What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Learns Shit.
Today I'm learning I'm broken by Pantera
On drums, how about that?
So, I've had this drumkit for about 2 weeks, I think
And I've been practicing almost every day
And part of the reason why got this drumkit
Is that I wanted to be able to jam some Pantera, man, and you know...
Do something active for myself, just...
Instead of going out, taking walk, I wanna be productive and creative
Drums... I mean, why not?
Just saying, it's a lot of fun
It doesn't hurt to know how to play drums
Now I'm learning on an E-Kit, which is... I mean, a lot of people are gonna be...
...angry about me learning on an E-Kit
'It's not a real kit, bro'
I just wanna have fun, man, this is not something I'm gonna use professionally
I just wanna... you know, become better at drums
How about that? And I wanna start by learning Pantera.
So I'm gonna learn I'm Broken today
And uh...
The thing about this track is that...
Vinnie Paul is obviously not the easiest task when it comes to drums
I'm gonna do...
A little bit of a more... you know...
A simplified version of I'm Broken, I guess
Depending on the parts that I'll go through and practice
I know some of you guys out there might be like 'Oh, Ola'
'Put out good content, why don't ya', you know?
Why are you getting so many views when you're shit at drums
Well, that's not my problem
OK? I'm just here for the content and making the content.
I you don't enjoy it, you can just leave, that's OK.
Great
Alright, so, I have my MacBook over here
With I'm Broken in it
And the good thing about the Mac Pro and Logic is that...
It can adapt the tempo of the project to the song
So, I already mapped out all of the BPMs in the song, and I can...
You know, take different parts and slow 'em down
So, check this out
We have the intro here
And that's just looping over and over
Now it's actually 7% slower
F***, I love this song, man
It's so good, so good
The good thing about Pantera is that...
Because I listened so much to Pantera, I sort of half-know the drums a little bit
I can probably make my way through this song already
You know, but I want to be able to concentrate a little bit on the different parts here
And listen to some of this stuff that I need to practice on, so...
Let's start with this
The beginning here, the beginning thing
26% minus...
Alright
8th notes on the hi-hat
Easy! OK, let's do it again.
Oh shit
What was that?
That's not easy, OK
Ooh shit in my ass, OK
Oh, damn
Dude, my brain can't handle that
Ah...
OK
I can see my beater is...
Is making a little bit of a... of a, you know, rebound
So it gives a little bit extra kicks
Uh... how do I fix that?
Ooh
OK, let's play it together
Oh...
OK
Too-kuh-too pah
I guess it's 3 kicks
Dude, not easy
Remember I'm a beginner, OK?
OK
Can I... OK, let's speed this up
I think I need to do some adjusting here
Uh... what is that... can I...
I... I don't know what I'm doing, I'm just...
I think this is something you should do
It didn't do anything, OK
Is this something that does anything? OK...
OK, OK, OK, here I set the...
OK, OK, let's put it up a little bit
I don't know what I'm doing, but I guess it's OK
OK, next part
Crash
OK
Something like that
Obviously I'm still kinda getting into the... you know...
Just getting my way around fucking hitting things
Is that 2 hits or 3 hits?
It's 3 hits... Fuck... on the kicks
Ooh
Oh my god, OK, OK... I'm doing my best, OK?
Maybe you guys can check on my drum technique down here on the kick
And maybe you could give me pointers
I...
Every time before I played drums, I've always had the heel down
Like that, but now...
I'm supposedly gonna do with the heel up
I still have to practice a lot of technique, but right now we're just having fun, OK?
OK
I'm not gonna be able to do the...
The hi-hat stomping part, I'm not gonna be able to do that, holy shit
That's too much for my brain to handle right now, so I'm just gonna do...
Something like that, OK?
I saw Delta do this
OK
I'm not gonna do that
See? What the fuck am I doing?
Holy shit, dropping the sticks and all
I definitely hope you're not subscribing to my channel because of my drumming skills
Oh, yeah
Knowing how the song sounds like in and out
Just makes it a lot simpler to learn, it's...
...the exact same when it comes to guitar
And usually a thing when I learn a new song for a band, for instance
I listen...
...to the song millions of times
Before I even pick up the guitar
I just listen to it, so I know it by heart in my head
Before I even start to pick up the guitar
It's gonna be so much easier to pick up
OK
Uh... yeah
Alright, alright, I think I have all the parts going
Now we need to play it full speed
I don't know if you noticed this, but sometimes I bury the kick
I heard that was a thing, when I hit
And I keep the kick on the...
Uh... the pelt, right here
Until the next kick, which is not...
...optimal, let's just say that, it should be more like...
So, let it go
You wanna have the beater come off the pelt or...
Whatever this is called
Uh... quick
Hello doggy
OK
I think I'm ready to go
How long has it been? Like, 1 hour?
Oh my god
Oh shit
I noticed, as I'm playing, that this cymbal is moving... further and further away
It's getting a lot harder, the closer into the song end
Maybe this... oh, this one, OK... there it is
Oh my god, holy shit
That's a workout, man
For me it is, I mean, obviously...
I need to learn how to...
...even hold the fucking sticks
Because now I'm just hitting really hard
But I need to learn how to properly hold a stick
I know you're supposed to have the stick in your hand here
So you get a great rebound
The problem now is when I'm playing like that...
Is that my grip kinda loses and eventually I'm out here
I guess I'm kinda wandering around on the stick
Even though it's a pretty simple song
There's a lot of small...
I mean, the groove thing, I...
I mean, that will take me years to get the groove right
But it's just a lot of fun, man, to play this song and...
Obviously I love Pantera to death
Yeah, I'm having a lot of fun
How much calories did I burn?
The absolute hardest part of the song is getting those...
Those 3 on the...
It's a lot easier when I have my heel down, but I know that's not the way
Yeah, anyways, guys, maybe...
Hopefully a couple of drummers can watch this and give me pointers and tips
On what to improve about myself and my playing
You know...
As I said before, I'm just having fun right now
And I need to just sit and drum for a while before I start doing the more advanced stuff
Getting to like beating the hi-hat the same time as I'm doing something else
Keeping the beat on the hi-hat, I mean
And I'm just gonna stick with my rudiments
I'm gonna stick with playing, or trying to play a couple of songs
And have a good time
I hope you enjoyed this video
Let me know what you think about it
Do you want to see progress on this channel?
Or do you wanna see me do songs like this on my second channel, maybe?
I know a lot of people out there might be pissed off that I'm playing drums now
That's just how it is, you know, people change
Let's just say that
Anyways, I hope you had a good time watching this video and watching me suffer
And next 'Ola Learns' video will be a guitar one, how about that?
Thank you so much