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I've found a small idea that I'm having fun grooving with at the moment and thought I'd share. I find it's helping my accenting and playing beats in odd time signatures. For instance ... play a beat (using your bass and snare) in an odd time signature that has 8 as the bottom number e.g. 5/8...

Do you do it? Ever since I started drumming I've naturally felt better by taking any 'accessories' off my hands and wrists, even out of my pockets at times. I like to feel completely even while I'm drumming and even something heavy in one pocket can feel off putting to me. I was practicing...

There are a few threads on the forum at the moment about asking for advice in the process of buying drums and cymbals: http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83495 and http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83452 There's some interesting points that I've taken from...

What's your take on Skype lessons? I haven't had lessons in a long time. I really want to get an expert eye on my technique and also to develop some more intricate concepts of playing. A lot of answers to questions on this forum relating to technique etc are to get some good lessons. I don't...

I'm wondering what time signature you think The Pyramid Song by Radiohead is in? Or how you would count it perhaps... The drums kick in around the 2 min mark. Radiohead - The Pyramid Song

I know there is often threads on polyrhythms asking for different advice or resources. I think this is because it's one of the less straightforward concepts within drumming. Browsing the net I found this page with a series of videos from Jason Gianni, who according to the page "is a full-time...

It's no secret that playing drums well requires good rhythm. Dancing also takes good rhythm to do well. So by that logic, are good drummers good dancers? I'm looking for anecdotal evidence ...

As drummers, I'm sure most will agree that single and double strokes are our bread and butter. They are the fabric we use to weave magic on the drums. So as basic and essential these two things are, what would you say is the percentage of time you spend practicing them? I know sometimes we tend...

Everyone knows we have them. Some days you sit behind the kit and inspired rhythms pour out. Sometimes it doesn't even feel as if the rhythm is coming from you but through you. These particular days your technique flows and it all grooves. Other days it feels forced. Nothing flows and it is as...

A drummer friend of mine, Al Hicks, went to study jazz in New York after he finished high school. He met and struck up a great friendship with jazz legend Clark Terry. For those of you who don't know, Clark Terry played with the likes of Duke Ellington's band and was mentor to great names such...