How To Play Rude Drum Beat – Magic
Learn this modern reggae "pop" hit. In this lesson, we focus on the post-chorus.
View ArticleHow To Play Guilty All The Same – Linkin Park
This week's lesson walks through the drum part played during the outro of Guilty All The Same and some ways to use the grooves from this song with your own beats.
View ArticleHow To Play In The Air Tonight By Phil Collins
Learn how to play In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins. This classic piece has an explosive entrance drum fill that is instantly recognizable, even by non-drummers.
View ArticleHow To Play Behind These Hazel Eyes – Intro
This lesson explores the intro to Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson and some techniques for applying the fills in a creative way to your own drumming.
View ArticleHow To Play Pompeii by Bastille
This lesson accompanies Nate Brown's video drum lesson teaching an excerpt from Steve Ley's full drum sheet music for Pompeii – Bastille. Learn the second pre chorus's very recognizable drum part,...
View ArticleHow To Play Black Dog – Led Zeppelin
We recently ran a Name That Groove trivia, providing a drums-only audio sample of this part of Black Dog. We didn't include a clue – just the audio. People were still able to quickly name that groove....
View ArticleHow To Play Best of You – Foo Fighters – Outro
This is a high-energy song, as many Foo Fighter's songs are. The outro repeats a refrain on beats 1 and 2 throughout the entire outro and throws quick, syncopated fills on beats 3 and 4.
View ArticleHow To Play Uprising By Muse
A low-tom twist gives this classic 12/8 rock shuffle some meat. In this lesson, learn the groove from the bridge of Uprising along with two versatile drum fills.
View ArticleHow To Play Royals by Lorde
Break away from those straight eighth note or sixteenth note grooves. The groove from Royals applies some creative hi-hat techniques that you can pull from time to time.
View ArticleClassic Fill From Stairway To Heaven
This fill creatively applies the hybrid rudiment, the herta, around the toms and bass drum for an explosive, instantly recognizable drum fill. In the excerpt below, we've provided the grooves leading...
View ArticleGreen Day’s Rock Shuffle from Holiday
This week, we take a look at Tré Cool's rock shuffle from Holiday. The groove rides the low tom lead into the final chorus, while the shuffle in the chorus is completed with the bass drum and snare....
View ArticleHow To Play The Pretender by Foo Fighters
This week, we're going over the fast-paced, energetic drum part from The Pretender by Foo Fighters. The drum part is easy to understand but takes some work to get up to speed. The transcription excerpt...
View ArticleDrops Of Jupiter – Bridge Lesson
This week we're going over the bridge groove and fills from Drops of Jupiter by Train. This is a great selection of music because of the broken triplet metric modulation - gives the groove, groove.
View ArticleHow To Play Hold The Line – Toto – Drum Fills
This week's lesson explores 3 classic fills from the classic hit Hold The Line by Toto. Yet another example of Jeff Porcaro's masterful work.
View ArticleClassic Fills from Something From Nothing – Foo Fighters
Taylor Hawkins is known for his fast-paced, explosive drum fills. This week, we're going over two of those fills from Something From Nothing by Foo Fighters. These classic 32nd note drum fills might...
View ArticleHow To Play Closer To The Edge – 30 Seconds To Mars (bridge)
The bridge from Closer To The Edge by 30 Seconds To Mars uses a catchy, syncopated tom groove. There are some differences in the way it sounds on the album versus the way it's played live.
View ArticleConspiracy – Verse Beat
The verse groove from Conspiracy by Paramore uses a common hand pattern that can be applied in a number of ways to spice up your drumming.
View ArticleHow To Play Paradise – Coldplay
This week, we're going over the classic 16th beat groove from Paradise by Coldplay. Complete with open hihat, 32nd notes and sloshy hat dynamics, this groove not only sounds great but is a lot of fun...
View ArticleTime Is Running Out – Pre-chorus Groove
Learn the powerful tom groove from Time Is Running Out by Muse that leads into the chorus. Also learn some great drum fill applications of this pattern.
View ArticleSuperstition Groove
The intro to Superstition by Stevie Wonder is one of the drum grooves that is instantly recognizable. Studying this intro beat will give you ideas about how to incorporate the techniques into your own...
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