Starting a song in your DAW with EZDrummer 3

Build a song from scratch in your DAW using Toontrack’s EZ Drummer 3. Set up your DAW session and build a solid song structure using Stephen Perricone’s guitar and bass files. Set up EZD3, a library preset, and drum kit to prepare for a detailed grid editor session to produce final product drum beats. This is video 1 of 2. Watch the second and last video of this mini series here: • Finishing your EZDrumm...
This is my 10k Subscriber goal celebration video. I will be giving away 7 Groove Monkee drum or bass midi packs from www.groovemonkee.com (this contest has ended). All you have to do is comment on this video “Groove Monkee”, and make sure you’re subscribed to my Shootie School KZbin channel and enable notifications. You’ll be notified a week after the release of this video if you have won. Thank you to Russ at Groove Monkee for this collaboration!
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My EZD3 Tutorials: • EZ Drummer 3
Video #2 of this mini series: • Finishing your EZDrumm...
Check out Groove Monkee Midi: groovemonkee.com/
Stephen Perricone (music contributor for this vid): / @stephenperriconemusic
Rory Faciane (Southern Rock midi pack drummer): drumninjastudio.com/Drumninja_...
The Jamtrack that this song turned into: • Country Rock Guitar Ja...
Referenced Videos:
Drums Tab Video: • EZDrummer 3 the Drums Tab
EZD3 DAW Frustrations: • EZD3 DAW Frustration B...
Song Creator Video: • EZDrummer 3's Song Cre...
Bandmate Video: • EZ Drummer 3 Bandmate ...
The Jamtrack song from this video: • Country Rock Guitar Ja...
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00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - The Song Parts
02:54 - Starting the Song Structure
05:48 - Replay Value Speech
06:41 - Setting up EZD3 & Tips
07:50 - Shootie School 10k Subscriber goal
09:51 - Importing 3rd Party midi
11:11 - A Beat Sorting Method & Tips
12:05 - EZD Playback with your DAW
12:31 - Velocity Preproduction
10:36 - Auditioning & Sorting Beats
14:52 - Using Tracks in EZD3
15:35 - What's Next
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Thank you, Scott!

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Thank you, Dom!

[@v-grooves8531]

Straightforward presentation of what needs to be done to get a groove up and running into your D.A.W. I like it, between TT making an intuitive product/interface and the workflow you have established, it really helps to get the drums "one and done". This allows me to go back to composing music which is always the challenging part (for most of us). I just cant do the loop thing and not play my keys, bass and guitar, but I find products like EZD and similar can make the process streamlined and I am OK with using the finished product in a production. Thanks for your help Shootie, you did a very good job.

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Thanks for taking the time to say, V-Grooves!

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Thank you for taking the time to say, Dwayne. Welcome and I will see you on the next one!

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Great to hear! And welcome to to EZD!!

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Best of luck with your production!

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Well done Shootie 🤘 these videos will definitely help 👍. Finally started working with EZD3 last night had it since release but my son's surgery stuff absorbed pretty much every waking minute til recently. However I have to say after watching your videos just sitting in the hospital with my son over and over again when I finally sat down and opened up the program it felt like second nature and I didn't feel lost so thanks for sharing your content.

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This is great to hear, David. I hope all is well with him.

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Both are quality.

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Thank you for saying!

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I will be working more with them, Lars. Cheers!

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Thank you, sweetheart!

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Thank you for saying, Larry! See you on the next one.

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Lol! Thank you so much for your contributions, Buzz! You've been fantastic to me!

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Thanks.. I picked up a lot of techniques that I didn't even know about..

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Fantastic, John! Welcome to my channel.

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Thank you, Timmy!

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Tutorial very cool (of course). Great to see you lay out the Shootie School story though.... a hard road but very well formed and a solid foundation. Thanks as ever.

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Fantastic to read your message, Brent! Cheers!

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Oh and Groove Monkee of course. Cool marketing for hitting that big milestone. Well done and long deserved. Go well Shawn...

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@@brentwheeler2087 Thank you so much, Brent!

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Thank you, Ralph!

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[@ShootieSchool]

Thank you, Joe!