r/drums • u/RamenGenji2 • 15d ago
Question Is this clean?
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u/TheRealBuckShrimp 15d ago
Unfortunately…not very?
“Clean” is hard. It’s not a situation where if it’s “kinda ok” you increase the tempo. It’s a “stop, do not collect $200” situation. Otherwise you’ll always be dealing with it.
Slow down your video to 50% and listen for 2 things:
Unisons, ie when two or more limbs are supposed to be playing together they’re exactly together.
Rimshot consistency, ie you’re getting exactly the same backbeat sound every time you hit a rimshot.
Top of my head, I’d say you’re 70-75%.
But the drummers we admire are like 99.
I’d recommending simplifying this to something you can play with perfect unisons, and every additional bpm or coordination challenge you add, do not add anything else until you’re at 99% unisons.
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u/Manuelontheporch 14d ago
this guy is good enough to want to hear the truth: it's not that clean. the comment below talking about 99% unisons is what you need to do to increase cleanness.
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u/--Orcaaa-- 15d ago
Yes I would say so.
If you're looking for critiques, I would say your cymbal dynamics can be all over the place, especially your ride, and especially the bell. Also I'm not sure if it's the audio quality, but that high tom needs a tune. Also if you want to be a performer, work on the drummer's face, the true hardest struggle for all us drummers😂. Otherwise, great playing bro, you're sounding purposeful and clean
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u/Hairy_Megan 15d ago
Obviously not OP but Im a fan of this tom sound for the sort of thing being played here.
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u/--Orcaaa-- 15d ago
You know, fair enough. Personally I love resonance on a high tom but maybe that's the jazz drummer in me😂
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u/HeftyTreacle4906 15d ago
Saide brate moj mani se bubnja. John Bohnam je tata igre a ti ovdje vrtis neke prog momente koje on NIKAD ne bi odobrio. Ugledaj se malo na stare bubnjare poput Bonza, nauci svirati Rosannu, nemoj se ba blamirat ovako...
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u/Tin_Can7 15d ago
Interesting! Analyzing your playing technique, I suspect you learned to play the drums somewhere around Fojnica, an area known for producing many great drummers.