Drumming Lessons

Improve Your Bass Drum Speed

For all those that want to improve their bass drum speed (and let’s face it, who doesn’t) here’s a very simple exercise by Mike Johnston to help speed things up. Remember to start slow and only increase your speed as you become more comfortable. Best of luck!

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Double Stroke Open Roll

Here’s a really easy way to make your double stroke open rolls sound more powerful and even. I learnt this technique from one of my drum teachers years ago and it helped tidy up my double stroke rolls immediately. This drum lesson has to do with accenting the second beat of each double stroke. See, most [...]

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Rudiments Around The Kit

I’m always preaching about the importance of drum rudiments… and for friggin’ good reason. This is the fastest way for a beginner (or any player) to ramp up their chops to new heights – in record time. And as you start to master each of the rudiments one by one, it is like adding another [...]

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