Being versatile drummers means not only more job opportunities but also greater freedom of expression and a richer personal style. Essential Styles is a method aimed at drummers who want to develop a basic but fluid vocabulary in different genres, to quickly become more complete musicians. Here is a free excerpt including 30 grooves and fills to start familiarizing with each style.

When speaking about groove mastery and the tools that can help us achieve that, one of the key components to address is the important topic of Hi-Hat openings. Let's use these 47 powerful exercises to learn how to masterfully open and close the Hi-Hat without it destabilizing what we are playing.

To achieve any goal, the most important tool we need is a feedback mechanism. When it comes to perfecting our drumming skills, nothing is as powerful as the feedback allowed by recording and listening back to our performances. Let's discover how to make the most of it.

While recording drums is now an opportunity available to anyone, the experience of actually working in a recording studio with producers, songwriters and sound engineers has become pretty rare. To help fill this gap, I decided to synthesize and organize my expertise in a comprehensive course that covers all the knowledge, techniques, insights and exercises you need to become a great session drummer.

Working in the recording studio means being able to produce results in a short time. Part of being professional is having a solution ready for any issue. Print this list and use it to check nothing is missing before each session.

The drum set is actually a small orchestra. By moving notes and phrases on different surfaces we are able to create new versions of whatever we are playing and easily expand our vocabulary. In this lesson we discover 16 solutions, using shuffle and linear grooves to explore this essential parameter.