Tuning Your Drum Kit presented by Josh Fisher from Jesus Culture
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- čas přidán 17. 01. 2017
- Sweetwater's Nick D'Virgilio is joined by Josh Fisher from Jesus Culture to talk about tuning your drum kit for performance. After the video, check out drums at Sweetwater here: www.sweetwater.com/shop/drums-...
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Nick D’Virgillio is the man. He apologized for interrupting. Most if not all people don’t do that.
Professional broadcasting. Unheard of today
You kidding? I watched this guy in other videos talking over people and not letting them finish a sentence. Lol.
The nuts on the front snare lugs is a brilliant idea. I've been doing that for a few years and it definitely prevents having to constantly re-tighten those lugs in the 8-5 o'clock range if I'm playing rimshots.
These are not his drums except for the snare. His Truth drums sound amazing and his Drumcrafts are amazing too. He uses Evans G2 on everything except the kick which is an EQ3. His tuning method is phenomenal and is just a starting point. He said you can tune it up or down. Not everyone will like Josh’s method but when you hear his band live you’ll probably go up to him and ask him how he gets such good tone from his drums. And his sound guy is amazing too.
Nicks face is like wtf are you doing?
It never occurred to me that tensioning the snares would choke the low end. Very cool to hear that under close mics.
title should be "how jesus culture tunes their drums".. Worship music usually has low tuning on drums.
I always start with my largest ("16) tom, go as low as I can and then work my up for each tom, depending on how many I'm using 4, 5, 6...
Thanks, very informative. As an amateur drummer, I always thought that you have to tighten the heads till they're not loose, but I needed confirmation. But there's one question I'd like to make: I'm Christian Orthodox, does that mean that I have to tune drums differently compared to, say, Catholic Christians?
WHAT THE HECK! HAHAHA
Catholics march to a different drum. : )
I'm pretty sure Catholic Drummers want less *Crack* from their snares and more *Pope!*
...umm, I'm pretty sure I typed *Pop!* Since this is all about tuning drums, would that be a case of "Divine Skintervention", perhaps? ;-)
What does religion has to do with the way you tune your drums ? Sorry brother but your approach was wrong in many ways
By the way I love Jesus Culture worship team and Elevation Worship team
Yes! Just do it the orthodox way.. hahaha
Great video. Nice to get some today confirmation that the fat drum sound of the 80s was just fantastic. Reminds me about my first real beefy snare, a Tama Imperialstar 14x6,5” steel snare. I found out that one key to a good snare sound is to tighten up the bottom head quite high. Would be nice to hear about the tuning relation between top and bottom heads if there is any, or if you just crank the heads up to the first fundamental tone with it seems like. Nice video, good info. God bless you Nick and Josh. 👍🥁
love this band! good stuff. I also notice chris quilala plays sometime also
How do his toms not echo with no tape?? Please help, my toms keep echoing and I’m stuck as to how to fix it
I personally disagree with everything he's saying here... but to each his own.
It would have been great to hear the whole set being played. Who demonstrates how to tune drums and then doesn't play them??
Mitch Mulcahy listen to the album
I was kinda thinking the same. bad on Sweetwater for not nudging this cat into doing that. He seems to need some guidance.
This is a GREAT way to tune for Worship. Not Metal or rock etc.It translates GREAT in a live setting with microphone close to it.
I would imagine it’s a nightmare playing with this kind of tuning if you’re a hard hitter! You’ll change heads every 2 tunes 😂
Its genre oriented
adding nuts on the snare is a great tip!
big thumbs up I don't find many videos with Josh Fisher and this one is great
What model are the shells and snare?
How many angles do they have in this had to be 10 grand in cameras flying around
7 min in, still not sure why the word “tuning” is used in the title
Awesome.
Nick using all restraint to not cringe
hello! I would like to know what model of snare drum you are using on this occasion?
Which measures do the nuts have. Wanna try that trick?
Thanks for the great tips. Its funny how Nick looks like he wants to tell him how to tune them drums. Lol
What about the snare’s resonant side…
No mention of the top to bottom ratio.
You gained yourself a sub!
What cymbals are in this video
Sabian legacy
🤣 the end of the video he’s totally hating on us guitar players that was absolutely awesome though he made me laugh 😂 I’m gonna a great day now
What about bottom snare head?
Josh uses an Evans 200 clear snare head. Not sure what wires I’m guessing 20 strand.
He likes it loose-giggity
Nice Vid!
What about the bottom snare head?
I think he tunes it like the rest of his kit.
Just crank it all the way
He doesn't use one.
He should call it "how to de-tune your drums" . I bet those shells would really sing with another quarter turn.
Keep Rockin' That is way better than me!
This is his kit when it's mic'd up: czcams.com/video/dKxeZsZvp7E/video.html. Part of his tuning is taking into account that the kit will be mic'd and sculpted at the board, then run through a massive PA with lots of subs. If he was playing small clubs, he'd probably tune the kit different. It's not the only way to tune/mic drums, but for this style of song, it's what serves the song and the moment right. It would be horrible for metal, pop or hard rock, but for this stuff, the scooped, deep tone wins. Just another tool in the toolbox for getting drums to serve whatever song they need to serve.
DoerrJams this is not his kit but it’s what he used for the album. He has 2 truth kits. One for him and one for Jesus culture Sacramento. It is his snare and cymbals though. Truth brass snare-
@@porkchopexpress10112 Right. I think the way I wrote my comment was confusing. I didn't mean that the kit in the 'how to tune' video was his kit. I meant that the kit in the link I posted was his kit. i.e The one he's playing in concert.
The one he’s playing in the concert isn’t his kit either. But yes it is the one he’s playing on for that specific recording. The kit he played on in the album recording had Remo heads and he’s endorsed by Evans. But yeah I get what you mean! Thanks for responding!
Does anybody tune drums to sound like drums anymore? Everything sounds like wet cardboard boxes.
lol
Please listen to the new Jesus Culture album and come back after😄
Brad Tomlin tuning is always subjective, and you make it seem like your way of tuning is objective. learn that drum sounds will always vary depending on the application and the kind of music you’re playing.
Man..we have totally different thinking philosophies
“Kick Drum” ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Cool, either way I will not sacrifice my sound as a drummer specially since it doesn’t create any problems for my awesome sound engineer.
I don't know man. I been playing off and on for about 15 years. I only play for fun and have a basic knowledge of drums. But for some reason, those toms don't "sing" enough. They sound dead as if the resonant head is really tight and the batter is too loose.
I like the nuts as lug locks but I think that his snare sounds like crap
Nick usually has his snare drum tuned tighter than this, in his demonstrations.
I was been on sound check with drum, tuned like this.. this sound engineer use some magic studio plugins in life performance to give to this method life.. without correctly plugins and eq, it sounds was horrible. I’ve try this tuning, but sound engineer need exactly to know, how work with this type of sound.. I like how sounds drums for Jesus Culture, but it style. If you try to play some different style, or more busy drum parts- it simply can not work for that. Not works for funk, Latin, Gospel.. or need another high snare. For me last time, I find great to tune drums, for example like Nate Morton.. He play in Voice tv show, and his drums sound sounds great in all styles..
if you tune that way and in a live situation and your un mike and everyone has there amps loud you will not hear that kick and toms wont cut they need some better tuning and tension just my opinion great drummer though
Since when does he endorse Yamaha?
q Haven he can use them without endorsing... might be just what sweetwater had for him. He usually uses truth custom or dw
DrummerBoy_2212 haven't seen him use gretsch in a long time
Thank you!!!!!! I’ve been wanting that drum sound for many years now.
Worship drums from bands like Jesus culture are usually tuned pretty low and I’ve even seen bass drums and snares without lugs in church so just it’s different for everyone
You know
To each his own, but those drums probably sound like dull boxes about 10 feet in front of them. I've played drums tuned that way and they have no life, presence or volume. Personally, I like to have the batter heads tuned a bit higher than just above wrinkle, with the bottom head tuned even higher to allow more projection, which gives the drum life and projects the sound a lot better (a la John Bonham). Sound engineers and PA systems will get that kit sounding ok live, but it's absolutely no fun and non inspiring to play.....and yes, the snare sounds like poo. Bad tuning overall IMO.
I don't get any of this. If you're gonna tune em low, fine, tune em low... but just barely hangin on?... Yeah, I'm not down. I like drums to resonate and have tone. Again, they can be low, just not in the basement covered in mud.
Also, what's up with the nuts on the tension rods?. Just tune it real quick. I can tune a snare that's been played on for 3 full practices in about a minute. Tom's in less than 30 seconds per side.
Believe it or not though, I actually do like to watch people and all their different ways, whether I agree or not. It teaches you different methods you could try out, if you feel so inclined
If you're gonna get miked do whatever. It will sound amazing if the sound guy is good. This with a good PA will sound like a caveman.
"I can tune a drum in 2 seconds"...took about 2 1/4 minutes to tune A...drum
hahahahaha.,,
Not really very informative. I have literally hundreds of drums with as many variations of heads and none of them have a baseline sound like that, even loose and flabby. Maybe it would help if these weren't mic'd so all you hear is the actual drum sounds? You are starting out pretty close to the "production" sound you are looking for regarding the type of music you are focusing on. Do this thing from scratch with no microphones, except the ones you need to record what you are trying to demonstrate. That would be more helpful I think.
Ya this dude is not a good tuner at all drums should not be flat sounding they should be full sounding and Nick knows how to tune drums
well your drums should sound how you want them to sound, its a pretty specific thing, jazz drums generally sound horrifically high to me, personally as a jazz drummer i tune a little lower, is that wrong? no just different.
Am I the only one who thinks that his snare drum sounds horrible?
Nope. Sounds awful.
PDMChannel I would agree that in this video his snare does not sound very pleasing at all. But after seeing them play live and hearing their live recordings he does manage to get a very distinct and killer sound from his snare.
For a good sample of what it sounds like with a band and under Mics, you should take a quick listen to Fierce by them. Pretty sweet and beefy sound.
Josh has an amazing sound when he plays live with the band for all his drums. He uses evans g2's
Yeah but you have to remember that in live and studio applications they add reverb more low end in the equalizer and compress the snare a whole lot.
yeah you're right. Also just letting everyone know that a good way to tune and get a beefy sounding snare is to crank up the resonant head and then have the batter be pretty loose.
I just know nick d’virgilio was losing his mind in the recording of this! Nick knows how to tune drums. This joker doesn’t know what tune means!
CaliHunt&Fish 71 Lol yeah to me his face looked like wtf is this guy doing. Like he was biting his tongue lol!
This guy really iZ a joker!!! He definitely does not know how to tune drums. What a fool of foolish foolishness!!!
Two different guys! whatever works for them. every drummer is different so why talk shit?
Exactly everything this guy said is nonsense, and adding bolt to your snare is just lazy advice, wonder why this guy has to change his drum heads every 6 months
nasty hands hahaha. good ideas
more lose more attack???????????WTF??????????
That’s snare drum sounds like a trash can 🤮
I dont like loose tuning all drums are supposed to sound full not flat and fat i hate the way people think drums should sound now no youre wrong tune the drums up do not play drumheads flat no no no
Look, I'm not trying to put down Christianity or anything religious at all because I myself am a christian, BUT, this video is actually quite sad. It really shows the amount of downfall of rock n' roll (or in general any music that uses real instruments anymore) that is actually happening in this world today. Everywhere I look on Facebook and every other social media site the only people that talk about their instrument are ALL worship musicians. I get that this video is supposed to be informative and all and is really is but it also just really shows that about the only place you can play anymore is in a church, It's just sad.
HINGA DINGA DURGEN You do realise that feeds are personalised by Google and social media, right?!
I'm atheist and this could be, maybe the 2nd or 3rd christian tutoriial I've seen.
Yeah I do actually. I watch these sweetwater videos all the time and i've looked everywhere on all the social media sites and it really made me realize one thing... pretty much every musician i've ever seen that's posting about anything related to "real instruments" is usually a worship leader at a church. I tried doing that once.... ONCE.
HINGA DINGA DURGEN Ryan from beards riffs.., Glen from SMG, Jared Dines, Terry Terrorberry, Chappers, The Captain, Misha, Nolly... Just to name a few of the non-worship CZcamsrs who post often.
This Video, The Recording Revolution and a weird Ableton tutorial are all I've seen that originate from worship somethings. It's just search engine filtering and marketing preference.
HINGA DINGA DURGEN your an idiot. Man I hate fake Christians like you.
AM-PM Cuber You’re an idiot.... Its YOU’RE!!!
This is absolutely useless. Appears to be just random turning the drum key around the lugs of the head regardless of whether the lugs are tensioned the same in relationship to each other or drastically uneven. And, no mention of the relationship between the top and bottom heads. Frustrating to watch.
Listen to the new jesus culture album
He does mention the bottom heads. He basically says he tunes them identically as the top.
Not one for commenting on videos, but this is terrible. His floor tom has attack and low end but no tone whatsoever. It'll sound pretty much like hitting a wet paper bag. In a live situation or in the studio, his kit would sound like a bag of shit. The way he tunes his toms is also a pretty sure fire way of damaging your heads. Also, not matching the lugs pitch will give you some strange warbly tone in your toms. Please, don't tune your drums like this. His snare drum also sounds awful, tuning low doesn't equal big drum sounds. Tune your drums in their range and you'll get big sounds.
I worship yamaha drums, they are real and this video is proof. I see drums, no god :D
I hope sweetwater throw this joker out the door when the clip was over. He doesn't ever look like a drummer.
😂🤣🤣
No religous push for me , no thanks im out .......bye
I don't tune my drums. I let them live free.
It kinda sucks how most Worship drummers use this type of tuning and use it for their popular worship albums. Then, when I first started playing gigs for different churches, they want me to down-tune my beautifully tuned Toms to sound like I’m hitting a beef roast or something lol. Sorry for the rant and sounding like a snob, but ya know-TUNE YOUR KIT.
Awesome.