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Two handed brush variations for fast tempos

  • June 15, 2023
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UPDATE: I added some video of me practicing this.   I’ve been practicing my fast tempos lately, both with sticks and brushes. I’m talking about jazz, tempos above ~290 bpm. I haven’t had to do a […]

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3/4 rhythms – a special set

  • July 9, 2019
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See, this is what I’m talking about: no matter how much drum stuff gets written, no matter how many thousands of pages of drum books I have in my studio, and even after having written […]

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On playalongs, pt. 2: play exercises

  • December 1, 2013
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Stuff like this. Anything. Why not? Back from tour and easing back into blogging, here, with part 2 in this thoughts on practicing along with recordings series. Today we’ll discuss the value of not just […]

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