*WHERE ALL MY POLICE FANS AT?! This was a fun lesson to shoot, man. So have fun with these! You'll also get a little taste of the brand new Evans UV Coated Red Hydraulic snare head. Full review of the head will be up very soon. Don't forget to share the video if you dig it!!* 🚓🚨🎩🎩🎩

@laurenceclutson5000

6 жыл бұрын

Rob Brown Copeland also had a huge influence on my drumming, great video!

@tylerbailey9329

6 жыл бұрын

I would buy a UV Heavyweight!

@WhirlwindDrums

6 жыл бұрын

Right here! Huge police fan

@rishiacharya8846

6 жыл бұрын

I still love the way Copeland's work sounds, but I gotta admit I lost a little bit of the admiration when I heard that he used 7 layers for message in a bottle. It always sounds gorgeous, but 7 is really a bit too much. That being said, this is an amazing lesson!

@napalmparty

6 жыл бұрын

Police are epic! I heard even Neil Pert changed his drumming style when he heard the police.

Don't think he's gonna sue you, bro, he just shared this on his facebook.

That's so rad!! Stewart is a legend!! "I don't wanna play a backbeat"

Rob, you are far and away the best drum teacher I have ever watched. You consistently demonstrate how to play whatever it is you are teaching. Stewart Copeland is so underrated and was a huge influence for me as well. Thanks so much

@RobBeatdownBrown

9 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks a bunch, man 👊🏽🙂

the greatest hi-hat intro ever is to Red Rain...and hi-hat is all he played on the track. a stroke of Genius from Gabriel & Copeland.

As a drummer for many years, I've cringed at countless tutorial videos for being too mechanistic and black/white. You look like you're having a lot of fun, and it sounds completely natural. As a police fan, this is just over the top for me, because you're the first person I think I've shared that passion with (as a fellow drummer), even if it is over the internet. You're doing something amazing man, keep that shit up! You're inspiring me to get back on the throne. What do you think about doing some samba stuff in the future? As a jazz fan, sambas and the like we're always the most challenging for me. Take care man, can't wait for the next one.

"Driven to Tears" has to be discussed in a tutorial .

@wretchedpoorblindnaked4478

4 жыл бұрын

THAT is the one Stewart Copeland Lick that comes to mind before all others

'If you are not listening to the police, you should be listening to the Police' Sound advice - great stuff

Stewart Copeland, '...so that's how I do it.' LMAO 🤣

"I love you man. Please dont sue me." Hilarious, and a great lesson.

I have never been a percussionist, but studied music and always loved his unique higher pitched toms and seemingly random high hats..hes the most under-famous percussionist of our time. Glad to see someone give him his props.

@petarpavasovic6333

Жыл бұрын

He is literally famous as fuck

Thank you for breaking down the Stewart Copeland licks! Like you, Stewart was the reason I got into drumming. It was seeing the video for "Wrapped Around Your Finger" at 3 years old, being blown away by the sight of his kit! Then REALLY listening when I first heard "Message In A Bottle", "Walking On The Moon", "Driven To Tears", and so many others! Your vid also cleared up the mystery of the reggae feel, which is something I've struggled with for YEARS: trying to play the bass drum on 2 & 4. The way you slowed down each lick revealing the reggae foundation was such a great help! Rock on, Beatdown!

No one does it better than Copeland, but you’re a close second. Awesome!

This is the single best drum tutorial video I have ever seen (I watch them in my spare time to learn more). The slowing and stripping down just makes it easy to pick up. Then the build in speed and complexity help bring a challenge for when the basic sticking is solid. Great Vid.

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, man. Glad you’re diggin the videos 🙂

Thanks for slowing these down, and playing them. Unbelievable.

As a non-drummer my fav Stewart track is Wrapped Around Your Finger. Tasteful, nothing superfluous and zero clutter. Every stroke has meaning. Loved this video!!!!!

sweet lesson!!met stewart some years back and he hooked me up with a bunch of tickets for a show in miami and to this day walking on the moon hat riff is my favorite!!!

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Oh reeeeally 😏 Stay tuned

I love the licks he did on the octabons/ hi-hat.

He is a master of the hi-hat, and such an incredible style and groove, that you can identify him instantaneously. 36 years later, The Rhythmatist is still one of the most unique recordings I've ever owned. 🥁

... the first minute and a half of 'Regatta De Blanc' - his cross-sticking and that 'slow burn-ish' groove are epic. Great video, sir.

This belongs, imo, to the top five of your videos bro. For me Copeland shares with Carter Beauford the first place on Hi hat composition skils. The Hi hat opens so many possibilities, is an insane little instrument but highly under explored and underestimated .

@drumyogi9281

6 жыл бұрын

Drumaier J so true.

@inthedream9127

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agreed. Copeland and Beauford are the kings of syncopated Hi hat rhythms

@connorjoseph6565

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! I was saying to myself this whole video that carter (who is my personal biggest drumming idol) does a lot of these isms on the hi hat too. Both are legends

This is why Rob Brown is my favorite online source to help with my chops!! I love finding older posts like this

not only the best analysis of the main elements of Stuart's playing, but absolut nicely presented by playing from fast to slow and back...... on the RIGHT tempo to understand it deeply. Nice done!

Love love love...THANK YOU! Zenyata Mondatta was my favorite Police CD Thanks for shedding light on some of that groovy mystery! I appreciate doing things CORRECTLY!

Stewart Copeland's drumming on the song "Voices Inside My Head" is phenomenal. He is incredible on all the Police songs but he just dominated on that jam.

Haha I recognized all of these just by reading the description, and Copeland was pretty much why I started playing too, since I was listening to the police more than anything else when I was 11.

Lovely! Thanks for dissecting Copeland's hi-hat licks. Always wondered how he did it. "Tasty" is the right word to describe them!

So cool the way you can slow down like that, even a guitar player can learn with teaching like that. Thanks again

Driven to tears. Favorite song from police/sting ✌🏻❤️

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

YAAAAS!

@chasemichon1907

6 жыл бұрын

Dallas Farmer Good tune but Andy Summers' solo on that is the worst thing I've ever heard

I saw the police four times since the outlandos album I got to meet Stewart Copeland he is the reason I am a drummer today. Thanks Robert

Police fan here! Great video showing how to add flavor to your percussion soup! You got skills friend! Thank you for demonstrating it!

That was a pleasure to watch. Been a hardcore Police fan 1981 and never looked back.

Damn! Very impressive. Thanks for slowing it down to show how it’s done. Stewart Copeland is such an innovative drummer.

Thanks for making and uploading this not to forget to mention thanks for the awesome and clear explanations PLUS all the editing involved... very cool Always been a Stewart Copeland fan myself if youre a drummer how could you not. These are awesome SC licks tastey as hell and pure bad ass. Thank you again

This video is amazing! Your playing is so smooth and beautiful. One of my favorite tracks is Every little thing she does is magic. Stewart is an amazing drummer and he brought a lot to the table.

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

He was doing so much innovative stuff back then that nobody else was doing. And was an absolutely FEROCIOUS live drummer. I've never seen a stronger traditional grip, except for Vinnie's

I didn't realize a bunch of the licks can be done with one hand. Thank you rob! Ill be using this! QUOTE OF THE VIDEO: "I love you man, please don't sue me." Hahahahahaha

Really appreciate this video. I am a long time bass player who just started doing some non-traditional hand drumming. I am using a Cajon along with some shakers and some chimes and what not. My little daughter is the bass player on the worship team and I get to back her up every Sunday. It’s wonderful.

From the start of this video, it's like you're speaking for me. Stewart has been a god to me since I started playing in the early '80's. While I've certainly been influenced by other drummers over the years (most notably Mark Brzezicki), it's Stewart's influence that has helped to shape me as a drummer for well over 30 years.

This video is so good. Love the format. Clicking subscribe. 🤘

Wow! One of the coolest and most helpful hi-hat videos on KZread! Amazing, thanks for sharing your knowledge Rob Brown!

Amazing. Brilliant. Thank you (to Stewart for creating and you for translating)

Rob, you always do a great job playing and breaking these grooves down with great feel and subtlety. Very inspiring and useful. Thank you.

Another great video! Thanks for posting, Rob!

1981 road trip from Michigan to Florida listening to Zenyatta Mondatta and being amazed by Stewart Copeland's hi-hat licks! Thanks for the great video!

Thanks for thr video my friend. Its nice that u decided to shine the light on Mr. Copeland as he is definitely one of the greats.

Great video Rob! This is how I learn...visually! Thank you!

Awesome video! One of the best instructional ones I have seen to slow down the content in real time. Nice job!

Love Stewart Copeland. You brought to my attention how much I really incorporate his ideas into my playing without really thinking of it! Awesome demonstration of his coolest licks!

...Great video, Rob. Very clearly demonstrated & great camera angle/location. Thanks, I learned a lot...

With all the drumming gymnastic videos (as I like to call them), you are a breath of fresh air. Infectious groove, always musical, always useful and you always sound like you could be on everyone’s favorite or next favorite track.

Always good to hear such enthusiasm from one brilliant drummer to another!

Copeland was and has been a true influence to many. Sticks up to you #RobBrown ..

Great tutorial format. Ive watched hundreds of lesson videos this one is by far the best one. Slowing down the hand work and breaking down to simple visual understanding of what the pattern is being played then going back on tempo... brilliant!!

I've always been completely blown away by Stewart Copeland's drumming. What a treat to see how he created some of that magic. Thank you so much for doing this!

Thank you very much Rob! Fantastic explanation and great video to watch and learn!

Apart of being a drummer - and a BIG fan of Copeland after hearing him in 1978 in Heidelberg with Eberhard Schoener - I'm also a big fan of hand drums - african and oriental - and I think the main influence of HIM where the oriental drummers/rhythms he grew up with in Beirut..........the ruffs were always played with two-, the 4-strokes with 3 fingers. An absolut trademark of this music and he applied it to the hihat, like the offbeat-attitude. One of the most iconic Copeland-beats is the song "Man in a suitcase" on "Zenyatta Mondatta", where he plays the offbeat "and" on the bass drum through the whole song. It makes me smile every time I hear that song.......

@RobBeatdownBrown

5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh. Man In A Suitcase 😌 Brilliant opening fill, too. Signature Stu👌🏽

Thank you so much ! Already practicing. I always love his drumming too and love your channel! Keep going, good luck and thank you again!

I've been trying to figure out how to do #5 forever, so this was really helpful haha

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Nice! 🙂

YES TO ALL OF THIS!!! Thank you for posting this!

Thank again Rob! COPELAND!!!!!!! What an influence to so many of us. Keep these videos coming. Truly enjoy what you're doing and how you describe every topic and concept!

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch, man

Thank You for your amazing vids i watched your tuning vids earlier while tuning my drums and its been super helpful and alot faster than other methods so once again Thankyou so much😄

Wow! I have been a big Copeland fan for years. Thanks for putting this out there, the breakdowns are super easy to understand! Great Video... thanks again for sharing this!

Thanks Rob Brown! Super fun lesson.

Great video man, these are so applicable in many situations

Mr. Beat Down that video was jam packed with awesomeness. Thank U!

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Quite welcome 🙂🤘🏽

great!!! and clear!!!! I have always wondered how to play these fills... great!!!

Love Stewart and great work and keep it up. Stewart is hugely overlooked.He thought what to play that was different instead of just going for it. Thanks!

Yes I got to see them live. they have always been a favorite group of mine

Mr Rob Brown you are awesome! Love the Police, love the channel! KZread is full of how to's that will speed through what you're looking to learn, then fill with showing off how good of a drummer the teacher really is. You really take time to break things down and show them properly and I've found it so useful in such a short amount of time. Cool hi hat licks, six stroke rolls, good traditional grip technique. I use these new things I've learned so often now and it's thanks to your genuine approach and awesome teaching skills. Thank you so much!

It's so cool to realise I've been playing ALL, or most, if these licks all this while, even without consciously channelling Stu. You're right, he's the top dude, for me, too, bro! Beautiful explanations! Keep that one dropping ;)

Great video! I'm only 21 but The Police were my first gig, in 2007! I've always loved Copeland's hi-hat playing, so I really appreciated this Rob! Message In A Bottle has to be my fave

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff, man. Thanks for watchin' 🙂

I met Stewart about 3 weeks ago in LOS Angeles and he was really cool to talk with.

Thank you for this. A great subject for a video, and very well presented in my humble opinion. I particularly find helpful the gradual slowing down of each element so that one doesn't lose the sense of context.

Miss Gradenko is probably my favorite Stu arrangement. The way he transposes the kick from 2+4 to 1+3, using the octobans to transition is just magical

Best band ever. Awesome video. Thank you!

Thank You! Thank You and Thank you! You unlocked my world and made it easy. You are the MAN!

Love your stuff man, I see this is an older clip. I too think of Stewart when ever I sit at the drums and I’ve gotten cover band gigs over other drummers because I could cop his feel and approach and the band would love it. I think Stewart Copeland may be the most influential drummer of all time.. Drumming changed after we heard his sound. Even the very best drummers that have come after him playing with Sting ,almost HAVE to play with Copelandisms… GOAT

Great playing and great tips, thank you.

Talked Stewart into signing a Paiste splash for me many, many years ago and it is now proudly hanging on my music room wall! HUGE influence on me and undeniably one of the most exiting and inspirational drummers to ever play! But I also want to say thanks to YOU as well sir! Your videos (especially the 50 million double strokes one!!!) have helped to improve my playing immensely....You're a natural teacher and seem like an all around like-able person. You make practice and learning fun, exciting, rewarding...Thank you!

Well done!!! Thx for sharing!!! Greetings from germany Christoph 👏👏👏👏👏

You're a great tutor and I've just recently started digging Steve C. Always liked The Police but now I simply adore the rhythm of all the songs. I'm about to start practising those hihat licks this week. Keep it up man!

I feel the same way you feel about Copeland. Such a Great Video. Thanks Rob. 👍💯🔥

Love this. Totally with you on this ✌️

It all make sense now. When I was younger and a police fan in the 80's, his sound and timing was so unique, it caught my ear right away and it identifies a Police song as soon as it starts to this day. As an almost ok drummer that just plays to entertain himself, I try and create that sound all the time on the hats but can never get it right and didn't realize the influence he had on me until you put into perspective. You have the best lesson drummer page I have found, thank you!

This was great! Copeland's hi-hats always fascinated me.

Superb lesson. This is really helpful. Thank you so much for posting.

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 🤘🏽

Really complete and usefull! Thank you master!

Been playing 7 months and your videos are a massive help in my progress,this one is up with ur best,thank you

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, man. A newbie, eh? That's exciting 🙂

Wonderfully done!!

Been looking for a Stewart breakdown for years. Awesome.

Super clean from fast to slow and back! Thanks for video !!!

@RobBeatdownBrown

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 🙂

hey rob you your videos are so inspirational thanks for sharing

Awesome job, Rob!

I've been a Stewart Copeland fan since day one and I haven't looked back, Walking on the Moon, Driven to Tears, and One World are among my favorites, but I love them all. Cool vid man!

Sick steppers beat @ 6:48 y'all. Awesome dynamics, Rob. Your one drop kills. Thanks for the tips!

#5 is by far the most complete and effective lick. Cheers!

Very awesome to see all of these broken down! Stewart is one of my top drummers & even though I play in a Hard Rock band, I find myself adding in little fills & hi hat licks that Stewart uses

That splash cymbal sounds fantastic! Just as your lesson does. Cheers.

Absolutely agree with you! Both about Copeland and the Police. Great lesson thanks

Thanks for the tips. My son is going to love these.