I've long felt there isn't a truly good basic funk drumming book. There are many bad ones, and a few decent/acceptable ones. I most ...

This is the basic form of Three Camps for drumset , converted into 16th notes. I continue to dig this format for practicing jazz coordinati...

Thinking about this fabulous product I'm selling, Cymbal & Gong cymbals , in this precarious time, it struck me that they could jus...

More from Mickey Roker's Modern Drummer interview by Jeff Potter, October, 1985, on the subject of practicing the drums:  It has always ...

This is just a little exploration of a special set of stickings for drum set. I wrote it to practice myself, and see if it's worth devel...

Here's Shelly Manne playing a funk jam— What Laurie Likes, by Art Pepper, from Pepper's album Living Legend. This is really just to ...

Another jazz fundamentals item, that pairs nicely with Monday's thing . These are some stick control patterns designed to be played on t...

CYMBALISTIC:  Heads up, if you're thinking about getting some new cymbals. I'm holding a few new odd-size Leon Collection cymbals ri...

Usually people start with jazz coordination by playing snare drum independence patterns along with a static cymbal rhythm— see Jim Chapin&#...