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John Robinson Drum Grooves

John Robinson Drum Grooves Learn how to play some of JR's Best Drum Beats This Is The John Robinson Drum Grooves Lesson Welcome to the John Robinson drum grooves lesson. Here we will learn how to play some of JR's best drum grooves.If you think you haven't heard of the drummer John Robinson, you have definitely heard his work! As a session drummer he is one of the most recorded drummers of all time!He has played on huge hits for a massive array of artists including Michael Jackson, Chaka Khan, Lionel Richie and many, many more.In this drum lesson we…

Jeff Porcaro Drum Grooves

Jeff Porcaro Drum Grooves Learn how to play some classic Porcaro drum beats This Is The Jeff Porcaro Drum Lesson Welcome to the Jeff Porcaro drum grooves lesson. Here we will learn how to play some classic Porcaro drum beats. Jeff is one of the best loved session drummers of all time and there are so many of his drum parts that are worthy of studying. But in this lesson we focus on some key grooves from the 1980s. These includes beats for Toto, Randy Crawford and Eric Clapton. And yes it does include Rosanna! Scroll down to start the…

Awesome Female Drummers

Awesome Female Drummers Please watch the video below and then comment to suggest some more great female drummers to check outWelcome to this video where we will explore some inspiring female drummers. As you'll see in the video, I have two daughters, one of which is already a great little drummer, and I want them to feel every bit as welcome in the drum world as my son. And so they should.So here is my attempt to create a space where we shine a light on just a few of the excellent female drummers that have been rocking the drums…

John Robinson Drum Grooves

John J R Robinson Drum Grooves Learn how to play drums like John J.R. Robinson This Is The John J R Robinson Drum Grooves Course Welcome to the John J R Robinson drum grooves course. Here we will learn how to play drums like the great John Robinson.John Robinson was a prolific studio drummer in the 1980s and played with a huge number of different artists.He combined precision drumming with great feel, prerequisites for a modern session drummer. But in the 1980s it was a relatively new skill set with the emergence of click tracks, MIDI instruments and backing tracks.In…

Jeff Porcaro Drum Grooves

Jeff Porcaro Drum Grooves Learn how to play some of Jeff Porcaro's best drum beats This Is The Jeff Porcaro Drum Grooves Welcome to the Jeff Porcaro drum grooves course.We will break down and learn how to play Jeff Porcaro's coolest drum beats.Jeff was a member of Toto but alongside that he forged a reputation as one of the most sought after studio session drummers. The 1980s was a decade where Jeff appeared on recordings by so many artists and he became known as a drummer with impeccable feel.This is taken from a larger course that explores several 1980s session…

Steve Gadd Drum Grooves

Steve Gadd Drum Grooves Learn how to play drums like Steve Gadd This Is The Steve Gadd Drum Grooves Course Welcome to the Steve Gadd Drum Grooves course. Here we will break down some of Steve Gadd's best drum beat in the 1980s.Gadd was a prolific studio session drummer in the 1980s so there are lots of great tracks to choose from. In the course we are looking at quite a few Paul Simon tracks as well as a Grover Washington number. Within that is the legendary Late In The Evening drum beat.Gadd is an iconic drummer and no matter…

1980s Session Drummers

1980s Session Drummers Learn how to play drums like the great 1980s Session Drummers. This Is The 1980s Session Drummers Course Welcome to the 1980s Session Drummers course. Here we break down classic grooves from top 1980s session drummers.These drummers created the blueprint for the modern drummers who had to develop a skill set where they can happily play with click tracks, backing tracks, quantised instruments and yet still play with great feel.So we will break down drum beats from 1980s session drummers including Steve Gadd, John J.R. Robinson and Jeff Porcaro.This takes us through classic 1980s drum beats for…

Stax Drum Beats | Soul Drumming

Stax Drumming Learn how to play classic soul songs on the drums This Is The Beginner Stax Drumming Course Welcome to the Stax drumming course. Here we will learn how to play the drum beats for some classic Stax soul tunes.We previously looked at 1960s Motown from Detroit. Another huge record label in American soul music history from the same period was the Stax record label. Stax was based in Memphis, Tennessee and was founded in the late 1950s by Jim Stewart joined later by sister Estelle Axton.The recording studio they created was in a former auditorium with sloped floors where…

How to Drum Like John Bonham

How to Drum Like John Bonham Learn how to play classic Led Zeppelin Songs This Is The John Bonham Drum Course Welcome to the John Bonham drum course. Here we break down some of his classic Led Zeppelin drum beats.Bonham still comes out top on many drummer's favourite drummer lists. He is a real drummer's drummer and for good reason.Bonham had excellent technical ability and control but he also had a musicality. Like many drummers from his era, he came from a jazz background so there is a strong swing in his playing as well as strong funky elements.We will…

How to Drum Like Bill Ward

How to Drum Like Bill Ward Learn how to play Black Sabbath Drum Beats This Is The Bill Ward Drum Course Welcome to the drum course that breaks down how to drum like Bill Ward. Bill Ward was the drummer for Black Sabbath in those early days when they were creating the blueprint for heavy metal.This is actually part of a larger course which looks at Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. This is only available in the Total Dummer Academy.Bill Ward was the perfect drummer to compliment the dark and ominous sound that Sabbath were pioneering to great…