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Groove Library – Gadd-Inspired Groove

March 6, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This is a famous drum groove from a Tom Scott tune called ‘Dirty Old Man’. Gadd plays a 32nd note flurry at the beginning of the groove. This is my interpretation…

Lick of the Month – February 2019

February 21, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here’s a nice way to utilise a six-stroke roll pattern in a one-bar fill. Remember to focus on dynamics and keep those singles nice and clean. Go as slow as you…

Building Your Own Vocabulary – Trading 16th’s

February 7, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Let’s put some of the things discussed in the vocabulary course into action. Using ONLY single strokes and ONLY 16th notes, let’s trade back and forth in 4-bar segments. – After…

Lick of the Month – January 2019

January 23, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here’s a cool fill that incorporates your left hand on the hi-hat into the tom/snare phrase. The hi-hat is such a cool instrument and can be used in so many different…

Practice Room

Practice Room – Jan 2019

January 17, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Some noodling while trying some new clear ambassadors on these drums for the first time. I really like the clarity and clear attack I get in comparison to the coated version.…

Groove Library – 16th Note Groove 2

January 11, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here we’re playing a 16th note funk groove but more specifically we’re looking at a ghost note just before the backbeat. This is particularly difficult to execute but creates a great…

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Performance Clip – ‘Erdnase’ Drum Solo Clip – Live at Baked Potato

January 10, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This is a drum solo clip from the Baked Potato gig in November of 2017. I’m soloing over a vamp at the end of a song by Janek Gwizdala called ‘Erdnase’.…

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Performance Clip – ‘Speedy’ Drum Cam Clip – Live at Baked Potato

January 1, 2019

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here’s another drum-cam clip from the Baked Potato gig in November of 2017 featuring a straight-ahead jazz tune by Mitch Forman called ‘Speedy’. It’s a 12-bar form that goes round and…

Lick of the Month – December 2018

December 26, 2018

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This phrase comes from a clip uploaded to the Performance section of the site featuring my band playing ‘Song for Bilbao’ by Pat Metheny. Around the 0:26 mark I play a…

How to Practice – Part Two

December 13, 2018