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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.

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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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Tom Brechtlein: Grooves That Cause Trouble

Tom Brechtlein gives us some more grooves to play around with and practice that he's come up with.

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Tom Brechtlein: Playing Sevens On Caffeine

Tom Brechtlein shows us common ways of grouping seven over four while making sandwiches and coffee on a tour bus.

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Tom Brechtlein: Opening Your Ears Wider

Tom Brechtlein expands your mind with this groove, which came to him after playing the rhumba for a jazz-inspired tune.

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Tom Brechtlein: Half Time Shuffles From The Road

Here are some half-time grooves and shuffles to mess around with and make your own.

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Tom Brechtlein: Animal Logic

Tom Brechtlein teaches us some fills to use in a solo or even as a challenging warm-up.

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Tom Brechtlein: Three Fills For Three Limbs

Tom Brechtlein

Give your left foot a break for a minute while Tom Brechtlein offers a few exercises to help you develop fills with bass drum, hi-hat, and snare.

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Tom Brechtlein: Double-Strokes From The Vaults

Tom Brechtlein shows us some simple double-stroke rolls between the tom and the snare that can be used in a number of ways.

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Tom Brechtlein: Groovin’ The Fill

You don’t have to rely only on rolls to play a fill. In this lesson we look at altering your groove to create fills on your full kit.