Learning How To Count with The Table of Time

Or whichever is your dominant hand. This is one of the funkiest things you can do to spice up your grooves, a quick and cutting hi hat bark will serve you well as part of a funky groove whether its…

My latest video is a demonstration of the Tunnel Test which is a way of using a metronome with some bars of click and some bars of silence. This is a great way to improve your internal clock and gain…

I got a request from A YouTube viewer to do a Dr Feelgood song and I was delighted to oblige. I think Brillaux et al’s She Does It Right is one of their best and is a great exercise in…

I finally got around to completing (more or less) the series of YouTube videos I started a while back in which I provide a ten step introduction to playing the drums aimed at absolute beginners. I’m going to add a…

Here’s my video explaining the basics of Zigaboo Modeliste’s seminal groove on The Meters’ Cissy Strut.

Here’s a quick video explaining how to develop your fill playing for Train beats. The key thing is to drill a bunch of accent patterns (and ideally memorise them) at a slow tempo and in relaxed style. Once you can…