Experience a journey in drumming with Darren Matthes, one of the Internet's first, most prolific and popular drum show hosts. drumcast.tv is for drummers of every age, style and skill level and covers a wide range of information on drums and drumming technique, from fundamental to advanced. Darren presents it all in a laid-back style while answering questions from viewers and sharing insights into how to get the most out of your time behind the drum kit. Call the drumcast.tv toll-free voicem ...
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Keep your snare drum in tune with Tuner Fish Lug Locks
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Tuner Fish Lug Locks are a simple way to keep your snare drum in tune if you play a lot of rimshots.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Darren shows how to use 8th note and 16th note triplet fills in a funky groove.Oleh Darren Matthes
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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.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Mooey from Maryland asks about how to speed up his feet on double bass drum.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Russ from Illinois asks about how to increase his independence between his right foot and right hand.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Michael from California asks about how to avoid denting cymbals.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Encouraging young drummers to learn rudiments
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Thomas from Georgia asks how he can encourage his 7-year-old son to learn drum rudiments.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Max from Philadelphia asks about drumming in 5/4 time.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Geno from North Carolina asks about getting the hi-hat up to par, and David from California asks about changing resonant drumheads.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Drumming Through Sheer Determination
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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.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Basic Rock Fills (with transcription)
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Joe asks about basic drum fills, and Darren goes over a few fills he transcribed.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Fill without messing everything up
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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.Oleh Darren Matthes
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You can take familiar rhythmic figures like sextuplets and split them up in new ways to create unique and fresh drum licks.Oleh Darren Matthes
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They can be notated in various ways, but most shuffle grooves are based on a triplet feel.Oleh Darren Matthes
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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.Oleh Darren Matthes
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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.Oleh Darren Matthes
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Triplets Between the Hands and Kick Drum
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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.Oleh Darren Matthes
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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.Oleh Darren Matthes
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