Independence Warm-up Paradiddle vs Stick Control

This week, Patrick brings us a practical four-way independence exercise. Separating the hands from the feet is often a... read more

In this exercise, Patrick applies a wheel concept to change up a basic drum beat. read more

Get your sticks out and add this funky groove to your drum beat repertoire. This week's Thursday lesson demonstrates... read more

This week, Patrick shares some tricky singles and doubles to improve your independence. read more

This week, Patrick lays down a Latin groove using the paradiddle to drive the groove. read more

This week, we're tackling the flam. Here are some fun flam exercises to build your flam chops. read more

Need to improve your coordination? Patrick shares a great piece to build the independence we're all trying to achieve. read more

This is the third of a series of drumming sheet music titled "Dynamics." This beat sheet is designed... read more

This week Patrick mixes flams, the Swiss Army Triplet and flamacue to create some cool fills. read more

This sheet music accompanies Andy Zikers article on Free and Controlled Stroke Warm-Ups, techniques for warming up using selective... read more

Patrick shares some more great grooves. These are adopted from West African rhythms. read more

All the triplets you can eat for lunch today. This week, Patrick lays down a couple pages of triplet... read more

The first of a series of Practice Pad exercises designed to build speed, control and coordination when you're away... read more

This is a snare drum warmup used by many college and high school drumlines alike. Designed to work... read more

This week, Patrick lays down some funky grooves doubling up the hats for embellishment. read more