House of Drumming.com video lesson: Flam Rolls (1 of 3)

A drum lesson with Steve Holmes discussing the use of flams and flam rolls on the drums in a jazz context. Touches on the history, how to get started, and advanced applications. 

Stay tuned for Part 2.

Shot with a Canon 7D. Audio during some of the playing portions recorded with an Edirol rh09 portable audio recorder.

Steve Holmes drum lesson: 16th note triplet phrasing

This lesson walks you through the process I went through to get slick ghost-notey phrasing between accents over 16th note triplets. Fun stuff. 

The basic sticking for the first fill is R l l R l l R l R l l F over 16th note triplets.
"Shed Some Light" available on DVD: http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Holmes-Sh... 

For the gear heads: Drums are YAMAHA PHX: 22, 10, 12, 16. Snare is a Dunnet Titanium with re-enforcement hoops inside. Cymbals are Zildjian; 20" K Custom Dry Light Ride, 13" hats (1980's new beat top, modern K bottom), A Custom and K Crashes, Mics are AKG/Shure through a Presonus 1818vsl recorded with Garage Band on a Macbook Air. Shot with a Canon 7D 720p 60 exported at 24..

Steve Holmes: 32nd note phrasing using paradidle combinations

Exercise transcription: http://www.houseofdrumming.com/steve_... 

This video discusses developing 32nd note-phrases using various paradidle sticking combinations. It has 5 examples to check out. 

Gear: 
Drums are YAMAHA PHX: 22, 10, 12, 16. 
Snare is a Dunnet Titanium with re-enforcement hoops inside. 
Cymbals are Zildjian; 20" K Custom Dry Light Ride, 13" hats (1980's new beat top, modern K bottom), A Custom and K Crashes, the stack is a Zildjian ZXT Thrasher with a cracked Wuhan china on top.
Mics are AKG/Shure through a Presonus 1818vsl recorded with Garage Band on a Macbook Air. Shot with a Canon 7D and GoPro HD-Hero2 at 720p 60 exported at 24..