HOW TO PLAY YOUR RIDE LIKE A BOSS! (Beginner/Intermediate)

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[@RobBeatdownBrown]

*Hey everybody. I’ve had a ton of folks asking about my ride here. It’s a 22” Paiste Formula 602 Modern Essentials* 🤘🏽

[@jasonrosenberry7076]

Rob Brown appreciate your lessons man. So much knowledge passed along that’s easy to digest. 👍👍

[@fabianumgeher9692]

Great choice, the 602 series Rock, so very versatile. Thanks for the vid, keep up the good work Rob!

[@davidwilson7402]

Came with my first drum kit! 1964 Ludwig oyster black pearl. Great cymbal choice

[@ranielroda386]

i badly need a kit right now🤤🤤🤤

[@christschinwon]

Boss lesson dude. I just got me a vintage Paiste Rude 20" Ride/Crash (been using a Signature line full for god knows how long which is a great cymbal - so versatile). Cleaned it up pretty good with the old lemon trick! It can be loud but I'm lovin it!

[@snardash_1197]

I got a compliment yesterday on the way I play cymbals. *Net day "HOW TO PLAY YOUR RIDE LIKE A BOSS!!"

[@declanwrightmusic]

A sound guy complimented you?!? He must have been an alien.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

It’s a unicorn sighting, but it’s been known to happen 😀

[@christschinwon]

I hear ya. My experiences are more like "Tell the sound guy my monitors are off". "Can't, he gone home for dinner"!

[@josteinv.jordet257]

@GW Edwards or non existant

[@creekcritter2112]

I'm a Zildjian guy, but man, that Formula 602 Modern Essentials ride is the sweetest sounding cymbal I've ever heard. Buttery smooth to razor sharp, it can really do it all.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

It's pretty pricey, man. But you definitely hear why when you put a stick on it ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

[@julianboyd8719]

Zildjian K Sweet ride comes close to this thing.

[@DrGray_Drummer]

@@julianboyd8719 Yeah, the K sweet, is sweet! I'm a Paiste guy myself (2002, or Sigs). The both crash nice, great dynamics, I think the Paiste cuts a bit more, and more explosive as a crash. Even though it may not be on that level, the 20 A custom projection ride is very nice too. Got a few rides, and gonna pick up that Sweet ride this weekend. A bit warmer. I'm not thrilled with my K Custom heavy dark, although it has it's place

[@josephchambers3394]

Vinnie C. thought the same thing when he left his A Customs behind for Paiste to make him these Modern Essentials.

[@twtobin941]

Rob, you're one of the best music educators on KZbin that I've run across. Articulate, clear, succinct friendly approach with useful tips always... and a great player. And hey, you're a fellow Canadian! Thanks, mate.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+T W Tobin That's a huge compliment, man. Very much appreciated! Thanx for watchin, ya hoser 🙂🇨🇦

[@twtobin941]

LOL

[@josteinv.jordet257]

@@RobBeatdownBrown do you have a moose covered in maple syrup outside of your iglo?

[@JeffAnderson-jeffa]

The secret is the chewed up stick. xD

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Jeff Anderson Shhhhhh. Don't tell nobody 😏

[@Astromyxin]

Sticks are like 10 bucks a pair, gotta play them until they are nothing but loosely packed splinters.

[@colmhain]

All mine have waists....

[@PaulKeepsItReal]

Smacking the bow with the shaft of your stick is sooo Gadd! I love that. Nice call Rob!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Paul Conrad Expect nothing less than 'waaay cool' from Sir Steve, man👌🏽

[@langlinaiseiou]

So glad someone's talking about the ever important ride cymbal outside of the straight ahead jazz context. I work at a local drum shop and teach lessons on the side, and this is the exact sentiment I try to push. Sometimes it falls on deaf ears but the guys and girls that will learn to play/buy a nice ride always sound a million times better once they do. The real beauty is that while there are basically three "zones", everyone has their own voice once they get comfortable. Truly a deceivingly complex instrument. Thank you for putting this information out, because it'll only make better and more musical drummers. Keep up the beatdown.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+langlinaiseiou Thanx for checkin out the videos, man 👊🏽🇨🇦

[@caladam2221]

langlinaiseiou TLDR

[@Tennessee17]

I love thin rides that can be used as a crash while playing and also have a bit of a washy sound, it fits so well for jazz.

[@BallsackShredder]

Killer lesson. Been replaying this video for years just to hear your ride playing. Thanks so much Rob!

[@marceugenio9303]

Rob. Your videos are great. Out of all the drum videos on youtube, yours are not only teaching very important fundamentals of drumming, You break it down in simple and real world terms and explain and demonstrate what your taking better than almost every drum channel out there. Plus your drums and cymbals are recorded where it sounds great and the way you play grooves.

[@addleanmuscle]

I've been drumming for 40 years and that was a great refresher course. Thanks! Hammer

[@tor2112]

I just found Rob on KZbin and he is amazing. This is exactly what teaching is supposed to be about. Phenomenal explanations in layman’s terms with a focus on sound and feel. I wish I had a drum teacher like this but now that I have found his videos, I do!!! Absolutely amazing. Thank you!

[@nram3930]

I actually found out about most of these while jamming alone. thanks for showing me some other ways I didn't know of. great video :D

[@dwaynerobertson383]

Neil Peart said "I never wanted to be famous - I wanted to be good!" It was like he took those words out of my own mind. You do the same thing, Rob. Another excellent video. Thanks for sharing both your experiences and your opinions, because I can relate so well with what you are suggesting, advising and encouraging. You never exclude one major factor - you are not stating that one way is right and everything else is wrong. As musicians, we need to understand the reasons why we settle upon our personal musical decisions, and your advice is truly welcome! I just went from the 'how to set up your kit for maximum performance' video to this video...and the 'how to adjust your kick pedal' video is cued up next. Vital, highly useful information; all of it. Thanks so much man!

[@mgthebluesburners2201]

Great sounding ride! And you, great eloquence, clear explaining, and lots of ideas for the ride! Thanks!

[@joegoldwing5672]

Hi Rob I been taking lessons for about a year now and always practicing. I like your stuff, like your video’s. Really appreciate it man.

[@JeffWald]

Great as always, Rob. I'm glad you touched on the Gadd ride thing. I've been doing that for a few years now and absolutely love it

[@keepthemetalflowing]

Great video! You articulated how I've felt about rides (and cymbals in general)! Thumbs up man!!

[@Gretschdrums75]

Keep killin it in these videos. You are an inspiration for drumming and teaching the art.

[@TsunamiBeefPies]

I have a 22" Zildjian crash/ride that I've been using for about 45 years. It is one sweet-sounding cymbal--gives me all the range of sound I could ask for, with a beautiful, crisp attack from the stick tip, and a bell tone that cuts through anything. Great video! Thanks!

[@calebtete-bamfo5731]

You published this video on my birthday and it has helped me a lot..Thanks man

[@onesyphorus]

out of all the drummers and music educators on yt for content like this - rob's the best ! 0% bs and just wants thr best for people who click on these videos..

[@SteveSuarez]

Love your videos and generous educational contribution to the drumming/percussive community. Thanks Rob!!!!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Steve Suarez You're welcome, man. Thanks for stickin around. (No pun intended. Seriously) 🙂🇨🇦

[@russwilson2305]

Beats working. (bad pun)

[@andyfigueroa9599]

Good video, great explanation- I love the part about laying the stick flat on the bow, I was shown this for the 1st time by a drum salesman & I've never forgotten it. I kinda stick it and simultaneously flick to the left in a sliding motion.. it creates a very cool sound. Thank you.

[@karlmyers8111]

Thanks again Rob for another most excellent video. Your channel is by far the best on you tube for teaching and explaining about drums.i look forward to every new video. Thanks again mate

[@TheRentschie]

Thanks for your great drumming videos. I always learn so much for them!

[@alldog222]

Thanks man I am sticking with your lessons. I had to move into a RV trailor with almost no sound proofing, So I muted things down,But what I had to do was move to brushes most of the time.I have really discovered the smooth sound and various sounds and patterns you can get right on the ride.

[@carranen]

I totally agree about your cymbal ... and all the rest! What a groove man!

[@antonburger01]

Best lesson on the ride cymbal yet! And the groove of the beats, oh my word, great stuff!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+antonburger01 Thanx dude 🙂👊🏽🇨🇦

[@theopinson3851]

“I could get through a whole show with just a ride and a pair of hihats.” Tony Williams: “Hold my beer in a Silent Way.”

[@mattillusion9706]

You are so informal, and I really enjoy your videos. This is coming from a intermediate player that seeks to improve. Keep being an awesome instructor , God bless.

[@terrencenbanbury5220]

You have verified what i learned by experience. For years, all I had was hihats and a ride. I had to learn how to crash and get all various sounds out of one cymbal. Great explanation, Rob. Once this is learned, one will transcend into being a musician. Rides are soooo expressive. I love the ringing in between to strikes, too. Another thing to explore is stick bead variation; nylon, wood and various shapes. I'm still loving the "Rob Brown signature" stick. ;-) I love your vids and like and subscribe.

[@patrickmcginn4435]

Along with Stephen Taylor, Rob Brown's videos are the most informative and helpful ones for drummers on YT.

[@erniecool4603]

Great free lesson! Thank you!

[@hiptoalieu]

This Is Fantastic!!! I personally use ALL crash rides most of the time to help me get a wide range of sounds and colors, with KILLER crash ability!!! Also some times I'll play with the tip of my stick on the very edge!

[@souldeep808]

Accenting on the bell is freaking awesome!! Adding that to my repertoire! Listened with my eyes closed and that sh*t sounded AMAZING.

[@TheMarc52]

You are really good! Great feel and great articulation. And so clean. Very impressive. You must be in high demand.

[@mightyV444]

Great video (and shirt too), Rob! Thank you! :-) An eye-opener for me was a video a friend once showed me of his old band, and their drummer only had hi-hats and a ride cymbal too, but he really knew how to get the most out of them. Cheers, V. :-)

[@markielinhart]

Learning to love the ride. Thanks ✌️🌻

[@redrum567]

Them grace notes are delicious \m/ Appreciate your approach to explanation. Very well done indeed & thank you 🖒🖒

[@danfelixmusic2536]

This is great Rob. You are spot on as usual practical tips.. Terri Lyne Carrington once told me that the ride cymbal is our voice as drummers. We all play different rides and we play those rides differently and it's our own stamp. Like your guitar analogy. FWIW I think, for rock, Mickey Curr and Jeff Porcaro are great exponents of clever and musical ride playing live and in the studio. They both played so many genres on record. For jazz I think Elvin is the ride monster. Actually those jazz cats knew how to wring tone out of only one ride. Great video my friend as always!😁✌️

[@drummad7268]

I love your no ego/all info vids Rob, a natural tutor and superb player.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Drummad72 Thanks a bunch, dude 👊🏽🇨🇦

[@sarojaband4664]

Nice work as usual Mr Brown! Btw, my favorite ride of all time is my 22” Paiste Formula 602 BLUE LABEL Heavy Ride. Sounds like raindrops, and the bell has a billion sweet harmonics.

[@vissex3]

Amazing! Thank you for the video

[@longano_drummer]

great stuff! Rob , no comment, i m a fan of your fresch approach..on the drumset!

[@karindanish7463]

Awesome lesson, You’re the best teacher, Rob, Thanks!

[@astrozombie138]

you made a great video on specific stickings on ride work. I love how you break down the edge, bow and bell. by the way, you can tell that you have been working that traditional left hand grip on the snare. it is really showing up now. flawless, awesome stuff.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Rick Lemire My T-grip is definitely shaping up nicely, man. Feeling really comfortable with it now. Thanx for watchin 🙂🇨🇦

[@fonsitosantoshernandez9125]

Thanks Rob to share with us your awesome talent.

[@miguelmastelloto2213]

Dude…just truly enjoy your lessons man!!keep up the great work🤘

[@bajajagrandasee3668]

lovely playing ! got the vic firth bag in the corner but playing with the sticks that an animal chewed up !

[@lonewolfmgtow7187]

Funny thing is that I’ve been playing professionally for years and I do a lot of bell work, and I didn’t think anything of it at the time but recently I started putting more emphasis on my bell patterns, and ever since I started doing that wow what a world of difference my drumming has went up to another stratosphere and that’s real talk

[@derknizotts9162]

SOLD!!!! was debating on adding a ride to my hand percussion setup

[@maness2112]

This needed to be said. The ride is my favorite instrument.

[@patcummins1405]

I have a Paiste Alpha 20" Full Ride, I love laying into that bad boy and using it as a crash! Nice, big and washy and stays in control

[@Gretschdrums75]

Another excellent video. You are my favorite teacher. Outstanding!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Gretschdrums75 Thanks a ton, dude 🙂👊🏽🇨🇦

[@mrbtapir]

Really great video. Also a good tip I got from Jeff Hamilton is to not hold the stick very tightly when you are playing the bow with the tip, letting the stick bounce, as it lets all the different resonances of the cymbal come through

[@ivokrakstad]

Love your work man, how smooth can it be, man.. so brilliant and educational! Cheers from Norway !!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Ivo Kråkstad NORWAY in the house 🇳🇴 Nice, man. Greets from Canada 🇨🇦🙂

[@gaurangnext]

U r superb brother! Thanks for all the teachings.

[@blakesimmons5130]

I've been playing for 9 years, I'm only here to hear you play👏👌

[@joshuvuh8118]

Thank you for all the content😭🙏🏼

[@johnnething9781]

Thanks for the video, it's helpful, thanks again

[@kevystead]

Love it Rob! Always been a fan of a great ride player! I always use it in a musical sense for serving the song. Years back bought the Neil Peart Paragon line.. Best cymbals I ever owned! btw love the "I'm in pain, but I love it" LOL Oh and I'm in Post gig insomnia too. So naturally I'm watching drum videos :)

[@cagedmercury]

What an awesome video, and I love how you demonstrate it. Thanks man! Keep this good shit coming!!!

[@Archdukecollins]

I have a Zildjian sweet ride and a pair of vintage hi hats. That’s all I need.

[@iphail4733]

Sick grooves man. So much knowledge condensed down to a short window in time. A lesson that I will never forget!

[@danielescanaba596]

I love your style as a player and as a teacher.

[@philavise6607]

Nice vid, referring to exactly what you said at the end of the vid. It really depends on what type of music you play. Lightweight rides tend to have a lower volume with a less defined ping. I have a rude 20 inch power ride. It's a heavy ride with a really defined ping. I bought it for the ping. I never crash on it. I have two crash cymbals for when I wanna do that.

[@rodrigoguzmanleroy4915]

Thanks Rob. Great lesson. Bless you

[@gonzalezbucareli3606]

Very insightful .thank you

[@ajmbcr8965]

very good and inspirational, as always. Thanks

[@Slinky108]

Thanks brother! Nice lesson!

[@elijahfaith7480]

thanks Rob ..im always learning from you..and Yessss i tell them ..im learning from watching your vids..again thanks so much! 😊🇺🇸 from Amarillo Texas!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Elijah Faith NOICE 🙂👊🏽Thanks for spreading the word, man

[@Spretzjnjikhow]

Speaking of those loud metal rides you mentioned at the end: My first cymbal pack was the Meinl Extreme metal with a 22" ride which had a bell the size of a truck. Couldn't crash it for the life of me. Neat for blast beats though, but I never got very good at those, and now I don't really fancy it anymore.

[@thomasterp-madsen3946]

Stumbled upon your video, really learned a lot about my new ride that I did not know was possible! Subbed, thanks man.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Wicked! 🙂🤘🏽Thanks for the sub

[@jeevanbabu2475]

Your playing motivate me to playing

[@Cpayne30]

Love Paiste rides! Great informative video as always.

[@jimkeogh8552]

I don't know why I put off watching tis video for so long; I guess it's because I thought I was accomplished on the ride. One technique I like doing with the edge is, when I'm playing other cymbals, and I want a "gong" tone carrying through, I'll run the shaft of the stick vertically down against the edge, and it carries through other notes from other cymbals behind those notes. Thanks again for helping to make "experienced" players better players.

[@xwinglover]

Great share man. Thanks. Subbed

[@brucekendall52]

You are such a great educator,appreciate it,thks.

[@richardtemple9292]

This video is much appreciated 😎 Thank you !

[@KevoDrumsGillespie]

You are amazing, cheers from France !

[@robertbelanger6733]

Great tips🤘🏻🥁

[@dangermartin69]

Love your videos Rob. Cheers from Windsor.

[@seppoinnanen5577]

I think that the bow of the cymbal can be divided into more playing areas than just one. I normally play some 10cm from the edge for the sweetest sound, but I constantly keep on changing the playing area and dynamics depending on what I want from my ride sound. Some lower bell rides have the "ugliest" sound just below the bell, so I normally keep avoiding (but not always) sticking there. And, like you showed, using the shank (or the shoulder) of the stick is a great thing for quick accents between riding with a tip. I just love that sharp "klang" while I'm "dancing" all over the bow area :)

[@hombreenojado]

Dave King did an awesome Rational Funk segment "Know Your Ride". He's talking about spending a LOT of time playing just the ride. Really getting to know the entire surface. How it responds, what its capable off and essentially OWNING your ride technique rather than it being just a 22 inch crash.

[@joachimolsenofficial]

Great video, thanks man!:)

[@rogerwilson7065]

Nice video very informative.

[@rhawk620]

Love it! great video....got me thinking again.

[@marc_randrianarison]

Best drum teacher

[@mdj300]

Wonderful video

[@Tagger0325]

Hey Rob. I have a frayed stick that I became fond of. I only have 1 pair of these Vater 7A . Most of my playing is with 5A . Anyway, that frayed stick is making a mess of my drums . I just meticulously cleaned them with drum detailer and little pieces of wood and saw dust are developing on my chrome and between rim and head from that stick . I just got all new Evans G12's. Love them thanks . I need to retire that stick .

[@vanderneut]

I love how you groove, man. Sounds awesome.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Erik van der Neut Thanks dude 🙂👊🏽🇨🇦

[@leandroarroyo4712]

THAT IS SO TRUE ''I HAVE 4 RIDES INCLUDING A MEGA BELL BY ZILDJIAN AND THE SOUND VARIES ACORDING TO THE WAY I APPROACH THE CIMBAL''LOVE THE VIDEO VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND COOL.😎🇵🇷

[@michaelhubbard5013]

I subscribed from that insane stick fraying that you're managing to not break in half.

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

It’s still alive, man. Just giving it a break from the camera 🙂

[@jimbarcelona1078]

Excellent on ride cymbal , I liked, obviously i subscribed and i shared

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

Awesome. Thanks man 🙂🤘🏽

[@redpoint6870]

I have a Paiste pst7 set, that ride is a universe to me!!

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

+Red Point That's a pretty sweet ride in that pack, man. The 20" Light ride makes a sweet crash, too👌🏽

[@beastuptime8812]

I love this guy's faces when he plays

[@RobBeatdownBrown]

If you ain’t makin’ faces, you ain’t playin 😏

[@beastuptime8812]

That is true 😁

[@wolfgangbuck841]

Thanks Man! Great vid!

[@johnpietrolaj8917]

Nice tips!