Grooves and Fills from Stars – Skillet

By Nate Brown Drum Fills, Drum Lessons, Level 3 Drum Lessons, Monday Drum Lessons christian, skillet

Description

Jen Ledger uses a clever mixture of syncopation and power in her drum part on Stars. In this lesson, learn a few fills and grooves from the song and some ideas for incorporating them into your playing.

Author

Nate Brown

Publisher of OnlineDrummer.com, Alfred Publishing author, Ddrum artist, and veteran Drum! Magazine contributor, Nate is a graduate of John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio and holds a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Findlay.

Reckoner by Radiohead – Main Groove

The main groove for Reckoner by Radiohead uses cleverly placed ghost strokes and ride bells to create a unique, almost... read more

Drum Fill #16 – Spacing Technique

This lesson focuses on a technique rather than a specific drum fill. A simple, standard sixteenth-note drum fill is... read more

Drum Fill – Mixing The Sticking

In this weeks lesson we have a go at a cool drum fill that uses three different sextuplet sticking... read more

Double Bass Bursts

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

4 Classic Drum Beats

This lesson explores 4 popular drum beats using Nate's new book Chart-Topping Drum Beats: The 60s Through Today. read more

Epic Drum Fill – More Sextuplets

In this weeks lesson we have a go at a cracking drum fill idea that uses a combination of... read more

Tom Groove & Drum Fill

For This week's lesson I have stolen a couple of ideas from Green Day drummer Tre Cool. We will... read more

Hand Technique: Single 3’s – Video 2 of 4

Michael Klee takes you through the medium slow tempos (110-140 bpm) with the Single 3's Ditty Exercise. Video 2... read more

Kick & Ghost Note Workout

In this week's lesson we have got a great little workout for anyone looking to strengthen their right foot... read more

Sick Drum Beat On The Toms

In this week's lesson we have got a really sweet sounding tom groove that is made up of solid... read more

COOL, FUN DRUM FILL IDEA & ORCHESTRATION

For this week's lesson we start off with a 16th note sticking pattern between the hands and foot on... read more

Double Stroke Pad Exercise

Drummer Todd Walker performing a lesson using a basic practice pad exercise with,"Double Strokes" within three note value. (Eighth... read more

Epic Drum Fill Idea

In this lesson we look at playing an epic sounding drum fill that can be played as either ... read more

Classic Drum Fill From Africa

Learn how Jeff Porcaro used a simple drum fill concept in the song Africa by Toto to carry it... read more

5 Foundational Techniques For Rock Drumming – Lesson 5

This is the final lesson in the series 5 Foundational Techniques For Rock Drumming by Nate Brown. This lesson... read more

Grooves and Fills from Stars – Skillet