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Kick and Paradiddlediddle Fill Combo

Kick and Paradiddlediddle Fill Combo Learn how to play a fun paradiddlediddle drum fille. This Is The Kick and Paradiddlediddle Fill Combo Welcome to this drum lesson demonstrating a really fun kick and paradidlediddle fill combination. This is a full replay of a live lesson from within the Total Drummer Academy.I love this type of drum fill because it sounds really exciting and it works just as well as a drum fill or a phrase to use in drum solos.It uses a paradiddlediddle so we break that down slowly and then we start to move it around the drum kit.We…

Bass Drums In Fills

Bass Drums In Fills Learn how to play powerful rock drums fills using bass drums This Is The Beginner Bass Drums In Fills Lesson Welcome to the bass drums in fills drum lesson. These are beginner drum fills but are also exciting enough for any drummer to incorporate into their playing. Using bass drums in fills can create a really interesting sound and often pushes us into different phrasings that we might not delve into when just drumming with the hands. Drummers often overlook using bass drums in fills and default to just using the hands. But we have two…

Flams In Fills | Rock Fills

Flams In Fills Learn how to use flams in drum fills This Is The Flams In Fills Drum Lessons Welcome to the flams in fills lesson. Here we will learn how to use the flam rudiment in drum fills.In the drum lesson below we are going to break down eight fills that use flams in different ways.Flams are a very powerful rudiment and, although you can play them in any genre, these drum fills sound especially effective in a rock setting.A great example of using flams in fills is the opening drum fill that Dave Grohl provides in Nirvana's 'Smells…

Flamiest Flam Accent Drum Fill

Flamiest Flam Accent Drum Fill Learn how to play a fun flam accent inspired drum fill This Is The Flamiest Flam Accent Drum Fill Welcome to the flamiest flam accent drum fill. Ok that's not technically a thing....except it is now!But this is definitely a really fun drum fill that makes good use of the flam accent.The flam accent is a three note pattern involving a....yes you guessed it.......flam. That is then followed by two softer notes.This rudiment naturally lends itself to triplet subdivisions but we are going to play it over 16th notes which creates a really interesting phrasing.If…

The Best Drum Rudiment | Most Versatile Rudiment?

The Best Drum Rudiment Is this really the best drum rudiment? The Best Drum Rudiment Here we are looking at the best drum rudiment. Rudiments are awesome and give us the sticking patterns that we need to unlock our creativity on the drum kit. Rudiments are part of our language and without them we can't speak as eloquently on our instrument. And that is why we must be proficient with the core rudiments if we want to be the best we can on the drums. But which is the best rudiment? Well in reality there isn't really a 'best rudiment'…

Five Really Easy Drum Fills That Sound Amazing

Five really easy drum fills that sound amazing Learn easy fills that sound complicated Let's learn five really easy drum fills that sound amazing Here we have five really easy drum fills that sound amazing. Yes it’s true they really are simple to learn but as always you must start slow, learn the pattern correctly and gradually speed the patterns up. Sometimes when we see drummers that we admire it seems like they can play a million things in a million different ways and it can feel overwhelming. But many drummers have a few staple techniques and concepts that they…

My Favourite Set Up Drum Fill

My Favourite Set Up Drum Fill Learn My Favourite Set Up Drum Fill This Is A Set Up Drum Fill Welcome to this drum lesson where you will learn my favourite set up drum fill.Set up fills are a common rhythmic device to making a band hit or ensemble stab more impactful.This might be a big note in a big band piece where every instrument hits a figure together to create a huge accented note.Rather than that note appearing out of nowhere, the drummer might set it up with a drum fill that leads into it.You could create all sorts…

Easiest Drum Fill to Sound Like Bonham, Grohl, Howard

Easiest drum fill to sound like Bonham, Grohl, Howard Learn how to play drum fills like Nirvana, Queens of the Stone Age, Led Zeppelin and Muse This Is The Bonham, Grohl and Howard Drum Fill Welcome to a drum lesson where we will learn the easiest drum fill to sound like Bonham, Grohl, Howard.Just in case this needs clarifying we're talking about John Bonham from Led Zeppelin, Dominic Howard from Muse and Dave Grohl both with Nirvana and Queens of the Stone Age.These are awesome bands with awesome drummers and they all used this same type of fill that we…

Paradiddlediddle Rudiment Fill

Paradiddlediddle Rudiment Fill Learn how to use a rudiment to create a very cool drum fill This Is The Paradiddlediddle Rudiment Fill Welcome to the paradiddlediddle rudiment fill drum lesson.The paradiddlediddle is an amazing rudiment that can be used in so many creative ways. Here we will use it to create a really fun drum fill.This rudiment drum fill sounds more complex than it is but in the drum lesson we will break it down so it becomes easy to learn.If you want to learn this Paradiddlediddle Rudiment Fill and then go deeper with rudiments, you might also like:Rudiments for…

How To Drum Like Benny Benjamin

How To Drum Like Benny Benjamin Learn how to play Motown drums This Is The Benny Benjamin Drum Lesson Here we are learning how to drum like Benny Benjamin.Benny Benjamin was one of the most prolific Motown drummers. Motown was responsible for so many massive hit songs that still endure today.And that success was built upon great song writing, great musicians and great singers.Benny Benjamin epitomises the ethos of playing for the song. His parts always served the music and were never unnecessarily busy.Certain aspects of his drumming are instantly recognisable and have become a big part of that Motown…