Anybody who’s been on drum Instagram in the last decade is probably familiar with Joel Turcotte, and if you’re not, you should be.
Not only is Joel a funny, irreverent, and entertaining personality, he brings this same approach to the drums.
Last week, Joel was in town on one of the last legs of a tour, so he swung by 80/20 HQ. So I handed him sticks, mic’d him up, sat him behind the drums, turned a camera on, and let things roll.
What followed was nearly 3 hours of drums and conversation. But today’s video is about just a tiny fraction of that material. When Joel was showing me a lick he’d been working on, I happened to pull out my phone and post it to Instagram.
I thought people would be excited to see Joel, but I didn’t realize just how excited they’d be. The video got a TON of comments and support, and many people (obviously) wanted to know how to play the lick.
Luckily, I asked Joel to slow it down, and demonstrate what we was doing.
In this video, Joel “guest teaches” you his lick, with me jumping in to transcribe things and explain further…
…then I “go rogue” with one of Joel’s concepts, and try to develop something of my own.
Hope you enjoy!