In my “Six-Way Independence” master class on Drum Channel, I wanted to give my students the opportunity to learn the way I learned, and how I came up with my concepts. I started thinking about all of the combinations I saw in the Stick Control: For the Snare Drummer book. I wanted to be able to play these not only between the hands and feet, but also between the left side against the right side, or left-foot right hand against the right-foot left hand. I wanted to learn all of the possibilities. Here’s a funny story about that. Our producer was working in another studio next to the room where I was practicing. I was practicing Ratamacues and rudiments between two sides of the body, and it sounded terrible. My producer said to his assistant, “Someone is in Marco’s room practicing, and he sounds terrible. Go in and kick him […]

June 2021 Issue