How To Play Longer Jazz Drum Solos Without Getting Lost

[@hamfanny]

Great lesson; exactly what I've been missing. Thanks!

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@hamfanny glad to hear it served you!

[@Jath2112]

I tend to just... emote with conviction. I put the joy and the fear and confusion into my desperate tapping... I haven't heard any of my good playing. I only hear the mediocre stuff... kinda because it isn't the right stuff if I have any presence of mind to be thinking about it. If I am really playing something....it is because I am no longer doing anything. It is a fire hydrant or a car full of people rushing to some place important without remembering the drive. It is never me deciding I want to tell a great joke or cook a delicious meal... it is me losing track of everything and being myself as all hell for a moment. Its like reacting to a shelf tipping over next to your child. You feel nothing and everything. And everyone watching this happen is moved by how effortlessly you caught the anvil falling toward little Gregory's soft tiny head... nobody can remember any of it well but everybody feels the wind. Or something like that. ... It is only its best when it isn't something you are doing. It is a way that you are being. Not a choice of attitude or a well executed telling of some story... more like the way a cat simply lands on its feet, or the way water spills from a cup. It doesn't pick what kind of puddle it is making... it just let's itself happen to the room. Yeah... that's... that's a comment. I liked the video. You are very good at getting us to look into what is happening when we are sitting there doing the thing. It is strange how the more study and effort we put in...the closer we get to being able to just catch the anvil or just spill on the carpet. It is delightful to be invested in such a strange and wonderful craft.

[@richardeskins]

Brilliant. Having returned to some big band drumming in my 60s this is so helpful especially as someone who has never liked soloing for this very reason!

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@richardeskins awesome! Glad to hear it helped you out. 👍🥁

[@stevelaporta5791]

what a nice way to start off the day. very well done. thanks for sharing jameson. happy thanksgiving.

[@Jameson-Scriver]

Happy thanksgiving to you Steve!

[@jamied1969]

What a wonderful video. Thank you. Great teacher

[@Jameson-Scriver]

Thanks for the love Jamie! Glad you enjoyed it

[@Scooped_Orange]

the metronome impression is impressive 😭👌

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@Scooped_Orange 😂 niche compliment, thanks haha

[@filanfisteku5501]

Tropo chiachiere devi suanare di piu non parlare tropo caro mio ma suonare😂 si no non imparera nessuno in quell modo.

[@christiansoltendieck6608]

Wow, you sure know how to make it real super simple even for a bonehead like me. I too have been struggling on how to keep yourself from getting lost. I've been looking at this all wrong. This is a great tutorial video and should be the first video anybody watches when it comes down to attempting soloing.

[@Jameson-Scriver]

Awesome Christian, so glad you got something out of it. Would love to hear an update once you've had some time to practice and apply. 👍

[@ourihoresh]

Great Lesson thank you

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@ourihoresh happy to help!

[@norbertrenner9364]

Good Strategie....thanks alot ...

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@norbertrenner9364 glad you dug it

[@daviewavie112]

Thanks so much for this! Been struggling with getting lost in solos

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@daviewavie112 glad it’s helpful for ya !

[@jfriedman93n3h]

Love you he sound of your drums. What drums and heads are those?

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@jfriedman93n3h it’s not the drums and heads that make the sound! 😉 It’s a mapex with Aquarian heads

[@johnrobinson8323]

Thanks James! Very nice lesson. 🥁❤️

[@Jameson-Scriver]

@@johnrobinson8323 glad you dug it John!