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Travis Whitmore

Buying Your First Drum Kit

If there’s one question that seems to come up the most when talking with aspiring drummers and such it’s: “What kind of drum kit would you recommend?” Well, this is a great question! Whether you’re a brand new drummer, interested in updating your existing kit or simply looking to replace those beat up junkers that [...]

July 21, 2010 1 comment Read the full article →

Flam/Six Stroke Roll – Part 2 [Video]

In Part 2, Ron demonstrates the same rudiment exercise applied on the drum kit. Once you’ve mastered some important rudiments, you can apply these all around the kit. The bottom line is to have fun with it and enjoy!

July 9, 2010 0 comments Read the full article →

Flam/Six Stroke Roll – Part 1 [Video]

Several weeks ago, I shared my Top 3 rudiments and the importance of practicing these foundational and fundamental exercises. This week, I want to share a two part video, courtesy of a long-time drummer friend of mine, Ron Depew. These short clips provide an excellent example of two basic rudiments – the Flam and the [...]

July 6, 2010 1 comment Read the full article →

Foundation of Drumming: Top 3 Drum Rudiments

Importance of Rudiments With anything in life, whether you’re building a new house or learning how to do something for the first time, you need a solid foundation. The cornerstone to being a well rounded drummer is to learn and practice your rudiments. There are many variations of rudiments and exercises out there. In fact, [...]

June 8, 2010 2 comments Read the full article →

Indaba Music and Mantis [Video]

Indaba Music, a music collaboration platform and community recently launched Mantis, a record anywhere and anytime, cloud based DAW software. Several features include: Launches in seconds Access your mixes from anywhere with an internet connection Record 16-bit/44.1K audio straight to your IndabaMusic.com account (Click here to view my account) Non-destructive, real-time effects Tap into a [...]

May 13, 2010 1 comment Read the full article →

Calculating Beats per Minute

As always, thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read these blog posts. My sole purpose for this blog is to inspire musicians to create and record music from home and to collaborate with other musicians from around the world! In my last post, I encouraged musicians to learn how to [...]

February 26, 2010 0 comments Read the full article →

The Art of Playing to a Click Track

So, hopefully by now you’ve had a chance to start learning a new instrument. Or… maybe you’re working on perfecting your current instrument. More importantly, my hope is that you’re starting to set up your home studio. Whatever your situation is, there is simply a list of necessary skills that every musician should have. In [...]

February 8, 2010 5 comments Read the full article →