This happens to be one of the most enlightening ideas I love to show to my students when they are going through a hard time. If I’m practicing a lot, I expect to get better and better, in a regular, linear process. Unfortunately that’s an ideal, and that’s not how things work in reality.

I collected ten fundamental principles that you can use as a guide to assess if you are really making music with your drumming. And to help you become a musician who plays the drums.

Rudiments can be not only very useful as far as technique goes, but also incredibly fun and musical to play. In these two studies we learn two solos, one in 4/4 and one in 6/8. By clicking on each page you can watch the demo video on YouTube.

Steve Jordan is one of the greatest drummers of our time. Here is a tribute to his amazing grooves. You can click on each groove in the Pdf to go to its specific time in the YouTube video where I play each example.

We've heard a million times how quality beats quantity. That's especially true in improving your drumming skills! I believe the main element of quality practice sessions is being organized. It’s super easy to keep track of your improvement when you record every day the bpm of each exercise you are practicing and for how long you have worked on it.