Drum Fill #6 - Your Go-to Fill

Drum Fill #6 – Your Go-to Fill

This week’s Friday drum fill is based on a common drum beat used in rock and funk drumming (see #1 above). Moving the beat to different drums can create a lot of great sounding drum fills … all with the same foundational pattern.

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Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate earned his Bachelor of Arts in Education at John Carroll University and Master of Arts in Education at the University of Findlay.

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Drum Fill #6 – Your Go-to Fill

Drum Fill #6 – Your Go-to Fill

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