The first 1:55 was the best KZread footage I've seen in ages. :-)

@joegabinojg104

5 жыл бұрын

Jajaja yeah I agree.

@RobBeatdownBrown

5 жыл бұрын

TOTAL friggin accident, man. lol

@DaleLyons31

5 жыл бұрын

@@RobBeatdownBrown See, viewers rarely get to see those kinds of moments, Rob. I chuckled the entire time & watched it again & still enjoyed it.

@daedmi666

5 жыл бұрын

Rob Brown no way. Haha.

@Strellock

5 жыл бұрын

ha, that's almost like enough for some of the dude's friends to be like: Rob, bro, we need to take you out of that studio for a while! You might need some fresh air!

Every time he refers to us in the camera as "man" I feel like he's talking to me directly. What a personable dude.

@icepick859

Жыл бұрын

Haha me too

Every time I watch one of Robs videos, I walk away a better drummer. Every single time.

@aaronswearingen3708

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@CarlosGonzalez-ml8jl

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@icepick859

Жыл бұрын

Same here, no joke

@matrixboi1543

7 ай бұрын

Yess I’ve actually gotten better with my independence and other things he really is a good teacher 🙌🏿🔥

Ok, the mallet hack is pure genius. And, you just saved me $19.99. You are providing the most relevant drumming content for free on the Internet. Thank you so much. Stay cool.

I didn't get the intro at first 😂. It took me almost the whole intro until i realized you were posing for thumbnails 😂😂

Nice job! Here's my hack.... I was playing a big gig, probably 2000 people (a downtown event) and I split my snare drum with about 2 songs to go AND it was that rare gig where I had no extra snare accessible (no roadie, snare in truck, etc. Bad planning on my part but I hadn't broken a snare head in years..)...WELL.....the snare head was split in the center...in between songs, I ripped the whole head out, grabbed my 10 inch rack tom and placed it inside the snare, lowered the stand and it worked like a champ. I finished the gig without any problem. That's my hack...

@charlesbeauregard3618

5 жыл бұрын

I would have use my 14'' floor tom head

@markwatts1662

5 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbeauregard3618 yeah but I was playing a 22, 10,12,16 at the time.

@leslieforresterjr.2925

5 жыл бұрын

@@charlesbeauregard3618 Thanks Charles, from now on I'll always have another (very good!!!) reason as to why I always use a 14" floor tom.

@DodgeDartSongs

3 жыл бұрын

That’s some quick thinking, man. Problem-solver!

@mathias841

2 жыл бұрын

Wow!

A great hack for controlling floor tom ring or even large tom toms, place 1 to 3 cotton balls inside the drum. experiment with how many work best for each size drum. They will work like a mechanical gate. I use 1 on toms 12" through 14" and 3 inside floor toms 16" & 18" . When you hit the drum, the cotton ball will bounce up allowing the drum to ring, when it falls back to the bottom head it will dampen the ringing or over tones. Even the most perfectly tuned drum can hit a frequency in various rooms that causes your engineer to either apply his own gates which sound terrible, or they are asking you to muffle the drum in some way...I hope this helps someone who is struggling with a drum thats running away on the gig....

@The_Other_Ghost

4 жыл бұрын

A bit like Benny Greb.

My drumset students love it when I teach them the felt washer mallet hack. It has saved a couple could-be embarassing moments when my jazz band's drummers forgot their mallets at a gig. The t-shirt over the snare batter head is my favorite.

Using a boom cymbal stand for a cowbell or tom mount. I've used this so many times. It's definitely saved me at some gigs.

You can buy packs of gel inserts for your shoes at any shoe store - same stuff as moon gel and dirt cheap!

@menriquez89

3 жыл бұрын

Window clings or sticky hands from the coin machine.

The one minute long silent introduction is hilarious 😂

Is it me or Rob is getting better and better ? Wow, nice feel and tight playing in those few measures.

Haha I forgot my snare stand also at an outdoor gig so I flipped my throne, used it as a stand, grabbed a seat and used my cymbal bag so it was high enough XD Doh!

@RobBeatdownBrown

5 жыл бұрын

Sheeesh. That must've been crazy

@quartterioamos730

5 жыл бұрын

I had to put my snare on the throne myself long time ago cause when I got to church my dad told the snare stand was missing I had I picolo snare drum at that time

Is your kickdrum too loud ? Take off one of your socks and stick it over the beater. Especially thick winter socks work fine !

@dreumad

5 жыл бұрын

that's a nice one! especially these times where I find even felt beaters make sound an emad like plastic. I also have a kick practice pad that I find a little too noisy, I'll definately try this one on it!

@DZNTZ

4 жыл бұрын

But if I take off my thick winter sock - how do I keep my foot warm?!? Hopefully the gig has a condom machine in the bathroom, I can just pull a Trojan on my foot.

the cell phone trick might also be a good exercise for beginner drummers to hit the snare at the right spot!

@ritzk79

5 жыл бұрын

dreu that would be an unnecessary and expensive mistake. Why not something less valuable like a pencil eraser

@dreumad

5 жыл бұрын

(it was a joke)

@SteffenSeagull

3 жыл бұрын

honestly a good one, discpline stick placement, we all have probably an obsolete phone somewhere laying around by now..

I love the little jazz (Dry cymbal) exert... what a touch!

These are great and I’ve definitely used all of these. In fact, I find myself using gel on my cymbals just to mix things up and make them sound different. Car mats when you forget you drum rug is an obvious one. I’ve gigged with vintage gear enough to say that Gaffers tape is must and can get you through a ton of issue that arise during gigs.

@HenkJanDrums

4 жыл бұрын

Gaffers or duct tape can be used for (almost) everything.

My hack is i always bring a rope to tie my bass drum on my throne cuz some of my past gigs. the floor was slippery enough to make my bass drum move forward when i kick.. saved me alot of times. specially when i cannot find a blanket XD

@thekickstrap

5 жыл бұрын

Jerimo Dave Reyes check out KickStrap. Works great. Fits in stick bag for insurance of no slide.

@NIO3954

4 жыл бұрын

I remember using that trick back in Middle School days...it worked! But, the dang hi-hat stand started moving forward and I didn't have another rope! :-)

I wish this vid came out before I spent $20k to avoid “hacks”!! 😂 Seriously, though the moon gel on the cymbals just kept us all from dropping a ton of cash on K Istanbul’s!! Great video!! ❤️🥁🥁🥁

My number 1 hack is gaff tape, you can use it on drums and cymbals for overtones and volume control in a pinch although a moongel is better, tape moving snare stands to the floor and cables but can also be used to make a cymbal sleeve if there aren't any on a club kit/backline. I even use flashy tape to mark my stuff!

We also used the paper trick when I was in high school to give toms a punchy faux-skin-head sound. Play it with rods and you have a cool effect.

$5 patio seat cushion from Walmart. Use as your kick drum muffling. Doesn't over do it like a pillow or blanket and cheaper than DW and Evans kick drum muffling.

I really like the instant hi-hat stand trick.

I’m firm believer in “never over-tighten” anything on a kit. Nevertheless, sometimes to get something to hold, you gotta reef on that thing. Sometimes so hard it hurts your hand. Well, save your hand, the hack is to use two sticks as leverage to twist/torque that wing nut TIGHT.

@RobBeatdownBrown

5 жыл бұрын

The amount of times I’ve cursed the cement head that decided to take a freakin Craftsman adjustable wrench to the hi hat clutch 🤬🤬

@SteffenSeagull

3 жыл бұрын

still a lot of numbnuts bringing wrenches to rehearsal rooms out there, so yeah the torque trick works everytime!

Great video Rob. Thank you! I love the mallet hack & wish I had thought of that before. One thing I do to get an instant super fat snare is to drop an extra head upside down on the top of the snare.

Get a Sharpie and mark your stands when they are set up where you want them. Makes it quick to set up again.

#4 my favourite before and after; a reminder: instant groove and swing is not included in Moongel packs! I’ve used a promotional beer tray liner as a snare damper pad, it just happened to fit. #5 definitely going to save stick room next live practice.

1. Having to physically kick the bass drum because the foot pedal strap had broken, and no spares. Not a hack, but a situation. Quickly learned that most of your weight is in your leg.... 2. If no blanket/carpet. Have a rigged up a steel cable with loops at each end in your bag, so you hook under one bass drum spur, the cable goes round the back of your throne column and the other end hooks under your other bass drum spur. So if the bass drum moves you follow :-). Actually you tend to stay put - actions and reactions and all. Newton was probably a drummer.

@placidocentrino3626

4 жыл бұрын

I cut out a piece of seat belt to replace a broken strap once. Got me out of a jam but had to finish the set with no kick. I bring along a spare now.

I cracked my phone screen on Friday because I forgot to take it of my floor tom

@cultuuedpetri

4 жыл бұрын

Try using your wallet instead. There is less of a chance you'll crack your wallet. Lol I've been using this trick for just about 15 years, now. I shouldn't have assumed it was common knowledge.

@bigmayate6451

4 жыл бұрын

I cracked it on my snare🙃

@heckinat5502

4 жыл бұрын

I cracked my floor tom head because I forgot to take my phone off it! 😁

@Leo-is6dx

4 жыл бұрын

Could be me hahaha

@kiwiingenuity6666

3 жыл бұрын

Same but I was just reading charts off it

I got a funky hack. Its saved me from the bass drum sliding nightmare more than once and it happened by accident initially. I always carry a small blanket or as the band likes to call it. The blakey. I use it to cover the lacquer finish on my bass drum. Well one day we get to the gig. We're up next. The previous band/drummer takes his rug off the stage 😲 So what do I do? You guessed it. I threw my blankey on the floor. It's something I carry to every gig now. I jst load it in with my bass drum case. It saved me again just last week. That Duct tape is a must.

@vasilias2230

5 жыл бұрын

I put my throne under the blanket too, to further keep it from sliding

@marin2874

5 жыл бұрын

@@vasilias2230 same here. The 1st time I tried it I wasn't sure it was gonna work. 🤘 I started duct tapping my bass pedals too. On the back/heel part.

@cocls

5 жыл бұрын

That's solid advice dude. Kick drum always slipping forwards. Gonna bring a blanket to the next show. And i'm gonna be duct taping the heel of the kick pedal. Thanks guys!

Great video and ideas. Some I have heard of and used a few times, and others were new to me and I look forward to trying.

Great video. I have used all of these except the hi hat hack. I will now. I never thought of that one. Thanks.

Lol!!!!!! So as soon as I sit down, I make a funny sound and point...!? Got it! Lol.

5 of the BEST non destructive hacks ever. BRAVO.

I really enjoy the videos. I wish I had this sort of info growing up and learning. My first kit was 1976... I've grown so much in the past 10 years thanks to you tube it is amazing. Thanks for the info!!!!

Hey Beat down, You are a life saver. Today during rehearsal we were practicing King & Country's Version of The Little drummer boy. Someone brought an extra Snare Drum that sounded like CRAP and I didn't have time to tune. I remembered this lesson and went to our supply room and got a sheet of paper and placed it in the Snare. It worked perfectly. Thanks Brother! 👍

Great vid Rob, I use DrumDots on my 21” ride for Jazz gigs to dry it out 👌🏼.. I once had to use a back line kit with a really thin Bass Drum hoop on it - my pedal clamp wouldn’t tighten on it - so I used the cardboard sleeve from my Vic Firth sticks folded down its length on the hoop to pad it out. It was solid! 🤘🏼✌🏼

@jangobango2847

5 жыл бұрын

I do that on my home kit to save the wrap and finish on the hoop lol

Great hi-hat and mallet hacks! Thanks Rob!

Much love brother I am constantly coming up with drum hacks love yours , I live in a retirement community so I use microfiber polish rags to quiet the drums. Too many others to list

😂😂😂😂 mr brown your too funny, now you've saved my drumming career with your high five.🤣🤣 I mean hack five live saving tips, as always...💙👊😎

Hey Rob, just discovered the channel yesterday. Even now i can say videos are really helpful and spot on. Keep rocking man!

Great stuff! Thank you, Rob! Those last two were astounding!

I will definitely use the cymbal felt idea for mallets thank you. One time I forgot my drumsticks. left the whole stick bag in the practice room. luckily I was playing at a bar that serves food and was able to get a pair of wooden spoons from their kitchen. played the whole gig Grasping onto the spoon part with the handles as drumsticks

Rob, This is awesome! I can’t wait to use these. Nice work, man. And Thanks!

Tho it was the 90’s I used Maxi pads to dry up the kick and floor toms,they work to deadn up anything in a pinch. They can even help a slightly out of tune kick&toms sound much better too! Best thing is they can be cut up,gutted for thickness and are ready to adhere to anything!

Several great hack ideas from you and your fans, here is a few more I've used cut up newspaper inside my bass drum for a muffle, , hand towel on toms to get that Beatles "Come Together" tom sound, metal chain from a light switch ,to make a sizzle cymbal, moleskin foot patch from the drugstore, on the batter head of a bass drum, where the beater meets the head, rope on my drum throne to my bass drum lug , to stop the walking bass drum,, multi color tape, to mark my cymbal stands, blue for small crash, red for ride cymbal, green for large crash, etc

I haven't played seriously in years but I still love your vids. Once during a gig the string that holds the snares to the head broke. I used my shoelace to replace it. I left it on there for good since it worked so well.

In my younger years I used to Keith Moon my bass drums across the floor. I used 20lb dumbbell weights in front of the bass drum spurs to keep them planted.

Awesome hints! I love the gels on cymbals to turn them into dry sound!

Wow! Dude thanks for sharing this helpful info! Youre awesome!

Excellent! Thanks for sharing. I especially like the No-open hi-hat and may use it along with my regular hi hat stand (like you said.)

After all these years I have forgotten just about everything one time. Thanks for the hi hat tip, that will prevent some anxiety dreams!

beat down bobby, your awesone i use sand paper grip tape on my hi hat pedal to keep my foot from slipping...also to reduce my floor tom ring..i tape a small piece of cloth under the bottom head. i am a beginner drummer. thanks for all you do. i enjoy your theatrical moments before you start each video. your a great artist.

Such great videos! Thank you Rob!

Hi Rob, I just discovered your site. I've watched three of your lessons and learned a lot. I'm an old fart - 77 years old, not a professional drummer, but love bebop drumming, swing and big band jazz. I am truly mediocre but love playing. I gig every two weeks at a local jazz jam session and also play in a quartet with other old farts - a doctor, a teacher, an architect, and a truck driver. I'm the retired teacher. Why do I get to play so often? Because I can keep really good time. I'm a shitty soloist. Play with other musicians much better than I but they like the fact that I'm not "buddy rich'n" (banging all over the place). So thank you I'm joining up and learning to become a buddy rich, ha, ha. Love your show. A real cool cat.

Beat Down Brown, Fantastic video!!!! I love the felt mallet hack! Hammer from Hickory NC .

Great video man, I've definitely used a couple of these myself!😎

Interesting stuff. I use cotton balls in the toms at times, works great. You hit the tom, cotton ball jumps, the skin resonate's, cotton ball falls back down and kills the sustain. Works better than monngels that are allways stuck on the skin...

Man, greeeeat ideas. And you really can play jazz... great groove.

Great job Rob, I forgot my mic stand and luckily we were playing at a place that had pool tables, so I rigged up a pool cue to an extra stand I wasn’t using with duct tape and made a mic stand, the band was very happy . Keep up the great work Rob,thanks!

There are so many good drumming instructional vids on KZread, several I consider valuable, but Rob is the best teacher of them all.

ANOTHER useful Video and entertaining at no extra charge. BTW, #5 hack ..........could have used that one a zillion times !!! BTW, here is my "hack" , to protect the skinny HI Hat ROD when packing up , turn it around and insert it back into the top section of the HI Hat, ...... then use the clutch to hold it in place at the opposite end and protect it from getting crunched and bent . Doesn't work with every Hi Hat out there .......BUT , it might with yours. HAPPY FOURTH AMERICA !!!

For some reason my brushers weren´t in my stick bag on a gig so had to improvise. Ended up playing with dish brushes from the kitchen :) They sure were laughing when I told where are those needed.

@RobBeatdownBrown

5 жыл бұрын

You should've whipped out your phone cam for that one for sure

Very cool. I used a drum stick to hold up the floor tom.😍

Great. Thank you for sharing sir.

One of your best Rob! Great stuff man! I never would have thought of putting the moon gel on my cymbals, could have used that tip a couple weeks ago.

This channel is a blessing in my life, keep up the good work, appreciate it

@RobBeatdownBrown

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man 🙂✌🏽

Man! I thought I was crazy for the paper trick. So useful. Appreciate you.

Great, useful info Rob, thanks!

Beginner here !!! love all ya work, this vid was awesome. Anyone could watch this and get it. thanks brother.love the humour 🙂

Hahaha, cute start while time flies. Thank you for more hack knowledge for emergency, Rob. Cheers!

I've definitely put my wallet on my snare before just to appease a disgruntled sound guy. If you cut the hoop off an old head and put it on your snare, you've got the "big fat snare" sound. scotch tape and a dime will give you a sizzle cymbal. If your floor tom always rings too much you can cut a small hole in the resonant head, similar to what you do with a kick drum. If your snares ring too much when you strike your rack tom, you can tighten up the resonant head of your snare just around the snare bed. 1/2 turn per lug, just on either side of the snare bed.

very nice lessons, Rob! thanks!

I literally did the snare drum/cell phone trick last night at a school play, on the fly it was a last minute thing, Awesome stuff...

I like your shirt... ;-) and your hack with the papersheets helped me so much to make my snare sounds like a much more expensive one. Like a nice DW or something...

Great drum hacks! Thanks Rob ill be using all of them!!😁👍🇨🇱🇨🇱🥁🥁

Great video as always! Please keep them coming!!

Love the felt-on-the-end-of-the-stick!!! You're right, a great idea hiding in plain sight. I always pack a flashlight, leatherman tool and roll of athletic tape about 2" wide. I use the tape for muting or if a drum mount is slipping or to prevent a blister. It's fabric tape so not much dexterity is lost. I always make sure I have a small hand towel too.

Love everything you do bro... so smooth and break things down so simply.. you cant not get ahead!! Love to the beatdown!!! =)

Great channel - just ordered the rudiment classic t-shirt. Cool design!

Took me awhile to realize what you were doing in the beginning and then it hit me that you grabbing some thumbnails and I was dying laughing! Literally the best intro anyone could ask for haha

I have found my home base for instructional drum cats....Rob is funny and damn good at the same time.....It's not always just great drumming if you have the personality of a rock....

Genius! Thanks Rob for great practical tips. Your self-deprecation is hilarious (forgot your hi hat stand)!

Good Hacks! One time I was using a really small rig with just snare and kick drum playing some rock and blues with some buddies, I (of Course) LOL had a cowbell attachment to pit a bell on my kick drum but forgot BOTH of my detachable kick legs! Thankfully the percussion rod fit and combined with a centerblock my kick didn't roll over!

Love the mallet hack Rob!!!!

U are so cool to do that my brother ( for merch) thank you for a great video just letting you I have gotten a little better move up in speed but still learning word to your mother

Great idea's !!!! I love it...

Never had to, but Will definitely try those when and if it happens, Thanks Rob🙏🏻🤘🏻🥁

Dang you got skills bro. Great tips and great video. Thanks for sharing.

Rob... I enjoy your educational videos and dry candor 🤟 !!

Rob, love the videos. Thanks! I have two I've used. 1) Top head on my snare drum let go around the epoxy'd edge. Turned snare over and played on the bottom. Tough to avoid hitting the snare wires, but it got me through the gig. 2) I usually have spare parts but... (yeah, I know). Snare strainer cord broke and I had no spares. Had a pair of sneakers out in the car, so I used a shoe string. Keep the faith, man.

Mr Beatdown, you are the coolest and most entertaining man I have watched on Y.T. You are Flamuelle L Jackson Man. I watch you every day and never get tired of your sense of humour and absolute stylish approach to the drums. You have My Man, inspired me to go traditional. I have always, except for a brief time around 11yo when I emigrated to Australia and became a marching snare drummer. I didn't get it back then however, watching you, "I Dig", I seriously and excitedly dig. A little bit about me. I am now 65yo and live in Northern New South Wales in a sub-tropical region. I have played drums since the age of 7 and am self taught like yourself. I'm a Zeppelin head, I dig Cozy Powell and Alex Van Halen. My style is a combo of all those however, I need's some soul, some finest, some Ching a ling and, you are that teacher. I will, in a short time, flick y'all some cash for showing me how to do what iv'e been searching for ---- JAZZZZZZZZZZ --- and lots of it. I work now as a watercolorist and primarily paint for a living. I was a builder and Design Architect however, clients, clients are wankers so I now keep to my chops and brushes. Love your work and I'll grab some merch at some point too. Keep up the great work Rob. Kind regards Kev

Man that was great ! Thank you !

I hope the gig with the forgotten hi-hat stand wasn't at a wedding,..haha...love your videos man

Thanks, man ! Awesome video !

Duudee, that last trick is crazy man... awesome video!

Years ago while playing in a metal band, I put my beater through a pinstripe bass drum head! Right in the middle of the show! So... I flipped the bass drum around and played the resonant side for the rest of the night.

@RobBeatdownBrown

5 жыл бұрын

They should pay us extra hazard pay for all the problems we solve on the spot.

@mattydread6618

5 жыл бұрын

AND all the problems we solve for everyone else!

Awesome hacks...the cymbal and snare I will use at my next practice jam fo sho! My very first hack: Encyclopedias for a drum set...back in the 70's couldn't afford a set of my own while starting out. My first set I practiced on was the Book of Knowledge Encyclopedia set. Set them up leaning against pillows and used them as toms to practice runs on. :)

I like the moon Gel on the symbols hack. Right now our drum set is in a small room and we have very loud symbols. They almost take the fun away from playing the drums. I will definitely try your idea. Thanks a bunch!

I tried it. And it really works.