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VIDEO MINI LESSONS AND TIPS

* My TOP 10 Practice Tips For Drummers

* The Value of 2-zone Practice Pads

* Patterns & Fills Using 16th Notes in 5-note Groupings

* Building an Effective Practice Plan

* Different Tools for Drumset Practice

* How Long Should We Practice?

* Balancing Your Practice

* Jazz Time with Quarter Note Triplets Grouped in 2s & 4s

* Unlimited Possibilities: What If & Why Not

* Great Warm-up Exercise: Dribbling

* Fun Playing With and Egg Shaker

* Hands and Feet Combinations of 2s & 3s and 4s & 6s (no sticks)

* Basic Single Stroke Exercises Between Hands & Feet (no sticks)

* Fun Exercise of 16th-note Hands and Feet Combinations (no sticks)

* Pad Exercise Shifting Paradiddle Stickings and Accents

* Brush Lesson

AUDIO PODCASTS

* The Importance of Recording Yourself (audio podcast)

* The 1% Marginal Gains Rule Applied to Drums (audio podcast)

* How Long Should We Practice (audio podcast)

* Purposeful Play (audio podcast)

* Drum Method Books (audio podcast)

* Practice Categories (audio podcast)

* How to Practice: More Effective Learning (audio podcast, pt.1)
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'Learning Zone' image (PDF)
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More Effective Learning, Part 1 (Podcast Script PDF)

* How to Practice: More Effective Learning (audio podcast, pt.2
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Drum Practice Grid (PDF)
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More Effective Learning, Part 2 (Podcast Script PDF)

* Feedback-balanced Creative Practice: The 4F's (audio podcast)
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The 4F's diagram
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Feedback-balanced Creative Practice: The 4F's (Podcast Script PDF)

* Traditional Grip or Matched Grip, Which is Better? (audio podcast)
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Traditional Grip or Matched Grip, Which is Better? (Podcast Script PDF)

* Ostinatos: Creating and Developing (audio podcast)
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Notated examples (PDF)
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Complete 8th-note variations (PDF)
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Additional Ostinato Examples (PDF)

* The Benefit and Importance of Learning Many Music and Drumming Styles (audio podcast)
* The Benefit and Importance of Learning Many Music and Drumming Styles (audio podcast with photos)
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The Benefit and Importance of Learning Many Music and Drumming Styles (Podcast Script PDF)

* Jazz Time Concepts (audio podcast)


ADDITIONAL AUDIO

Recorded Examples of my Modern Drummer Magazine article on 5-stroke Phrases (contains audio + notated examples) (click here for a copy of the article)