BY "TIGER" BILL MELIGARI
Trading fours is a skill that can be used by drummers of all styles but is especially prevalent in jazz. I once landed a gig with Thad... Read More...
BY STEWART JEAN
This lesson continues our series on running backing tracks onstage with the ShowOne app from your smartphone. Here we will discuss how to run t... Read More...
BY STEWART JEAN
As a working drummer today, having the ability to run and manage tracks onstage for a band can certainly provide an advantage to getting ... Read More...
BY STEWART JEAN
The ability to play over the bar and not lose the downbeat is essential to all drummers. A great way to develop this skill is with a small thre... Read More...
BY STEWART JEAN
The word linear gets thrown around often in our pursuit of drumming and drum fill creativity and vocabulary. Many of my students are always see... Read More...
BY STEWART JEAN
Applying rudiments to the drum set allows us to explore numerous possibilities for fill creation. The first step is to choose a rudiment you ha... Read More...
BY STEWART JEAN
As a drum instructor I am constantly meeting with students who claim that they “need more fills,” as if there were a secret book of fills where... Read More...
BY “TIGER” BILL MELIGARI
The sound of Buddy Rich's closed rolls can best be described as smooth. In this lesson, we feature the trick he incorporated that assu... Read More...
BY BRAD SCHLUETER
Glen Sobel is an incredibly talented drummer and the solo we’re presenting today proves it. His chosen genre is hard rock, but his skill set ... Read More...
BY STEWART JEAN
The funk shuffle can be quite a challenge to grasp for many young players. It often ends up being played too straight or too tight. Funk shuffl... Read More...
