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Rudiment Series – 5 Essential Flams

January 30, 2016

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here are five flam rudiments that every drummer should know and have mastered on the snare. It’s surprising how many drummers don’t know the actual stickings for these. I also go…

Lick of the Month – January ’16

January 28, 2016

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here we go with the first ‘Lick of the Month’ for 2016! One of Steve Gadd’s famous phrases here. We’ve probably all heard him play this thousands of times but for…

Drum Sound – Tuning & Heads

January 23, 2016

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here’s a rundown of the which heads I use and why plus some hints on tuning (a subject so overlooked by many drummers). It’s all personal preference, of course, but here’s…

Thomas Lang Independence System – Lesson One

December 26, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This is detailed overview of the independence system taught to me by Thomas Lang. I touch on this in the foundation course, but there have been requests for a more detailed…

Lick of the Month – December ’15

December 22, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here is another idea using the Garibaldi-esque lick that I demoed a while ago on another Lick of the Month lesson. This time we add some notes to create a couple…

Flowing in Triplets – Lesson Two

December 19, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Continuing on from lesson one, here is another triplet phrase to add to your vocabulary. It’s a good example of a phrase that contains most of the small triplet vocab ‘chunks’…

Performance

Wishing Well by Mike Stern

December 18, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here’s a performance featuring one my favourite Mike Stern tunes, ‘Wishing Well’. It’s a lot of fun to play as it involves so many section changes and gets energetic towards the…

Lessons from the Road – Pad Workout 2

December 13, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This is the toughest exercise yet! Same approach as last week, wrists only. No arm movements, no fingers. We want to isolate the wrist completely. Work on maintaining nice big strokes…make…

Lessons from the Road – Pad Workout ‘Unisons’

December 5, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! A very unfortunate and unforeseen delay has caused me to be stuck in London for an extra three weeks waiting for my passport. So, the videos will look a little different,…

Tony Williams Phrases – Lesson Three

November 28, 2015