Creative Drum Fills?

Bonavox

Hey people,

How good are you at creating drum fills? I find that I constantly use the same 6/7 fills over and over again unless specific to a cover song.

What techniques do you drummers have for making exciting and creative drum fills? I'm desperate!

rcaz

Er... try incorporate other styles? If you're playing big pounding rock, put a shuffley jazz bit in and see how it sounds... Fills aren't all about the toms, I find that if you're getting stuck in a rut, it helps to strip your kit down. I only play snare, kick, floor tom, ride, crash, hi hats, so in order to make my sound fuller, I have to look for more sound on less instruments. Which make it interesting.

Listen to Deerhoof, the drummer is incredible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQDUHj_je7g

Edit: ****, I can't believe I forgot to mention my favourite drummer, Aphex Twin! Listen to him, there's no end to the things anyone could learn from his music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHkUg-QCwk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iiK4MgIPtI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0

And for anyone dubious as to how Aphex Twin would translate to an acoustic drum kit;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxhz3YU0s6I

Baggio

Listen to drummers renowned for tom fills and extravigant drumming,,, something they do WILL catch your ear,and you can have a lot of fun trying to replicate those moments in the music your doing...

Neil Peart of Rush is yur man

good luck with it amigo...Baggio....

LD 50

El Pr0n wrote: »

Er... try incorporate other styles? If you're playing big pounding rock, put a shuffley jazz bit in and see how it sounds... Fills aren't all about the toms, I find that if you're getting stuck in a rut, it helps to strip your kit down. I only play snare, kick, floor tom, ride, crash, hi hats, so in order to make my sound fuller, I have to look for more sound on less instruments. Which make it interesting.

Listen to Deerhoof, the drummer is incredible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQDUHj_je7g

Edit: ****, I can't believe I forgot to mention my favourite drummer, Aphex Twin! Listen to him, there's no end to the things anyone could learn from his music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhHkUg-QCwk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iiK4MgIPtI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0

And for anyone dubious as to how Aphex Twin would translate to an acoustic drum kit;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxhz3YU0s6I

I just try to play what I think sounds good. Most often I find the best fills are the simplest ones.
When I practice by myself I just freestyle different beats and fills, working on previous ideas to see if I can add something new to them. I'm also trying to work triplets and quint's into my practice. It adds something that doesn't get heard very often, and its lets me play the next beat with the other hand, in case I want to play something on the far side of my kit.

_sparkie_

this seems to be a problem alot of drummers suffer from especially after they have been playing a few years. it has happened to me and the best solution i have found for it is to take your whole kit apart then set it up in a different way (bare-minimum) in a different location. if you are like me and only have one room you came play in then set the kit up in a different direction. this makes everything feel 'fresh' without buying a new kit (which you could also do if you wanted), it also helps you become more original.

brendansmith

I was just listening to this the other day and some of the drum fills just send a rush of hot blood to the sex organs imho.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFa9AYKCOfw

ninwilky

Theres loads you can do

countless rolls
paradiddles
Bring in those extra cymbals
Some double bass
Hit a single tom or two rather than a roll
If you have extra percussion maybe use that
play nothing at all

Once the fill suits the tempo and style you're grand