So what’s Paradiddlemania! all about, anyway?

Performance: Charley Wilcoxon's All-American Drummer - Solo #10

A personal project to play through Charley Wilcoxon’s rudimental solo masterpiece All-American Drummer.

Performances, VideosChristian JohnsonDecember 25, 2019Lessons, Snare Drum, Rudiments, Practice Pad, Practicing, Solos, Drum Pad, Intermediate, Wilcoxon, ChristmasComment

Performance: Charley Wilcoxon's All-American Drummer - Solo #9

A personal project to play through Charley Wilcoxon’s rudimental solo masterpiece All-American Drummer.

Performances, VideosChristian JohnsonDecember 18, 2019Lessons, Snare Drum, Rudiments, Practice Pad, Practicing, Solos, Drum Pad, Intermediate, WilcoxonComment

Video Lesson: Using Syncopation To Create Accent Patterns

My focus this week is smoothing out my left-hand lead and developing my left-handed accents.

Lessons, VideosChristian JohnsonDecember 16, 2019Lessons, Rolls, Rudiments, Practice Pad, Practicing, Practice, Snare Drum, Drum Pad, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Warm-Ups, SyncopationComment

Performance: Charley Wilcoxon's All-American Drummer - Solo #8

A personal project to play through Charley Wilcoxon’s rudimental solo masterpiece All-American Drummer.

Performances, VideosChristian JohnsonDecember 11, 2019Lessons, Snare Drum, Rudiments, Practice Pad, Practicing, Solos, Drum Pad, Intermediate, WilcoxonComment

Video Lesson: Singles and Doubles from Tommy Igoe's Great Hands For A Lifetime

This week I focused on getting my hands nice and loose while playing rolls. So, I took an excerpt from Great Hands For A Lifetime and concentrated on staying loose, loose, loose.

Performance: Charley Wilcoxon's All-American Drummer - Solo #7

A personal project to play through Charley Wilcoxon’s rudimental solo masterpiece All-American Drummer.

Performances, VideosChristian JohnsonDecember 4, 2019Lessons, Snare Drum, Rudiments, Practice Pad, Practicing, Solos, Drum Pad, Intermediate, WilcoxonComment

Performance: Charley Wilcoxon's All-American Drummer - Solo #6

A personal project to play through Charley Wilcoxon’s rudimental solo masterpiece All-American Drummer.

Video Lesson: Accent-Diddles: Part 3

Here’s the third exercise in my paradiddle grid. Play accents on both singles of the paradddle and then shift the whole pattern back to create new phrases.

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