{"id":21443,"date":"2020-01-14T08:55:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T16:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=21443"},"modified":"2023-02-02T21:34:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T05:34:56","slug":"building-epic-fills-with-your-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/building-epic-fills-with-your-kick\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Build Epic, Kick-Driven Fills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYooD58N0Lg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The incredible Larnell Lewis is back at Drumeo for another mind-blowing full lesson. In this video, Larnell demonstrates how to build epic, killer fills powered by the kick drum.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn how adding or removing the bass drum can create a sense of tension and release, get ideas on where to place the bass drum in a fill, and pick up many other tips along the way (like why you should always take the time to play things slowly, and how to start mapping drum fills on a grid).<\/p>\n<p>We often hear big or epic massive fills and it can be challenging to figure out how to put it together. Don&#8217;t worry &#8211; Larnell&#8217;s here to teach you how to get there with flair!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Index:<\/strong><br \/>\n0:31 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Change Your Mind&#8221; by Larnell Lewis<br \/>\n5:45 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n10:55 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;No Access&#8221; by Larnell Lewis<br \/>\n16:50 &#8211; Adding an approach note<br \/>\n21:18 &#8211; Adding double kicks<br \/>\n29:51 &#8211; Understanding low and high frequencies<br \/>\n33:50 &#8211; Snare diddle fill (RLLRRK LRRLLK)<br \/>\n38:40 &#8211; Putting it all together in practice<br \/>\n45:35 &#8211; Larnell&#8217;s words of wisdom<br \/>\n47:45 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Chick&#8217;s Pain&#8221; (Drumeo playthrough)<br \/>\n51:19 &#8211; SOLO<\/p>\n<p>If Larnell blew your mind in this free lesson, just wait until you check out his course, <em>Blueprint to Soloing,<\/em> coming soon to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/edge\">Drumeo Edge!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Larnell:<\/strong><br \/>\nLarnell Lewis is a Grammy Award winning musician, composer, producer, and educator. Along with his long-standing position behind the drums in Snarky Puppy, Larnell has led many highly successful groups of his own and toured the globe with some of the most well known names in music, including Etienne Charles, Gregory Porter, Benny Golson, Lalah Hathaway, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Lisa Fisher, Kurt Elling, Gary Burton, and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Larnell plays:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/usa.yamaha.com\/products\/musical_instruments\/drums\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yamaha Drums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zildjian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zildjian Cymbals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daddario.com\/products\/percussion\/evans-drumheads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evans Drumheads<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daddario.com\/products\/percussion\/promark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Promark Drumsticks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Larnell:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCcW1L0OTx1HKyjsk4F9M_Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/larnell_lewis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/larnelllewismusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/larnelllewismusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/larnelllewismusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/larnelllewismusic.com\/music\/in-the-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check out Larnell&#8217;s new Juno-nominated album &#8220;In The Moment&#8221;!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this incredible lesson, Larnell Lewis demonstrates how to build epic, killer fills powered by the kick drum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":21544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4026,4019,4028,4038,4018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drum-fills","category-drummers","category-foot-technique","category-full-lessons","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21443"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21630,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21443\/revisions\/21630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}