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Aaron Spears: “Make Simple Things Extraordinary”

Gregg Bissonette on the Classic Beat to “What is Hip?”

Neil Peart

Neil Peart Performs and Discusses “Malignant Narcissism”

Bass Drum Technique by Rick Latham

Tom Tuning by Rick Latham

Bass Drum Tuning by Rick Latham

Snare Drum Tuning by Rick Latham

Gregg Bissonette Shares a “Ringo Starr” Fill

Danny Seraphine Breaks Down CTA’s “Something Different”

Zigaboo Modeliste Teaches You The Meters’ “Cissy Strut”

Promise of the Real on Working with Lady Gaga for “Find Yourself”

Frank Zummo Breaks Down his Fills on Sum 41’s “13 Voices”

Mike Mitchell on Using Musicality to Improve Your Chops

Curt Bisquera: “Five Beats Every Drummer Must Know”

Raul Pineda Shows You his Latin Jazz Beat #1

Raul Pineda Demos his Latin Jazz Pattern #2

Glen Sobel on the Double-Bass Shuffle Technique

Raul Pineda’s Afro-Cuban Patterns

“The Voice” Drummer Nate Morton Shares his Favorite Fill

Holding the Drumsticks and More by Rick Latham

Moving Around The Kit by Rick Latham

The Cha-Cha, Songo, and Afro-Cuban 6/8 by Jimmy Branly

Blair Sinta Shares Three Bass-Drum Tunings

Blair Sinta Demos Multiple Snare Sound Options

Blair Sinta on High-Pitched Bass-Drum Sounds

Walfredo Reyes, Jr. on Adding Percussion to Your Kit

Richie Gajate-Garcia on Using the Shaker with Your Kit

Mike Clark Demonstrates Shuffle Variations

Colin Bailey on Soloing to the Melody of the Song

Rich Redmond on Syncopation

Paradiddles and Swiss Triplets in Odd Times by Joey Peebles

Jaz Sawyer’s Tips for Basic Brush Grooves

Mona Tavakoli’s Basic Drum-Set Patterns for Cajon

Singing and Drumming by Kelly Keagy

Derrick Wright on Spicing Up Grooves

Playing 4 over 7 by Siemy Di

Basic Bongo Patterns by Jhair Sala

Matt Garstka on Expanding Your Vocabulary

Virgil Donati on Chops, Speed, and Independence

Rick Latham on Playing Fills that Don’t Distract from the Groove

Improvisation and Developing Your Voice by Ed Soph

Finger Technique by Thomas Pridgen

Alex Acuña on Expanding Your Rhythmic Vocabulary