In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk discloses the result of the social challenge he put himself through: playing a single paradiddle between his left limbs while executing a double paradiddle between his right limbs in a week. He also takes this opportunity to show you how to play this challenging pattern in 4/4 and 6/4 time signatures. More »
Drumming is more of a long-distance track event than a sprint. Thus, endurance is the key to success. Keeping a steady practice schedule and a focused and energetic mindset are what separates the men from the boys. However, this is all highly dependable on one thing: motivation. Without it, you’ll never achieve your goals. It’s hard to keep a consistent and high level of motivation throughout our lives. Nonetheless, there are tools one can use to keep high spirits. In this video, Jared Falk discusses how to use social achievement and accountability to increase your motivation and drumming skills. More »
Finger control technique is mostly associated with speed drumming. It’s a very important hand technique to practice because of its use in blast beats and fast ride and hi-hat patterns for funk and jazz. Very fast drum fills and patterns that rely on quick bursts of strokes are highly dependable on this technique as well. So if you’re going to practice the finger control technique you have to do it accurately from the get go, since it can take long to get good at it. With that in mind, this free live drum lesson with Jared Falk on the helm was designed to give you plenty of tips and exercises for getting your finger control technique to where you want it to be. More »
In the last 10 years the Internet developed like crazy. We’re literally just one click away from talking to someone on the other side of the globe. Thousands of communities have come together to share knowledge and evolve. This is the biggest strength of the Internet: people working together and sharing knowledge. However, there are those who’d rather destroy than help build. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk shows how you can build your confidence and fight back detractors with your favorite drum patterns. More »
Every pattern you play is a blend of rhythms from a finite set that are spread around the different instruments on a drum set. You can take distinct patterns and mix their phrasing for coming up with totally new ones. This is something that works great for the development of fresh drum beats and drum fills. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk shows how combining the phrasing from different drum fills is an awesome tool for coming up with new drum fills and working on your creativity. More »
The number of drum fills known by a drummer is like the amount of cowbell in a song: it’s never enough. With that in mind, Jared Falk wrote this free drum lesson to teach a cool and simple concept that’ll take your drum-fill library to a whole new level. Watching the video and applying the concept will ensure a twofold increase on the number of drum fills you know. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you how to play a very cool quarter-bar 32nd note linear drum pattern and how to use it for coming up with different half- and quarter-bar drum fills. He also shows how helpful this 32nd note linear pattern can be for improving your mobility around the drum set. More »
Welcome to the first ever Drumeo Live free drum lesson. In this video, Jared Falk teaches five beginner to advanced linear drum fills that you can use in various styles of music. This free drum lesson comes with downloadable PDF sheet music and play-along MP3s of the exercises played at three different tempos. More »
In this free video drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches you how to use the heel-toe technique within drum fills. He does so by taking you through 6 beginner to advanced examples taken from the 15-hour long Bass Drum Secrets 2.0 training pack. More »
In this free video drum lesson, sensei Jared Falk teaches you how to apply the heel-toe technique to your drumming through six very cool drum beat examples taken from the popular 14-hour long Bass Drum Secrets 2.0 training pack. We’ve included patterns for beginners, intermediate, and advanced drummers. Whether you’ve just began working on the heel-toe technique, or if you’ve been playing it for a while, there is something here for you to practice and take your bass drum technique to a whole new level. More »
