{"id":7107,"date":"2017-08-23T13:22:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/blog\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2023-03-05T15:23:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T23:23:38","slug":"how-to-sound-good-on-drums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-sound-good-on-drums\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be A Good Sounding Drummer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C8saXsMyHBQ\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So often as drummers we focus on <i>what<\/i> we&#8217;re playing rather than <i>how<\/i> we&#8217;re playing it. Our speed and technical abilities should come after we&#8217;ve honed in on our timing and dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Johnson is an experienced musician who knows what&#8217;s needed to become a great sounding drummer. In this lesson, Matt will share some tips and realizations he&#8217;s come to throughout his long career as a studio musician so you can start honing in on your own sound.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lesson index<\/b>:<br \/>\n0:07 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;U R 3&#8221;<br \/>\n3:40 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n5:38 &#8211; Lesson Overview<br \/>\n9:53 &#8211; Studio Playing<br \/>\n11:55 &#8211; Hitting Cymbals<br \/>\n17:04 &#8211; Dynamics<br \/>\n21:15 &#8211; How To Develop Listening Skills<br \/>\n22:50 &#8211; The Importance Of Mixing Yourself<br \/>\n35:53 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Strange Thing&#8221;<br \/>\n39:50 &#8211; How To Hit Drums<br \/>\n44:03 &#8211; How To Grip Your Sticks<br \/>\n51:55 &#8211; Q &amp; A<br \/>\n59:34 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Only The Strong Survive&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About Matt<\/b>:<br \/>\nMatt Johnson is best known as the drummer for Jeff Buckley, appearing (as well as co-writing one song) on his album &#8220;Grace&#8221; in 1994. Matt has also recorded and performed with Duncan Sheik, Elysian Fields, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright, Gabriel Kahane, Dean Wareham, Britta Phillips, Beth Orton, David Poe, and Theo Eastwind. He toured with American indie musician St. Vincent from 2011 to 2015. Johnson is also a highly capable solo musician, having released two albums: &#8220;Cagefighter&#8221; and &#8220;Law of the Land&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><b>Matt plays<\/b>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tama Drums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.istanbulcymbals.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Istanbul Cymbals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.evansdrumheads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evans Drumheads<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vater.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vater Sticks<\/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>So often as drummers we focus on what we&#8217;re playing rather than how we&#8217;re playing it. Our speed and technical abilities should come after we&#8217;ve honed in on our timing and dynamics. Matt Johnson is an experienced musician who knows what&#8217;s needed to become a great sounding drummer. In this lesson, Matt will share some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038,4018],"tags":[13,501,408,152],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107"}],"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\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7107"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36220,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions\/36220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}