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Flamingo Funk Drumless Playalong

Flamingo Funk Drumless Playalong Get a funky backing track minus drums This Is The Flamingo Funk Drumless Playalong Welcome to the Flamingo Funk drumless playalong. This is a funky drummer backing track minus drums so you can practice playing funk drums along with it. It has a fairly involved arrangement which includes a drum solo, half time breakdown and some tricky unison figures to catch. To help you get through it there is a PDF drum chart included. For the most part this track requires a funky four on the floor style groove. It's a lot of fun to play…

Hoping and Hanging Drumless Track

Hoping and Hanging Drumless Track Learn how to jam with this drummer backing track This Is The Hoping and Hanging Drumless Track Welcome to the Hoping and Hanging Drumless Track. This is a very syncopated rock track with a strong synth element. It gives you the chance to practice your rock beats whilst also developing your timing. The syncopation of the main riff is similar to a dance track with the offbeat being very prominent. That makes this a good drumless practice track to really get your timing tight. Scroll down to instantly access the Hoping and Hanging Drumless Track…

Black Label Society Drum Sheet Music – Fire it Up

Black Label Society Drum Sheet Music Learn how to play Fire It Up This Is The Black Label Society Drum Sheet Music Welcome to the Black Label Society Drum Sheet Music. Here you can get the full drum notation for their classic track Fire It Up. This was the opening track of their 2005 album 'Mafia' and features Craig Nunenmacher on drums. The part starts with a low, thin sounding drum part but then when the riff kicks in the full drum sound is introduced with a pumping, solid rock beat. As the track progresses there is some more complex…

How to Play Clocks by Coldplay on Drums

How to Play Clocks by Coldplay On Drums Learn how to play this Coldplay classic track This Is The Drum Lesson That Teaches How to Play Clocks by Coldplay Welcome to the Clocks drum lesson. Here we are learning how to play the main drum grooves for this classic Coldplay track from their 'A rush of blood to the head album'.This features Will Champion on drums who sticks closely to the same rhythm throughout. This takes discipline and is essential to power this song forward.The rhythm uses an interesting 3, 3, 2 phrasing that matches the main piano line.You might…

Clave Foot Groove Challenge

Clave Foot Groove Challenge Learn a tricky four limb independence groove This Is The Clave Foot Groove Challenge Welcome to the Clave Foot Groove Challenge. Here we will learn a fun four limb independence pattern that will bend your mind! It involves two separate bars in which the feet play opposite roles. So one foot is playing four on the floor and the other a modified son clave feel. Then in the second bar the feet switch patterns. Once you've got the individual bars we then loop them in sequence and that's where it gets really tough. Watch the video…

Improvised Melodic Drum Solo

Improvised Melodic Drum Solo A totally improvised drum solo just for fun! This Is An Improvised Melodic Drum Solo Welcome to an improvised drum solo that I thought I'd share. After a few days of learning songs for gigs and then the gigs themselves, I was done with all the regimented learning and playing. I had just a few hours sleep but felt a real desire to get in the studio and just play drums without any rules or agenda. I love having the freedom to see what comes out. So here it is warts and all. It was based on…

Melodic Tom Groove Challenge

Melodic Tom Groove Challenge Learn a challenging four limb independence groove This Is The Melodic Tom Groove Challenge Welcome to the Melodic Tom Groove Challenge drum lesson.This is a challenging four limb independence groove but as well as being a tricky exercise it is also a useable drum beat.This might be appropriate for a main groove in a song, a breakdown section or a drum solo.But more than anything I just love the challenge placed upon all four limbs with this type of drum beat.Watch the video below and then scroll down to start the Melodic Tom Groove Challenge......if you…

Unison Hands Funk & Jazz Fill Drum Lesson

Unison Hands Funk & Jazz Fill Drum Lesson Learn how to play a funky jazz exercise This Is The Unison Hands Funk & Jazz Fill Drum Lesson Welcome to the unison hands funk & jazz fill drum lesson. This is a great little exercise that develops your hand accuracy when playing in unison. It's a technique that we often overlook but is deceptively tricky. It is also commonly used any time we play with both hands together so it's well worth working on. The great news here is that this exercise also doubles up as a really useable groove or…

Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise

Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise Learn a fun drum groove in three four time signature This Is The Overlapping Hands Drum Exercise Welcome to the overlapping hands drum exercise. This is a really fun drum exercise in three four time which layers a triple hand pattern over the other hand. This layering technique is common in complex funk grooves so it's well worth getting used to it. But as well as being a fun, challenging exercise, this is also a really useable drum groove. In the lesson I demonstrate how it can be used in a funky, jazzy context. Click below…

KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen

KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen Learn a really fun advanced odd time groove....if you dare! This Is The KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen Welcome to the the KILLER Hi-hat Pedal Drum Groove in Fifteen Sixteen. This is a fun but challenging odd time groove. As well as being in the very unusual time signature of fifteen sixteen, it also incorporates use of the hi-hat pedal which makes it a four limb independence challenge as well. Hence why this is an advanced groove. Watch the video below and then scroll down to start the KILLER…