Category: Practicing

Tom moves revisited

I’ve been using these moves around the drums a lot in my own practice– if you’ve been working with the Elvin’s Afro Waltz series, you probably have too–…

How much to practice something

1. Get wood chisel. 2. Remove everything that doesn’t look like Billy the Kid deftly gunning down Bat Masterson before the throng of stunned onlookers, a yapping yellow…

The great Jeff Berlin metronome controversy

This has been floating around for some time. His observations are mostly good, but I don’t happen to agree with his conclusion. Watch the video, and I’ll give…

Stick Control expander – Rhythm, part 1

One of the things I’m working on getting together is an array of stuff to do with Stick Control, that do not make more sense to do by…

Things to do with a beat

Writing by making lists of things- it’s just where I’m at right now. This is a quick run down of one of the main jobs/avenues for creativity on…

Pad practice survival

When I first started I used to practice the rudiments while watching TV, I found it boring so TV helped distract me. –Jack Dejohnette   One of the…