Funk in 3/4 by Jeff Wald (Track 89 from Jim Riley's Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer)

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Here’s “3/4 Funk” from Jim Riley’s new book, “Survival Guide for the Modern Drummer”. Jim is the drummer for Rascal Flatts.

This is a cool 3/4 funky groove that goes between hitting the snare on 2 in some sections and on 3 in others. I did a little solo over the vamp near the end.

I highly recommend this book. It covers every style AND it has 124 play along tracks, cut by some of the best musicians in Nashville. Several of which are friends of mine as well.

You can check out Jim’s book at www.JimRileyMusic.com/store.

If you liked this video, there's more coming now that I have this kit and the mics and interface! Please like, comment, share & subscribe!

~Jeff Wald~

Video recorded with a Zoom Q4 video camera (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00GWDCA8E/?...) and a Zoom Q2N (https://amzn.to/2EGDZk1)

Masterworks specs:

The kit is basically in Pearl Reference Specs except all have at least 2 plies of mahogany on the inside (which is stained red) and adding 4 plies w/ the floor and even more mahogany with the Gong & kicks. The rest of the plies in each are maple except for the snare.

Toms (Mic’d with Audix D2)
6x7" Rack Tom
8x7.25" Rack Tom
10x7.75" Rack Tom
12X8.5" Rack Tom
13x9.5" Rack Tom on left

Floor Toms (Mic’d with Audix D4)
14x13" Floor Tom
16x15" Floor Tom

Snare (Mic’d with Audix i5)
14x5.75". 10 ply - 2 inner birch, 7 maple, outer bubinga. It also has the triple snare throw off. This thing looks amazing and lets you choose 3 different 6 strand snares allowing you to mix and match all of them

Gong Drum (Mic’d with Audix D6)
20x15"– 8 ply. All mahogany except the bubinga on the outside. Finish is a fade from the head down instead of the burst like the rest b/c of it being single headed

Kick Drums (Mic’d with Audix D6s)
22x17 kicks. 10 plies – 6 inner are mahogany - BOOM!! The outer 3 plies are maple and the outside bubinga.

Cymbals from left to right:

17” Sabian Xtreme China regular finish
10” Zildjian K Splash
14” Hi-Hats: K Custom Session (Steve Gadd model)
18” Zildjian K Custom Fast Crash
20” K Custom Session Ride (Steve Gadd model)
14” Zildjian Mastersound as second hi-hat
19” Zildjian K Dark Crash

For complete specs of the kit and a tour, see my video:    • Jeff Wald - Tour of Pearl Masterworks Red ...