The I Hit Drums Podcast

In this episode you'll start learning about triplets:

• How to count them
• How to play them
• How to change between triplets and other note values

Download the exercises from this episode ⁠here⁠ so you can pl…

In this episode you'll continue to develop your Hi-hat foot independence, only this time you'll get used to playing the four Hi-hat foot patterns from the last episode, with four different fills. You…

In this episode you'll start learning how to use the Hi-hat foot independently, within grooves. After an initial warm-up exercise, this will then be broken down into four different foot patterns you …

In this episode we'll continue working with Hi-hat accents, only this time we'll be adding them to 16th note grooves before having a listen to the next song in the book: "No Accents, No Cry".

Downloa…

In this episode we begin working on Lesson Chapter 4 of the book "Intermediate - 1". The exercises in this episode can be downloaded here.

In this episode you'll learn how to add accented (loud) strik…

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In this episode we're going to explore adding snare drum hits to the "e" and "a" counts. Up to this point, most of your snare drum hits will probably fall…

You can download the exercises from today's episode here.

In this week's episode we're going to strengthen your knowledge of note values so that you can not only play patterns confidently when there i…

In this episode we'll be taking your 16th Note Hi-hat skills a step further by exploring what the addition of open hi-hats does to the grooves and the different scenarios you'll come across.

We'll als…

Get started with learning the basic mechanics involved in playing 16th note hi-hat grooves, as we move into Lesson 2 of the book "Intermediate - 1", a book written to help you learn the different ele…

Continuing the first lesson chapter of "Intermediate - 1" we'll be taking Flams a step further and moving them around the kit and figuring out if it matters whether or not you play a right hand flam …

Welcome back to another episode of the podcast. This week we'll get you started with playing Flams and learning the details required to play them correctly.

This is the first new element featured in …

It's here! Series 2 of the I Hit Drums podcast begins April 1st 2025 and I'll be adding new episodes every two weeks.

Just like Series 1, which helped you work through "A Beginner's Guide", series 2 …

FREE WEEKLY DRUM LESSONS

In the 18th and final episode of the "I Hit Drums - A Beginner's Guide" podcast series, we cover the remainder of the book, where we'll set out the next steps involved in com…

FREE WEEKLY DRUM LESSONS

In the 17th episode of the "I Hit Drums - A Beginner's Guide" podcast, we cover pages 76-78 of the book, where you'll work though the following:

• Identifying Loud Strikes in…

FREE WEEKLY DRUM LESSONS

In the 16th episode of the "I Hit Drums - A Beginner's Guide" podcast, we cover pages 70-75 of the book, where you'll work though the following:

• Knowledge Checkpoint!
• Quar…

FREE WEEKLY DRUM LESSONS

In the 15th episode of the "I Hit Drums - A Beginner's Guide" podcast, we cover pages 65-69 of the book, where you'll work though the following:

• Closing the Hi-hats with a …

FREE WEEKLY DRUM LESSONS

In the 14th episode of the "I Hit Drums - A Beginner's Guide" podcast, we cover pages 62-64 of the book, where you'll work though the following:

• Identifying Open and Closed…

FREE WEEKLY DRUM LESSONS

In the 13th episode of the "I Hit Drums - A Beginner's Guide" podcast, we cover pages 58-61 of the book, where you'll work though the following:

• Ride Cymbal Identification
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FREE WEEKLY DRUM LESSONS

In the 12th episode of the "I Hit Drums - A Beginner's Guide" podcast, we cover pages 54-57 of the book, where you'll work though the following:

• "Tomorrow" Key Grooves
• "To…