I Transformed My Playing When I Fixed These 5 Drum Practice Mistakes

[@doozle5132]

"There's too much performing in the practice room, and too much practicing in performance." Old jazz saying.

[@ts4gv]

that's golden, thanks

[@360.Tapestry]

the noob trap

[@xDannyBeats]

Seriously the only intro I don’t skip lol. I love that beat

[@t3hgir]

dilla flams are juicy

[@briantopps5638]

i love dilla beats

[@johngolfi]

Never drop that channel theme, it's awesome!

[@wendyscher2957]

Thank you, Nate! I wish I’d realized all of this wisdom about practicing when I moved to the city 16 years ago! Only after my last gig (my hardest one ever) did I realize that I had been doing it all wrong for my entire drumming life....

[@Orjuela123]

much needed advice. Your course has been drum changing. I have never enjoyed drums more! Thanks Nate.

[@andypradojr6186]

Been loving all your last lessons man! Soooo good!! I love that you have the passion to help people unlock their potential man.

[@tbsaxr]

Great stuff as always 👍 This not only gave me food for thought for the present moment, but also gave me some perspective on good and bad things I did (and didn’t!) do in the past without realising!

[@pesto9]

Great vid. Been playing for 35 years but always looking for ways to improve my practice.

[@crashsmash1461]

I never gave up Drumming I already told you from last time I had a operation bro, & that my niece Stephanie Schirmer plays Drums, I helped her heaps & I'm proud of her ✌️, but keep the Good work up Bro 👌✌️ Peace ☮️...

[@simoskonstantinidis629]

By far...the best internet source about drumming... Thanks dude!

[@marcusking8507]

Very insightful as per! Practising improvisation is definitely something I need to do more of.

[@renardvert]

It's always interesting to hear your take on different subjects. Keep it up!!

[@thef.a.c.e.foundation8316]

That martial artist call out!!!! I love it!!!! They missed it. I subscribed. Also you're smooth as hell and I love that you are showing the world how to play AUTHENTICALLY. [Its really hard not to tell you you play black, or with soul.... cause you do. Lol]

[@johnrobinson8323]

Thanks for the great advice Nate! Food for thought and inspiration too!

[@michaelkirchhofer3266]

One of your best videos to date opinion!

[@soncries]

I know exactly when I am doing progress. Its when I fail and dont have to stop to start over and instead I keep up With the practice without stop. For instance if I practice a rudiment. In the beginning i have to do it slow and maybe even break it up in subdivisions and when i fail i have to start over. It is when i get up to speed and also can fail but get into the rudiment in the middle without stoping the tempo and rhythm.

[@danusiabeatz]

I was just dealing with this is my head today (for a long time now) but its funny this came up in my feed as im thinking about it

[@Iheartumami]

Great analogy. Love!

[@MalikEmmanuel]

:)

[@VitorLuisbadreligion]

I think there is another very important one... Listen to decent music, various genres

[@snarplaya]

Great video Nate. You definitely did some roasting to your practice hall, lol! 😂

[@MonacoRocha]

Hi.. I always practice stuff I don'y know.. your drums sound great on this video,, nice and dry... what are you using to record..? Just Your IPhone..?

[@bakl999]

Best advise for improving: upload your own drum teaching videos on youtube. Once you’ve opened our own channel you are urged to constantly feed the masses of other drummers with things they already know (or don’t know, or know but want tho hear it again from somebody new). The benefits: You as producer have to work harder to get proper material, and you drumming will boost, because of all of the practice routine.

[@360.Tapestry]

that's true. the real feedback and pressure would skyrocket your learning and motivation (but i'm too chicken for now lol)

[@mountain9954]

I have recently started practicing to a click with a gap in it. 4 bars on 4 bars off and I will tell you what, it really tests your ability to "lock in". Playing to a metronome is great and all but it is easy to stay on it when it's always there like a crutch. It's definitely helped advance my timing for sure.

[@THECAPTAINCAKEZ]

Mount ain You should check out Questlove doing that! He’s insane. Also another great metronome timing tip I’m practicing lately is to feel the pulse of the metronome away from the downbeat. Eg: every time it beeps, feel it on the 2nd 16th note of the beat

[@360.Tapestry]

good advice. i've heard it before, but i wasn't ready to try it. now i am..... thanks for the reminder (from three years ago lol)

[@Doublebasist]

I was just thinking the other day about your videos and the link to real life playing and then you make the video. Is there room for you to do a video going into it a bit deeper about this link. I am a hobby drummer so play zero gigs and only play when everyone has gone out the house or my six year old boy wants to get the saxophone out, but as someone who just prefers to play rarther that practice there could be other ways for me to improve or learn. You are always on top of it Nate well done and i still love it when a new instalment of the Nate show comes out. Sorry if this message is not very clear.

[@colefalon1802]

"That's most martial arts systems." ~Nate Smith Agreed, sir. [Edit: This is not the actual quote, but rather my spin on it. Take it in fun people.]

[@robertmurdoch1]

I'll be using these. Thanks!

[@DavidHimmelPerforms]

Great video as always. Could you do one on tom run/fill idioms?

[@8020drummer]

Dude - the last 2 videos were literally about that :P

[@DavidHimmelPerforms]

​@@8020drummer Respectfully, they weren't. They WERE conceptual lessons that incorporated tom runs as an example (and I really enjoyed them, as I always do). I am referring to a tom run lesson in the style of your hi hat timekeeping video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep7HhICgp658rKs

[@mick5137]

Only use _literally_ when your statement of fact is also a well-known figure of speech.

[@markhedges1194]

Seriously on the money!

[@borgullet3376]

Thank you Dr. Jones

[@JoeyvanLeeuwen]

Great video...very informative at a deep level

[@leonardorizzo7549]

Thanks for the great information! You mentioned some of the most famous drum books...do you think they have value just for the beginner students?

[@benanderson5270]

I've found that smoking a little weed really helps me focus on practicing.

[@obedkojoosei-tutu9991]

Yeah I notice when I play drums while high much easier to play loose and be more creative

[@elijahbreakbee8217]

"Incorporate improvsation practice into everything you do.." Absolutely! Feedback loops are a must. By the way how's about every 15-20 minutes of video rec review?

[@abbott5580]

I like that jacket man.

[@thekruelflamingosmusic5584]

Sound good man

[@DailyFrankPeter]

Greetings from the 20/80 drummer ;)

[@willfarrow7516]

This guy's such a genius - sorry for the fan boy action. Sorry not sorry :-P

[@nicadrio]

Is the intro a full song?

[@elleriemacalintal221]

Im playing drums like a year but im still stuck and im verry shy while im playing if somebody watch me drummer too…i want to be confident and not shy at all…

[@hauntedhose]

Best thing I ever did was take my sticks into the car....now I don’t mind traffic so much 😀. Hey I work in music in Manhattan....are u rehearsing at Funkadelic? Smash? 48th St?

[@hombreenojado]

How many drummers don't actually KNOW their own playing? I KNOW where my weakest points are.

[@patrickmurphy4376]

Agreed- I take my sticks with me- have em in my backpack when I'm riding my bicycle or in my car!

[@Tekkerue]

You forgot _THE_ most important practice method...... ask yourself "what would the haters say?" and then work on it until they wouldn't hate it anymore. 😁

[@8020drummer]

Look, I wouldn't recommend everybody do it the way *I* do :P

[@Tekkerue]

@@8020drummer Can't argue with the results. I see all these lessons on "metronome practice", "rudiment practice", "independence practice", etc but nothing about "hater practice"..... I think your last video was onto something here! lol

[@andrews6190]

Bro you should post of a full video of that intro!

[@TehMagilla]

That has to be the worst archery form I've ever seen...

[@xenothorpehuxtable9371]

Luke Boland in that stock photo she’s practicing from her anchor point.

[@Drumsholic]

What did you say to them for practice with backing tracks but not from the same genre and not from the same time signatures and for about 3-4 hours but 1 time a week only??

[@8020drummer]

lol

[@Rockin_Ross]

I want more of the theme song.

[@Duncanlinc]

What's that cymbal stack you use?

[@crashsmash1461]

And my older sister Renata passed away on dialysis ☹️ so I'm just trying to put myself together 😢😔 again, but stay positive ✌️.

[@crashsmash1461]

@Jake de Jongh yeh trying to, I still believe it shouldn't of happen but sometimes these things happen ☹️.

[@mechasartre3694]

I was a fan before you dunked on big capitalists. Now I’m a bigger fan.

[@tdrum21]

👌🏽

[@rhinsac7553]

Are you suggesting BJJ is a great martial art because of it's practicality? 😁 If so I agree!

[@8020drummer]

Rhinsac 😉

[@georgebirddrums]

#5 🙋🏼... And #6 lol

[@tinbuzz8836]

Almando latilla blavissima

[@theepicwolfnetwork5220]

Oh

[@mattdrewdrums]

0:12-0:18 lol

[@BobSchoepenjr]

Did you spy on me?

[@Thomlistentoslayer]

People who don't have any obligations to a set work schedule have the best opportunity to become a better drummer!

[@amyo]

Upload a video of u jamming for like 10 mins straight

[@amyo]

Some jazzy stuff like ur intro drum beat

[@ns81]

@@amyo Good idea. I'll upload something to IGTV. I just asked my video editor guy to send me the B-roll from my newest lesson uncut. It's a little dry for KZbin, but I'll link over to the IGTV. I'm also recording some sessions of my original music with real musicians this month.

[@amyo]

Nathaniel Smith sweet appreciate it!

[@8020drummer]

@@amyo kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpS9pWifiZx1qJY

[@zagyex]

1:48 a stock image with an absoutely wrong usage of bow & arrows. That's not how it is done.

[@xenothorpehuxtable9371]

zagyex it’s called an anchor point. That’s exactly how it’s done. Everyone has different ones. That’s a popular one, corner of the mouth.

[@zagyex]

@@xenothorpehuxtable9371 Anchor point might be OK, but the posture is totally wrong. If she would be a real archer, her body would be almost parallel to the arrow. Her upper arm would point backwards, not forwards. In fact what she is doing is not even using an anchor point but looking along the arrow and trying to aim it by pointing at the target. She is doing this: static4.depositphotos.com/1002001/373/i/450/depositphotos_3739847-stock-photo-archer.jpg Instead of this: www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/2c682ee5e7cfbe89323a6e45e04280f7c2d9317d/c=0-121-1500-1249/local/-/media/2015/09/11/Salem/Salem/635775860926362872-April-Mack.jpg?width=640

[@rnm723]

I absolutely mean no offence at all but your voice can get a little annoying over the stretch of the video. Take it as as an constructive feedback if you will. Btw what do you listen to on your EarPods while you're playing/practicing ?

[@8020drummer]

No offense taken. I'm trying to become less monotonous :P

[@rnm723]

@@8020drummer Appreciate the direct response on your part. Keep up the good work since its all for the movement for positivity and education in life.

[@roxannepeypascissurs9929]

Have u got something wrong with ur eyes?

[@slimyelow]

the gateway is through Uranus, so go ask his mother.

[@wjb111]

2nd!

[@slimyelow]

practice one skill (kix over time) and apply it to your band, and reward will be worth while forever. - forget RLRRLRLRLLRLRLRLRLKLRLRLKLRLRLRKRLRLRKKKKLLRLLRLR - it doesn't apply to music application!!!!

[@slimyelow]

your playing made a huge leap in the wrong direction lol

[@DM-zo6dj]

I like your videos. Somethings you say, however, are just Not accurate. You seem to be a big Tony williams fan. He used to practice his ass off for five hours a day sometimes. And yet here you seem to fault people for practicing 2 to 3 hours per day and then suggest that one hour is better. That's crazy. The greatest players in the world, John Coltrane, Monk, And so many others played constantly throughout their development. You do a lot of developing drummers a disservice by telling them only to practice for one hour per day. I catch your point that maybe the first hour should be the most important stuff or the most challenging, but make no mistake, you are not going to inspire any world class Drummers by telling them it's OK only to practice for one hour. Anyway, you have great concepts and I enjoy your videos.

[@slimyelow]

we make fun of drummers for a reason

[@e-ternell]

what you really have to achieve of sacred ? YOUR creation is the unic contribution to humanity stop copiyng others

[@ghyogi1]

Why in the Gods name you keep inserting your practice clips allll the f'n time and full of that linear stuff.That is in most of your videos and lasts max 3 secunds.I feel like epileptic under stroboscope.Btw I am not troll master I like your channel.I think you are very inteligent drummer.(sorry english is not.my native l..)Please edit clips more carefully.

[@selwonk]

Your divergent gaze is very unsettling. Please make a reasonable effort to point your eyes correctly.

[@8020drummer]

selwonk hmmm just watched through and I think my gaze is laser like

[@selwonk]

@@8020drummer one laser shoots left the other one shoots right. the safest place to be is right in front of you.

[@8020drummer]

selwonk meh...not seeing it 🐸

[@selwonk]

@@8020drummer try turning 90 degrees left or right so you can see it better.