by Gary Dates
If you like a challenge, this video is for you! I show you how to take any pattern and play it over several grids like the previous video. But I added quintuplet and septuplet grids for an extra challenge.Watch Video
This is one of those exercises that’s totally open-ended. You can use ANY pattern or lick and come up with something that sounds totally different, simply by playing that pattern on a different grid.Watch Video
I’ve owned a pair of AKG 460 B mics with the CK61-ULS capsule for decades. When I saw the Behringer C-2 matched stereo pair for $50 I had to check them out, and see how they compared to the AKGs.Watch Video
In this video, I show you one possibility for using the paradiddle on the kit. Of course, there are many, many more. ANYTHING can spark a creative moment…even ye olde PARADIDDLES!Watch Video
While going through some old VHS tapes I found one on which was recorded a drum clinic I had apparently done back in the early 2000s.Watch Video
A fellow YouTuber turned me on to this lick from a song called “Radio Activity” off of John McLaughlin’s 1984 album called…oddly enough…Mahavishnu. 🙂Watch Video
We all have certain recordings that influenced our development as drummers. Here are five of MANY influential grooves that had a huge impact on me as a developing drummer.Watch Video
As a beginner, it’s important to know right at the start that one of THE most important things to learn is how to control the stick REBOUND off of the drumhead.Watch Video
The secret to great drumming isn’t really about chops.Watch Video
In this video, I take a basic sticking pattern used by the young J.D. Beck and make it funky.Watch Video