WipeoutDiddles Sticking Exercise
A quickie for you: I was in the drum room the other day and was enjoying listening to a band playing some familiar covers one of which was the Ventures’ surf classic, Wipeout. Here’s a way of playing the pattern…
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Playing From The Foot – Rob Brown Lesson On Tightening Your Groove
Here’s an idea I know about already but I didn’t know I know about it. I play from the foot but I can’t say that I’ve ever articulated this to myself, it’s just something I do that probably relates to…
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Bass Drum 16ths Excercise
Here is a page of exercises I wrote tonight for a student who is developing their right foot. We worked on playing two sixteenths using heel-up and heel-toe. I thought it might be useful to post the sheet up here….
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Murray Spivack: A Lesson With Louie Bellson
As a teacher I find myself having to deconstruct the familiar techniques used in drumming in order to explain them to my students. I find myself fascinated with the different types of grips and strokes and realise the process of…
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It’s Not About The Gear!
Witness a masterful performance from Benny Greb who gets the most out of a Sponge Bob kit.
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Improve Your Internal Clock
We all need to work on our time keeping. Here is a cool lesson from Joe Crabtree with some exercises you can do even without a kit. Always good.
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YouTube – Jim Chapin feels like dancing with the Moeller
I love this video. These exercises are great, I work on them regularly. Try ’em.