• DEVELOPING THE DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH YOUR FEET – PART 2

    DEVELOPING THE DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH YOUR FEET – PART 2

    As drummers, we usually don’t take practicing our feet as seriously as we should. Having said that I hope you’ve had enough time to practice all the exercises from Part 1. If you haven’t, click here to get…

  • JAMES BROWN’S “COLD SWEAT”

    JAMES BROWN’S “COLD SWEAT”

    Interesting facts about Cold Sweat. The horn line is based on Miles Davis’ “So What.” The band set up in a semicircle in the studio with one microphone and recorded live in the studio in one…

  • BASIC ROCK BEATS

    BASIC ROCK BEATS

    Rock has a long lineage of amazing drummers. Ringo Starr, John Bonham, Peter Criss, and Mick Fleetwood to name just a very few. Rock and roll often demands a simplistic approach to create what we might…

  • BACK TO BASICS – PART 2

    BACK TO BASICS – PART 2

    The past couple of months we looked at some basic groove concepts. Now it’s time to strengthen our grasp on some basic fills. Each one is written with a four-measure groove loop that will help you…

  • BACK TO BASICS – PART 1

    BACK TO BASICS – PART 1

    I decided to throw a curveball out here. You can easily say “I can play these” and ignore the lesson here, or you can take the challenge and see what you can do with them. Almost…

  • A DIFFERENT WAY TO FLOW – PART 2

    A DIFFERENT WAY TO FLOW – PART 2

    After Part 1, I wanted to play some exercises to help me get comfortable grooving and comping between the snare and bass. So here are the exercises I have been doing. I also started playing the…

  • A DIFFERENT WAY TO FLOW – PART 1

    A DIFFERENT WAY TO FLOW – PART 1

    This is a fun concept I have been working on lately. I picked it up from watching NYC drummers like Keith Carlock and Zach Danziger play. They were able to keep time with the ride and…

  • GUAGUANCO

    GUAGUANCO

    For this lesson we take an in-depth look at the Guaguanco drum set groove. Be sure to take advantage of the transcription and instructional video, which are both included below. Both the instructional video and transcription…

  • THE CHAAL

    THE CHAAL

    The chaal is one of the most widely used grooves in various types of Indian music and is generally played on instruments like the dhol or the tabla. For those who practice Indian music in the…

  • TIRKIT

    TIRKIT

    If you recall I showed you the Chaal a few lessons back. Like the Chaal the Tirkit is a staple groove in Indian music and is commonly played on instruments like the Dhol or Tabla. The Tirkit…

  • DEVELOPING DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH FEET – PART 1

    DEVELOPING DOUBLE STROKE ROLL WITH FEET – PART 1

    by Libor Hadrava As drummers, we usually don’t take practicing our feet as seriously as we should. I have developed several exercises that will help your feet get more comfortable with tasks that are second nature…

  • ACCENT TO PARADIDDLE

    ACCENT TO PARADIDDLE

    Hello, I hope all is well in the world of drums.  This exercise is focusing on accent to taps to accented paradiddles. It’s a simple 1/8– 1/16 note piece, but we are using odd groupings of 5,7,…

  • 3 AND 6

    3 AND 6

    Hello, I hope all is well in shred land. This week’s lesson is a nice, little, short one but I think it’s still pretty fun.  We’re once again shedding our double paradiddles (something of an obsession…