One of the questions I often hear from beginners is about independence. In the very beginning of your drumming journey, the required separation between your hands and feet is pretty straight forward. I’m referring to your very first eighth note rock beats where your hi-hat pattern always lines up with the bass drum. To progress, you’ll have to learn to play more complex patterns where your bass drum sometimes has to play “in between” the hi-hat notes. This often causes problems for beginners.
In the video below, I demonstrate one way to get past this. For this lesson, I’ve tried to avoid rhythmic notation and focused instead on the physical movements required. I believe that the reason beginners have a problem at this point is that they don’t break the puzzle down into its smallest components–that’s what I try to do here. If you’re a beginner, please let me know if you find this helpful. I hope you do.
He first gained attention as one of the winners of Modern Drummer magazine's very first drum solo contest, judged by Rush's Neil Peart.
He's played with Alison Krauss, Curtis Stigers, Emily Remler, Joel Hoekstra, GE Smith, Andy York, Marshall Crenshaw, Tony Shanahan, The Drifters, The Marvelettes, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and many other artists.
His band, Mark Feldman's LEVEL5, released their debut, "The Sybil EP," in 2019. The EP features Oz Noy on guitar and Will Lee on bass.
For more info: linktr.ee/markfeldman
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