Almazing KZ Blog

I think, before creating a drum pattern, it is always suggested to practice with your drum machine, no matter what it is (some kind of MPC or VSTs). What matters is an energy, which it can bring to correspond the main melody and tune to make a crowd shake their bodies. I always face the problem with the drum pattern, it always differs from one beat to another, and even in one beat you can have up to 10 or even more different drum patterns (technics), in two or more sequencers starting from the fills, rolls to hooks and bridges. the drum patterns are always getting changed. So, what is the best way to learn the wrist technique?

In my case, even the EZ Drummer VST is not helping me at all, although it has different drum midis for each music genre. It sucks sometimes, really does, especially kicks and snares are just too weak. (from my point of view), no matter how you gonna master them (parametric EQ, compressors, etc.).

So, what I started to do is I started to create my own midi Hip Hop drums patterns for each of Rap genre (West coast, East coast, gansgta, Dirty South and etc.).

There is a good video of one great polish drummer. His name is Lucass, drummer for Samath Naur and Rebelium. It shows how exactly his weekly practice looks like. He presents here mostly hand-technique exercises, blasting, fills, odd-beats and free-soloing (which gives him even more control and ease in moving across the whole set). It’s not to show off. He has been made them for educational purposes.
It is good to midi, loop them with your own sound bank (especiallyu 808s).



Once, I midi them, the hip-hop drum patterns will be available at www.bolashak.de (I will upload them to rapidshare. All flp-s in one zip folder with a passwort, you can review the drum pattern on youtube, and if you like it, you pay, i give you the passwort with my midis.)