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How to Increase Double Bass Drum Speed with Heel-Toe Technique

BY "TIGER" BILL MELIGARI We’ve worked on footwork combinations for single bass and double bass before, and now we’ll add a technique that I use to easily play ... Read More...

Gene Hoglan: Master Blaster

From the January 2017 issue of DRUM! | By John Payne | Photography by Robert Downs Observing master metal man Gene Hoglan do what he does, one is presented... Read More...

Double Bass Legends: A Short History

BY JOHN NYMAN Back around 1910, when the fledgling bass drum pedal was improved and popularized by the Ludwig family, some percussionists were cast out of a gi... Read More...

6 Ways To Fine Tune Your Bass Drum Pedal

BY BRAD SCHLUETER THUD. There’s something uniquely satisfying about the deep, resonant timbre of a great-sounding bass drum. And it’s easy to identify the highl... Read More...

Lesson (Metal): Single-Stroke Double Bass Drum Fills, Part 3

BY MATT BYRNE | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF DRUM Here is the finale of my three-part series on double bass fills. For Exs. 1–6, begin with your dominant hand... Read More...

Lesson: One Foot, Two Pedals With Glen Sobel

BY GLEN SOBEL | FROM THE WINTER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! I’ve been experimenting with the concept of playing left foot simultaneously on hi-hat and left double bass... Read More...

Tiger Bill Video Lesson: Cross-Wiring Workout Part 4

BY "TIGER" BILL MELIGARIIn this, the fourth and final lesson in our Cross-Wiring Workout series, we reverse the hand and foot patterns that we practiced in ... Read More...

Drum Lesson Single-Stroke Double Bass Drum Fills

Metal Lesson: Single-Stroke Double Bass Drum Fills

BY MATT BYRNE | FROM THE FALL 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! You may recognize parts of these exercises, and that’s because I am revisiting some concepts that I’ve covere... Read More...

Tiger Bill Video Lesson: Cross-Wiring Workout Part 3

BY "TIGER" BILL MELIGARI In third installment of our four-part series on cross-wiring coordination, we raise the bar by adding double bass.Practi... Read More...

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Drum Video Lesson: Double Bass Fills

BY GLEN SOBEL | VIDEO BY LIBOR HADRAVA | FROM THE SUMMER 2018 ISSUE OF DRUM! Something I’ve used a lot in my double bass fills is the concept of eighth-note cr... Read More...