How To Make Drummers Love You (With This Simple Tip)

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In this episode of Toby & James Chat Bass, we’re diving into the #1 secret to locking in with drummers-playing in sync with the kick drum. Watch as we jam through four grooves (and surprise each other with drum beats!) while breaking down the mechanics of tight bass playing.
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🎵 What’s inside this video?
The killer tip to make your band sound tighter
Four grooves and how to adapt your bassline
Real-world advice for creating bass parts on the fly
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[@bigrichie3739]

1 Approach them slowly. 2 Do not make any large or sudden hand movements. 3 Bring snacks.

[@progrocker59]

All your videos are always, always, always helpful. They are great. Thanks.

[@Phlack]

What really makes this channel so worthwhile is the hands-on 'how is this actually played' approach! 👍

[@davidmhuey]

Thanks for the video. What I liked about it - I appreciate the struggle. Not every line came super easy. Sometimes I struggle through making a bass line work and get discouraged when I see online everyone just seems to nail it. Refreshing to see a little struggle.

[@alanm8431]

I love watching you guys playing around together - that is super. This afternoon I'm going to spend about an hour or so doing what you were just doing; playing various drum tracks and noodling out the grooves. Time well wasted I'd say..... thanx A

[@mambomook]

James' first groove was the Duke of Earl

[@ReasonOrDogma]

Since we're talking about playing with a drummer, and you mentioned putting in dead notes, I would like to make one observation. Dead notes sound great, and give a great percussive component to bass playing, but I find when you listen to bass in most rock and pop songs, you won't hear them at all unless the bass is really being featured at the front of the mix. I've seen these bass tabs where people carefully mark out all the ghost notes, and that's nice to learn for sure, and helps with the timing in some passages, but then go listen to the recording and see if you can hear any of that in the mix. Probably not.

[@ebassguitar]

Great observation It’s what adds to the feel of the bass line and the groove. It’s a little bit like a drummers ghosting. One of those magic ingredients in cooking that can’t be tasted but add to the over all flavour!

[@marekkoziorowski2639]

What about the "TOLLBOX" series?! Will there be a continuation? I wait for it every Sunday. There are still a lot of interesting rhythms left: Cha cha cha, disco, R&B, Soul, etc. For me, this series could never end. After exhausting the basic rhythms, it could be continued, for example, as Rock 2, or Countr 2, etc. Greetings!

[@ebassguitar]

Keep an eye for more! They’re planned…

[@steveatfullmeasure]

Nice video! Helpful. Love the one knob bass!

[@laurellatimer2118]

Really nice instruction here - thank you for the detailed explanations & demos. Loving these chat vids!

[@rm23cssd]

nice groove

[@Omarencarnacion1]

cool! i love to take some drum backingtrack to improve, thanks for the lesson guys

[@tjsmith3741]

If you’re ever playing with a challenging drummer, just play ever so slightly behind the beat😎

[@gurmot]

Shouldn’t this lesson be called “how to make a drum machine love you?”

[@ebassguitar]

Very good!