• Fill Of The Week #9

    Here’s fill of the week #9 This is one of the those fills that sounds easy but needs careful practice to play precisely. There is a fill similar to this on Extreme’s Get The Funk Out. During the song it’s played while a horn section plays the same rhythm and it sounds huge. Let’s get…

  • Groove Of The Week #9

    Here’s groove of the week #9: This week’s groove of the week is brought to you by the song Monsters by Shinedown. I’ve been working on Monsters this week and the groove stuck in my head. You’ll also recognize this beat from chorus of Maroon 5’s This Love, although it’s played about 20bpm faster than…

  • Fill Of The Week #8

    Here’s a simple polyrhythmic triplet fill you can use next time you’re playing a shuffle or another 8th note triplet groove. This fill uses groups of 4 over the triplet subdivision to give a polyrhythmic feel. It’s not quite as simple as it seems. Let’s break it down. Learn The Fill Our first step is…

  • Groove Of The Week #8

    Let’s bounce along and enjoy Groove of the Week #8: Groove of the week 8 is, of course, a shuffle. A groove that has powered countless Blues and Country songs as well as many popular Rock & Pop songs. You’ve probably heard shuffles on Confident by Demi Lovato, Ex’s & Oh’s by Elle King, Grace…

  • Fill Of The Week #7

    It’s fill of the week time. Here’s number 7: This is another fill that uses the 6-6-4 phrasing; check out Fill Of The Week #6 if you’re not sure what that is. Let’s break this fill down. Learn The Fill Our first step in learning this fill is to get the Right hand part correct.…

  • Groove Of The Week #7

    Here’s groove of the week #7 – possibly the happiest groove on the planet! What a great groove. It is of course a Soca & it has to be one of the most popular grooves on the planet. You’ll have heard a slow version of it in Despacito. Ed Sheeran strongly hints at it in…

  • Fill Of The Week #6

    It’s fill of the week time! Here’s number 6: This is a cool 16th note fill incorporating flams and the bass drum. When I’m playing flams in a 16th note fill, I like to play the bass drum just before the flam. This gives me plenty of time to set up my flams so I…

  • Groove Of The Week #6

    It’s time to get funky! Here’s Groove of the Week #6: I first remember hearing this kind of funky, syncopated two bar pattern in the chorus of the Billy Joel song Easy Money from the Innocent Man Album. I instantly fell in love with the groove and it became one of my favourite songs to…

  • Fill Of The Week #5

    Here’s fill of the week #5: This fill has a lot of interplay between the hands and the bass drum, I hope you’ve been working on your co-ordination. Let’s break this fill down into simple steps. The first step is to get the Right hand movement correct. The Right hand plays the biggest role in…

  • Groove Of The Week #5

    It’s time to get groovy! This week’s groove of the week is a simple 2-bar pattern. Here’s groove of the week #5: I’ve always loved this beat. Skipping the bass drum on beat 1 of the second bar gives this groove a very upbeat feel and adds a certain swagger to it. A song that…

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