Evaluate your weaknesses. Many times we know what our weaknesses are, but we just don’t want to work on them. From a smart practice standpoint, the fastest way to improve is to focus on your greatest weaknesses. For example, if you struggle with consistent time, but instead of working on that issue, you work on […]

As a drummer who performs in the Philippines, one of the blessings is that most venues have a drum set so I don’t have to bring all my gear everywhere. However, that same blessing can sometimes be the biggest obstacle to a great set. Instead of drum thrones, we are often faced with choices of […]

Everything we do as drummers comes down to getting the body to play ideas. The biggest obstacle is our weak side (for most of us the left) getting in the way of musical freedom and expression. I know what I want to play, I just can’t do it because of this lazy, slow and sloppy […]