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Jimmy Chamberlin revisits Mellon Collie 🎸 · 7s-over-6s fill math · build a real practice plan ✍️ · budget IEMs for stage 🎧

Jun 26, 2026

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4 min read

Jimmy Chamberlin revisits Mellon Collie 🎸 · 7s-over-6s fill math · build a real practice plan ✍️ · budget IEMs for stage 🎧

Plus: a 7-over-6 fill that stretches time, and in-ear monitors worth grabbing.

Matteo M
Matteo M
Berklee paradiddle + kick drill 🦶, PDP Concept Maple CM7 verdict 💰, Dany Kufner's tom tuning numbers 🎯, Kembely's 'Human Nature' pocket ✨

Jun 25, 2026

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4 min read

Berklee paradiddle + kick drill 🦶, PDP Concept Maple CM7 verdict 💰, Dany Kufner's tom tuning numbers 🎯, Kembely's 'Human Nature' pocket ✨

Plus: exact Hz targets for your rack toms, a touring DW breakdown, and a printable rudiment sheet for daily warmups.

Matteo M
Matteo M
Dennis Chambers torches Buddy Rich's band 🔥 · JP Bouvet's desk-tap melody trick · Skrillex meets a drum solo ⚙️

Jun 24, 2026

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4 min read

Dennis Chambers torches Buddy Rich's band 🔥 · JP Bouvet's desk-tap melody trick · Skrillex meets a drum solo ⚙️

Plus: a 30-day paradiddle challenge, odd groupings of 3 and 5, and Chad Smith on why drummers shape the room.

Matteo M
Matteo M
Inside Peart's 'Tom Sawyer' solo 🎸 · the timing drill that fixes everything ⏱️ · 5 ride patterns for 3/4 jazz

Jun 23, 2026

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5 min read

Inside Peart's 'Tom Sawyer' solo 🎸 · the timing drill that fixes everything ⏱️ · 5 ride patterns for 3/4 jazz

Plus: five ride patterns for jazz drumming, ten famous 6/8 beats

Matteo M
Matteo M
Make rudiments groove 🥁 + the Chicago shuffle secret

Jun 22, 2026

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5 min read

Make rudiments groove 🥁 + the Chicago shuffle secret

Plus: 10 levels of 6/8, and Larnell Lewis stretches out in Osaka

Matteo M
Matteo M
💥 the D beat dissected · Anika Nilles joins Rush 🎸 · 🌀 inverted doubles unlock new fills

Jun 19, 2026

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4 min read

💥 the D beat dissected · Anika Nilles joins Rush 🎸 · 🌀 inverted doubles unlock new fills

Plus: Anika Nilles takes the Rush chair, that Khruangbin pocket

Matteo M
Matteo M
Nate Smith stretches out at KOKO 🎷 · Eloy Casagrande's bubinga at Studio 606 · Sabian's dry new Stratus 🌫️ · paradiddles as grooves

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

Nate Smith stretches out at KOKO 🎷 · Eloy Casagrande's bubinga at Studio 606 · Sabian's dry new Stratus 🌫️ · paradiddles as grooves

Plus: Nate Smith's full set with Michael League, and Eloy Casagrande tests TAMA's new bubinga flagship.

Matteo M
Matteo M
Jharis Yokley's unfiltered shed 🎓 · 10 kick heads A/B'd 🦵 · Mike Johnston's paradiddle-diddle fill 🎶 · Willem Jochems' Byzance rig ✨

Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

Jharis Yokley's unfiltered shed 🎓 · 10 kick heads A/B'd 🦵 · Mike Johnston's paradiddle-diddle fill 🎶 · Willem Jochems' Byzance rig ✨

Plus: a Berklee grad's unedited practice session

Matteo M
Matteo M
Benny Greb's drum language 🗣️ · Larnell Lewis's single-kick speed 🦶 · Eloy Casagrande tests Paiste stacks ⚡

Jun 16, 2026

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5 min read

Benny Greb's drum language 🗣️ · Larnell Lewis's single-kick speed 🦶 · Eloy Casagrande tests Paiste stacks ⚡

Plus Benny Greb's nine-minute solo masterclass and a four-limb Afro-Cuban coordination puzzle worth a week of practice

Matteo M
Matteo M
How To Play In 6/8 ⏱️ Focus on learning these fills

Jun 15, 2026

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3 min read

How To Play In 6/8 ⏱️ Focus on learning these fills

Plus: Ash Soan's half-time shuffle, and Gadd's go-to ride on sale!

Matteo M
Matteo M
Fix your Purdie shuffle  🎯 Ari Hoenig rewires practice 🧠

Jun 12, 2026

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4 min read

Fix your Purdie shuffle 🎯 Ari Hoenig rewires practice 🧠

Plus: Anika Nilles on Peart's fills, half-swung 16ths with JP Bouvet, and Felix Lehrmann's Hackett tour kit.

Matteo M
Matteo M
Fix the 5 ghost-note mistakes 👻 make paradiddles groove

Jun 11, 2026

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5 min read

Fix the 5 ghost-note mistakes 👻 make paradiddles groove

Plus: e-kits compared side by side, DW's 9000X deep dive

Matteo M
Matteo M
Try this practice warmup ⏱️ how to hide a paradiddle in the pocket 🎯

Jun 10, 2026

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5 min read

Try this practice warmup ⏱️ how to hide a paradiddle in the pocket 🎯

Plus: eight Evans EMAD heads compared, 6 stroke roll advice

Matteo M
Matteo M
3 grooves that expose your weak hand 👻 Larnell Lewis's Osaka solo

Jun 9, 2026

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4 min read

3 grooves that expose your weak hand 👻 Larnell Lewis's Osaka solo

Plus: a beech stave snare unboxing, paradiddles as groove vocabulary

Matteo M
Matteo M
Fix flat rudiments 🥢 Improve your speed ⏰

Jun 8, 2026

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5 min read

Fix flat rudiments 🥢 Improve your speed ⏰

Plus: Istanbul Agop comparison, and a printable rudiment reference sheet

Matteo M
Matteo M
Improve your flams ✋ Steve White moves the paradiddle accent

Jun 5, 2026

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5 min read

Improve your flams ✋ Steve White moves the paradiddle accent

Plus: Thomas Lang independence clinic 🎶 Gavin Harrison's no-repeat tom rule

Matteo M
Matteo M
Age up your groove with rimshots 🎯 steal this 2-minute warmup ⏱️

Jun 4, 2026

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5 min read

Age up your groove with rimshots 🎯 steal this 2-minute warmup ⏱️

Plus: Steve Jordan's stripped-kit masterclass, Rick Jupp on posture, and a 16-inch crash shootout from budget to boutique.

Matteo M
Matteo M
🦵🏼Fix your independence 👻 Give your ghost notes real intent

Jun 3, 2026

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4 min read

🦵🏼Fix your independence 👻 Give your ghost notes real intent

Plus: ten hi-hats in a head-to-head comparison, pop song turns metal 🤘🏼

Matteo M
Matteo M
Tighten your drags & fills 🎯 Chad Smith tests DW's 9000X

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

Tighten your drags & fills 🎯 Chad Smith tests DW's 9000X

Plus: a sick virgil donati solo & four ways to hear a groove

Matteo M
Matteo M
Simon Phillips' double bass masterclass 💥 Drum Solos from Dave Weckl and Larnell Lewis

Jun 1, 2026

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5 min read

Simon Phillips' double bass masterclass 💥 Drum Solos from Dave Weckl and Larnell Lewis

Plus: the paradiddle trick for cleaner chops, four snare remo heads compared,

Matteo M
Matteo M
Learn Danny Carey's 'Sober' fill 🌀 · Meinl Classics Custom Dark demo 💥

May 29, 2026

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4 min read

Learn Danny Carey's 'Sober' fill 🌀 · Meinl Classics Custom Dark demo 💥

Plus: how to play the 'Funky Drummer' groove 🕺 Todd Sucherman studio footage 🥁

Matteo M
Matteo M
Practice this paradiddle groove 📓 Evans tom head comparison

May 28, 2026

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4 min read

Practice this paradiddle groove 📓 Evans tom head comparison

Plus: Jojo Mayer drum solo, an Evans-vs-DW kick head shootout, and Alien Ant Farm pocket 🎤

Matteo M
Matteo M
Try this Polymeter exercise 🌀 Vinnie's 5-flam practice 🔥 Portnoy hears Bonham cold 📻

May 27, 2026

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5 min read

Try this Polymeter exercise 🌀 Vinnie's 5-flam practice 🔥 Portnoy hears Bonham cold 📻

Plus: Gregg Bissonette's archival solo, JP Bouvet on slow jazz comping, and three ways to stack your cymbals.

Matteo M
Matteo M
Stop memorizing fills 🧠 metal drummers fake jazz 😂 Simon Phillips in 19/16

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

Stop memorizing fills 🧠 metal drummers fake jazz 😂 Simon Phillips in 19/16

Plus: a paradiddle chop to steal, a rare Danny Seraphine vault clip, and Jim Riley's hand-hammered cymbals.

Matteo M
Matteo M
Flam masterclass ✋ Afro-Cuban triplet secrets 🧠 SM57 vs the field 🎤

May 25, 2026

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5 min read

Flam masterclass ✋ Afro-Cuban triplet secrets 🧠 SM57 vs the field 🎤

Plus: Todd Sucherman tracks a sixteen-minute prog epic uncut, and Richard Bona on playing with Vinnie, Gadd, and Weckl.

Matteo M
Matteo M
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