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View Warming up and testing my new Camera

Sorry I haven’t posted a video for a while. I now have a much better camera at last and a copy of Adobe Premiere for editing them a bit more professionally. Read More…

View Gospel Chops / Jazz Fusion Drum Warmup

Just warming up while I have a gap between students. Read More…

View Another Live Drum n Bass/Jungle Improvisation

Here’s some more Drum n Bass / Jungle stuff. Read More…

On July 4th 2009 we lost not only a drumming great, but one of the great teachers too . Most of you would know Jim Chapin from his hugely successful book “Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer” and for his great efforts in passing down Sanford Moeller’s technique and teachings to the next generation of drummers. Read More…

View Moeller Technique Tutorial / Lesson Part 1

Here is a quick tutorial / lesson on Moeller Technique as popularised by Sanford Moeller. Be sure to check out Part 2!
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View Warming up on an even more battered old kit

The kit I’m playing has sadly seen better days. Its the nastiest kit at work and its in dire need of some new skins. All the nicer kits were already in use so I thought I would warm up on this one until the one I usually practice on was free. But hey, a bad workman blames his tools. I’m attempting to make a good sound on this kit, despite its faults, guess I like a challenge lol! I find kits like this help me make an even better sound when I get to play my nice Yamaha/Zildjian. Read More…

View Drum n Bass / Jungle / Electronica Beats, Grooves and Clips

Just a small collection of beats and loops Ive been working on. Been working on some slower, electronica style beats as well as the dnb / jungle stuff. Read More…

View Drum n Bass/Jungle – Another Snare Muting Trick

This is a follow up to my previous video on snare muting.

Here’s another trick I discovered recently for creating processed drum sounds acoustically while muting the snare drum with the right hand. Read More…

View Live Drum n Bass/Jungle Improvisation

Here’s some more Drum n Bass/Jungle stuff. Whilst watching my previous Drum n Bass video, I noticed that it ceases to sound like real Drum n Bass if played to loud. I’m trying to keep a lighter touch in this video and I think this makes it sound more like the real thing. This was entirely improvised and contains a few mistakes here and there. Ah, warts and all as they say… Read More…

Please check out my free video drum lessons the under construction page of this web site or on my new YouTube Channel.

I’m calling them teaser videos as the quality of my camera phone is nothing to write home about. I will be getting a new camera soon and possibly filming a DVD to go along with the book I’m writing. Read More…