How To Drum Solo in 10 Easy Steps ~ Part 2 of 2

[@MrTisonlyme]

So nice to see a drummer with real rhythm and feel, there are a lot of good vids on here but majority are all human metronomes with some technique but not a lot of grove or feel, you make it look effortless and sound full, rich and melodic at the same time....respect

[@nebraskahusker247]

used to play in bands in my younger years but time passes and my kit sent from sitting in the basement to being packed away for 7 years. after seeing your video it made me realize all the joy I felt playing. I think its time to bring it out, dust it off and start playing again. thank you sir.

[@andreastenti9887]

...and pack away and move to the basement whoever was in between for these 7 years... ;D

[@nuthajason]

as one drum teacher to another and as someone who spends a lot of time evaluating teaching as my job - i have to say i love your gentle and methodic approach. thanks for making my evening

[@ResinRat2]

I just realized that when I got to the end of this video, there was a HUGE smile on my face. A smile of complete enjoyment. Thanks very much for this.

[@Scottjazz55]

ResinRat2 Hey....you are so welcome! Hope to see you around the drum professor website sometimes.

[@Adrien-Drums]

Thank you very much for this very useful video, you show and share your passion very well, you're funny, and very nice, you deserve to be known ! ;) keep on buddy ! :)

[@realllybigmike]

i love how your teaching style leaves so much room for creativity. You don't just say that this is how you drum… you teach others how to teach themselves.

[@Scottjazz55]

Thanks so much Mike. Say, I can't tell what's more fun.....teaching.......no playing....no teaching.....no etc. hope to see you at the drum professor website. :)

[@MikeSmith-gs7mr]

It's been forty years since I played and I just found an intermediate set of Ludwig drums to play. Having had two shoulder surgeries my coordination is obviously affected, but I'm having fun, still have the beat and found your videos which were informative and that I plan to incorporate into my ad-lib an rehab. Good stuff you have provided and much appreciated!.... Mike

[@upstatenyphann]

THANK YOU for putting in the bit about the 5 stroke roll. its such a versatile little ditty that seems to be over shadowed when drummers decided to just play fast straight single stroke rolls around the kit. It's so subtle and add so much density.

[@WutbuergerStefan]

That's a pretty cool step-by-step guide to build a drum solo. I've searched for such things for weeks. Thanks.

[@financial_drummer]

Sir, you're the best demonstrator I've ever seen... I am lucky to watch this video... Thank you REALLY for supporting us by this way...

[@belfastgypsy1]

Watched your stuff years ago, now I’m inspired to play and learn with my daughter- thank you, from Ireland

[@rhythmantic]

Great stuff! Your videos are so good, are well explained, well played and very good quality video and audio. You have a great touch and skillful chops, dig your tuning too.

[@maciekomis]

You, sir, remind me of my math teacher. And he was easily the most inteligent, funniest and coolest teacher I've ever had. I surely miss him. I've subscribed ;)

[@MrHankstain]

its great to see a fellow drummer who loves and enjoys teaching drumming very helpful

[@Scottjazz55]

@AudioSticks214 Most welcome my friend.That's a good point you bring up about fills as I get a lot questions from students on it. I'll put on my thinking cap and see if we post some videos that deal with that topic for the future.

[@matchcapo]

You are AWESOME! You have honestly renewed my passion in drumming and inspired me to go out and buy some pads and get back at it! Thank you!

[@rabbithole23]

Excellent tuition, rad skills, and a little humour thrown in for good measure. Thanks, I loved it!

[@Scottjazz55]

Good idea. I'll do that. I've had received a few requests for 2, 4 and 8 measure breaks in the last year. Thanks for posting.

[@sandythedrummer]

Very Inspiring and informative Mr. Scott! It gave me a broader perspective about drum solo to w/c I suck. Your sound and feel is very jazzy! God bless you sir!

[@Scottjazz55]

@CRazyCKoper I use Vic Firth Danny Carey model, and Dave Weckl model (red sticks). For a while I just used the Weckl sticks for everything, but recently have included the heavier sticks and for some reason the shape of the Danny Carey sticks fits my hands well.

[@mrbeat3000]

Love the way you play and teach!! just watching and listening to you Inspires me to get on that kit and play, your enjoyment and relaxed manner really comes across and you explain in a way anyone could understand. Thankyou so much for putting these videos on youtube I feel I Have learned a great deal in a very short space of time. Much Respect!!!!

[@Scottjazz55]

good ideas there maarten. thanks. hope to see you around at the drumprofessor website as well.

[@182cjr]

I enjoy watching you play, your so into it its good to see drummers like you that really feel the music and get into it :) awesome drumming Sir.

[@maartenmoesen]

Thank you for sharing this. I am a professional drummer and learned the intuitive way by listening and playing along records, but I find these steps a universal and methodical résumé that anyone can approach with its own taste and skills. I would suggest a topic on frasing and sound as well. It's one of those hard to explain things, but maybe you now how to approach these subjects... Grtz!!

[@ResinRat2]

These lessons were great. Thanks for inspiring and old dog like myself again. Peace all.

[@Wightonian]

Hey Scott, great analysis and playing. Lovely sounding drums too..

[@davidkennedy2335]

How instructive, but what a pleasure watching an expert at teaching drums, and in the art of communication. Perhaps if I watch it often enough and practice at least some of those chops, I'll one day be able to sound somewhere near as relaxed and proficient as this nice gentleman.

[@Scottjazz55]

Now that is one HECK of a complement. Thanks my friend. Hope to see you around the drum professor website.

[@himl994]

I've watched two of your videos and I already subscribed. Thanks for the lesson, it was really helpful.

[@SightNSoundBand]

Well organized approach to basic soloing...very nice job!

[@TheGrainer]

Real master , love your soloing so musical and tasteful with the various rudiments .

[@ericperez2010]

I recently just started using my hi-hats as another voice to the music and you can do tremendous things with it if you practice at it......nice class I really enjoyed it and I subscribed

[@Scottjazz55]

@TVOham Thanks. I take that as a compliment, really do. A big part of my effort is to practice becoming more and more relaxed. Once I can play a difficult lick real well technically, sometimes I'll try an experiment and just practice the same lick for 20 mins or so at a slightly SLOWER tempo. Then what am I working on during that time? I'm super listening for details since all of my effort isn't just going to play it. And trying to become more relaxed with breathing and playing it each minute.

[@InnerBeatDrumSchool]

Nice lessons sir. This is a good approach for someone new to creating a solid drum solo.

[@MrMike3865]

Your drums sound terrific. Your solo sounds good as well.

[@MightyNateDog]

Definately subscribed!! I love your videos, keep up this great support for the drum community!!!

[@Scottjazz55]

That's a cool compliment. Thanks much! I don't think I could ever teach about isosceles triangles as well as him. But then again, maybe he's not quite as good with the inverted paradiddles. I guess we're even. But really.... thanks a great deal.

[@Scottjazz55]

@mickeydrummer29 Yes, what a cool idea. Consider it done. I'm currently finishing part two of the "Killer rudiments for drum set" and will have it ready to post in the near future. After that, I'll do a video dedicated to soloing with double bass. I use the book, "double bass drumming" by Joe Franco in my lessons for those who love double bass, and I'll be sure to include the exact pages and how I use them in it. Good Idea. Thanks.

[@Scottjazz55]

@xTurnipTimex Yep. I will be posting a couple of clips on fills, just the same approach as with my students. First there is the question of when to play them. I call this the "fill zone" and typically listen to the songs that they bring me together and teach them "when". Then #2 question is...."how big"...meaning......how much attention do we want to take for that fill....meaning...how long it is. Then #3 I have them start the fills on each of the eight positions possible in a measure....

[@AudioSticks214]

Thanks for this logical, relaxed approach that is so easy to follow. Is there any possibility that you could do a video on fills. Are there guidelines to follow as far as placement and choice? Thanks again.

[@tafino]

Love the clean, effortless playing! Subscribed

[@Coin3103]

I've suscribed and just downloaded the 10 steps pdf doc on your website ! Thanks for sharing this approach, really helpful and exactly what I need to work on my solos, cause i'm a little stucked and don't really know how to work on that drumming aspect. Thanks, I'm gonna work on this for two or three months, then I would come back to give some positive feedbacks !

[@andrewmccormack4295]

Well done,I found your videos very easy to follow,keep it up..

[@1sikpup]

I must say when I first saw the beginning of vid#1 I thought it was a joke! But as I watched, I realized, you really can't judge a book by its cover! Your funny, and have a cool system! Congrats, and keep up the good work sir!!

[@Scottjazz55]

@jsacala49 Good for you. Thanks for your comment. How long have you been playing/working on solos?

[@FreakSX93]

I love it to see your smile while your playing! Keep up the good videos :) BTW you have a GREAT feeling for the drums. One of the best ive ever seen! Greetings from germany!

[@grimzkul]

Cool! This is extremely useful to me! I really like your videos, keep 'em coming!

[@eddy71454]

I wish I could have seen videos like this in the late 60's and early 70's when I was learning. Guys today have much more information to understand drumming when they are coming up.

[@Scottjazz55]

I agree my friend. I was watching an instructional video by Akira Jimbo and he was saying that growing up in Japan he might have the opportunity to see a good drummer once every 2-3 years if they came to perform. (he was taking about seeing Steve Gadd). now a days it's.........every 2-3 minutes depending on how fast the mouse can be clicked. Progress.....maybe......! ? Hope to see you around the website.

[@jsacala49]

Your really good thanks for helping me before I couldn't do a solo at all now I'm doing them like there a basic rock beat

[@PanicMachine423]

Once again great stuff. You've given me some homework for the weekend here thanks 👌

[@liampchilton]

great continuation of a great lesson! loved it. super simple method :)

[@Scottjazz55]

thanks a million Juliana. Very cool of you to say...... I do have a website under construction that will have lots of tips, tricks and laughs. The drumprofessor website link is available right underneath my video description now.

[@seanpintara]

This guy is great! Easy to understand lessons.

[@murshedshawk5322]

really amazing. thank you for sharing your passion. much respect sir

[@minidictator]

Great lessons! Easy to follow and very informative :)

[@benoitlambert100]

Great ways of teaching the youtubers....Thank you for my time well spent!!!

[@20shakshak00]

you sir are a legend like to see more lessons

[@TVOham]

The fastest player? No, and yet you're still better then most of the quick drummers I know because you sound like more then just noise and have a very relaxed technique that allows you to be very versatile around the kit and you're a great teacher also. This is the element that most drummers are missing, creating music while showing off their quick technical skills, rather than just making noise around the toms and cymbols.

[@Scottjazz55]

Good idea. I'm working on some new videos for fills and smaller solos.

[@HereIsmarcus]

Many thanks. Had great fun soloing after watching your video.

[@jimsaintamour2]

Steve this is the finest tutorial and drum soloing I have ever seen! Thank you so much. Even for advanced players like myself it helps to set up a bedrock from which to build soloing ideas. Do you mind if I share these points with my own students?

[@Scottjazz55]

Thanks Jim. I'll be making a lot more similar videos soon for the drum professor website. Sure, those steps are for everyone to do what ever they like with them. If you don't have them already, they are in the library of my website (listed above). Hope to see you around there!

[@augustp7573]

I love your DrumSet!

[@rhythmantic]

Very good teaching, not everyone who plays can teach.

[@HarrisonHoude]

Can you make a video on Fills? I have ran out of stuff..

[@AndyVermeulen]

❤ great, but can you make a top 5 of your best tips before playing in a band with covers? I understand that it is not necessary to copy the numbers exactly but how should you advise to bring in your own feeling/melody etc

[@Scottjazz55]

My pleasure. Thanks very much for your note.

[@dale7919]

Great lesson and presentation. Thank you very much!

[@Bigbaldybear]

Great videos Scott...thank you.. Subscribed

[@petehasplans]

Pete approves of this video. Pete thinks that you explain everything well, ten house points!

[@Scottjazz55]

@kole11000 That's my tom on the left side of the set.

[@dgoof7690]

Thankyou for being so generous with your knowledge! :)

[@MrSickmo]

Thanxs for this very cool,and very helpfull video!!you are an very amazing teacher :-) subscribed :-)))))

[@Darrenedney1989]

This had helped me massively! Thank you'

[@Scottjazz55]

(continued) Those eight positions correspond to each eight note in a measure. (1, 1+..2..2+...3..3+...4..4+) . Then when they are competent to do any lenght of fill, the last step is how good/cool the fill can sound. For that I give a lot of examples of each length of fill. Some sound more musical then others so the goal is always to teach how to "think" in fill like terms. And we get used to doing hundreds of spontaneous fills. Then they pick 4 or 5 that they like best to perfect them.

[@fisicobatera]

Yeah man! Great class!! I really apprettiated it

[@BCBenny]

awesome keep grooving!!! thanks man

[@QuelqunDrole]

i have the same rockstar as your,i love my kit

[@TheHaydoz]

awesome vid learnt heaps new sub here and gave grate ideas

[@Jiehanaoki96]

wow, i really need to practice to perfect the drum solo!

[@GuitarMistress1]

Wish this dude lived near me, I'd totally pay for lessons from this guy. Seems fun. hehe

[@5150spoon]

I use my left leg to play bass due to the condition of my right leg and it prevents me from using hi hat, so i keep the hi hat close. Any tips on how to customize the hi hat so i can use it and its purpose? Thanks

[@MrBeto2020]

Great video

[@foxmundin]

hi there, i like a lot of drummers dont have my set up at home and get bored with a practice pad, any way i can practice to get my ruderments better, other than set up at home to the annoyment of my mrs, thought about an electric kit

[@kole11000]

what fo you have at the left of your snare?

[@TheAndrzejjj]

killer flams! great video

[@CRazyCKoper]

what kind of ticks do you usually use?

[@cozy1203]

What sticks are you using here?

[@156yoky]

nice tutorial man

[@mickeydrummer29]

@Scottjazz55 hey thanks man im looking forward to it !

[@SandorGonzalez]

Hey, and what about the famous Question-Answer blocks?

[@cyclonedrums]

thanks this helps me a lot

[@brendansweeney9719]

you make this approachable

[@toontje1977]

Very good (and easy) lessons.. ;o))

[@mickeydrummer29]

can you make an advanced double bass drum solo tip?

[@hdf503]

Can you cover Aja from Steely Dan?

[@prosoundllc7500]

Very cool man. Thanks!

[@Scottjazz55]

+Paul Barnes Most welcome Paul. My lastest video will soon be available in the shop page on the drum professor website. It's about how to take any simple beat and play it like a studio drummer would.... with just 3 basic changes/rules.

[@maartenmoesen]

Also, I think it's recommended to study with a metronome, or even better to play along hard swinging or grooving record. This way you get a sense of form as well.

[@karvoynbabylon9584]

very useful video!!.....but one important idea ...put the solo in to the form (4bars-8bars-12bars-16bars..any) :-)

[@cheese10152]

what wa sthe symbol called that was on top of the high hat

[@dustinbrilliant]

Yoda of drummers..thanks a lot!

[@insectgirl908]

How to do successful fills in jazz? :)