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Unlock the Mystery of The Brazilian Feel with Edu Ribero

ByJoe The Drummer April 18, 2020

If you’re feeling perplexed about how to get that egg-rolling-down-a-hill feel you get in Brazilian music, check out this great video from Edu Ribero.

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Sunflower Groove – Sixteenth Note Variations
April 6, 2019 Drumming

A student of mine wanted to learn how to play to Sunflower by a chap called Post Malone. It’s a hand-to-hand sixteenth note groove. I wrote a bunch of variations to help develop facility with these sorts of patterns. If…

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How To Play Drums For Beginners
February 12, 2023August 30, 2026 Drumming

I finally got around to completing (more or less) the series of YouTube videos I started a while back in which I provide a ten step introduction to playing the drums aimed at absolute beginners. I’m going to add a…

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Tony Allen’s Second Pattern Of Afrobeat
January 28, 2023August 30, 2026 Drumming

It’s Tony Allen’s second pattern of Afrobeat as presented to us by the master himself. I love Tony Allen’s drumming and Afrobeat music in general. The style is quite challenging to play and I guess it qualifies as a hybrid…

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How To Play Cissy Strut On Drums
February 26, 2025August 30, 2026 Drumming

Here’s my video explaining the basics of Zigaboo Modeliste’s seminal groove on The Meters’ Cissy Strut.

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Ari Hoenig on How To Work With Songs
April 1, 2020 Drumming

This is a great video by drummer Ari Hoenig about learning to sing the music that you play. The idea here is presented in relation to jazz songs but whatever music you’re playing, knowing the song is going to make…

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Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky – New Orleans Groove
January 4, 2023August 30, 2026 Drumming

Getting off to a great start to 2023 with this fantastic tune written by Allen Toussaint and performed by Lee Dorsey and many others. I first heard Everything I Do Gonh be Funky performed by Dr John with the Dirty…

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