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Foundation Course Lesson 6 – Independence Layers P3

August 30, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Continuing on with the layers, this lesson covers groups of 5 with the feet with the various hand patterns on top. You can play the 5’s leading both ways and the…

Foundation Course Lesson 5 – Independence Layers P2

August 22, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Now we move on to using a paradiddle as the foot ostinato and moving through the stickings with the hands on top. Remember to start simple and just try singles and…

Lick of the Month – Aug 2014

August 18, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! This is a cool phrase I heard David Garibaldi play on a live Tower of Power record. It’s very simple but not easy to make sound clean and smooth. This content…

Foundation Course Lesson 4 – Independence Layers P1

August 16, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! In this lesson we look at some independence exercises in the form of laying rudiments and stickings. This is the beginning of a great system that will really transform your overall…

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Performance Clip – ‘Money’

August 11, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here’s a track from an album I recorded with Marcus Wolf. This content is for members only. Add to Favorites

Foundation Course Lesson 3 – 16th Note Hand & Foot Combinations P2

August 9, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Continuing on from lesson two, we add another few variations to the hand and foot combinations. It takes a while to get comfortable switching between all of the patterns so remember…

Foundation Course Lesson 2 – 16th Note Hand & Foot Combinations P1

August 2, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Some great hand and foot combinations in 16th notes. You can build lots of chunks of vocab with these patterns and also improve your speed and control over the drums by…

Lick of the Month – July 2014

July 28, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Here is a cool phrase you can throw into your vocabulary. It’s just sixteenth notes but accented every third note and using a ‘flam-right-left’ sticking. As usual, dynamics and orchestration make…

Foundation Course Lesson 1 – Left Foot Hi-Hat

July 26, 2014

Hello, Login to start. Not a member? Join Today! Lesson one! In this video I discuss the meaning of ‘foundation’ and more specifically the importance of left foot hi-hat in grooves and general playing. This content is for members only. Add…

Foot Exercises

July 19, 2014