An exchange on the evolution of the bass drum in jazz, from Max Roach, circa 1981, from his Modern Drummer interview with Scott K. Fish . SF...

More of an expansive double bass method using the book Syncopation, that I've been developing with a student. Here we'll get into 1...

Stewart Copeland's statements about jazz came up on line recently, and I was curious about that, so I dug around and found some things. ...

The need for this arose when I was practicing yesterday, so here we go— two pages of syncopation rhythms including quarter note triplets and...

More student stuff! Someone needed a Latin rhythm for a tune he's playing in a rehearsal combo, and this repeating quasi-samba pattern i...

That's it, CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER! is now an all what-I'm-teaching-in-lessons web site. I'm preoccupied with other stuff right now...

Another item I was working on with a student, for everyone waiting for the other shoe to drop on that 2013 Tiki Fulwood/Funkadelic fills pos...

A page of patterns I'm playing around with, in an Afro 6 feel , that are difficult or unusual for varying reasons— either the bass drum ...

Continuing a double bass drum method I'm developing with a student. I don't play double bass, and have very little to teach on the ...