• CAN I GET DOUBLE CHEESE WITH THAT?

    CAN I GET DOUBLE CHEESE WITH THAT?

    Hello, drum world! I hope all is well. This lesson is based around one of my favorite hybrid rudiments, “the cheese”. I just think it’s one of the coolest sounding rudiments around.  I suggest starting this…

  • DAWN OF THE DOUBLES: DOUBLE STROKES FROM HELL PART I

    DAWN OF THE DOUBLES: DOUBLE STROKES FROM HELL PART I

    This exercise is something I love, accented double stroke. Now I don’t double with accents like a group of five-stroke rolls. I mean everything is doubles and you have to accent the doubles (if you look…

  • DOUBLES TO TRIPLES

    DOUBLES TO TRIPLES

    Hello again! I trust all is well in the land of drums. This exercise is nothing new but I feel it’s a valuable one. Double and triple strokes are something of an obsession of mine. There’s nothing…

  • WARMING UP AND THE 90 DEGREE BOUNCE

    WARMING UP AND THE 90 DEGREE BOUNCE

    The importance of warming up cannot be overstressed. I always warm up at the start of my practice ritual. Without dedicating several minutes to warming up, your hands and arms will be tightening up in no…

  • TRAIN

    TRAIN

    The basic sticking pattern of this exercise is a Flam followed by 3 strokes on the alternate hand. This exercise also lends itself to the drum set when you substitute a foot (or two) for all…

  • ACCENTED QUINTUPLET OR FIVELET ROLLS

    ACCENTED QUINTUPLET OR FIVELET ROLLS

    In a past lesson I showed you quintuplet or fivelet rolls. If you haven’t seen that lesson yet, follow this link > Chicken In a Fivlet Roll. We will continue with a quintuplet roll drum lesson…

  • CHICKEN IN A FIVELET ROLL

    CHICKEN IN A FIVELET ROLL

    This is a great way to learn how to play fivelet rolls based on the classic Chicken in a Roll exercise. If you haven’t seen that lesson yet, follow this link > Chicken in a Roll.…

  • CHICKEN IN A ROLL

    CHICKEN IN A ROLL

    Hello again! This is a classic drumcorp/marching band exercise, Chicken in a Roll. This is a great exercise for working on your single to double stroke rolls. It’s a basic roll using 8th to 16th notes and the…

  • POLY-RUDIMENTS

    POLY-RUDIMENTS

    This lesson is actually a warm up I do before a show, but it can also be a very effective practice routine during those days where you know you won’t get a ton of time to…

  • BASIC BRUSHES

    BASIC BRUSHES

    Brushes are fun to play and it’s a good idea to learn how to play them. You never know when you’ll need to dredge ‘em out of your stick bag. They’re fun to play and give…

  • ACCENT TO PARADIDDLE

    ACCENT TO PARADIDDLE

    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, and 9 and then filling in the gaps with single paradiddles…

  • 8TH NOTES MAKE THE GROOVE GO ROUND

    8TH NOTES MAKE THE GROOVE GO ROUND

    If this exercise appears to be something you’d learn in your first drum lesson, that’s because it is. It’s a simple three-bar exercise that is repeated. The main point I want to get across is, as…

  • 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…