#drum technique

Monday, May 6th, 2024; as of 11:44 pm edt

Steve has spent time with Dave Elitch in LA - Dave is a drummer & drum technique teacher who specializes in helping people 'get out of their own way' and get more out of their time playing. Sounds like Steve has picked up lots of wisdom to apply to his music & his life

DRUMmagazine.com music editor Wally Schnalle demonstrates how to play the inverted flam tap. To see the accompanying notation, go to http://www.drummagazine.com/lessons/category/110/.

If you don’t have this transcription handy I can pretty much guarantee you’ll lose your bearings during the intro of this song and may not regain them until halfway through the verse (you can find the transcription in the July 2011 issue of DRUM! Magazine). This groove and the guitar part sound like they’re in an odd-time signature but they aren’t. Dino Campanella accents the hi-hats very heavily on the eighth-notes but is usually ghosting the e’s and ah’s between them. The heavy dose of compression on the room mikes helps make the drum groove pump.

In the final chapter of his “Money Beats” lesson series, Rich Redmond incorporates all the various ways to embellish your basic backbeat.

Zion brought a variety of recently released cymbals to the NAMM show this year, with orders already rolling in for their Fury line of crashes, the latest and greatest cymbals that offer a dry, trashy, and explosive sound.

– Jared Falk

While performing in San Francisco with Chickenfoot, Kenny Aronoff demonstrated his warm-up routine, which integrates rudimental patterns played with the hands over an ostinato played with both feet.