Tom Groove from Valentine’s Day

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Description

Explore the intro tom groove from the song Valetine's Day and some fun ways to move it around the kit.

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Borrowing Rob Bourdon’s technique of playing the “&s” on the toms, this groove-concept can be adapted to make some harder-rocking beats.

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.

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Tom Groove from Valentine’s Day