I've had many requests for a lesson on what to do with the hi-hat to spice up grooves. Here are a few simple ideas for which you can find many applic

Full album chorus transcription and outro from the Live in Oslo version available in the Drum Vault at www.lessons.joecrabtree.com.

Learn the basics of playing ghost notes on the drum kit. More lessons at lessons.joecrabtree.com

Drum lesson covering paradiddle-diddles and similar rudiments for use as fills. More lessons and info available at www.joecrabtree.com

Using paradiddles and inversions in fills. More lessons at www.joecrabtree.com

Using groups of 5 1/16ths for fills and grooves. Check out www.joecrabtree.com for more lessons and articles.

In this lesson I take a look at a Benny Greb groove that's full of ghost notes and a great way to practise togetherness. Plus, it sounds really cool.

This free drum lesson covers displacement of grooves and exercises to familiarise you with 16th note subdivisions. Full lesson and more available at

Play some of those sextuplet licks across 16ths in 4/4. For more lessons and articles please visit www.joecrabtree.com and checkout ONLINE LESSONS

Full lesson available to download at www.joecrabtree.com/masterclass

I was blown away the first time I heard this track. When the album came out I set about doing a midi version so I could play along. I just used to bla

For bonus lesson material including written and midi examples visit www.joecrabtree.com and click the lessons link on the homepage

More sextuplet licks.

For bonus lesson material including written and midi examples visit www.joecrabtree.com and click the lessons link on the homepage

Break down of the main grooves and fills in the live version of Tower of Power's 'What is Hip?' Bonus material includes winamp plugins, track, transc

Exercises you can practise without a kit to strengthen your internal clock

Playing to Michel Camillo's On Fire

This is the method I use for transcribing drum grooves and solos. In this example I transcribe the verse groove from Dave Matthews Band's You Never K

Sign up now and get Lesson 1 free of charge! Lesson 1 looks at a lick from Vinnie Colaiuta's I'm Tweeked solo and at Dave Weckl style triplets.

I teamed up with Jeff Stauffer of Hippolime to produce this video. The drum part is Vinnie Colaiuta's from the Live in Oslo concert