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Raul Pineda Shows You his Latin Jazz Beat #1
Raul Pineda is a Grammy winning virtuoso drummer who will blow your mind with his combination of technical proficiency and the authenticity of his sound. This pattern will get you thinking about the coordination and integration of all your limbs.…
Raul Pineda Demos his Latin Jazz Pattern #2
One of todays greatest Cuban drummers, Raul Pineda, demonstrates another Latin Jazz Pattern from his upcoming book. This Lesson helps open up your left hand to play in between the cascara and the bass drum pattern. Downloadable PDF. TO READ…
Glen Sobel on the Double-Bass Shuffle Technique
Glen Sobel is an in-demand rock drummer who is famous for his drumming for Alice Cooper. He has also performed with artists such as Sixx: A.M., Vasco Rossi, and Beautiful Creatures. In this lesson, Glen covers the double bass shuffle…
Raul Pineda's Afro-Cuban Patterns
Raul will blow your mind again with his Afro-Cuban pattern. With a hard week’s worth of practice, you can get this down! Make sure to line up all the limbs correctly to play everything correctly within the 6/8 feel. Download…
"The Voice" Drummer Nate Morton Shares his Favorite Fill
We were very fortunate to have both Curt Bisquera and Nate Morton join us for a great lesson. Nate Morton is the drummer for NBC’s program “The Voice” Nate demonstrates a fill that he finds himself using often due to…
Holding the Drumsticks and More by Rick Latham
This lesson focuses on the basics of holding the sticks in a relaxed and supportive manner. This will give you control as well as a full sound while playing the drums. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS…
Moving Around The Kit by Rick Latham
Rick Latham (Juice Newton) demonstrates ways you can move around the kit fluidly in different styles. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
The Cha-Cha, Songo, and Afro-Cuban 6/8 by Jimmy Branly
In this lesson, Jimmy demonstrates the similarities and differences between these 3 Afro-Cuban styles. Download the Jimmy-B-248-SFTP-cha-cha-6-8 pdf. Cha-Cha-127-bpm.mp3 Cha-Cha-127-bpm-no-drums.mp3 Cha-Cha-127-Bpm-No-Click.mp3 Latin-Jazz.wav Latin-Jazz_No-Drums_Click.wav Latin-Jazz_No-Drums_No-Click.wav Latin.wav Latin_No-Drums_Click.wav Latin_No-Drums_No-Click.wav TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Blair Sinta Shares Three Bass-Drum Tunings
Blair Sinta shares 3 different examples of bass drum tuning and shows us how they can affect your overall sound, groove and feel on the kit. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Blair Sinta Demos Multiple Snare Sound Options
Blair Sinta demonstrates how he achieves multiple snare sounds in the studio with several different sizes, materials and tunings. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Blair Sinta on High-Pitched Bass-Drum Sounds
In this lesson, Blair will experiment with some smaller diameter bass drums and show what sounds you can attain. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Walfredo Reyes, Jr. on Adding Percussion to Your Kit
Walfredo will demonstrate how you can begin to add percussion into your drum set playing and add more depth and dimension to your sound. Download the Walfredo-Reyes-Jr.-217-incorp-perc.pdf TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
Richie Gajate-Garcia on Using the Shaker with Your Kit
The shaker is a very important piece of Latin Percussion that has been adapted to be used in all styles. Check out Richie using the shaker on the drum set. TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG…
Mike Clark Demonstrates Shuffle Variations
Mike Clark demonstrates several variations and styles of shuffle. These are important to know to sound authentic in different styles. Download Mike-Clark-232-Download-Shufles-rev3.5.pdf Gregg-B-PA-chart-medium-shuffle.pdf http://drumchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cold-shot-type-groove-@126.mp3 http://drumchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cold-shot-type-groove-@126-no-drums.mp3 http://drumchannel.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cold-shot-type-groove-@126-no-drums-or-click.mp3 TO READ THE FULL STORY: SUBSCRIBE TO ACCESS LOG IN
