I love simplicity. Because it’s powerful. Music = 1/Ego. I think this elegant equation sums it up perfectly: the more ego we have when we are playing, the less music there’s going to be. On the other hand, the less ego, the more music. Thought is the enemy of flow. Because creativity happens in the absence of thought. That’s why you can’t force yourself to be creative.

Today we are going to see a couple of powerful studies which will make playing with a metronome completely effortless. They are something you probably never did and they are not only effective but also lots of fun to play.

There are drummers out there who play the simplest, and yet they are great, amazing musicians. Why? Because they focus on the ‘how’ of what they do. It’s not what they play that makes them great, it’s how they play it. They noticed that when they focused on that, magic happened. This is a crucial insight, often overlooked even by very good drummers, which is the gateway to taking your art to the next level.

This is something producers and musicians who program drum arrangements know very well, and that paradoxically as drummers we don’t invest enough time into. That’s why I came up with a method to arrange drum beats based on 3 approaches, that allow us to master this area of drumming.

As drummers we need so many tools in order to sound good under any circumstances. Pressure, tension, insecurities, stage fright, are all very common elements of being musicians. Here we are going to focus on a powerful visualization. The rules to make it work are very simple. Once you've mastered it, it will literally take 30 seconds to feel the boost.

“I fell in love with your groove the first time I heard you, and that’s why I tried to steal you’. John Robinson: ‘Well, mission accomplished!’. When one of the greatest producers ever, Quincy Jones, tells you that, then you must have been doing something right.