The Pad – Exercise 10 – The Diddles
This week's pad exercise is the last of the The Pad series and focuses on diddles. read more
The Pad – Exercise 9: Ghosts
This weekend is Halloween. It's only fitting that this week's pad exercise focuses on ghost strokes. read more
The Pad – Exercise 8: Toughing Through The 5s
Quintuplets (groups of 5 notes) can be tough to evenly space in a beat. This exercise focuses on the... read more
The Pad – Exercise 7: Two Surfaces
This week's The Pad exercise takes the sticks to two surfaces. read more
The Pad – Exercise 6: Flam Chops
This week, we're tackling the flam. Here are some fun flam exercises to build your flam chops. read more
The Pad – Exercise 5
Our 5th The Pad Exercise concentrates on syncopation. Appreciate those Es and Ahs! read more
The Pad – Exercise 4
The fourth edition of our The Pad exercises focuses on accenting while using alternating sticking. read more
The Pad – Exercise 3
Being the third edition of our The Pad exercises, I see it only fitting to focus on the threes... read more
The Pad – Exercise 2
The second of our series of Practice Pad Exercises, this pad workout focuses on double strokes. read more
The Pad – Exercise 1
The first of a series of Practice Pad exercises designed to build speed, control and coordination when you're away... read more
Stick Control Book Applications – Lesson 3
Lesson 3 of Patrick's Stick Control applications for the drum set. read more
Stick Control Book Applications – Lesson 2
The second lesson of the stick control applications, this week's exercise explores #24 from the famous Stick Control book. read more
Stick Control Book Applications – Lesson 1
This week, Patrick takes exercises from the ubiquitous Stick Control drum book and moves them around the kit. This... read more
Four Limbs Independence Exercises 6
In this week's exercise, Patrick lays out some diagonal left-hand/right-foot vs right-hand/left-foot coordination exercises. Free your limbs! read more
Four Limbs Independence Exercises 5
Continue freeing your independence with Patrick's fifth exercise in the Four Limbs Independence series. read more
