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Welcome to The Drumming Blog.
Yes! Here you are on the front door of one of the internet’s most widely-read blogs on the topic you love–drumming. So, have a look around. There are articles on drumming philosophy (“The Thinking Drummer” series), pages and pages of exercises on independence and technique, and licks. Oh, there are SO MANY LICKS on this blog. Plus, solo transcriptions and many of the articles are supplemented with video. There are a lot of videos around here.
Please, read on. Enjoy. There are more than 450 articles here…you could get lost.
Are you ready? I am about to give you one of my Nastiest of the Nasty Licks!!! Nasty Lick #38 is one of my favorites. It pretty much ALWAYS gets a reaction. Just check out the screams from the audience when I launch into it in the video below. It’s a live video of my […]
Last week I posted a video of my playing along with Gary Husband’s song, “Groove Grease.” There’s an eight bar solo in the song and I’ve been getting asked about one of the ideas I played in that solo. Hence, Nasty Drum Lick #128 was born! The idea is a sixteenth note triplet phrase that […]
If you want to improve your single stroke roll, this system, if practiced consistently, should help you immensely. A lot of what I share here on the blog is a result of my own practicing, gigging, and recording experience and this practice system is no exception. In addition to explaining the exercise, I’m offering you […]
Achieving success in any endeavor requires focus and learning the drums is no different. Focusing on the right things–especially at the beginning–is truly important. Focus is something that I’ve read about and written about frequently because I sometimes struggle with it myself. There are many drumming ideas, techniques, and skills that excite me. And therein […]