FILL IDEAS : 9 OF 10 : DOWN FILL (Cymbal Catch)

Here is a great fill by the man himself Travis Barker. This fill is taken from the Blink 182 song ‘Down’ which is from their Self Titled album 2004. This fill happens at the end of the first chorus leading back into the intro groove. The fill always stood out to me a tasteful fill which was well crafted for the song. The lesson i learnt from this particular fill was Travis did not place a kick on the catch of the cymbal. I usually place a kick on my cymbal catches. He places a kick a 16th note before the catch and then another 16th not kick immediately after the catch. That’s the lesson

I’m hitting the crash cymbal on the catch with my RIGHT hand and catching it with my LEFT. You can catch the cymbal with your RIGHT but i think it’s a lot cleaner when done with your LEFT. The 16th note kick by itself before the cymbal catach gives you time to get your LEFT hand up to the crash easily and then the 16th note kick after the catch gives you time to get you hands back to the drums from the catch. That’s another lessons right there. Travis is king!!

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