I’ve always been fascinated by Dave DiCenso because of his advanced level of expression on the drums mixed with an excellent feel that makes him enjoyable to listen to. Through the magic of the internet and Facebook, I ended up having breakfast with Dave, and even went and did some drumming at my lockout (video […]

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I remember the first “blushda” video lesson back before youtube was even out. It was in wmv format (those were the days). Well some years later we’re still doing it, albeit with better gear and more bandwidth all around. This lesson is about a cool rudiment that you can do a lot with. Enjoy!

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Still having fun with my instrumental trio, Altered. Here’s some highlights from our last show, October 24th, 2010: Discussion here on the new forums!

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An all new version of the ever popular House of Drumming forums are now live! The current forums are being locked down and replaced around October 25th. For now you can sign-up and browse the new forums here. The new YouTube embedding feature has already yielded some cool topics, like this topic with a bunch […]

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I’ve always been fascinated by this kind of phrasing and since I wanted to test out my new camera I thought I would do a video lesson on Flam-Rolls. Enjoy! Discussion here on the forums.

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Lots of interesting chat ont he forums these days. Here’s a few tidbits: Thanks Randy for the FYI on the New Jeff Beck CD release. Vinnie on drums. Gary Novak is still living the life gigging with American Idol’s Taylor Hicks. Looks like Vinnie is gigging at the Roxy in LA with Tal Wlkenfeld on […]

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This one discusses the seamless transition from 3/4 to 6/8 to 4/4, then back again. Fun stuff. Discussion here on the forums.

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Jo Jo Mayer playing at NAMM 2009. More pics right here. Jo Jo Mayer and Nerve put on a great show at the Sabian Live event. The Drum Channel was streaming a live show from outside with an impressive production setup. Various name drummers would show up and get interviewed. Of course the now famous […]

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Drum God Neil Peart updated his site recently with an extensive, well written and interesting account of his recent preparation for the 2008 Buddy Rich Memorial Concert. Part of his process was taking some lessons with Jazz Legend Peter Erskine. Neil recounts an interesting tale of what it was like exploring new musical and drumming […]

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