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Hi. I came across this in my basement and have no idea how exactly to use it. Seems like some kind of attachment to add a cymbal but seems too short to be useful. Any ideas?

I’m in a frustrating situation where I always seem to drag the backbeat on 4. It’s maddening because it feels right when playing with a band but sticks out badly when listening to the playback. Practiced with a metronome. No flams with the high hat. Go back to a band situation and it happens...

Not sure if this is the correct term, but I’ve heard drummers talk about playing at the rising or falling edge of the beat. I don’t mean constantly pushing the beat ala Copeland or laying back like Cissy Strut (or distorting the beat like J Dilla). You can clearly hear it in those cases. I’m...

Hi Folks, I'm looking for examples of 'out of the box' type fills that caught you off guard. I'm not talking about EPIC fills that just sound cool or 'standard fills' (pat boon debbie boon, etc) which are well executed and sound right for the song. Most of the time, I can predict the general...

I always thought this would be a great exercise in composition . Can you take a song which was never recorded with drums and add a drum track to it while still making it sound good? Heres an indie song from New Pornographers to try: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9NJQ38FkVBo Anybody have...

I don’t think I’ve seen him mentioned here before. I’ve recently been digging his live work with Camel back in the 70s. These two tracks are total monsters of deep groove. Especially ‘Never Let Go’, probably the only example of a prog rock song that you can actually dance to :-)...

Any thoughts on how to count out this tune? I think it's in 6/8 or something but the vocals twist things around somewhat https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f7UBWdI_UmI