This is a great lick that Keith uses a lot. It sounds huge and sweeping and awesome. It requires great technique to execute properly. Your double strokes and foot technique must be in great shape for this to work. Getting your paradiddle-diddle in order will help you too.
The idea for this transcription came from me running into a great drummer, Paul Davis, who has a drum practice space near me. If you don’t know who Paul is, you should—he is a fantastic drummer and currently holds the chair for the Broadway show “Newsies.”
We were talking about drumming, as usual, and we somehow started talking about Keith, and this lick came up. Paul had a copy of the DVD “Fills and Chops” in his practice room, and we went up there to take a look at this lick. A couple of days later, we compared notes and Presto! Here is your transcription.
If you have the DVD, the transcription comes right after Keith explains that he is going to “Try a few examples,” and then he plays three measures of groove, followed by what is transcribed on the included PDF. The tempo is approximately 103 bpm.
Here’s the PDF: Keith Carlock Lick 1
Have fun….it’s a great lick.
He first gained attention as one of the winners of Modern Drummer magazine's very first drum solo contest, judged by Rush's Neil Peart.
He's played with Oz Noy, Will Lee, Alison Krauss, Curtis Stigers, Emily Remler, Joel Hoekstra, GE Smith, Andy York, Marshall Crenshaw, Tony Shanahan, The Drifters, The Marvelettes, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and many other artists.
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VERY cool. love the 6-6-4 phrasing of this. Tried it out in the woodshed w/ just kick / snare / cymbals to get the sticking down & see how it sounds / lays. Geoff
Yeap great stuff. actually new-ish to his playing but i really dig it. Will have to check out that DVD one day. THX for this transcription !