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Recording Round #5 – Vocals Again + Drum Feature

NEWS: Recording Round #5 – Vocals Again + Drum Feature Saturday, May 25th 2019 Told you I’d be back again...
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Recording Round #4 – Vocals & a Reboot

NEWS: Recording Round #4 – Vocals & a Reboot Saturday, May 3rd 2019Aight, it looks like I skipped April but...
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Recording Round #3 – Nylon Uke, Tambo

NEWS: Recording Round #3 – Nylon Uke, Tambo Saturday, February 23rd 2019 Wow guys. I forgot how much easier it...
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Recording Round #2 – Drums, Percussion, SS Uke

NEWS: Recording Round #2 - Drums, Percussion, SS Uke Saturday, January 26th 2019 So, my schedule is quite limited these...
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Recording Has Begun! – Drum Tracks

NEWS: Recording Has Begun! - Drum Tracks NOVEMBER 10, 2018 I took a trip up to my brother’s recording studio (Derek...
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Podcast Episodes

How to Write Drum Parts Pt. 2: Sourcing (S1 Ep.12) #12

Welcome to the second episode on our series of “How to Write Drum Parts”! Today we get into sourcing: how...
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How to Write Drum Parts Pt.1: Groove (S1 Ep.11) #11

We're back! Welcome to part 1 of our series "How to Write Drum Parts". This series explores ideas and exercises...
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Neil Peart, Godfather of Prog (S1 Ep.10) #10

Apologies to our drumming friends AGAIN, we lost 2 other episodes to corrupted files. This one still suffers from what...
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Toasty Warm Ups (S1 Ep.9) #9

Apologies to our drumming friends, we lost 2 other episodes to corrupted files. This one still suffers from what broke...
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It Don’t Hurt to Herta (S1 Ep.8) #8

Hertas are weird. And we love them even if we don’t fully understand them verbally all the time. We’ve got...
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The Fill Generator (S1 Ep.7) #7

Need some fresh ideas for coming up with fills? Look no further! Tabor takes us through some ideas today for...
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Gimme Mo’ Moeller (S1 Ep.6) #6

The Moeller Stroke may be the most widely used hi hat pattern out there. It’s so versatile and important to...
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The Rogue RLL (S1 Ep.5) #5

Get those ghost notes in with the classic RLL beat. Great for beats and even better for fills - tune...
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7/4: Not As Weird As You Think (S1 Ep.4) #4

One of the funnest (most fun?) things in drumming is playing in odd time but making it feel natural and...
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KKRLRL Portnoy No Portnoy (S1 Ep.3) #3

Tabor has deemed this the “Portnoy episode”. You’ll have to listen to find the irony in that but we explore...
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