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Rich Redmond: Two Are Better Than One

Rich Redmond teaches drummers that are new to double-bass how to incorporate quick, two-beat bursts into their fills and achieve some awesome moments.

Features

Andrew Hurley: Rebel With A Cause

Drummer Andrew Hurley gives us an inside look at Fall Out Boy's album, Folie À Deux, and teaches us how to play the track, "I Don't Care".

Plugged In

App Crackle Pop: The Best iPhone Music Apps

Jake Wood gives us an updated breakdown of the best music apps for the iPhone to help shepherd us into the brand spankin' new mobile 2013.

Lessons

Danny Gottlieb: Jazz Figure Reading

Practice reading jazz figures, and learn how to find that swing by singing the figures like a horn player or scat vocalist would.

Lessons

Tom Brechtlein: Bad-Ass Fills

Tom Brechtlein gives us some fills inspired by Elvin Jones and Tony Williams to be played in a half-time shuffle or medium tempo, Elvin-type groove.

Lessons

Tre Cool: Prime Cuts From Uno

We take a look at Tre Cool's drumming on some tunes from the Green Day backbeat's latest album, ¡Uno!, a creative interplay with vocals.

Lessons

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.

Lessons

Rich Redmond: Filling In The Gaps

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

Features

Eric Kretz: How To Survive After Superstardom

Drummer Eric Kretz of Stone Temple Pilots tells all about reaching mega-superstardom and making a smooth transition into his next life.

Hand Drum

Rhythmic Snapshot: West Africa

With the huge influence of African music on our own performance vocabularies, we thought it was only fitting to take a journey to the epicenter of rhythm.