Jazz drummers

Alright, so there's a couple key main factors that influence your playing that when I look at other players you need to really hone in on. Like everything from your set up and your cymbals and...

Alright, let's explore the sound of the Snare drum, a little. Now there's many different sounds. We got sounds from the rim, all the way to the center. Center of the head. Now...

All right, let's get into a molar slash whip stroke. Now. Now it's a stroke that there is almost three levels of height before you connect with the head again. Now the first level is...

Alot of people ask me about metric modulations or poly-rhythms. I break it down into subdivisions. One, Two, Three, Four. Clap this rhythm and sing the melody. Your brain will actually treat the same...

Hi everyone! Today I will show a tip on how to play jazz brushes at very fast tempos I am not a brushes specialist, but I have the privilege to study with one great master called Maurício...

A great way to develop your jazz technique is with this book called "Syncopation". It's a really old book. It's a really cheap book that most drummers should have....

I want to talk to you a little bit about where swing came from. It's very American style of music - one of the most American styles of music that we have. It's very rooted in the blues...

A very common technique used to play brazilian music is the combination of a brush and a stick together. We can change very subtly our textures and our sound sources within our accompaniment. We can...

Hi this is David Pakman on behalf of Expert Village. In this video series I'll be talking about the fundamentals of jazz drumming. The next step in developing our fundamental Jazz Ride pattern...

I started playing drums I was 13 years old. My friends had bought guitars and we were all playing punk rock music back then. We were playing some Green Day, NOFX, Bad Religion, Pennywise and more. I...