The Most Important Beat I Ever Learned - David Garibaldi (Drumeo)
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As David and I were discussing his lesson material for Drumeo, he began talking about a drum beat that heavily influenced his own playing and was popular amongst drummers in the early 70’s: the “King Kong” (created and coined by Pete DePoe). Today, David’s here to show and teach you this groove that inspired his overall sound that we’ve all come to love.
Our thoughts and prayers are with David as he’s currently recovering from an accident in Oakland, California, where he and fellow musician Marc Van Wageningen were struck by an Amtrak train before their show with Tower of Power.
This is an actual lesson. He breaks down the beat for each limb, explains how the parts overlap, demonstrates variations around the kit. DG is the man.
David created a genre of funk drumming that gave Tower incredible feel.
Dave is a rock solid, in-the-pocket drummer. Very under appreciated by the public, but greatly respected by drummers.
Well said!
Really, what does the general public know?..
Always loved Dave's playing and his educational work. Have all his books! Valuable stuff...
@@ljcaballero3428 they think the earth is a planet
@@ljcaballero3428 ...
Lol. Now's public would give a higher rating to computer generated beats.
All you haters posting nasty comments about a legendary drummer should be ashamed of yourselves . The man his taking his time out to teach . Great lesson .
Well said JW... this is one of the things I hate about youtube...Bottom feeders :-(
He's a giant among not just drummers, but among men. A recovery titan on several levels.
Yeah, Mon ...
joseph winne I agree, this man is a legend! I really liked him as Hell Boy.
Joseph winne: What I have noticed is that there are a lot of wanna be's out there who can't platy a lick that like to weigh in with negative comments because it makes them feel less like the pathetic no talent jerks they actually are.
Dear David,
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been listening to you since 1972. Love ya brother. Thanks for the thrills and chills. ❤️🥰🥰
David Garibaldi's variations on this groove were the most important grooves I ever learned. I loved the discussion about layered and linear drumming since I think it's good to apply aspects of both as well.
He plays with such a light touch it draws a beautiful and natural sound out of the drums. Absolutely controlled.
Yes! Hard hits often choke the drums, but hitting them just right lets the drums speak!
This man is an inspiration to so many including myself. If I had a tenth of his talent I would very happy. So it saddens me to see people making unnecessary comments about his playing to a click or ,laughingly, his timekeeping.
These people would probably not get as far as the door if Tower of Power ever held auditions.
Get over yourself and just enjoy this man’s talent.
Great points! Also, playing to a click is not easy! It's actually HARDER than NOT playing to one.
He was so good his beats were programmed into the Linn LM-1 drum machine.
Not quite the same.. When Yamaha came out with Ry- 30 second generation samples drum machine they had a Dave Weckyl card that had his basic stuff sampled. The demo rhythm was cool but was sequenced. But still has his groove.
@@sethballou8331 yamaha sampled weckl?
The legend David G. So very nice to see him active within the community. Love the old school guys, and gals?
Love the way he taught this lesson. He break down it slowly one by one and explain it very clearly. Hope he will get fully recover soon
that side snare, punchy kick & ride sound amazing together...damn, he mentioned The Meters...very cool...
I just listened to Redbone and then Tower of Power before listening to this. I'm blown away.
I really appreciate accomplished drummers willing to give lessons like this. I have been playing for 30 years and still learning.
The first clinic I ever attended was DG in 1994. I’ve seen ToP live four times with him including their recent 50th anniversary tour. He is just incredible. A genuine legend. Even a train couldn’t stop him. 🙏 🥁
I found this to be so interesting. I just like listening to someone that's so knowledgeable about the drums and the way they describe it into words. Anyway always looking for something different to try and this will certainly do.
One of my heroes. Heard "Soul Vaccination " when I was 16 back in 97 and it blew me away. I still can't play that song the way he does.
I was already 29, when in 2008 8 had tge fortune, TOP came to Hungary
David Garibaldi is very inspiring to my playing style.
He know's how to play with a funky feel and maintain the perfect groove.
One of my favorite funk/soul/fusion drummers
I'm definitely going to learn this beat! Awesome! Thanks for posting!
Great, essential stuff. A true mind clearly articulating what people love to hear but don't readily understand. Thank you, Drumeo, this is outstanding, as usual.
Holy freaking shit David here? Love this man, he truly opened my mind about drums.
His drums sound amazing and Damn whew that main snare geesh ... He's the coolest old school fusion funk drummer from his era with a impeccable feel .. !!
David is a HUGE influence on my playing. To me, he is the King at dunkin' the funk! Thank you for the insight and I'm digging it!
Legend!!!! Period!!! Such a treat for us to have Dave reach out to us with this! Thank You..!!!
Not for nothing but these videos have me playing the drums like 4 or 5 times a day. My neighbors must love it!!!! There's just no way you can't get better playing all the time you just do. Thanks for the great ideas. Fantastic video.
So true. I’m not even a drummer (apart from occasional congas) and I am hooked on Drumeo videos and interviews. What a great resource for all musicians! I really don’t understand negative comments here, this is a useful music lesson. Cheers!
David G, you took me to the jungle at the start, then you brought me deeper into the Jungle at 7:45 with that cowbell ..I loved it thanks man! \m/
This is a great, always loved Garibaldi's stuff. My 2017 goal of finally completing Future Sounds cover to cover is coming together!
Been a big fan ever since I heard Squib Cakes. If you want to hear Garibaldi at the top of his form, listen to that old Tower Of Power piece. There's a section in it where he's playing a groove with the keyboard player, in which he uses some of that King Kong-Latin-type beat on a cymbal bell, layered with complimenting / alternating accents on snare, and a synchronized "King Kong" ca-THUMP, ca-THUMP, ca-THUMP on bass drum, that almost sounds like he's 2 (perfectly in synch) drummers.
No way, I've been playing the King Kong beat for years but just didn't know what to call. It's reassuring to know that I have been at least one thing that sounds pretty darn cool. Thanks for the lesson, this made my day!
Permutations my friends! Crazy stuff by most definitely a legendary musician! My instructor Steve Grover used to have me do his permutations. Crazy lessons that gave you a much better understanding of the subdivisions and groove creation!
David is just the soul of drumming period!! Thank you for all you’ve contributed to our craft! ❤️
Unbelievable free lesson! I have been watching this for 3 hours. Took me a while to break it down. Wow I can't wait to put this on the kit. Very exciting to hear an amazing (king kong) beat and free pdf of music. In the video the metronome is set at 80 beats. Perfect tempo...sounds so cool. Thank you Drumeo and David
Have you been able to play the King Kong Yet?
Yes! I practice it every day! I built the muscle memory and I can play the beat pretty good on the practice pad. But once I put it on the drum set, it doesn't sound as good..lol. I am missing the dynamics, but with all of my daily drum exercises and working on accents and ghost notes ..sounding better and better every day.
I appreciate what you are trying to say, but you are wrong. Telling people to not play on the practice pad is just poor advice. I have been practicing my dynamics for hours at a time, in front of the tv on my practice pad. When I sit on the kit, I immediately see a difference in hand coordination. Guitar and bass players as well as keyboards have the luxury of silent practice, so why would they have a rubber and wood practice instrument? The practice pad is the main reason my drumming is progressing, not the drum set. I think the BEST advice is to just practice. I have this awesome king kong beat under my belt now, as well as all of the accents and all of the music in the PDF supplied by Drumeo. Drumeo has a new 4 zone practice pad that is pretty awesome, and is going to be my next music related purchase. Of course nothing compares to playing the drum kit, but I think some sheet music, all of the written rudiments, a metronome and a practice pad is the best way to improve. Check out David Garibaldi's Oakland Beat feature on drumeo. It was created on a practice pad kit.
If any of you drummers out there are students of the King Kong Beat, and appreciate Pete De Poe's influence, please let me know. I'm working with him on his memoir and would appreciate any meaningful thoughts. (Jim: jvhoffmannjr@gmail.com)
It's refreshing to hear both a good sounding kit, and a man who plays instead of pounds. Then when you listen to what he plays...
Focus on articulation is something I learned later on but so thankful I got around to it hah. I have Drumeo to thank.
Thank you David Garabaldi, I didn't hear the para diddle variation in there until pointed out. Brilliant beat and I'll be getting to my kit to experiment with it! Thanks again. Drumeo too! :)
He's right. That sticking will open up your playing like never before. Like everything it takes a little time but it gets you to break free of the eighth-note grid on the hats or ride. Worked for me!
I watched this video a year ago and learned this beat. It changed my life.
Tower made me become a drummer....thanks Emilio & Doc for your music!
I was into hard rock back then and I first learned this kind of flowing rhythm in the 70s from Ian Paice's cowbell in You Fool No One. Great lesson BTW.
People sometimes point out DG's "Easter island statue" expression when he plays, but he said in an interview that he's actually smiling on the inside lol
You fool no one... Amazing intro by IP
@@KONAMAN100 I still love it about half a century later
I have the album but I've no turntable and thus haven't played it for 25 years lol. But I surely remember the 1st time.
@@KONAMAN100 Oh well, CZcams and Spotify to the rescue
Dave is an amazing drummer!! Two of my cousins who are drummers played drums for Redbone!! God bless Dave,hope you're well.
Redbone always had great drummers.
I especially like the drums on songs like Interstate Highway 101, Moon When Four Eclipse, Far Out Party At Gazzari's, Maxsplivitz/Emotions, One More Time, Condition Your Condition and Already Here.
Immediately went to check out that King Kong beat. Thanks, guys!
I am in awe every time I see these vids, and realize how much I don't know.
Love the way the interview guy is watching as he plays and has no clue of what is happening. The blank look on his face is priceless.
Bought one of DGs books years ago, he taught me about Lin ea Drumming, Thanks Dave xx
One of my favourites. Love his style
super simple switch, but completely reinvigorates the groove - great information
thank you for this, im still a beginner but im trying to learn as much as i can. This is awesome (:
Such a smooth technique from a master drummer. Saw him in clinic many years ago and it was incredible!!
I look at this drum beat (King King Beat) as one of the rudiments of moving into fusion & R&B drumming.... Its will add immense flavor to a funky bass player if you hold this pattern with ghost beats and some snare and light tom fill. Dave is a very accomplished percussionists and excellent teacher. He does not include a lot of tom work in his playing. He's A very tight, well accomplished, in the pocket drummer who's grooves are simply awesome. Must drummers would find it very difficult to mimic Dave's grooves .... I'm no slouch when it comes to drumming and I find his grooves challenging to say the least. ..... especially for those with independence issues
Frank Beard used this beat for ZZ Top's "Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings" ... absolutely groove city!!!
Possibly my favorite ZZ Top song!!!!
Perfect demonstration to a cool rhythm. Respect to Mr. Garibaldi.
He's the funkiest drummer ever. I've been checkin him out since the beginning of Tower of Power. Peace
Ron Pearlman is an absolutely-groovy drummer
His drum homies call him BellBoy
Funny you should see that exactly what i thought at first glance.
Hahaha
who knew?
LOL... Thank you for that.
As a self taught drummer who never learned to play by counting but by just feeling, I have played variations of this beat since almost day one. Seemed like a natural feel for me.
Same here. I can play almost anything if I hear it, but if u tell me to play it referring to a time signature or something theory related, I have no idea. But u let me hear it and give me a couple minutes, it just becomes second nature by feel. Enough repetition and that is all I need. Drumming by feel tends to keep the fun alive and interesting. I think knowing too much technical crap just takes away a lot of the enjoyment of just grooving to the beat u hear naturally. I have found success in this and have never really had it affect
Me negatively, even in the studio, u just have to know who U r playing with and make sure the people
U r playing with u Derry and your process and u shouldn’t run into any issues. Now if u r playing with a bunch of music school theory guys it might take a bit to get it through to them, but if U have a good ear, u will never have any issues. To each his own I guess. By the way, this is also the Scarlet Begonias beat, minus a few accents here and there if that helps anyone relate to something using this beat.
Seems like Jeff Porcaro's work on Toto's "Africa" track was built along the same lines.
Pete DePoe !
Cool that David Garibaldi mentioned Pete DePoe and Zigaboo Modeliste, two of the forefathers of what Dave brought out.
Thank you. This is what I've been looking for.
“Often imitated but never duplicated”… best compliment ever!
One of my absolute favorite drummers of all time. Period.
For the basic sticking, check out #33 from "Stick Control" - George Lawrence Stone, Stanton Moore talks about the rhythm used by the Mardi Gras Indians on his Drumeo episode.
so much love right now!
Wow, just applied this on the kit. Easy to learn, but tough to master. Especially when you throw in other drums + accents. Personally, I can't wait to work on this easy to remember pattern, with so many possible variations. Cheers David and Drumeo!
holy crap this changes everything, thanks so much for this
The most important beat I ever learned was the beat played in the verse of ‘Nowhere Fast’ by Incubus. Such a simple beat now, but very difficult when I learned it. Once I could play it sooo many abilities opened up for me. It broke down that barrier of counter-intuition that keeps our hands from playing offbeat rhythms.
Great drummer and pedagogue, his methods, books with play along tracks are great to learn and improve the funk and fusion jazz drumming, . I've studied his book the funky beat .
He is SO comfortable with it! Nice groove.
Great lesson! I've always enjoyed listening to Garibaldi's syncopated beats. I love to use them when playing church worship music. It gives the percussion section a much fuller sound. Some of my co-musicians have a hard time with it and prefer I play more simple and less syncopated rhythms. But since I play more by ear and they have to read music in order to play, I can see why they might complain. Anyhow, great lesson Drumeo, keep up the great work!
They have a problem with it BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD! It is EASY to tell when a musician stops serving the music and starts serving his ego...and you do this in a CHURCH of all places?!?..... Jesus, please save this one from the TRUE "Devil's music" (Music played to glorify self, rather than to uplift the spirits of others)....I just had a vision of Jesus walking into your church, while you are mid-paradiddle, and kicking your drumset over. "Turn not my Father's house into a house of Jack-offs!"
Pete DePoe - Across 110th Street Bobby Womack - Classic. Lovely playing. Beat near the end catching the hi hat with cowbell was lovely.
The guaguanco quote at the end of the intro performance is 💯 🔥🔥🔥
Get well soon Dave! All the best wishes...🙏
Amazing ! He so natural . I learned that same pattern some years back. Nice .
Es muy bueno! Como todo lo bueno parece fácil de hacer... pero no lo es tanto. Gracias por compartirlo David y Drumeo.
No 33 in "stick control". :) Awesome!
Cool beat! Took me a week to get down without having to think about it. I like the layered paradiddle effect--beats the straight paradiddle beat I learned (sorry Steve Gadd). I've been practicing with the HH on 2 &4 and some crashes on 1. I'm gonna try working this into some live tunes once I practice getting in and out of it a bit more.
Redbone in their prime was one of the very few bands than could hold a candle to TOP.
TOP's longevity is unbelievable , sounding as good as or better than ever after 40+ yrs although the musicianship shown by a bunch of kids back in "74 on Hipper Than Hip when they were maybe in their mid 20's is astounding
DG is a huge part of that
Joe Morin I AGREE 100%
Genius! Thanks to David Garibaldi we all play the way we do today!
FYI - REDBONE is the same band that sings Come and Get Your Love. There's footage of the band playing that song on that old 70s music show, The Midnight Special. The band was made up of all native American Indians, and they even do a typical native American dance before the song . The drummer then goes into an awesome groove intro straight into the song, on a gorgeous Camco maple kit. He does this king kong beat all through the chorus of the song, and it rocks like hell..Neil Peart also had his variation of the KK beat, something we hear on songs like YYZ, SUBDIVISIONS, and just about every other Rush song chorus. Something all young and experienced drummers alike, should definitely check out. Great lesson by a legendary drummer.
Hope he recovers quickly and fully. Thanks for posting !
I love it how you say "sounds great"!
I'm so glad you are well and ok and on your feet again drumming I hope your guitarist is okay as well plus I love your stuff mr David garibaldi
Matthew Goodwin This was before David was hitz
ohh right since it was recently uploaded i thought he was okay
One of my favorite drummers of all time.
Great video, and great lesson. I'll try it immediately. Hi from Italy. U got a new follower.
Dr. "G" is my hero! Best funk cat next to Clyde Stubblefield. Finally, King Kong in 3 stages...headed to my kit asap before I forget! Lol Thanks for posting variations on ghost notes on hi hat, accents on snare...blows my mind! The layering is cool, especially with a swing. THANKS Jared for having David on your videos!!😎🤘🥁
I think he is the most precise drummer there is. He's just on another level.
Cool! I always use a similar beat to warm up, good to know it's "important".
Great lesson.
this is really awesome, my next thing to learn
It's great to see this tribute to Pete dePoe, the drummer from Redbone, who created the King-Kong beat.
David is top notch. I've been playing this for years and didn't even realize it. Weird.
Glad Dave got his right foot doubles back after the accident. Sounds fantastic Dave!!
I can't wait to join the King Kong Beat Club! Thanks for the amazing lesson, David G!
Such a great classic groove! All the best to David on getting better & making a full recovery. Is there a PDF?
bit.ly/2jI9T35 :)
One of the best funk drummers ever.
Love that side snare!
I really loved your drumming in Tower of Power. Thanks for posting this...so cool. Kenn
David I got that monster thing from you in the 80s I love Drums because off you my brother out there.
One of the greats...so effortless....
Can’t wait to try this out; much thanks to drumeo and David Garibaldi for excellent lesson. (How could one give this a “thumbs down”-sad haters.)
This is awezome. Nice vid,thanks!!
Jared was featured in a book a long time ago called Rock Drumming System and it has a ton of broken up Hihat excersizes that use this pattern.
My favorite drummer has retired! Good luck David! 🥁
I love this beat, going to use it on some electronic breakbeats!