Five Progressive Beats for Beginners

This is the verse drum lesson for the song "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam. This teaching is part of... read more

For this week's lesson we have got a cool sounding crossover drum beat around the kit. read more

This week's lesson is a nice little 2 bar tom groove that is fairly simple and sounds a bit... read more

This lesson explores some explosive fills using the sixteenth notes on the double bass while crashing around the kit... read more

The term dynamics refers to how loudly or softly the music is played. Without changes in dynamics, music can... read more

Taking a look at playing in the 5/4 odd time signature, Alex Ribchester teaches how to incorporate some of... read more

The open hi hat techniques creates interesting 2-measure repeating beats by adding layers to your grooves. read more

This lesson explores some ways to expand basic accented patterns to create colorful drum fills. read more

Nate Brown shares some beats derived from the famous hand-pattern 33 from the book Stick Control, perhaps best recognized... read more

Learn a cool backsticking technique to add another trick to your bag! read more

This is a cool idea for a drum fill or a groove played around the kit using sextuplets. It... read more

What constitutes a drum fill? Could a single stroke be considered a drum fill? Find out! read more

In this weeks lesson I am going to show you how to play a 4 bar/measure combination of paradiddles... read more

This is a progressions of exercises designed to give your hands a gradual warmup before practicing or a gig.... read more

Check out this one-handed fill using 32nd notes, sixteenths and sixteenth-note triplets in 4/4 time. Todd Walker does it... read more