Free Drum Lessons
All Right Now - Free - Chart Topping Drum Fills
In this lesson, learn a piece from Dawn Richardson's new book, Chart-Topping Drum Fills: The 60s Through Today. Exploring the song "All Right Now" by Free, Nate Brown breaks down the drum fill techniques.
More Beats From Stick Control #33
This lesson lays down some grooves derived from pattern #33 from the famous Stick Control book by George Lawrence Stone. Chart-Topping Drum Fills: The 60s Through Today Skype Drum Lessons
Expression With Accents
This lesson explores the technique of accenting to create more expressive grooves. Snare Drum Workbook Chart-Topping Drum Fills
Syncopated Drum Fill Pattern
This lesson takes a syncopated drum fill pattern and moves it around the kit. There are a lot of possibilities with this pattern. Try moving this pattern around the kit in your own ways to create more grooves.
R U Mine Grooves - Arctic Monkeys
In this week's Monday lesson, Nate Brown teaches the main groove and a fill from R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys.
Intro To The Rock Shuffle
This Monday lesson takes a shot at the Rock Shuffle, a technique used in many hit songs including Morrison Hotel by The Doors, The Wanderer by Dion, Heartache Tonight by The Eagles and So What by Pink to name a few.
Accented Sixteenth-Note Development
This week's Monday lesson explores accented sixteenth-note patterns that can be expanded around the kit to create a lot of groove ideas.
Sixteenth-Note Triplet Drum Fill Phrased In Two
This week's lesson examines the technique of phrasing sixteenth-note triplets in groups of two around the toms to create explosive fills.
Four Classic Drum Beats
This lesson explores 4 popular drum beats using Nate's new book Chart-Topping Drum Beats: The 60s Through Today.
Happy - Pharrell Williams - Groove
This week's Monday lesson goes over the groove from the hit song Happy by Pharrell Williams.
Leave It Open
This sheet accompanies Nate Brown's video drum lesson exploring techniques with the open hi-hat cymbal to create layered grooves.
5 Chart-Topping Beats With Embellishing
In this lesson, learn 5 beats from chart-topping songs that use the embellishment of the open hi-hat and/or ghost strokes. This page is a sample from Nate Brown's book Chart-Topping Drum Beats.
