We're going to expand our journey today by adding some new rhythmic possibilities on the kick drum. Remember to download the PDF file to get all 12 one bar patterns to workout with. Enjoy!! ... read more...

We're going to expand on this Groove by adding the 1st two 16th notes (1e) and the last two 16th notes (&a) to the Rhythms included in the PDF Download. Our hand pattern will stay the same for now, playing a steady flow of 16th notes between the snare and hi-hat. This workout is a lot of fun and will really help you get use to accenting the snare on the "e" and "a" throughout the Groove. ... read more...

Today’s lesson takes a look at an easy way to introduce Ghost Notes into a Groove. This is a great way to get use to not hitting the snare on 2 and 4. Be sure and download the PDF file and print the page so you can work your way through all 12 Rhythms. ... read more...

Here's another lesson involving ghost notes in a groove. Today we're going to phrase them as 16th note triplets...pretty cool sounding stuff! Not to mention a great workout for the left hand. Hope you enjoy. ... read more...

Here's a lesson on the beginning concepts of dynamics on the kit with your hands. Hey everybody welcome back. Here we are we're back in the Drum Room. We're up and running officially now. I'm excited, Eric's excited, everybody's excited...so we're sitting around here thinking what's the first lesson we want to shot out here. We've went through, we set everything up, talked through getting some angles. Talked through tuning, that sort of thing. So I thought, you know what, it's real im... read more...

This is a little funk groove inspired years ago by Rod Morgenstein. I've incorporated a 5 stroke roll along with opening the hi-hat to help spice it up a bit.....enjoy!! Hello Billy Ashbaugh here with DrummerConnection.com and we're here in the Drum Room again. We just shot a lesson about dynamics and sort of getting use to rimshots and ghost notes, hi-hat, the tip of the stick, the bell of the ride, all these things. So I thought hey let me hit you guys with sort of a funk ghost note gro... read more...