Hello and welcome, today I will be sharing with you a really useful hand warm up exercise that I not only teach but also use myself for loosening up my wrists and getting warmed up. Read more
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Warming up your bass drums
Welcome to a slightly different series of lessons. In this lesson I will be showing you a really good exercise for increasing your accuracy with 16th note bass drums. Read more
EXPLORING ODD GROUPINGS PART 4
Hello. I feel a bit cheeky calling this part 4 of the series because it is clearly the second half of part 3. This lesson is an extension of what we looked at last time so if you missed that one, go and check it out. Read more
EXPLORING ODD GROUPINGS PART 3
Welcome to part 3 of the series. In this lesson we are going to look at one way to play a three note grouping. Not only is this really going to help you strengthen your bass drum speed and independence, but it also sounds cool! It’s a short but focused lesson that should hopefully prepare you for some of the more intricate patterns to come. Read more
Exploring Odd Groupings Part 2
Hello and welcome to the second lesson on odd groupings. In this lesson we are going to take a look at a few accents and get comfortable with the building blocks that we will need to progress through later lessons. Read more
Exploring Odd Groupings Part 1
Hello and welcome to the first of my lessons for the Istanbul Mehmet Blog. Read more
Holidays!!! so that means more work?
Hello again.
The Searchers have just returned to work after 2.5 weeks off, which may not sound like a long time, but in Searchers World, that is! Read more