Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
This video shows the outline of a drum solo I will be performing during a Neil Diamond Tribute show I will be playing later in the year. It comes at the end of a track called 'Soolaiman', which was the subject of a video I posted a couple of days ago.
'Soolaiman' comprises significant drum and multi percussion parts, and if you have seen the earlier video you will have seen my attempt to play all of the parts at once, using my Pearl Mimic, Drum-Tec shells, ATV cymbals, Alesis Multipad and Roland TD30. It was quite a complex undertaking!
Anyway, this track clearly lends itself to a drum solo at the end, and this video shows you my current outline intentions for such a solo. You will get the gist, anyway.
Of particular note I think is the slow groove at the end - it really shows the dynamics of the Mimic / ATV cymbal / Drum-Tec shell combination, and I think demonstrates how far edrums have really come in recent times. I could happily play this groove for hours :)
Obviously the copious paradiddles in the first section on the Alesis are a lot of fun - I'm still working on the exact progression of these for the final solo! I found the Alesis Multipad to be surprisingly expressive, in terms of dynamics.
I think the other noteworthy part of the solo is the final few bars, with the sensitivity of the snare being shown. The finger groove thing actually works really well!
I want to give a massive shout out to Gabor Dornyei, who has been teaching me in recent times. For those that have watched me over the years, you will know that I have improved a lot since my first YT video in 2007. But it was all self taught and I had dreadful habits and I barely knew one end of a paradiddle from the other. I saw Gabs at a clinic a couple years back, and for the first time in my life, I decided then and there that this was a drummer who I absolutely wanted to learn from. It's been a lot of fun. I must literally be the stupidest, slowest student he has ever had :D But, in the end, I do grasp what he tries to tell me, and I apply it. There are things I do in this solo that I never, ever imagined I would be doing - and it's all thanks to Gabs. I watch this video back and I think 'where the hell did this come from?'. I can see that not only do I have chops I used to dream of, but more importantly, my technique is way more improved and relaxed. It's all thanks to Gabs. Thank you for opening my eyes and getting me to play this stuff my friend, I can't believe how my drumming has come on in only two years :)
Hope you all enjoy this :)
This video shows the outline of a drum solo I will be performing during a Neil Diamond Tribute show I will be playing later in the year. It comes at the end of a track called 'Soolaiman', which was the subject of a video I posted a couple of days ago.
'Soolaiman' comprises significant drum and multi percussion parts, and if you have seen the earlier video you will have seen my attempt to play all of the parts at once, using my Pearl Mimic, Drum-Tec shells, ATV cymbals, Alesis Multipad and Roland TD30. It was quite a complex undertaking!
Anyway, this track clearly lends itself to a drum solo at the end, and this video shows you my current outline intentions for such a solo. You will get the gist, anyway.
Of particular note I think is the slow groove at the end - it really shows the dynamics of the Mimic / ATV cymbal / Drum-Tec shell combination, and I think demonstrates how far edrums have really come in recent times. I could happily play this groove for hours :)
Obviously the copious paradiddles in the first section on the Alesis are a lot of fun - I'm still working on the exact progression of these for the final solo! I found the Alesis Multipad to be surprisingly expressive, in terms of dynamics.
I think the other noteworthy part of the solo is the final few bars, with the sensitivity of the snare being shown. The finger groove thing actually works really well!
I want to give a massive shout out to Gabor Dornyei, who has been teaching me in recent times. For those that have watched me over the years, you will know that I have improved a lot since my first YT video in 2007. But it was all self taught and I had dreadful habits and I barely knew one end of a paradiddle from the other. I saw Gabs at a clinic a couple years back, and for the first time in my life, I decided then and there that this was a drummer who I absolutely wanted to learn from. It's been a lot of fun. I must literally be the stupidest, slowest student he has ever had :D But, in the end, I do grasp what he tries to tell me, and I apply it. There are things I do in this solo that I never, ever imagined I would be doing - and it's all thanks to Gabs. I watch this video back and I think 'where the hell did this come from?'. I can see that not only do I have chops I used to dream of, but more importantly, my technique is way more improved and relaxed. It's all thanks to Gabs. Thank you for opening my eyes and getting me to play this stuff my friend, I can't believe how my drumming has come on in only two years :)
Hope you all enjoy this :)
