Grooves

Starting From Scratch If you are just starting out and ready to start learning from the beginning then you've come to the right place. This course was created with brand new drummers in mind. In this course you will learn basic reading, basic grooves, basic fills, drum terminology and a few key rudiments. Once you have completed this course you will be ready to take advantage of all the other great educational material that this site has to offer. 8 Lessons 45 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 1 This course starts where the "Starting From Scratch" course left off. In this course we will be working on simple bass drum variations for the basic pop/rock groove. These grooves may be simple but man oh man are they valuable! 6 Lessons 40 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 2 This course is all about developing the freedom to play syncopated snare drum variations in your basic pop/rock groove. More importantly, being able to play the snare drum in between the 8th note hi-hat pattern. After you learn, practice and finish the grooves in this course, an entire world of songs will be open to you! 6 Lessons 35 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 3 Things are getting real now! lol. This course is all about tearing down your groove independence barriers. That's right, in this course you will be learning how to play your bass drum in between the 8th note hi-hat pattern. Your body will fight this, but just take it slow, one note at a time. You got this! 7 Lessons 45 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 4 It's time to add another skill to your groove arsenal. In course 4 you will be learning how to play 2 handed 16th note grooves on the hi-hat. We will also be learning a bunch of super useful snare drum variations for this classic funk/pop groove. 6 Lessons 40 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 5 In course 5 we stick with the two handed 16th note funk groove, but we expand on it's possibilities by learning 6 new syncopated bass drum variations. These bass drum variations will force you to put a massive focus on "unison" notes. This course will be a huge step for you in the overall clarity of your sound! 6 Lessons 40 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 6 This is where things get real. You have put in the hours to develop your groove independence and your basic groove vocabulary but things still might be sounding a bit "flat". No need to worry, this course is all about texture! Accents, ghost notes, the quarter note push, etc. Let's make what you can already play sound and feel GREAT! 6 Lessons 40 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 7 This course takes the standard 8th note pop/rock groove to the next phase by adding syncopated bass drum patterns, syncopated snare patterns, and ghost notes. There might even be a surprise or two for you by the end :) 6 Lessons 40 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 8 It's all coming together! Ghost notes, syncopated bass drum parts, accents, syncopated hi-hat parts, and most importantly... originality. We are combining everything that you have learned in the past 7 Groove courses to create some truly unique grooves! This ones gonna be a blast :) 6 Lessons 40 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 9 I am so excited for us to start the next chapter of your groove journey. No groove arsenal is complete without a solid "Gadson" groove (single-handed 16th note groove). In this course, our focus will be on bass drum variations and more importantly, hi-hat texture. So if you're ready to create some serious pocket, let's DO THIS! 6 Lessons 45 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 10 Your Gadson groove has a phat backbeat, the right hand is textured, you worked out your bass drum freedom, and now it's time to add the extra sauce... GHOST NOTES! Much easier said than done so please be patient with yourself during this groove course. It's gonna take some time, but it will be well worth it when your bass player turns around and smiles :) 6 Lessons 30 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 11 Welcome to the exciting world of triplet grooves! I know it's hard to believe but there is more to the world of triplet grooves than just the halftime shuffle, lol. In fact, there is a LOT more, and this course will open the doors for you :) 6 Lessons 40 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 12 TRIPLET SAUCE for days! This is the good stuff boys and girls. You ate your vegetables in Course 11, now it's time for some dessert! The 6 grooves in this course will take your triplet grooves to... dare I say... the NEXT LEVEL! lol 6 Lessons 35 Mins

Building Your Grooves - Course 13 Groove Course 13 is all about using the proper amount of spice. In this course the spice comes in the form of 32nd notes. I will be teaching you 5 drum set variations of the 9 Stroke Roll that will definitely kick your grooves up a notch on the spice meter! 6 Lessons 35 Mins

Developing Ghost Notes This course starts out assuming that you are new to the concept of ghost notes and applying them to the drum set. Each video lesson teaches you a specific skill that will give your grooves and your fills more texture and a greater dynamic range. 6 Lessons 35 Mins

Linear Grooves 1 In this 6 lesson course, I will be breaking down what linear drumming is, explaining why linear drumming is so important to me, and teaching you six extremely useful linear grooves! If you want to add a new dimension of sound to your grooves then this course will be perfect for you :) 6 Lessons 30 Mins

Linear Grooves 2 - Halftime Feel No doubt about it, these grooves are saucy! In this course we will jump into a half time feel by placing the backbeat on three. This allows for us to play more complex Linear Grooves while still maintaining a relaxed feel. A bit of a warning though, these grooves are pretty darn advanced so don't beat yourself up if these ones take a little bit longer to learn than you're used to :) 6 Lessons 35 Mins