tag

Lessons

Ed’s Paradiddle Cymbal Accents & Variations

Danny Gottlieb lays down the magic of Ed Shaughnessy in this lesson, illustrating the paradiddles and accents between his two crash cymbals.

Lessons

Matt Byrne: Metalized Linear Drum ‘N’ Bass

Matt Byrne does something completely out of left field for a metal guy: he works on some linear drum ’n’ bass grooves.

Lessons

Billy Martin: From Six To Eight

Billy Martin demonstrates how he switches from 6/8 to 8/8 (4/4), a rhythmic device that traces back to the West African masters of Yoruban culture.

Lessons

Terrence Higgins: Double-Stroke Fills

Terrence Higgins gives us the double-stroke roll to practice, a fundamental rudiment and one of the most efficient and effective rudiments available.

Lessons

Matt Byrne: Rocking The Rudiments

In this lesson, Matt Byrne applies four essential rudiments – the ten-stroke roll, the flam, the flam tap, and the four-stroke ruff – to the drum set.

Lessons

Terence Higgins: Inverted 16th-Note Grid Reversed

Terence Higgins shows us another grid exercise using the bass drum as the shifting accent, but this time taking it a few steps further.

Lessons

Daniel Erlandssons Double-Kick Attack

Arch Enemy's first studio album in four years, Khaos Legions is an outpouring of creativity and adrenaline from one of metal’s fiercest acts.

Lessons

Hot Licks: Double Bass On Record

We take a look at some of the most notable double-bass performances on record that pushed the art form forward and influenced generations of drummers.

Lessons

John Stanier: When In Doubt, Flam!

Flams are the spice in our percussive stew. A flam here, a flam there, will liven up even the dumbest of dumb, hard-rock, heavy-metal fills.

Features

Matt McGinley: A Gym Class Hero Is Something To Be

Gym Class Heroes drummer Matt McGinley tells us about the band's album The Quilt, and how several musical influences inspired its hybrid style.