Anatomy of a Drum Groove: Focus De-Mystified By: Sean Reinert for Sick Drummer Magazine Issue #2 Textures: In this groove I use a trick that is great for making 4/4 grooves "feel" […]
Anatomy of a Drum Groove: 3 against 4 By: Sean Reinert for Sick Drummer Magazine Issue #1 A great way to create interesting rhythmic shifts and spice up common meters (4/4, 3/4, 12/8 […]
Linear Drumming in a Death Metal Context By: Mike Heller This lesson was from issue 2 of Sick Drummer Magazine… Enjoy! As most of you may know, linear drumming is the concept of […]
Hey Sick Drummers! This lesson marks the final lesson of my six-lesson series with SD magazine and in it we are going to examine different ways of combining the two time-feels of 5 and 7. […]
Hey Sick Drummers! Hey sick drummers, it’s time to check out some ways on how to group and count different variations in five. In the previous lesson, we focused on some very basic grooves in […]
We are very happy to introduce Wilfred Ho, a new contributor to SD Magazine! Wilfred will be providing transcriptions and video examples of various metal songs for Sick Drummer Magazine, so feel free to leave […]
Hey Sick Drummers! In the previous two lessons we learned how to play and approach seven. We did this by exploring three basic time signatures in seven, and by checking out some counting and grouping […]
Don’t Forget About Your Friend, The Hi-Hat Foot! By: Sean Reinert – September 2009 For most hard rock and metal drummers, the heart of the groove is in the kick and snare. In jazz, the […]
Paul is pleased to be the new powerhouse for The Sammus Theory. Check out their current tour schedule at www.myspace.com/thesammustheory Hey sick drummers, it’s time to check out some ways on how to group and […]
Paul is pleased to be the new powerhouse for The Sammus Theory. Check out their current tour schedule at www.myspace.com/thesammustheory Paul is also running a contest right now for some pretty Sick Prizes! Check out […]