Often, drum grooves involve straight 8th notes played on the hi hat or cymbal. That's not necessarily a bad... read more
For this week's lesson we start off with a nice beginner groove and over a number of phases, adding... read more
In this lesson, Nate Brown shares some examples from Andy Ziker's 3rd part in the drum books series, Funk... read more
This is a nice little idea in with a tribal feel to it. It sounds cool and comes to... read more
This lesson focuses on a sixteenth-note triplet fill that's easy to grasp, but because of the syncopated snare strokes... read more
Nate Brown takes last week's hand kick kick pattern and applies it to some low tom ideas for a... read more
In this lesson, learn the intro to The Looking Glass by Dream Theater. With some concealed time techniques and... read more
This week's lesson examines the technique of phrasing sixteenth-note triplets in groups of two around the toms to create... read more
For this week's lesson we have got an awesome sounding tom groove that we build from the ground up,... read more
Steve Gadd immortalized the marching drum set with his solo titled "Crazy Army." The following march uses similar... read more
This tom groove consists of single-stroke sixteenth notes with accents between the floor, high tom, and hi-hats. The kick... read more
ZZ Top drives the rock shuffle to the top of the charts with La Grange. In this lesson, we'll... read more
For this week's lesson we start off with a 16th note sticking pattern between the hands and foot on... read more
In this weeks lesson we have a go at a cool drum fill that uses three different sextuplet sticking... read more
For this week's lesson we have got a cool 2 measure drum beat played predominantly on the snare drum... read more
