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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.
Beginner Drummers: Focus on These 5 Things
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 […]
Nasty Lick 43: Vinnie Colaiuta on “Joe’s Garage”
This is a great lick that Vinnie plays on “Dong Work for Yuda” from the Frank Zappa album, “Joe’s Garage.” I immediately loved it because it sounded a lot like a famous Gadd lick I love. The Gadd lick is a well known pattern, very similar to this one. (See example #2 from “Seven Gadd […]
Essential Afro-Cuban 6/8 Drum Beat
If you need to play Afro-Cuban in 6/8, this one never fails. I love it. It’s a little tricky in the independence department, but once you work through the pattern and get it locked in your muscle memory, you’ll have it forever. I know that the notation I’ve written on the PDF is in 4/4, […]
Nasty Drum Lick 122: The Vinnie Colaiuta Chaka Khan Soundcheck Lick
This is a great lick that looks pretty simple on paper, but it sounds amazing when blazed! I stumbled upon it on YouTube, where master drummer and teacher, John Riley, was demonstrating it at a clinic. Have a look at the video: John plays the lick very slowly in the video; slow enough that you […]