Welcome to the second episode on our series of “How to Write Drum Parts”! Today we get into sourcing: how you can use your bandmates to help you come up with creative from parts. This also includes how listening to our favorite drummers and bands can give us ideas for trying new things that we […]

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We’re back! Welcome to part 1 of our series “How to Write Drum Parts”. This series explores ideas and exercises you can do to help you be more creative and think outside the box when writing drum parts for any project you are working on. This first episode digs into the importance of maintaining the […]

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Apologies to our drumming friends AGAIN, we lost 2 other episodes to corrupted files. This one still suffers from what broke those other two episodes so forgive us for the extremely choppy footage. We are working on it. The audio is all good, at least, just not much watchable. Today’s episodes pays homage to the […]

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Hertas are weird. And we love them even if we don’t fully understand them verbally all the time. We’ve got a few ideas for songs that you can experiment with hertas and some variations on the herta to spice it up a bit more. REFERENCE SONGS:— Cry of Achilles by Alter Bridge— Straight Jacket Fashion […]

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Need some fresh ideas for coming up with fills? Look no further! Tabor takes us through some ideas today for generating your own new fills in a very simple way that builds upon itself. FOLLOW FOR MORE!— YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5UlAf77UZA-1s526-eb6cQ— Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groovedudespod/— Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groovedudespod/— Website: https://www.bardsman.com/groove-dudes-podcast/ MESSAGE US:— GrooveDudesPod@gmail.com

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The Moeller Stroke may be the most widely used hi hat pattern out there. It’s so versatile and important to helping you create circular motion with your arms that it is an invaluable method to master. We’ve got some examples and tips in this episode on how you can learn and leverage this more in […]

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Get those ghost notes in with the classic RLL beat. Great for beats and even better for fills – tune in to this episode to get a taste of both and some thoughts and ideas from Tabor and Cody on different ways to utilize this rudiment. REFERENCE SONGS: Circus Clown by Interstellar HarvestMorph by Twenty-One […]

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One of the funnest (most fun?) things in drumming is playing in odd time but making it feel natural and not weird. Listen today to get some ideas on how you can apply 7/4 beats that are super chill and cool with the kids. REFERENCE SONGS: FOLLOW FOR MORE! MESSAGE US:GrooveDudesPod@gmail.com

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