Gospelchops.com

Daniel LeClaire · July 14th, 2005, 08:20 PM

I ran across this website today, which I had never heard of, and thought I'd share it with everyone since I know there are a lot of fans of gospel/R&B drumming on here. They have a few videos up and it looks like they'll be releasing some instructional dvds.

Gospel Chops

Here's a a couple of the videos:

Eric Moore

Thomas Pridgen

**Suspiria** · July 14th, 2005, 10:41 PM

Haha Eric laying it down real heavy! That was cool. What a great lick. When orchestrating the pattern over the set you can come up with endless variations!

**Lee Collins** · July 14th, 2005, 11:01 PM

Love that eric moore lick.

Thomas Pridgen. Scary hands and feet [img]eek.gif[/img]
The guy is a bit mad too, but everyone should check out his playing. And he does blistering fast blushdas around the middle of the video.

[ July 14, 2005 08:36 PM: Message edited by: Rudy_Ment ]

**Henry II** · July 15th, 2005, 02:05 AM

One thing I've noticed about gospel type drummers is that they really spank the high hats, basically hitting hard on every note, rather than using a Moeller method on hats like like most drummers.

[ July 14, 2005 11:06 PM: Message edited by: Henry II ]

**no_bells** · July 15th, 2005, 02:54 AM

Cool stuff, thanks for posting that. [img]cool.gif[/img]

I remember seeing Pridgen practice at Berklee one time. I was practicing in the Wenger next to his and I had to stop to write something down then I heard someone sounding like Dennis and absolutely killin' it. I just sat there and listened for about 10 minutes straight and just totally diggin' on how he was executing his stuff and how articulate it all sounded. At that point I just had to see who the hell it was and I opened the door and there's like 2-3 other guys standing at a distance listening in awe or probably absolute horror.

I hope he continues to develop and make a name for himself. He seems to have a good attitude and a love for the instrument. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]

**Groovemeister** · July 15th, 2005, 01:14 PM

Originally posted by Henry II:
One thing I've noticed about gospel type drummers is that they really spank the high hats, basically hitting hard on every note, rather than using a Moeller method on hats like like most drummers.

Henry,

That is due to the nature of contempory R&B. The hi hats are usually programmed with little or no dynamic. You need a technique, (usually with the shoulder of the stick) to be able to get a solid and consistant 'programmed' sound.

Also the roots of these guys is in Church where they are more often than not, struggling to be heard...

MP

[ July 15, 2005 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Groovemeister ]

**Groovemeister** · July 15th, 2005, 01:17 PM

Oh, and what a wicked site too!!!

MP

[ July 15, 2005 10:18 AM: Message edited by: Groovemeister ]

**donu** · July 15th, 2005, 04:32 PM

3 over 2 lick by Eric Moore should be named different or miss something ?...

3 over 2 is a polyrhythm name ( for ex on Steve smith DVD ) no ? [img]eek.gif[/img]

Good link [img]tongue.gif[/img]