Here’s an introduction to how we can use paradiddles in a groove context and make patterns with which we can practice and improve our ghost note playing. I demonstrate how to make grooves with the single Paradiddle and its three…
Here’s an addendum to the recent video about offbeat 8th note grooves. Let’s add some 16ths on the snare and bass. Once you’ve got the hang of all that, try combining snare and bass 16ths. You can have hours of…
Once you’ve got the hang of a reasonable amount of standard 8th note rock vocabulary, it can be fun and useful to learn a whole load of variations for the hahat/ride pattern to allow you to spice up your grooves….
Zigaboo Modeliste is one of the true forefathers of funk drumming and in this YouTube video I explain the groove he plays on Robert Palmer’s Sailing Shoes. The song was written by the great Lowell George and was on the…
Many beginner drummers (and not-so-beginer too) find it challenging to play to a click. It’s not a natural skill that you either got or you don’t got. It’s a skill you can learn. In this video I explain a methodical…
I bought a cheap snare on eBay. It cost me £23, brand new! I made a video about it and stuck it up on YouTube. This was a more complicated video than I’ve made before (not that you’d know to…
Here is my latest offering, it’s an explanation of the up stroke and down stroke for beginning drummers. I am still being too serious in my videos. But I’m working on it. Enjoy.
Here’s my latest video about the train beat. I made on years ago intending to follow up with a series of snare and bass drum variations. I wasn’t very productive YouTubewise though and it’s been waiting for me to get…
A new episode of Cooking with Rodrigo & Joe is out. In this episode we talk about And She Was by the Talking Heads. If you like it, please subscribe to our YouTube channel and like and comment on the…
My colleague Rodrigo and I have posted our latest Cooking With Rodrigo & Joe video on the YouTubes. In this episode we talk about Rage Against The Machine’s Bullet In The Head, a heavy and funky number that we both…