Drum Fill #6 – Your Go-to Fill

By Nate Brown Drum Fills, Drum Lessons, Level 2 Drum Lessons drum fills

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 holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from John Carroll University and a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay.

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