Joy Spring – Drum Lesson In the video below, I give a lesson on the ‘open chart’ piece, ‘Joy Spring’ from the Trinity Drum Kit 2020-2023 syllabus. The syllabus contains a number of open chart pieces, where only the important details are fully notated. Such pieces leave a lot of room for performer interpretation. As …
Trinity Drum Kit 2020-2023 The new Trinity Drum Kit 2020-2023 syllabus is finally out, so I thought I’d spend a few moments to share with you what I’ve discovered so far. Here (the video below) are my views which are often waffly and badly articulated! I’ve included an edited/tweezed transcription below for those that like …
I’m currently writing a book of drum patterns derived entirely from that most celebrated of all the rudiments, the paradiddle. Now, you maybe thinking, a paradiddle book? hasn’t that all been done before, but I disagree. All it takes is an imagination combined with a determination and willingness to embrace the absurd. Then, you start …
Looking for a fun warm-up exercise for the drums? Well, here’s the Peter Erskine warm-up! You can watch Erskine chatting about it and download the sheet music below. I came across this warm-up popularised by Peter Erskine whilst looking at old drum videos on YouTube. I say ‘popularised’ rather than ‘written’, because Erskine was taught …
In 2013, I made a short series of videos covering the basics of drumming for my students. This course (which I’m now calling 12 Drum Lessons for Beginners) was posted on my old blog which isn’t updated anymore, so I thought I’d post it here for anyone who’s looking for some videos on the fundamentals of drumming. At the …
