How To Play A Soukous Drum Beat!

How To Play A Soukous Drum Beat!
Love this groove and use this all over the place, particularly for solo/fill-in sections which call for a party/dance vibe.
This isn’t the definitive Soukous beat by any means, just a Soukous-style groove I love to play.
There’s a great playlist of Soukous tunes here: • Playlist
Also I'm probably pronouncing “Soukous” wrong! Please correct me if so anyone who knows :)
"The Drummer's Bible, How To Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco” is a superb resource for finding new groove inspiration or consolidating your knowledge of musical styles on drums - amzn.to/2Xtbdg7
I have a couple of videos about developing your skills playing accents in your single stroke roll, check them out here:
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My video about playing a Soca, which has a similar feel, is here: • One Minute Drum Lesson...
Have fun and can’t wait to play this groove again one day soon while people dance together :)
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Notation and practice-along versions here (channel members): www.buymeacoffee.com/mikebarnesdrums/notation-and-practice-along-for-the-soukous

The creator of this drum pattern is Meridjo Belobi, drummer of the legendary band Zaïko Langa Langa. He passed away on August 27, 2020.

[@drumming4p]

Perfect example of why I love playing drums. This kept me frustrated, and cursing for a couple of hours, then when it clicks..oh yes, it feels good. Thanks for sharing Mike👍

[@johngeorge9452]

❤ Great drumming God bless you abundantly

[@gmc8102]

Thanks man I love the quick straight forward method for these beats. I've been playing around with a version of this and the amen break that I can just do naturally and things have really clicked watching your vid cheers

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Ah great, thanks for watching man :)

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Hi all, in hindsight I think I probably should have been pronouncing this as something that sounded more like "Soo-Koo". Thanks for watching :)

[@robbierulah]

Sookoos

[@samuelcarlsen1442]

Awesome video man please do some lessons on Latin stuff like the samba you mentioned. You’re seriously great at explaining

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Samuel, thanks for watching - Samba videos here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKOth3R9n8aefMU kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5bIc61pgMyie6s Will update with more soon. Cheers! :) PS how to find stuff on this channel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5e6dmBjpZqDl8U

[@kevinturvey8213]

not a million miles away from a country train beat...(so true about drum solos - vibe killer extraordinaire!)

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Yeah true! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6Gmp395htGEnKc

[@kingoimkenya]

This is a very helpful lesson for sequencing electronic drums. Thank you.

[@AndrewCambridge-vy5lg]

More great stuff

[@TSTatum]

Can’t wait to wake up and get to the practice room (great)

[@hi12235]

Awesome groove! It’s good that this is so quick to learn as well

[@andynewland3593]

Thanks for this, love your videos, so helpful. As an intermediate drummer anything like this helps me so much 👍

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Great, thanks for watching Andy and so glad you've found the vids helpful. Lots more to come :)

[@chezchezchezchez]

OMG! Love this groove! And not crazy hard to learn. Thanks!

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Jim, yeah so much mileage in single strokes with accents! :)

[@ma.ginger0303]

Dude that groove kills it😍 good video as always 👍

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers Mailk!

[@xxhank]

Loving that beat

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Thanks for watching man :)

[@simonsakibu5213]

Very nice

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Cheers!

[@emmanuelmunguiko1417]

THANKS BRO

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

👊🏻💃🕺🏼

[@christerteglund]

Thanks! Playlist doesn't exist any longer :-/

[@TSTatum]

How did someone give this lesson a thumbs down really like to see there KZbin video

[@keithmoon3190]

This drum beat sounds like For your love, I wanna be your man, and Henry the 8th I am

[@benharwin2155]

10.45pm" I think I will just have a quick go at this here beat.......just 5 mins...." 12 midnight - The wife threatening to place my drumsticks somewhere I am almost certain they should NOT go.

[@MikeBarnesDrums]

Ha, good stuff man - yes classic example of what we were look at: Accent pattern in a single stroke roll. Cheers!

[@fadiga59]

For some reason the soukous rhythm looks like brazilian funk 🤔