Drums, Music, and Loops.
Browse my drums and music blog below to find free drum lessons, articles about the music industry and musicianship, and free drum loops. You’ll also find other fun content such as the occasional review, and news.
I believe in quality content, and you’ll see my educational articles have been published by magazines such as Modern Drummer, whilst the lessons based on my book Concepts, published by Hudson Music.
I hope you enjoy my drums and music blog, and if you’d like to learn to play drums, you can also check out my drum lessons. Or, if you’re looking for a drummer to play on your songs, explore my remote recording services.
FREE DRUM LOOPS: BONHAM STYLE SHUFFLE
Thanks for downloading this free John Bonham style shuffle drum loop! If you're after live drums for your project, check out my remote recording sessions and get in touch! You can also reach me on my Instagram, where I post samples and clips of the latest sessions I'm...
FREE DRUM LOOP: CRUNCHY RIDE ROCK GROOVIN’
Thanks for stopping by to download this free drum loop! This month features a dirty, super-compressed drum groove that can sit well in a number of settings, be it Rock, Indie, Trip Hop, or wherever your imagination takes you. A really simple groove sometimes is all it...
FREE DRUM LOOP: FAT ROCK DRUM GROOVE
Thanks for stopping by to download this free drum loop! This 4 bar fat Rock drum groove has a big ol' snare and bass drum sound, which is great for a Rock or perhaps Indie vibe, and is at 91BPM. I've added a little something on the backbeat which I thought would give...
Linear Drum Grooves: Get More Out Of ‘Em With a Simple Trick
Linear drum grooves and fills / chops are all the rage these days! And rightly so, they're fun to learn, create and play so why wouldn't they be?! In this drum lesson, we're going to keep it simple, and go through how to apply Augmentation to our linear drum grooves...
Hand-To-Foot Coordination Like A Modern Drummer
Thanks for checking out this video drum lesson! In it you'll learn to develop hand to foot coordination like today's modern drummer. You'll enhance your drumset vocabulary by applying the simple concept of Replacement to a Paradiddle, and level up your drumming game!...
Create interesting variations of ideas with Displacement
Thanks for checking out this video drum lesson about creating interesting variations of ideas with Displacement. Hey guys, in this video lesson you'll learn to apply the concept of Displacement in order to spice up your fills and create more interesting grooves....
Challenge Your Coordination Skills With This Drum Game
Who doesn't like drum games? They're a great way to test and challenge yourself and your friends and family. Today, on my Instagram Live lesson we played some fun drum games! These were actually excellent exercises develop your coordination skills, but can also...
5 Basic Drum Beats For Beginners
Here's a PDF with 5 great basic drum beats for you to have fun with. Learn them, practice them and use them to play along to your favourite tunes! Beginner tips If you're a beginner, these are great drum beats to learn because they're very common in everything from...
Using a Melody To Create A Groove and Fill
Thanks for checking out this video drum lesson about Using a Melody To Create A Groove and Fill. In this video we get creative by taking a simple 1 bar melody and going through process of adding bass drums, ghost notes, and accent patterns to create the groove and...
Using Paradiddles Creatively By Changing Subdivisions
Let's have fun with Paradiddles! They're one of the most musical rudiments, with lots of melodic possibilities and scope to create lots of grooves. They're also a fantastic way to make our movements around the drums more efficient! So, let's explore them differently...
Groovy Half-Time Paradiddle Fill Drum Lesson
Applying concepts to the Paradiddle Here we learn to apply the concepts of Replacement and Modulation to a Single Paradiddle to create this groovy, half-time fill. Mind you, this great lick works really well as a groove too, so don't be shy to try out like that! Both...
Creative Grooves Using the Six Stroke Roll
MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK Let's get creative with the Six Stroke Roll for a minute. I’ve always been into the idea of getting the most juice out of what I already know. I mean, think about it, you’ve mastered, say, the Single Paradiddle (i.e. RLRR LRLL) and got a couple...
Spice Up Your Fills: Applying the Augmentation Concept
This blog and free drum lesson shows you a way to spice up your fills by applying the augmentation concept. I’m sure you’ve heard it before, you know, the whole thing about getting more out of stuff you already know? Well, it’s true! There’s so much juice you can...
Is Mindfulness The Best Gift For Drummers?
Over the last few months I’ve been using a guided meditation app called Headspace. It’s a great app which teaches you how to meditate and guides you through the process. I’ve found it really beneficial in helping me be more in the moment, more mindful, and less...
Developing Phrasing Ideas Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of this free drum lesson about developing phrasing ideas using doubles on the bass drum over double strokes. Like the exercises in Part 1, these are based on the concept of permutation, which gives us lots of practical mileage as it’s very...
Developing Phrasing Ideas Part 1
In this free drum lesson, I discuss developing phrasing ideas using “double” bass drum strokes over double strokes. It’s a while since I last posted, so I wanted to share with you something I’ve been playing about with, which has been loads of fun (download the free...
4 Simple Tricks to Improve Your Drumming – FREE DOWNLOAD
Summary Becoming a better drummer requires time, so making the most it is crucial to improve your drumming, whether it’s 15mins or 2hrs per day. Planning is the one simple, and easiest, trick to do this. You can download the FREE “How To Get Better” Pack at the end of...
How To Play Drums: A Guide To Success
How to play drums is popular Google search, so when trying to answer how to play drums I don’t think there are rights or wrongs. That said, there are commonly accepted beliefs, which include: Solid time keeping is probably the most important aspect of playing the...