Free Drum Lessons

Put this Warm-up in Your Grooves

One of my favorite go-to warm-ups, this pattern can also double as a slick technique to use within your drum beats.

Hi-Hat Ostinato Over 7/8 - Building Grooves

These grooves explore a steady, quarter-note hi-hat foot played over a 7/8 groove. Drum fills included.

Bring the Herta to Your Drum Fills

The herta patterns is a fun-to-play, versatile pattern that can be applied to create head-turning drum fills and beats.

Improvisation Workshop: Drum Fills

Do you have trouble making up drum fills on the fly? If so, you're not alone. A lot of drummers express difficulties and even anxiety when asked to do so. This lesson provides a template for practicing and developing your improvisational skills.

The Easy Way to Get the Most Out of Your Beats

We've all spent time learning new drum beats, and that's great. However, we often learn a groove and then move onto the next without really getting the most out of the pattern.

The Groove

We've all got that go-to beat that we play first every time we sit down at the kit. Here's my most recent go-to beat. For whatever reason, I've been attached to this groove lately. It's a lot of fun to play and is full of ghost strokes. What could be better than that?

Eighths And Sixteenths - Snare Solo

This piece is designed to be used as sight reading practice and uses only combinations of quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes (and rests).

Rain Man - Snare Solo

Get down with your flams with this dynamic snare drum solo.

Stressed Out Drum Beat

Learn a cool funk rock groove from the song Stressed Out and how to apply the hi-hat technique to your own grooves.

Your Go-To Shuffle Drum Beat

This shuffle pattern can be applied in many different ways to create great shuffle beats. Throw this pattern in your go-to bag-o-beats and be prepared for the "Give me a shuffle" requests.

Funkin' Five Stroke Roll Variations

The placement of the five stroke rolls creates a displaced, funky back-beat on the “ah” of beat 3. We can add a little flare to the technique by re-orchestrating the right stick to different surfaces during the five stroke rolls.