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Master The Sixteenth-Note One-Handed Roll lyzy@stringletter.com·June 23, 2011BY TIGER BILL MELIGARI The fifth lesson in our Speed Development series concentrates on a one-handed roll using...Lessons·0 Comments·0·6270 views
4 Cool Grooves From 4 Hot Rhythm Sections lyzy@stringletter.com·June 10, 2011BY ANDY DOERSCHUK AND WALLY SCHNALLE No drummer is an island. We need other musicians to make music....Lessons·0 Comments·0·2314 views
Spaghetti Breaks: Musical Cooking Tim Jones·June 7, 2011Many cultures describe the creative musical process as “cooking.” I think it is a great analogy for what...LessonsPost·0 Comments·0·225 views
Funky Bell Patterns Tim Jones·May 15, 2011Central African music has some unique bell patterns that can be applied to numerous funk beats in 4/4....LessonsPost·0 Comments·0·505 views
The Inner Game Of Teaching Drums lyzy@stringletter.com·May 5, 2011BY BRAD SCHLUETER Being a drum teacher offers a good source of revenue directly related to your love...Lessons·0 Comments·0·19546 views
How To Play “Feeling This” By Blink 182 Tim Jones·April 17, 2011Within a few strokes of Travis Barker’s opening solo to “Feeling This” — from Blink 182’s new self-titled...Lessons·0 Comments·0·1021 views
Joe Morello’s “Take Five” Drum Part Tim Jones·March 11, 2011Breaking New Ground In Odd Meters azz is not typically considered music of the masses. So when a...Lessons·0 Comments·0·5175 views
How To Play “The Ocean” By Led Zeppelin on Drums lyzy@stringletter.com·March 11, 2011BY WALLY SCHNALLE “The Ocean” was released in 1973 on the record Houses Of The Holy, Led Zeppelin’s...How ToLessons·0 Comments·0·20205 views
Three Building Blocks Of Chops lyzy@stringletter.com·March 1, 2011BY TIGER BILL MELIGARI As an instructor specializing in hand and foot technique for over three decades, I’ve...Lessons·0 Comments·0·16765 views
Justin Foley On Killswitch Engage’s “Starting Over” lyzy@stringletter.com·March 1, 2011BY DAVE CONSTANTIN Don’t let the shaved head, bushy red Viking beard, and throttling speed-metal aggression behind the...Lessons·0 Comments·0·3102 views