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Alex Van Halen’s Hot Licks

We take a look at iconic drummer, Alex Van Halen's best moments by breaking down his chops on songs like "Hot For Teacher" and "House Of Pain."

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Herman Matthews: Advice For Auditions

Herman Matthews gives us some tips on how to give a great audition no matter what, and how to be confident in any situation.

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Rich Redmond: Filling In The Gaps

Rich Redmond gives us a useful concept for playing different and interesting-sounding fills.

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Stanton Moore: The New Orleans Guaguanco

Stanton Moore gives us a lesson that mixes New Orleans mambo with Cuban guaguanco, creating a fun groove to experiment with a solo or breakdown.

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Danny Gottlieb Salutes The Great Paul Motian

Danny Gottlieb gives us some of Paul Motian's great drum licks to practice with a song from the Bill Evans trio, "Gloria's Step" (one of his favorites).

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Rich Redmond: Classic Rock Fills

Rich Redmond teaches us how to swing some classic rock fills.

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Tom Brechtlein: Dazed & Grouped

Tom Brechtlein shows us three exercises that can be used to help your lower body coordination and balance.

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Schnalle Method: Jazz Bass Comping

Wally shows us some rhythms to be played on the bass drum, which we can use to develop our comping vocabulary.

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Stanton Moore: Linear New Orleans Lines

Stanton Moore comes up with some grooves out of New Orleans rhythms that he suggests to use as a fill or variation in your playing.

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Pro Insight: Terry Bozzio Master Class

Terry Bozzio

From a clinic in Chicago, we share some of Terry Bozzio's insight and advice on exercises and practicing, with transcriptions and examples inside.