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At last i decided and, after more or less 15 years on honored service, i gave some rest to my old double (assembled) pedal: a ‘don’t-even-remember-model’ Pearl.
I’ve bought another pearl, a P 122Tw double bass, that’s a middle level solid, simple but at the same time flexible pedal, that my feet liked immediatly. Cost: 185 € in the real world, more or less the cybershopping cost. Except if you can buy it from Usa (something like 140 $, really cheap with the strong Euro).
For some time i had the idea to buy a top level double pedal, like Pearl Eliminator or DW Accelerator series, for more than 300 €: great F1 car, with tons of settings and features. I decided not to buy: too much money, yes, but, first of all, because i don’t want to give the hardware the responsibility to do my job. In this case too, less is better.

Six minutes of pure genius: Jojo and Nerve at MDF 2005 teaching how to mix human and electronics, tecnique with musicality. Listen from 00.50” to 02.00 as Jojo have something to say on how to play ghost notes and obbligatos while keeping the time

Rudiments are for drumset what scales are for piano. You can can use them to increase tecnique skills, stick control and a lot of other stuff. But they are also a walhalla of ideas when they are used in musical way on the drumset.

On Berklee shares (online free lessons) there an interesting preview of “Rudiment Grooves for Drum Set” written by the associate professor Rick Considine. The preview is a .pdf multimedia document, and even if is only a preview, is full of good concepts.

* Single and Double Strokes
* Stroked Rolls
* Drags
* Flams
* Paradiddles double paradiddles, paradiddle grooves and fills
* Combinations

Download free rudiments lesson:
Specific Rudiments for Drumset
Single and double stroke rolls
Drums Warmup Grooves

Some tab transcriptions of west africand a haitian rythms, from a personal page: Donba, Fanga, Kakilambe, Lamba, Mandjani, Tor(d)o, Banda, Yenvalou (Classique and Rasombler), Zepaule, Ollin Arageed. Good if you play Djembe, Jun Jun, Dundunda, Sangba or other traditional drums

Some really cool drum grooves from cool songs to pratice in the weekend (and on every other day)

Drum grooves from Karmadrums
Clyde Stubblefield’s Funky Drummer (James Brown)
Sade Adu drum grooves from Diamond Life album
Blink 182 – I miss you (studio version drums score)
Janet Jackson – That’s the way love goes drums score

Drum grooves from Groove Libray: a must visit blog. Good transcription and good notes

Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady
Bill Withers – Use Me
Boz Scaggs – Lido Shuffle
Boz Scaggs – Lowdown
Buddy Guy – Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues
Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
D’Angelo – Spanish Joint
Dr John – Junko Partner
Herbie Hancock – Chameleon
Herbie Hancock – Palm Grease
James Brown – Funky Drummer
James Brown – Super Bad
Jimi Hendrix – Manic Depression
Led Zeppelin – Fool In The Rain
Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks
Paul Simon – Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover
Reggae – One Drop
Robben Ford – Oasis
Steely Dan – Babylon Sisters
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster
The Beatles – Come Together
The Meters – Cissy Strut
The Meters – Just Kissed My Baby
The Meters – Live Wire
The Police – Walking On The Moon
The Roots – The Seed
Toto – Rosanna