I'm very happy to be writing a monthly column for Drummer magazine. The idea is to start right from the beginning and take you through a step-by-step course on kit playing, reading, rudiments and stickings.
Each original article will be available here about a month behind the magazine (only fair to the magazine after all!) Space is obviously limited in any magazine, so here are the media files together with additional exercises and patterns for you to download and work on. Enjoy!
| Lesson 14 - October 2007 | |
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| Straight or Swung |  |
| Lesson 15 - November 2007 | |
| Dynamics | |
| Lesson 16 - December 2007 | |
| Accents | |
| Lesson 17 - January 2008 | |
| Accenting the Groove | |
| Lesson 18 - February 2008 | |
| Triplet Accents | |
| Lesson 19 - March 2009 | |
| Bass Drum and Ghosted Snare Variations | |
| Lesson 20 - April 2008 | |
| Followed by a Ghost | |
| Lesson 21 - May 2008 | |
| Split Fills 1 | |
| Lesson 22 - June 2008 | |
| Split Fills 2 | |
| Lesson 23 - July 2008 | |
| Split Fills 3 | |
| Lesson 24 - August 2008 | |
| Split Fills 4 | |
| Lesson 25 - September 2008 | |
| Odd Time Signatures Part 1 | |
| Lesson 26 - October 2008 | |
| Odd Time Signatures Part 2 | |
| Lesson 27 - November 2008 | |
| Odd Time Signatures Part 3 | |
| Lesson 28 - December 2008 | |
| The Five Stroke Roll | |
| Lesson 29 - January 2009 | |
| The Seven Stroke Roll | |
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