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The History of Drum Machines, Samplers and Electronic Drums

The History of Drum Machines, Samplers and Electronic Drums Learn the rich history of drum machines The history of drum machines and electronic drums is a really interesting one. Whether you like it or not drum machines, electronic drums and samplers are not going away. At first they created very dodgy sounds and drummers viewed them as small threat to the much loved acoustic drum. And although that love for acoustic drums is as strong as ever, we have made way in our hearts to embrace all that electronic drum sounds can add to our creative palette. Early drum machines…

Best Jazz Rudiment for Drums

Best Jazz Rudiment Learn how to play jazz like a pro with this effective rudiment This Is The Best Jazz Rudiment Drum Lesson Why is this the best jazz rudiment I hear you ask? Well, first of all it sits naturally in the swung rhythm and jazz is predominantly swung. Secondly it flows very easily around the basic jazz ride pattern.If you aren’t familiar with the basic jazz groove then watch this FREE video lesson.So what is the rudiment?We are talking about the mighty paradiddlediddle. What a name! If you aren’t too hot with your rudiments you might like the…

Cold Sweat | James Brown

The Cold Sweat Drum Beat Learn the Cold Sweat Groove from a James Brown Classic Here we are looking at the Cold Sweat groove by Clyde Stubblefield on the James Brown classic song. This groove epitomises funk with some of the key elements that define a funk groove. It's based on a regular 8 beat which is normal enough but it uses two techniques on the snare drum that place this drum groove squarely in the funk genre. The first technique is the displaced snare drum. Part of the character of Cold Sweat is the displaced accent which is accentuated by…

Make money from music | How to | Diversify

How to make money from music Diversifying is the key if you want to make money from music So many musicians want to make money from music. That's not because we're greedy but it's just a fact; if we earn enough money from playing then we don't need a different job which in turn eats all our time and stops us doing what we love.....playing our instrument! Our musical dreams come in different shapes and sizes but for most of us we would love to play our instrument all day long and money is the barrier that prevents that from…

Street Samba Drum Lesson

Street Samba Drum Beat Learn a street samba drum groove This is a street Samba drum beat adapted for the drum kit. The Samba is a rhythm type from Brazil which is lively, infectious and often seen at carnivals making people dance. Usually this rhythm is performed by the bateria which is a large group of percussionists that play on a drum or other percussion instrument each. These can range from drums to shakers, whistles, tambourines and scrapers. The collective sound is very powerful. So here we are going to try and replicate that street samba drum sound using just…

Jazz Samba Drum Beat Lesson

Jazz Samba Drum Beat Learn this basic Samba drum beat The samba drum beat is closely linked to the bossa nova drum rhythm, both of which are from Brazil. However the samba drum beat is taken from much livelier, carnival dancing music whereas the bossa nova is usually slower. And so authentic samba sees groups of percussionists, ranging from small to hundreds strong, making up the percussion group (bateria) performing these beats in the street at carnivals. There are different sounds being played from large surdo drums, through shakers, tambourines, caixa, cuica, pandeiro, repinique and whistles. The collective sound is…

Advanced Samba Drum Beat

Advanced Samba Drum Beat Learn this advanced Samba drum beat This advanced samba drum beat is an extension of the basic street samba drum beat. It takes that pattern which was already quite a challenging four limb independence exercise and makes it even harder. But it's worth it because the end result sounds great! You probably already know that samba is a Brazilian rhythm which is usually played by lots of percussionists. From the mid-20th century drummers have been adapting these rhythms for the drum kit which enables one person to do the job of many. To create this thick layered rhythm…

The Funky Drummer | Clyde Stubblefield

The Funky Drummer Drum Beat Learn the Funky Drummer- One of the most sampled grooves in history The Funky Drummer is one of the most famous drum breaks (or break beats) in the history of recorded music and as such it is one the most sampled drum beats ever having appeared in countless tracks across a range of genres. Although the practice of sampling old funk grooves really came about through rap and hip hop initially. The beat is performed by Clyde Stubblefield on the James Brown track. Clyde was one of Brown's favourite drummers alongside Jabo Starks and has been responsible for playing…

Steve Gadd Style Shuffle

Steve Gadd Style Shuffle Drum Lesson Learn a Steve Gadd Style Shuffle Drum Beat This Is The Steve Gadd Shuffle Drum Beat Lesson Let's check out a Steve Gadd style shuffle drum beat because....well anything that Steve Gadd gives a magical twist to is worth investigating. If you're new to the world of shuffles then you might like to check out Blues Shuffle 101 Course which starts from the beginning and delves deep with various shuffle grooves and fills as well as a drumless playalong track. You could also grab this blues shuffle backing track so you have something to use to make…

Blues shuffle Drum Course 101

Blues shuffle Drum Course 101 Learn how to really plays shuffles with this blues shuffle drum courseThis is the blues shuffle drum course 101. It teaches you how to understand and count the blues shuffle by breaking it down developing the feel for this wide spread groove. Such a huge proportion of music is swung and yet so many drummers who grow up listening to rock and pop can only play in straight time. In fact, I remember performing as support for a blues artist who had recently disposed of a drummer that I had huge respect for having loved his playing with a very famous…