Darren explains how to use paradiddles to crash on either side of the kit using either hand, and James from Baltimore asks about the drum groove from the Mary J. Blige song "The Love I Never Had." iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=324199&id=324219&s=143441
Nick from Florida asks how he can improve his double bass drum speed. Loren from California asks about tuning the drums with the rest of the band in mind.
Use the hands with the kick drum to create some interesting triplet combinations. Also, Darren replies to e-mails about flams, drags, accents, grip and well-being from Sam, Tony and Mark.
A paradiddle tom fill, the Groove Guide reverse metronome, resources for music to play along with, how to hit a China cymbal, Jojo Mayer's Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer and Steve Jordan drum sticks.
Darren talks about learning your favorite drum licks using the intro to Led Zeppelin's "Rock n' Roll" as an example. Visit www.unirunner.com/asd to try the Amazing Slow Downer, software that allows you to slow down music without changing the pitch.
Use the hands with the kick drum to create some interesting triplet combinations. Also, Darren replies to e-mails about flams, drags, accents, grip and well-being from Sam, Tony and Mark.
You can break drum rudiments down into a few key elements. This can help you to build them back up into your own unique style of playing. Darren also mentions the Amazing Slow Downer again and his experience with learnlicks.com.
An e-mail from Oli in the UK about reading drum music inspires a discussion about quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and how they are used to notate drum beats.
Exploring polyrhythms can change the way you think about drumming, from both a musical and a mathematic perspective. Also, more about reading drum music, in response to e-mails from Kevin in Malaysia and Chris in Australia.
Darren demonstrates his approach to learning beats from the popular Mel Bay book "The Drummer's Cookbook" by John Pickering. It's an excellent resource for developing independence and the ability to come up new grooves and fills on the fly.
A paradiddle tom fill, the Groove Guide reverse metronome, resources for music to play along with, how to hit a China cymbal, Jojo Mayer's Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer and Steve Jordan drum sticks.
Playing triple strokes on a single kick drum pedal at the end of quads and sextuplets, Ned Smith (www.nedzeppelin.com) shares topics of drumming controversy and a Vic Firth poster giveaway.
Playing along with a drumless track with spaces for drum fills can test your ability to maintain a steady tempo through fills and transition back into the groove. The song from this podcast, Canyon Jump, can be downloaded at unirunner.com/drumlesstracks. It has one, two and four-bar spaces for fills.
Shifting, adding and subtracting accents is a simple way to make old drum licks sound new and exciting. Also, a review of Jojo Mayer's Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer DVD set.
Things to keep in mind when you're ready to buy drums, drumless tracks from minusdrums.com, more about Jojo Mayer and a Steve Jordan drumstick giveaway.
Darren responds to a question from Jason in Charlotte, North Carolina, about how to make your weaker hand stronger, and he plays "Bonzai Cadence." Download the sheet music for Bonzai Cadence for free at www.unirunner.com.
Mark in Canada asks about how to play rimshots and six stroke rolls consistently and how the Spirit plays into drumming. Steve from Ohio asks about getting a good sound from acoustic drums in church.
Mike from Tampa asks about double bass drumming, drum tuning and using the DrumDial. Darren goes into excruciating detail explaining and demonstrating the DrumDial and ends up not having enough time to respond to any other voicemails. Plus, Andreas Öjebrandt from Sweden jams for us on his camera phone.
Abel from San Antonio asks about increasing hand and foot independence. Also, the unirunner Drum Lessons 2006 Collection is now available. For more info, visit www.unirunner.com/2006.
Zack from Minnesota asks about basic drum care. Drew from Sioux Falls asks about where to find a cheap drum kit and Steven from Tennessee asks about improving double bass drum speed and avoiding denting drum heads.
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