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Become a drum teacher

How to become a drum teacher Become a drum teacher to make your passion your living Become a drum teacher and use your passion to make money. The rewards are huge, not only because you can easily earn twice the average salary, but also because you will never need to wake up and go to a job you hate again. You never need to take orders from a boss you don't like again. You never need to feel frustrated because you'd rather be drumming than doing whatever you're doing eight hours a day again. It really is possible and it really…

Rim Shot Drum Technique

Rim Shot Drum Technique Learn the essential rim shot This Is The Rim Shot Drum Technique This is a drum lesson breaking down the rim shot. This is an essential technique that can be used in a number of ways to create interesting effects on the kit.This is not just for metal drummers trying to be heard over heavy distorted guitars!But yes that is one role that this technique plays. Using a rim shot does create a loud accent so many drummers use it for their backbeat in order to really cut through. I'm not saying that is a bad use for this technique…

Stage Fright for Drummers

Stage Fright for Drummers How to conquer stage frightStage fright is real. The archetypal tattooed, macho drummer is prevalent; but even big hairy rock drummers get scared![This is a stage fright article that was first published in Rhythm magazine January 2013]- VIDEO BELOW -Most drummers have experienced nerves in some capacity before a gig, audition, or recording session. It may occur just before the performance or days in advance, and manifest itself as a nervous anticipation that stimulates an inspired performance, or a debilitating dread that actually prevents you going on stage.For those who suffer these negative aspects, they can seem…

Buzz Roll Drum Technique

Buzz Roll Drum Technique Learn the essential buzz roll This is a drum lesson breaking down the buzz roll. This is an essential technique that is also know as the press roll. I see a lot of drummers that are great in so many ways on their instrument yet have never bothered to learn this fundamental technique. It's almost as if they think this is only used by marching band drummers But actually this technique is essential no matter what style or context you play in. Yes this can be used to create that classic drum roll sound, but a buzz…

Musician Self Doubt – 8 Ways to Conquer It

Musician Self Doubt - 8 Ways to Conquer It How to conquer musician self doubt Musician self doubt can be a big problem for all of us and I think you'll agree with me when I say we've all experienced it at some point to some degree. That awareness of self is part of what makes us human so it's definitely not something to be ashamed of. But it can be inhibiting when getting on stage and performing in front of an audience. Below I want to discuss 8 key strategies for conquering musician self doubt. And the great news…

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…

Samba Independence Exercise For Drums

Samba Independence Drum Exercise Learn a fun Samba independence exercise This Is The Samba Independence Exercise for Drums This samba independence exercise is a really fun way to test your four limb independence whilst also improving your samba grooves.Now I should tell you straight off that this isn't the place to start for total beginners of Samba. This lesson assumes that you already have a basic grasp of a jazz samba beat. But if you don't have that then don't worry.....you're not excluded. You can jump across and take that lesson first. Click here to learn the basic jazz samba and…

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…