Soca Drum Lesson with Stu Roberts www.sturobertsdrumlessons.com

[@pektus5]

this rhythm is ŠOTA in BALKAN countryes.some people say,that rhythm is in 3/3 clave-one bar clave(frank malabe in afrocuban book...)this rhythm people play in whole africa,middle east,south europe,caribean,usa....it is beautiful

[@jacktoy8938]

If any of you guys get the oppertunity to see Stu for private lessons take it, great tutor, insightful drummer and ferocious musician. Always makes you a nice coffee aswell!

[@jazzynote]

wow this is the best one i have seen so far im frm trinidad and tobago...non westindian people have problems cuz some of our drummers are crazy they take this rithmic patterns to the xetreem....good video!

[@cmacpan]

The best lesson ONLINE for this genre. I have seen alot of people try it but wasnt even close. and i am for the land of SOCA!

[@stairway2000]

i love watching this guy. he's so into it. it makes it so much better to watch

[@drumhead40]

great simple yet effective way to explain the beats, its nice to musicians who play the drums and not just drummers... good job and thanks!

[@drummerjc11]

best drum teacher on youtube. he actually explains what he's doing 5 stars

[@Gomesongs]

Nice grooves Stu! I'm a guitarist but I do dabble in Latin, Calypso and comparable genres so this is right up my alley. Cheers.

[@AROBcyprus]

I love the your nonchalant attitude, great teacher

[@raya.9364]

Very good 👍 i like this sound

[@iamdiante328]

this is so amazing thx to u sir I am a caribean church drummer and I'm only 14 and now I can finally do a soca beat

[@RescoreThatTrailer]

"Yeaah. I like that."

[@Niamh23]

Me too, great job :)

[@funkmang]

Your videos are really great man, learning some great stuff. I have to say that your speech style makes it sound a bit like i'm getting taught drums Swiss Tony from the Fast Show, I mean that in a nice way :). Keep up the good work!

[@0118981]

awesone lesson if we were to study each voice and its background the video would be huuuuge! nice one stu!

[@TBAGSHAW]

Nice lesson thank you!!!

[@Franciscohazel]

Great!!!! for the others....I think he used the disco to explain some basics and then showed how soca is different (he didn't say they were historically connected). This is the only soca tutorial I've seen that finally catches the right groove!!! And very well explained!

[@grimslider75]

awesome! This guy is so rad, he explained and did everything almost perfectly, IMO!

[@austinarchibald2065]

This is a really good soca beat

[@rubygarcia1751]

Awesome!! Boy, you are good!!

[@Joonasaurus1]

That's just what I'm looking for ta so much, helped a lot

[@BrandonTheDude]

ya man!dis is de best!

[@NDATVLIVE]

Good Stuff the only person I seen that did the beat right and explained it properly cheers-

[@Andypppppppppp]

@Ravenboots if you subdivide the snare into 8 notes - practice L R R L R R L R. take out the right hand later and you have the snare part on the left hand.

[@madamejam]

Hey Stu I was wondering if you could tell me what kind of mics you are using? Your kit sounds so sweet. The toms sound really nice!!! As always thanks for the great lessons. Audree D

[@ensoph89]

excellent buddy!

[@A.nasierkhan]

Wauw your good!

[@G1R15H1]

thank you learnt so much

[@drumsonly44]

makes me feel like dancing.

[@djalexmac]

UK, used to be my teacher

[@AllanDiRealMcCoy]

I remember in the soca beats, 4 beats were used on the bass drums. The hi-hat are the same. Also, during the 4th beat, the 8" Tom-Tom drum must be beaten. Which was right before the snare drum

[@vernealexander741]

not for all soca beats remember there are different variations and different types of soca rhythms for example "ring bang", " iron pan" to mention a couple.

[@AllanDiRealMcCoy]

right on

[@cckd]

@djalexmac what part of the UK? i need to join his music classes

[@rjasontwenty1099]

thank you...so much

[@ChronicToker420]

Moombahhh!

[@thatpaulschofield]

"Beat Collecta" - my new DJ name (if I were a DJ)

[@RJHEllis]

@Inasnah he was trying to explain it so that people not famailar with Afro latin could understand.

[@djalexmac]

@cckd He teaches at the music college ACM in Guildford Surrey... If you wana know how to really play like him though go see the man who he learnt it from, Bob Armstrong. One of the best teachers in the world. Im taking lessons off him now down in Essex and he really knows how to transform your playing. Seriously.

[@BrightonDrumLessons]

Hi Alex, thanks for your comments. I never studied with Bob though! Dave Hassell taught me. All the best, Stu

[@djalexmac]

Check out Mighty Sparrow 'Sell the Pussy' and other such tracks to hear this kind of rhythm in context, or for a different soca rhythm, check out Machel Montano 'Bottle of Rum', or a classic is also Farmer Nappy 'Big People Party'... Good Vid, bring on carnival 2015!

[@RickChesler]

I guess that pattern at 4:04 would sound good with rim clicks instead of snare, too.

[@nickiblair1942]

hey u cud teach me any day!

[@drex48239]

the uk

[@Celektramusic]

Yeeeah

[@TheLucien5314]

at 2:48-2:56 u hit the snare in other beat then at 3:00-33:19

[@trini19140]

lol nice...

[@TRADESMAN-xt4ce]

he looks well stoned !

[@jumal15]

infact thats actually calypso

[@barryklus]

that's what i thought..

[@heavensdrumming]

Yeah clear explanation of the stuff... Would be nice if there were some toms issue in it... Anyway great job... But is he kinda stoned..?? lol

[@bryan350z]

I just got schooled in latin drumming by a brittish guy.

[@Inasnah]

There is nothing disco derived in the Soca/Calypso music or rhythms. Please do your literary and listening research. Its the other way around. After the calypso explosion in the US rhythm and music in the US was never the same. The off beat and timing conceptso f this rhythm is has been common in all Caribbean and Afro-Latin music way before Disco! The only thing that happend was that the patterns and concepts were moved to set drums from the other culturla instruments.