

[@fjordalband]

I cant see what he's doing, because you put big letters over it why god why

[@fjordalband]

oh its dissapearing thanks !

[@chaotic291]

I always watch guitar videos. But i don't even play guitar. And i'm a drummer.

[@TheAlbinoskunk]

i do that all the time

[@Blood_fog]

i got a fever, and the only prescription is more double bass!

[@TheMeatCanoe]

1 Dislike.... I was unaware Travis Barker had a youtube account

[@Cr4nium13]

I use that technique :)