There’s a Mars Volta song called Teflon that has a weird hybrid version of a paradiddle. A lot of Mars Volta songs have ghost notes with hybrid versions of a paradiddle. I use a lot of the rudiments and grooves. The reason I show people rudiments is that playing drums is essentially doubles and singles. Most people don’t play triplets with one hand, they play doubles and singles, A lot of times, drummers might say, ‘I don’t need to learn rudiments,’ but learning rudiments sharpens the way you sound playing certain things. When you watch people on the internet, you hear them playing but you can’t hear every note. They’re not as articulate as drummers who sit there and practice a long time. Incredible teachers like Tony Williams and Ndugu Chancler would make you do double-stroke rolls in class for almost a year before you actually got to touch a […]