The Practical Pro Musician

Many of us who grew up playing in marching band or orchestra might have a habit of playing a flam every time we hit our right and left hands on the same beat. Today I talk about why this kills the feel of a groove and give you an exercise to start to correct it.Anyway, as promised today I want to share something with you that's a little more practical than what I've been sharing maybe in the past few episodes. I mean, everything is practical, but I mean more something specific to drumming versus just any other kind of principle or idea. Today, we're going to talk about what I think is one of the biggest enemies of playing with a click for sure, even without a click it's something that's kind of built into a lot of us, and it kind of ruins groove when trying to make things feel good. The thing is this, it is flams.A lot of us, myself included, grew up in band, orchestra, marching band, and whenever you play the snare drum, or other kinds of assorted drumming instruments, pretty much every time that you bring y