Ninja Drummist - Official web site of session drummer and teacher Lewis Partridge. Free Drum Lessons, Drum Rudiments and Other Educational Resources.

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Here's a clip of me playing a lick inspired by George "Spanky" McCurdy. Check him out if you have not already, he and Chris Dave have to be some of the most inventive drummers I've ever seen!

The hand pattern is based around the Five Stroke Roll. On the 5th note, I'm playing a hi hat choke. By repeating this phrase, I get an off beat shuffle pattern on the hi hats. Then I accent beats two and four on the snare. Finally, I'm trying to be inventive with the bass drum part, almost treating the hand pattern as an ostinato and attempting to improvise the bass drum part as much as possible.

I thought I would add an audio clip of my band - New Groove Formation playing our song "Love Is Funky" over the end credits.

The kit I'm playing has sadly seen better days. Its the practice/teaching kit at work and its in dire need of some new skins. The toms are particularly bad at the moment. But hey, a bad workman blames his tools.

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