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Keep your snare drum in tune with Tuner Fish Lug Locks

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 01:24:40 +0000

Tuner Fish Lug Locks are a simple way to keep your snare drum in tune if you play a lot of rimshots.

Funky Triplet Fills

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:14:17 +0000

Darren shows how to use 8th note and 16th note triplet fills in a funky groove.

Rockin' The Ruffs

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 11:47:28 +0000

In this episode of drumcast.tv, Darren talks about two variations of four-stroke ruffs that can be played across the snare, toms and kick, and they sound pretty cool.

Double bass drum fast and long

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:17:33 +0000

Mooey from Maryland asks about how to speed up his feet on double bass drum.

Independence in macro focus

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:12:40 +0000

Russ from Illinois asks about how to increase his independence between his right foot and right hand.

Denting cymbals and drumsticks

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:40:53 +0000

Michael from California asks about how to avoid denting cymbals.

Encouraging young drummers to learn rudiments

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 02:10:47 +0000

Thomas from Georgia asks how he can encourage his 7-year-old son to learn drum rudiments.

Drumming in Odd Time - 5/4

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:00:40 +0000

Max from Philadelphia asks about drumming in 5/4 time.

Hi-hats and resonant heads

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:30:13 +0000

Geno from North Carolina asks about getting the hi-hat up to par, and David from California asks about changing resonant drumheads.

Drumming Through Sheer Determination

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:00:19 +0000

Tim from Cincinnati asks a question about overcoming the lack of flexibility in his wrist, and Darren talks about Dan Caro, an amazing drummer who can provide inspiration to overcome any number of obstacles.

Basic Rock Fills (with transcription)

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:13:13 +0000

Joe asks about basic drum fills, and Darren goes over a few fills he transcribed.

Fill without messing everything up

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:56:47 +0000

Terry from Pennsylvania asks about rimshots and Lewis from New Jersey asks about improvising. The song "Free" was written by Lee Saeger and Darren Matthes.

Splitting Up Sextuplets

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:30:00 +0000

You can take familiar rhythmic figures like sextuplets and split them up in new ways to create unique and fresh drum licks.

Shuffles

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:30:00 +0000

They can be notated in various ways, but most shuffle grooves are based on a triplet feel.

Lessons or No Lessons

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:30:00 +0000

Darren responds to Nick's question about whether or not he should take lessons, Samuel's question about playing drums with piano and David's question about drum tuning.

Building on the Basics

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:30:00 +0000

You can break drum rudiments down into a few key elements. This can help you to build them back up into your own unique style of playing. Darren also mentions the Amazing Slow Downer again and his experience with learnlicks.com.

Triplets Between the Hands and Kick Drum

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:30:00 +0000

Use the hands with the kick drum to create some interesting triplet combinations. Also, Darren replies to e-mails about flams, drags, accents, grip and well-being from Sam, Tony and Mark.

Learn Your Favorite Drum Licks

darren@drumcast.tv (Darren Matthes) — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:30:00 +0000

Darren talks about learning your favorite drum licks using the intro to Led Zeppelin's "Rock n' Roll" as an example. Visit www.drumcast.tv/asd to try the Amazing Slow Downer, software that allows you to slow down music without changing the pitch.