Tony Royster Jr - Creative Concepts (FULL DRUM LESSON)

Sign up for more lessons from Tony Royster Jr. - http://drumeo.com/trj-vip Drumeo would like to thank Roland Canada for helping put on this event. For more information on Roland Drums, go here: http://www.roland.ca/products/category/640 In this lesson, we had the pleasure of having Tony Royster Jr. out to film a lesson on Creative Concepts. Just deciding on a topic was very hard as there was so many awesome things that Tony can show us. So we decided to choose a few and call the lesson Creative Concepts. Follow Tony here: Instagram - http://instagram.com/thedrroyster Twitter - https://twitter.com/thedrroyster Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thedrroyster Video Index: Intro 00:00:13 ­ Solo 00:02:44 ­ A little about Tony Creative Concepts 00:05:52 ­ Building Independence 00:13:02 ­ Developing Hand To Foot Independence 00:17:10 ­ Creative concepts within grooves 00:24:35 ­ Creative concepts within fills 00:28:21 ­ Creative concepts within the meter 00:33:27 ­ What helped you become more creative? 00:35:04 ­ How does the TD30 affect your creativity? 00:36:15 ­ Solo Q & A 00:40:09 ­ Could you explain your foot technique? 00:43:07 ­ What hand to foot combinations do you use? 00:45:22 ­ What is the key to developing a good sound in groove? 00:48:39 ­ How did you develop your dynamics? 00:50:52 ­ When playing with major acts, how much do you improvise versus sticking to the script? 00:52:18 ­ Whats your favorite style of music to play? 00:54:00 ­ Any last tips on becoming more creative? Outro 00:55:57 ­ Gear talk 00:58:07 ­ Last words 00:59:28 ­ Solo