Groove is magic, groove makes you move, groove is when you see heads nodding in front of you. There’s nothing like being able to make music and grooving with a band. I wanted to write a method that included all the most powerful tools and workouts that can help drummers improve in this area. In this free excerpt I'd like to share with you 24 examples that will give you an idea of how much fun studying groove can be. And how effective it is!

I love shortcuts, and I always try to find ways to distill the best examples for each topic I cover, following the famous 80/20 principle. These are definitely among the 20 percent of practices that will give you 80 percent of the results as far as coordination goes.

Personally, I came to the point where I never edit anything I do. Not because I’m flawless, but because I came to appreciate the fact that a full unedited take is true, a lot more than I like the idea of it being perfect. A full take is a snapshot. It’s like a photograph of that unrepeatable moment. That’s where the magic is.

50 hours of shot footage, 2000 hours of work, more than 10 years of research. Condensed in 270 pages, 950 licks, 4 hours of video demonstrations. When I decided to write this method my objective was to create the ultimate drum chops guide.

Simply put, reading music is not about reading but is about interpretation. That’s why being a good reader is not about literal execution of what’s written. It’s about adding what’s not written, which is most of what we actually play. Today we are going to use a 16th note drum chart to learn 5 different approaches, which are very helpful in becoming more comfortable and confident about our reading skills.