Drum Stuff

My moves: Grooves and Fills. Innovating not imitating. 

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Rare 32nd note fill for me. Might be using 6 stroke roll by accident sometimes. 

RLrrllFF x 3 + sextuplet. 

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Used Stephen Taylor’s Flam It vid on Youtube (recommended) as inspiration for this one. As usual quickly ‘lefted’ a kit to record the idea: Foot Right Left Flam Right Left. In 6s...

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Gigged in Guildford, Surrey for New Year. You can tell from the video everyone had a good time.

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As usual rushing before lessons, 2 bar fill using 6 stroke roll based stickings. From Pete Riley’s latest article. Using my Ahead 13 inch - want to get used to the head tension for NYE gig.

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New fill idea to develop for lessons. Was supposed to be 3s then 5s x3 didn't sound good so this is the compromise.

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RLRLR x 3 + F. Not bad, need some new moves....

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RllRLl RllRLl RLRR LRLL RLL RLL RLL RLL

F       F         F          F     F      F     F      F

Rights with Foot = RH on crash. Just after my last lesson for 2014, that's why it's a Christmas Fill!

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Triplet bark idea in 8 note groups. Foot's getting better, though tires a bit after practice.

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RLL RLRLL x3 on Fill 1 (played twice) and RLL RLRLL RLRLRLL RLL RLRLRL on Fill 2. All triplets last L of every group is 'barked' on the HH.

Sounds good!

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Hi hat bark idea. Normally 8 note groups sound too obvious but this RLL RLRLL seems ok. No drums over Easter...rusty.

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RLRLFF Bonham Style Fill

In 16ths then 16th note Ts

Literally thought of this and jumped on the kit to record it - Snare, Tom, Floor Tom, Kick, Kick - similar to "the Bonham". Foot started out well then...nothing (evidenced by grimace).

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No time to warm up those doubles...but got it on tape for practice later.

Recipe: RllRLrrllRLrrllR then invert it all for the second bar.

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Need some new triplet fills: 3 x RLRLL and 3 x RLL in triplets any order gives you a two bar fill. 

(started off with a 5 stroke roll!)

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Simple RL rL (RL then Flam) sticking to vary the usual 3 note groups. The figure is played x 4 and the get out is RLRL. 

The hi tom is in the middle so I'm alternating with the other 2 toms to get the orchestration.

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Using some 5s instead of the usual 3s. Sounds a bit mechanical but it’s a start. Think the drugs for my back are helping my knees, bass drum sounds in time!

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RRL feet / Paradiddle hands. Better on a ride than the crash I'm using but at least you can practice feet and hands at the same time! 

It slips a bit; Stool too high and bass drum too far away, I quickly "lefted" someone else's setup.

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RLL + RLRLL over 6 beats with 1/16th note T get out......think the snare needs a service and a tune up!