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Video Lesson! Necessary Ruffness: Make Your Grooves Percolate With Subtle Doubles
This excerpt is taken from the complete article that appears in the October 2015 issue, which is available here. Basics Necessary Ruffness Make Your Grooves Percolate With Subtle Doubles by Rich Redmond The ruff is an essential rudiment that’s directly related…
VIDEO! Strictly Technique: Hairtas (June 2010 Issue)
http://www.youtube.com/embed/xd8SeKYTYE0 by Bill Bachman The “hairta” isn’t one of the PAS forty rudiments, but it’s an extremely useful rudiment. Technically speaking, it’s very simple to play. All of the strokes should be played as relaxed free strokes (or full or…
Michael Spearman of Everything Everything
Hello, Modern Drummer readers. This is very cool for me because although I’m British, I grew up reading MD avidly. I’m in a band called Everything Everything, which is based in Manchester, England. We’ve been lucky enough to play all…
