John Ramsay (Berklee Teacher) - 'The Rudimental Ritual' drum lesson

Berklee College Of Music percussion department's chair John Ramsay accepted to be a guest of the Drum House and share his amazing experience and drum knowledge with us!
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John Ramsay is a drummer, recording artist, author, educator and clinician. A native of Northampton, Massachusetts, John has been playing and studying drums for the past 36 years. John Ramsay serves as the chair of the percussion faculty at the Berklee College of Music.
As a student at University of Massachusetts with a major in Afro-American Music and Jazz, John studied under the legendary drummer Max Roach. Since then, John has studied with such illustrious musicians such as Art Blakey, Alan Dawson, Ed Soph and Bob Moses. John is a lifetime learner. A consummate educator, John is in his eighteenth year of teaching at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
In addition he has taught and conducted clinics in France, Italy, Japan, Finland, Greece, Israel and Germany, as well as numerous workshops throughout the United States.
For the last four years John has been conducting research and studying in Cuba with masters such as Enrique Pla, Jose Eladio, and Jose Luis "Changuito" Quintana.
As a performer, John Ramsay has worked with Wynton and Brandford Marsalis, Kevin and Robin Eubanks, Walter Booker, Terrence Blanchard, Cecil McBee, Eartha Kitt, and Gregory Hines among others. Most recently, John has performed in Europe with Donald Harrison and Mick Goodrick. John is featured with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band on the compact disc entitled "The history of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers," and the 1980 release Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Big Band "Live in Montreux and the Northsea."
He served as a producer for Art Blakey's album "Oh by the way" and "Album of the Year". John can be heard on the 1993 debut release for tenor saxophonist Les Arbuckle, No more No Les, and on saxophonist Andy McGhee's first release as a leader, "Could It Be." He is the author of the numerous publications including "Art Blakey's Jazz Messages "and "The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary As Taught by Alan Dawson", both available from Warner bros. Publications.
He currently resides in Lexington, Massachusetts with his two sons, Evan and Niko.

[@patricktiglao]

That is just sickeningly amazing. Especially when he plays the ritual with the left foot clave. My god man.

[@pablodellamaggiora]

John great drummer-teacher and also great person, I attended his lessons in 1987 @ Berklee College, so clear explaining, so enlightened person, is emotive to see him again thrugh this videos after 30 years

[@oscarbalza]

I had the fortune of having him as a teacher at Berklee. EXCELLENT TEACHER! JUST EXCELLENT!!! thanks for posting this DrumBrother!

[@DrumHouseProject]

thanks to you for watching! please subscribe to support and check out more stuff! :)

[@DAPOOLPARTY]

Whew! J Ramsay bringing the Berklee fire.

[@JoeyScrima]

Awesome John! Alan used to tell me play all these rudimental so;os with the sticks but the fastest way to improve was to play the same lesson with brushes !

[@AlexPicciau]

Grandiiiiii!!!! Adoro il suo libro! Respect guys!

[@wildharedrumschool]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing.

[@patxilee]

Killer video. Love the clave and tumbao version with sticks. Thx for sharing

[@DrumHouseProject]

John is a great man! :)

[@nicklangmusic]

His book on Dawson’s teaching is legendary

[@AaronLandauav]

Amazing especially with the clave

[@boobooboogoo]

Great video! Thank you

[@davidbeauchamp2161]

Clave/Tumbao=Mindblowing!

[@dwmarco84]

Q increible maestro¡¡

[@DrumHouseProject]

thanks bro!!! :)

[@acemechanical275]

Do this every day, sticks AND brushes over a cascara on bass, 2 and 4 on hi hat, and your shit will come together.

[@charlesacaranci9039]

Great advice

[@DrumHouseProject]

@hareandr thanks for watching!! keep following us :)

[@philipnestor5034]

I got recently John’s Alan Dawson and Art Blakey drum books and would love to study with him. I wonder if he teachers private students. I’m in upstate NY so I guess I would have to drive to Boston which I wouldn’t mind. I know a lot of teachers do the Skype lessons which I’ve never done but frankly I would prefer being in the same room with the teacher so they could tell me what I’m doing wrong.

[@ThePunkRockPenguin]

Do you guys attend Berklee College cuz i recently auditioned for that school

[@luispedromartins4957]

Hello there, what´s the advantage playing with a brush instead of a stick? Regards from Portugal.

[@goseeaboutagirl]

Luis Pedro Martins I think brushes are typically used for lower volume musical situations and can produce a sweeping, legato sound where as sticks can only be staccato unless playing a closed roll. also, brushes are more difficult to achieve rebound on doubles and rolls. check out Clayton Cameron, Jeff Hamilton, Ed Thigpen, Alan Dawson, Steve Smith, and more. hope that helps!

[@DrumHouseProject]

@ThePunkRockPenguin I graduated from Berklee! ;) Ale

[@AlexPicciau]

Già fatto da tempo.

[@DrumHouseProject]

@MrDrummeria purtroppo abbiamo piu' pubblico estero... non possiamo fare i sottotitoli in italiano per tutti.. :( senno' poi vengono anche a chiederci quelli in tedesco, polacco e francese :D

[@larrytate1657]

I don't understand the short long, play the line part in the 4 way coordination. What does he mean by play the line, to play constant triplets with that limb?

[@larrytate1657]

I see, never mind I think I figured it out. .play the syncopated notes on tops and fill every other note in with another limb.

[@larrytate1657]

Just one question, how do you differentiate the short notes from the long? They all just look the same. Is it up to me to decide which are which?

[@DrumHouseProject]

grazie mille!! iscriviti per supportarci :)

[@MrDrummeria]

i sottotitoli in italiano..

[@hihat080]

와 이게 얼마짜리 영상이냐..ㄷㄷ

[@GiancarlodeTrizio]

Great lesson! U wanna try it? hahah

[@maxrockwell7613]

With all the amazing you tube video's these day's - who needs Berklee? Unless you want to go into deep dept?

[@DrumHouseProject]

@giancarlodetrizio hahahahhaa :D

[@ACLOCKWORKDRUMMER]

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[@nycdrums5985]

BEAUTIFUL CHANNEL....MY CHANNEL ...A CLOCKWORK DRUMMER...I HAVE A DAWSON TRIBUTE SOLO ON THERE!!JOHN ,GRAT JOB!GREG

[@abercrombie1416]

Don't you mean rudimentual "torture"?

[@DaveFromVh1]

Soooo BORING!! 🥱