Matt Cameron has been a staple of Drumeo‘s video characteristic content material, and now the drummer has shared a breakdown of his memorable kit-work on Soundgarden‘s “Rusty Cage.”
Cameron’s drumming is significant to the standout minimize from Badmotorfinger, and one in every of his most troublesome elements comes proper initially in the course of the intro — a propulsive barrage of fills that seemingly comes out of nowhere. As Cameron defined, Chris Cornell instructed Cameron to return in throughout this half.
“That was strictly a ‘really feel’ factor,” defined Cameron, who primarily has to return in with none apparent musical cues — at all times a problem for the rhythm part.
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From there, the drummer settles into the track’s uptempo stoner-rock grooves, including decisive accentuations and cymbal crashes.
“The verse the place Chris sings ‘I wanna break,’ I gave him just a little crash cymbal proper there: ‘I wanna break‘ — increase,” Cameron defined. “And it’s damaged. I broke the ‘cage.’”
Cameron opens up his taking part in a bit in the course of the bridge, including rolling fills and extra dynamic cymbal-work.
“That’s an excellent instance of me accenting with the guitar,” he states. “Cymbals aren’t actually used as a downbeat; they’re used extra as an upbeat to accent the guitar elements.”
Throughout the clip and per Drumeo’s typical format, Cameron performs over the studio recording of “Rusty Cage” as an instance his taking part in. On the finish, you may see him run by means of the complete efficiency of the track.
Along with Soundgarden, Cameron was Pearl Jam’s drummer for 27 years, however introduced his departure from the band earlier this yr.
In the meantime, when you’re trying to choose up the drums or enhance your abilities — and even view full classes from Cameron on different Soundgarden songs — Drumeo is providing a 30-day free trial for brand new members. Try the video that includes Cameron breaking down “Rusty Cage” under.