I ‘ve have been working on learning the shuffle John Bonham does on Fool in The Rain . It is an Awesome beat but not easy to play. It is also very similar to Bernard Purdie shuffle and Jeff Pocaros shuffle. I will continue to work on this beat .
It was cold in the studio today so I did a little solo to warm up before practice
I learned this technique from my teacher. It includes doing paradidles while maintaining a standard swing ride pattern and 2 and 4 on the high hat. It’s much harder to play than it looks . Still needs a little more refining.
I was hoping to go to The Funhaters show at the Brickhouse on saturday and sit in on Conga drums. But I may be rehearsing with the Shatterbrains. Hopefully we can get done early and I can head down to the show. If I dont make it , I still reccomend to anyone to go check out the show Loose Morals and The Funhaters rock!
Today I was in my drum garage working on a new technique Jim showed me on using paradidles between the Kick drum and snare while keeping a standard swing groove on the ride cymbal and 2 and 4 on the high hat. It helps with independence. I’ll post the video on my video section soon
I watched a cool video today with Jared Falk explaining a technique using polyrhthms of 4 over 6 and applying it in a shuffle pattern on the kit. Sounded really cool. He always has great information and it’s free on http://www.freedrumlessons.com/. They also have tons of material you can buy from top notch drum teaches. You should check it out.
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