Two Handed Double Stroke Drum Warm-Up

Andy Ziker offers a great way to warm up while, at that same time, working on your double strokes and displaced doubles.

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But It’s Better If You Do – Panic! At The Disco – Analysis

But It's Better If You Do is the third single from Panic! At The Disco's 2005 debut album A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. The up tempo punk rock song features driving verses, swinging choruses, quirky interludes and a frenetic bridge. The story (told through the lyrics) takes place in a seedy cabaret club and explores songwriter Ryan Ross's observations about the club's dancers and patrons.

Steam Will Rise by Silverchair

Steam Will Rise is the final track on Silverchair's third album, Neon Ballroom, released in 1999. This slow, powerful anthem features the drums with a distinctive opening groove using the bass, snare and toms, as well as quirky, syncopated pre choruses, and two powerful drum solos. The melancholic lyrics in the verses describes the diminishing of self, which contrasts with an optimistic message of reclamation of self that underlies the choruses.

Joe Rickard – Exclusive Interview – Red

Joe Rickard, the beat behind the band Red, chats with OnlineDrummer.com about their latest album Release The Panic and shares insights into the industry.

The Little Things Give You Away by Linkin Park – analysis.

The Little Things Give You Away is Linkin Park's poignant tribute to the thousands of people affected by Hurricane Katrina. The haunting six and a half minute piece concludes the band's 2007 album Minutes To Midnight. The song begins as a melancholic dirge in A minor. It gently wades through intriguing rhythm and meter changes before the song's distinctive drum beat bursts on to the sonic landscape. A snare drum solo and an extended guitar solo feature before the piece builds to a sustained climax.

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