The Secret Weapons of Anika Nilles Drumming
This online meeting is a proper deep dive into Anika Nilles’ drumming, philosophies, approaches to practicing and playing, discipline, compositional processes and more. And who…
Library Tags: Groove
Syncopated Grooves using Slide Technique and Accents
Slide Technique! An approach to stick technique that Ramon Montagner is well renowned for. Logically, once you’ve started internalising the movement, the next step would…
Bass Drum Awareness | Exercises and Groove Applications
During this user-requested practice session, Claus takes us through some patterns targeting bass drum accuracy. These exercises help us pinpoint exactly WHERE in the bar…
Deconstructing Sarvalaghu Grooves On Drums
This lesson delves deeper into Sarvalaghu: the rhythmic essence of Carnatic (South Indian) drumming. Picking up where we left off, the content of this lesson…
Deconstructing Sarvalaghu Grooves
Sarvalaghu, as in, Smooth Groove! In this lesson Claudio Spieler runs through some typical flowing rhythmic patterns in the Carnatic drumming tradition, which are often…
7/8 Clave Patterns
This live practice session offers a unique approach to creating rhythmic content in 7/8 based on modified clave structures. Perhaps not the most orthodox approach…
Linear Phrasing | Drumset Workout
In this session, we practice linear phrasing on the drumset, where we avoid playing two instruments at the same time. This style of drumming is…
Groups of 4 Ideas
In this live lesson Anika gives you a glimpse into the many concepts included in her course ‘The Power of Groupings’ here on Open Minded…