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Rhythm Tech’s Hi-Hat Tambourine
Bring Tambourine Into Your Live Playing with the Hat Trick As many drummers know, tambourine can add great texture and motion to virtually any groove. From programmed hip-hop grooves, to big fat classic rock grooves, tambourine can add the needed mot...
Great Drum Books
A Few Great Drum Books for the Beginner/Intermediate Drummer Whether you’re self taught, taking lessons, going to school, or whatever method you are using to better your playing and understanding of the drums, The basic fundamental concepts rem...
New Julie the Band Videos!
So the original band I work with, Julie the Band, is putting out a series of videos on youtube, that are basically music videos of various songs we have been working on recently. There is going to be a mix of covers, and new originals filmed in a few...
Drumming Dynamics
Developing Good Drumming Dynamics First let’s start by defining what dynamics is as it applies to music. Dynamics is basically the volume that a given note is played at. Dynamics are notated in music with a few different markings as shown below...
Drum Woods: What’s the Difference
An Overview of the Most Common Drum Woods There are countless factors that determine the sound that you get out of a drum. In order to really understand the character of any drum, you must first understand it’s origin and makeup. This knowledge...
Bass Drum Technique
Burying the Beater VS Pulling Off the Head The debate between which bass drum technique is better will never end. Its one of the drumming communities equivalents to discussing religion, or politics. Some drummers think burying the beater is the only ...
