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JAZZ DRUM LICK NO. 3. DRUM LESSON

mattdean — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:10:26 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk JAZZ DRUM LICK NO. 3. DRUM LESSON

JAZZ DRUM LICK No. 3 Hey Drummers, Welcome to this video blog which demonstrates a jazz drum lick that you can throw into your jazz drumming. It’s a short, simple pattern that will hopefully inspire some new ideas that you can use to improve your drumming, thus becoming a better drummer, and a better all [...]

WWW.MATTDEANWORLD.CO.UK DRUMMER, DRUM TUTOR AND AUTHOR AND HOME TO THE FREE DRUM BLOG - MATT DEAN IS A PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER, DRUM TEACHER AND AUTHOR. HE ALSO PUBLISHES THE FREE DRUMG BLOG WHICH INCLUDES DRUMMING NEWS, ARTICLES, ADVICE, LESSONS, MP3 BACKING TRACKS AND VIDEOS.

FUNK DRUM FILL

mattdean — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:25:23 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk FUNK DRUM FILL

Hey Drummers, Welcome to this lesson looking at a great funk drum fill. If you love drummers like David Garribaldi, Clyde Stubblefield, Jabo Starks, or Zigaboo Modeliste, to name but a few, then this kind of drum fill will help give you the ideas that really work in that funk context. Short, sharp, clean notes, [...]

SEVEN DAYS DRUM LESSON – STING – VINNIE COLAIUTA

mattdean — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:06:33 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk SEVEN DAYS DRUM LESSON – STING – VINNIE COLAIUTA

Hey Drummers, Welcome to this Seven Days drum lesson. Here we are looking at the drum beat on the classic Sting track ‘Seven Days’. This great song enjoys the masterful drumming of Vinnie Colaiuta and his clever groove in 5 that uses hi-hats accents to help thge listener feel the song more naturally than many [...]

HEALING POWER OF DRUMS

mattdean — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:40:29 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk HEALING POWER OF DRUMS

Hey Drummers, I wanted to share this story which demonstrates the healing powers of drums and rhythm. This information is reproduced with the kind permission of Robert L. Friedman who wrote the book The healing power of the drum and runs the website www.drumming-event.com as well as www.stress-solutions.com. If interested in this aspect of drumming, visit his [...]

AIN’T NOBODY DRUM BEAT – J.R. ROBINSON – CHAKA KHAN

mattdean — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:46:56 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk AIN’T NOBODY DRUM BEAT – J.R. ROBINSON – CHAKA KHAN

AIN’T NOBODY DRUM BEAT - JOHN J.R. ROBINSON Hey Drummers, Following on the series of classic grooves (check out previous posts for SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, LATE IN THE EVENING, CHAMELEON, FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER , we are today looking at a groove my session drumming legend Jonh J.R. Robinson, a prolific recording drummer, [...]

DRUM WARM UP ADVICE

mattdean — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:17:36 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk DRUM WARM UP ADVICE

DRUM WARM UP Hey Drummers, Many drummers prepare for their drumming performance with a pint of beer and a cigarette before they climb on stage and demonstrate a gruelling two hour set, exerting great physical effort and putting significant strain on their body. This might seem satisfactory for some more gentle styles of music but [...]

LATE IN THE EVENING – STEVE GADD -PAUL SIMON

mattdean — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:10:30 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk LATE IN THE EVENING – STEVE GADD -PAUL SIMON

LATE IN THE EVENING – STEVE GADD Hey Drummers, Here we are looking at the classic drum pattern from ‘Late in the evening’ by Paul Simon with the mighty Steve Gadd on drums. So far in this series we have looked at FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVE, SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT and CHAMELEON, so [...]

CHAMELEON DRUM BEAT – HARVEY MASON – HERBIE HANCOCK

mattdean — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:00:06 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk CHAMELEON DRUM BEAT – HARVEY MASON – HERBIE HANCOCK

CHAMELEON DRUM BEAT – HARVEY MASON – HERBIE HANCOCK Hey Drummers, SO far in this series we’ve checked out the drum beats from SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT, and FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER. Well, continuing with the classic drum beats series, today we are looking at a super funky groove from the track [...]

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT DRUM BEAT

mattdean — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:52:29 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT DRUM BEAT

SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT DRUM BEAT- DAVE GROHL -NIRVANA Hey Drummers, Last week we looked at the classic drum beat from the Paul Simon track FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER with the almighty Steve Gadd on drums. Continuing with this series of classic beats, this week we are looking at a groove performed [...]

FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER – STEVE GADD

mattdean — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:33:16 +0000

www.mattdeanworld.o.uk FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER – STEVE GADD

FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER – DRUM BEAT – STEVE GADD Hey Drummers, The video below takes a look at the classic drum beat created by Steve Gadd for the Paul Simon track ‘Fifty ways to leave your lover’. Gadd approached this song in a very unusual way, the result being a very [...]