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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

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Now on to some rolls. Tony used a lot of rolls in his playing as a way of creating sustain and he was so musical with it. You can phrase between…

Lick of the Month – November ’15

November 23, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here’s a piece of vocab that I ‘stole’ from Dennis Chambers. All single strokes. This content is for members only. Add to Favorites

Play-Along Lesson – ‘CAB’ Vamp

November 21, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This is a riff I got from a video of Dennis Chambers soloing with the band CAB. It’s very simple and allows you to play/practice anything you want. Bars 3 and…

Flowing in Triplets – Lesson One

November 14, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! I get asked about this subject a lot. How does one play smoothly around the drums in triplets? Well, like the ‘Exploring 16th’s’ lesson, the first thing to do is experiment…

Tony Williams Phrases – Lesson Two

November 7, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Moving on to some more phrases involving unison strokes and also some cool sweeping tom patterns. This content is for members only. Add to Favorites

Groove Library – 16th Note Groove 1

November 1, 2015

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This is one of my favourite feels to play. This groove sits nicely between 80 and 90 bpm. Nothing majorly complicated here but it is difficult to get all the ghost…

Tony Williams Phrases – Lesson One

October 24, 2015