If you are reading this you are probably experiencing some kind of pain when you play drums or you are suffering from some kind of drumming injury. I’d like to reassure you that this is a common problem that many drummers face and there are many effective ways to deal with it. I know from […]

Ty Segall famously said, “You’re not a real drummer until you can play Wipeout.” In this post, you’ll learn how to play Wipeout on drums. And Includes a play-along-backing track without drums and Wipeout drum sheet music pdf (scroll down.) Ty Segall was exaggerating of course, but learning Wipeout is a huge milestone because it

Not progressing anymore? Anders Ericsson describes in his book PEAK the way in which world class performers improve their skills.  In this case I’m speaking about drumming, but this concept literally applies to anything. Most of us think that just doing something over and over will create improvements.  This works at first when we are

What Does Trading Fours Mean? Most jazz standards are written over a 32 bar form that can be divided in four 8 bar sections.  In jazz, each instrument on the band stand can take a turn to play an improvised solo over the 32 bar form. Each instrumentalist, other than the drummer, usually solos over

In this post, I will teach you how to develop the Herta Rudiment.  This rudiment is a single-stroke pattern (alternating R-L-R-L.)  The basic version is called the 3 Note Herta which is made up of 2 sixteenth notes followed by 2 eighth notes. There is also a 4-note Herta, which consists of adding an extra

5 step by step exercises In this post I will teach you the basic steps for developing a smooth and even double stroke roll.  I’ve put together a series of practise videos that will help you slowly build up your double stroke roll one step at a time.  These exercises were taught to me by

Are you thinking about teaching or signing up for online drum lessons?  Curious to see what a live online lesson looks like?  I’ve put together this short video to give you a glimpse of an online drum lesson as well as my equipment setup. Equipment Required for online drum lessons A computer (ideally a laptop.)