Author: Steve Barker

Full time Drum tutor, performer and recording artist. Drum lessons in the Southampton-Eastleigh, Fair Oak, Horton Heath, Hedge End, West End, Botley, Bishops Waltham, Wickam area.

The Buzz stroke

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Learning how to hold a stick and make it operate the way you want it to is quite tricky. Younger, less experienced drummers just tend to hammer the hi-hat as hard and as fast as they can, when really it's all about technique. Suddenly the stick just comes alive 😉

Personalised drum head

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Got the Mary Jane battle flag out and ready to fit to my Tama Kapour kit. Gigs and shows coming up it's great to be back with the band I'm signed to ... it's gonna be fun Just need to Tama the Mapex and it's all good lol

Drum Drills

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Prior to exams, I get my students to do an exercise which is quite intense and requires stamina and concentration. Starting from the beginning of the piece we select sections and repeatedly play them with a 1 bar rest in between. I found this technique really useful when learning new parts in short periods of [...]

Drop Stick Exercise

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Here's a great way to get students laughing and start coordinating dropping a stick. The idea is to just go straight for another stick and not worry about the one you drop. I keep my spares under my legs. 😉