{"id":19980,"date":"2019-11-15T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T18:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=19980"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:23:50","slug":"why-modern-drummers-should-still-use-old-school-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/why-modern-drummers-should-still-use-old-school-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Modern Drummers Should Still Use Old School Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/34RJdjDkSoI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not just a rock dude&#8230;a reggae dude&#8230;an extreme metal dude. I&#8217;m a musician and I play what I love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gil Sharone is known for his work with Dillinger Escape Plan, Marilyn Manson, Hollywood movie soundtracks and much more.<\/p>\n<p>A king of versatility, he&#8217;s a huge advocate for paying respect to the early drummers who changed the world of music. In this lesson, Gil will teach you how to apply classic drum techniques to get you through any modern style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Index:<\/strong><br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Nutville&#8221; by Buddy Rich Big Band<br \/>\n3:13 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n7:38 &#8211; SONG: Soundtrack Medley<br \/>\n14:08 &#8211; Why go back to the classics<br \/>\n16:58 &#8211; Moeller exercise<br \/>\n24:37 &#8211; How to apply it to different styles<br \/>\n27:08 &#8211; Shuffle exercise<br \/>\n29:15 &#8211; Syncopation exercise<br \/>\n30:52 &#8211; Triplet exercise<br \/>\n31:55 &#8211; Putting it all together<br \/>\n33:21 &#8211; SONG: Medley by Western Standard Time<br \/>\n37:13 &#8211; Gil&#8217;s best advice<br \/>\n43:03 &#8211; SONG: Roots Reggae Jam into Drum Solo<\/p>\n<p>The techniques shown in this lesson barely scratch the surface. For an in-depth look at how far you can actually go, check out Gil&#8217;s course on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/edge\">Drumeo Edge<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Gil:<\/strong><br \/>\nGil Sharone is an industry award winner and educator\/clinician who has played with Marilyn Manson, Stolen Babies, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Team Sleep and more. His work further extends into film and television scores including Deadpool 2, Guardians of The Galaxy 2, John Wick 1, 2 &amp; 3, The Punisher and Kingdom. He co-wrote &amp; performed on songs for DC Comics&#8217; Dark Nights: Metal soundtrack with Tyler Bates and Mike Elizondo. He is also the author of the award-winning DVD and book called \u201cWicked Beats&#8221; based on Jamaican drumming styles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gil plays:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dwdrums.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DW Drums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zildjian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zildjian Cymbals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/remo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remo Drumheads<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vater.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vater Drumsticks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Gil:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gilsharone\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GilSharone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GilSharone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gil Sharone shows how modern drummers can &#8211; and should &#8211; apply classic drum techniques to any style of music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":20275,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038,4018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drummers","category-full-lessons","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/149"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19980"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36268,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19980\/revisions\/36268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}