Advanced Drum Lesson 1: Take Tiger Bill’s Triplet Challenge – Drum Lesson
What was originally a contest where anyone could participate, is now a good exercise you can use as a chops…
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Advanced Drum Lesson 2: Joe Morello Master Studies – The Way it Should Be Played
Here’s an example of how Joe wanted his book “Master Studies” to be played. If you’re having trouble playing the…
Advanced Drum Lesson 3: Tiger Bill’s Variations on Joe Morello’s Master Studies – Drum Lesson
This is Tiger Bill’s own spin on the first page of Joe Morello’s book Master Studies. Check it out and…
Advanced Drum Lesson 4: Concepts of Tension Free Drumming – Advanced Hand Techniques
For drummers of all ages and skill levels, these DVDs will take you all the way to your drumming goals…
Advanced Drum Lesson 5: Tiger Bill’s One-Handed Roll
If you’d like to develop a legit one-handed roll, like you see in the demonstration, check out TigerBill’s Tension Free…
Advanced Drum Lesson 6: Tiger Bill’s Advanced Hand Technique DVD
Learn how to read music, play rudiments, dance rhythms, and solos. Play with maximum speed, power, endurance and control using…
Advance Drum Lesson 7: Tension Free Drumming DVD Trailer
This Series contains the most detailed demonstration of Hand Technique ever produced. If you’re a drummer looking to play at…
Advanced Drum Lesson 8: Imitators vs Originators
This time we’re comparing imitators to originators. If you’d like more details, feel free to contact me via my Support Desk.…
Advanced Drum Lesson 9: Dropping your sticks, a good thing?
Is dropping your drumstick really a good thing? TigerBill weighs in. If you’d like more details, feel free to contact…
Advanced Drum Lesson 10: The Buddy Rich 5-stroke roll trick
TigerBill here. This time I demonstrate a favorite 5-stroke roll trick of Buddy Rich. Try it, and modify it! If…
Advanced Drum Lesson 11: More variations on the 5-Stroke Roll around the kit
Hey TigerBill here. Here’s my variation on Buddy Rich’s 5-stroke roll. If you’d like more details, feel free to contact…
Advanced Drum Lesson 12: Gripping your sticks for maximum performance
TigerBill here. This time I answer the common question that concerns gripping the drum sticks. If you’d like more details,…
Advanced Drum Lesson 13: What’s the Best way to hold your drum sticks?
TigerBill here. This time putting to rest the question concerning the best way to hold your drum sticks. If you’d…
Advance Drum Lesson 14: Are You a Natural Born Drummer?
Today we attempt to answer the question, “Are you a natural born drummer?” If you’d like more details, feel free…
Advanced Drum Lesson 15: Using Different Sticks for Practice than on the Gig
This time we attempt to answer the question “Should I use heavier sticks to practice than I do when I…
Advanced Drum Lesson 16: Buddy Never Took Lessons or Practiced So Why Should I?
TigerBill here. If you’re wondering why you should practice or take drum lessons even though guys like Buddy Rich didn’t,…
Advanced Drum Lesson 17: Drumming and Your Health
TigerBill here. This time I’m explaining the benefits of drumming and your health from over 4 decades of my own…
Advanced Drum Lesson 18: A Test to Be Sure You’re Playing Without Tension
If you’re a fan of this site, I’m sure you’ve heard me talk about Tension Free Drumming techniques before. But…
Advanced Drum Lesson 19: Joe Morello & Me
In this video, I discuss a drum instructor who was a tremendous influence on me: Joe Morello. If you’d like…
Advanced Drum Lesson 20: A Triplet Trick from Buddy’s Bag
Here’s another one of my favorite Buddy Rich Tricks with Triplets! If you’d like more details, feel free to contact…
Advanced Drum Lesson 21: And the Survey Says…!
Take the 1-question Survey: https://tigermixmedia.com/application… If you’d like more details, feel free to contact me via my Support Desk. –Have Fun…
Advanced Drum Lesson 22: The Traditional Thumb Grip
This time we’re checking out the hand technique known as the traditional thumb grip. If you’d like more details, feel…
Advanced Drum Lesson 23: THE Major Factor in Limiting Your Speed
Watch the video and see if you can guess which of these 2 exercises I am NOT playing correctly! This…
Advanced Drum Lesson 24: Major Factor in Limiting Your Speed – Part 3-Conclusion
This is the conclusion to our 3-part series covering limitations to your speed. If you’d like more details, feel free…
Advanced Drum Lesson 25: The Table of Time from 1 to 6
When I first studied with Joe Morello back in 1970, he would hand out copies of exercises that he wrote…
Advanced Drum Lesson 26: THE Major Factor in Limiting Your Speed – Part 2
Many drummers think that their hand and foot chops are limiting their speed and although that is one deciding factor,…
Advanced Drum Lesson 27: Table of Time Part 2 from 7 to 12
This is the second part of our lesson taken from Joe Morello’s book Master Studies, which covers the remainder of…
Advanced Drum Lesson 28: Here’s a Tip for Improving Your Hand Chops
Hand technique is easy if you know the proper techniques. If you don’t, you’ll not only have a hard time…
Advanced Drum Lesson 29: Who is the world’s greatest drummer?
This is a question that drummers over the world have pondered for years and years. Here’s my take on it.…
Advanced Drum Lesson 30: How to Play Big Band Breaks
If you’ve ever heard Buddy Rich playing with a big band then you’ve heard some of the best big band…
Advanced Drum Lesson 31: Getting Creative with Drum Sounds
Some of the world’s greatest drummers are also among the most creative. And creativity is easier once you become familiar…
Advanced Drum Lesson 32: Cross-Coordinated Open-Handed Playing
Open handed drumming has become very popular for many reasons. Here’s how to develop cross coordination when playing open handed.…
Advanced Drum Lesson 33: Open-Handed Jazz Playing
Although open handed playing has been around for a long time, it’s becoming extremely popular. Here’s an introduction to it…
Advanced Drum Lesson 34: Rudiments Every Drumset Player Should Know – Single Stroke Roll
We continue our lessons in expanding the drum corps rudiments around the drumset with the ever popular Single Stroke Roll.…
Advanced Drum Lesson 35: Rudiments Every Drumset Player Should Know – Double Stroke Roll
This time we’re taking the drum rudiment known as the Double Stroke Roll around the drumset. If you’d like more…
Advanced Drum Lesson 36: Joe Morello Drum Solo Transcriptions
This lesson features Joe Morello’s book of transcribed drum solos called “Off The Record.” If you’d like more details, feel…
Advanced Drum Lesson 37: Rudiments Every Drumset Player Should Know – Single Paradiddle
Although drum rudiments are predominantly featured in drum corps settings, they can be even more effective when applied to the…
Advanced Drum Lesson 38: The Business of Music
Many musicians have their technique down to perfection but when it comes to the actual business of music, not so…
Advanced Drum Lesson 39: Combining Rudiments Around the Drumset
In today’s lesson, you’ll learn the power of combining various rudiments as we move around the drumset. If you’d like…
Advanced Drum Lesson 40: Triplet Sticking Patterns
TigerBill here, In this lesson we’re working on some triplet sticking patterns. If you’d like more details, feel free to…
Advanced Drum Lesson 41: Triplet Sticking Patterns
TigerBill here, In this lesson we’re working on some triplet sticking patterns. If you’d like more details, feel free to…
Advanced Drum Lesson 42: Accented Triplet Sticking Patterns Up to Speed
TigerBill here, last time we worked on some accented triplet sticking patterns. This time we’re taking them up to speed!…
Advanced Drum Lesson 43: TigerBill’s Double-Time Warmups
TigerBill here with a demonstration that consists of using double-time when warming up. I found it helps me to warmup…
Advanced Drum Lesson 44: Are Drummers Real Musicians and Why or Why Not?
TigerBill here with a question for you: Are drummers real musicians?
Advanced Drum Lesson 45: Breaking Exercises Down to Develop Speed
TigerBill here, this time we’re learning how to break exercises down to develop speed. If you’d like more details, feel…
Advanced Drum Lesson 46: A Daily Workout for your Drumming and Your Health
TigerBill here with a lesson that doubles as both a daily workout for your Drumming and your Health! Check it…
Advanced Drum Lesson 47: Tension Free Drumming: Indistinguishable from Magic!
TigerBill here with a lesson for you in my Concepts of Tension Free Drumming, which has been said to be…
Advanced Drum Lesson 48: Accents Applied to Stick Control Book
TigerBill here, this time we’re applying accents to the Stick Control Book by George Stone. If you’d like more details,…
Advanced Drum Lesson 49: Accents Applied to Stick Control Adding Feet
TigerBill here with another lesson. This time we’re taking the Stick Control book and applying accents while adding footwork. If…
Advanced Drum Lesson 50: My Top Recommended Books for Your Drum Workouts
TigerBill here with my top recommended drum book list for your drum workouts. Check them out! If you’d like more…
Advanced Drum Lesson 51: 4-Way Coordination Drills using Stick Control Book
TigerBill here with another lesson employing George Stone’s Stick Control book. This time we’re using it to create 4-way coordination…
Advanced Drum Lesson 52: 4-Way Coordination Stick Control Drills using Jazz Interpretation
TigerBill here back with another lesson incorporating Stone’s Stick Control book. This time we’re using it to develop 4-Way Coordination…
Advanced Drum Lesson 53: Syncopation Book 4-Way Coordination Drills using Jazz Interpretation
In this lesson, we’re using Ted Reed’s book Syncopation to create 4-Way Coordination Drills using Jazz Interpretation. If you’d like…
Advanced Drum Lesson 54: My Stone Killer Workout Variations
TigerBill here with my Stone Killer workout variations. Check them out! If you’d like more details, feel free to contact…
Advanced Drum Lesson 55: Having Fun With Fives
TigerBill here with a lesson that shows how you can have fun with the little used groups of five. If…
Advanced Drum Lesson 56: Try this cross coordination groove on for size!
Try this cool cross coordination groove! If you’d like more details, feel free to contact me via my Support Desk. –Have…
Advanced Drum Lesson 57: My Variations on Morello’s Master Studies
In this lesson I share some of my own Variations on Morello’s Master Studies. If you’d like more details, feel…
Advanced Drum Lesson 58: Polyrhythm Basics: 2 against 3
In this lesson I introduce you to the basic polyrhythm known as 2 against 3. If you’d like more details,…
Advanced Drum Lesson 59: Polyrhythm Basics: 3 against 4
In this lesson, we continue from where we left off by introducing another basic polyrhythm, this one is referred to…
Advanced Drum Lesson 60: 4-Way Coordination
Excerpt of Tiger Bill appearing at Cape Breton International Drum Festival demonstrating 7-way polyrhythmic coordination. If you’d like more details,…
Advanced Drum Lesson 61: Tiger Bill’s Cure for Stage Fright
Here’s a quick and easy way to relieve stress and it just so happens to work great if you tend…
Advanced Drum Lesson 62: Is It Ever Too Late To Learn?
TigerBill here, back with another Tension-Free Tuesday lesson. Today, I’m answering a question that I’ve often been asked over the…
Advanced Drum Lesson 63: 4-Way Polyrhythms used in 4-Way Coordination
4-way coordination is hard enough but once you get comfortable applying 4-way polyrhythms to it, normal 4-way coordination gets easy.…
Advanced Drum Lesson 64: Jeff Porcaro’s Favorite Hi-Hat Chop
I had the opportunity to hang with both Jeff and his dad, Joe Porcaro, during my stint in the California…
Advanced Drum Lesson 65: Flying Around the Drumset
You can actually move around the drumset with the same speed you move on one surface, once you know the…
Advanced Drum Lesson 66: Flying Around the Drumset Blind
There are a number of reasons why you should practice moving around the drumset with your eyes shut. Check it…
Advanced Drum Lesson 67: Around the Drumset with Mixed Stickings
Mixed sticking make moving around the drums so much easier. Check it out. If you’d like more details, feel free…
Advanced Drum Lesson 68: My Variations on Morello’s Master Studies
Joe Morello’s book is great but here are some variations that make it even better. If you’d like more details,…
Advanced Drum Lesson 69: Trading 4’s with Mixed Sticking
Last time we demonstrated basic trading 4’s, this time I take it a step further by using mixed sticking. If…
Advanced Drum Lesson 70: My Samba Variations on Ted Reed’s Syncopation Book
There are many different ways you can work on Ted Reed’s classic book Syncopation. Here’ are some ways you use…
Advanced Drum Lesson 71: Grooves — Practical Samba Variations
Here’s how to play Drum Grooves in the Latin vein, Practical Samba Variations. If you’d like more details, feel free to contact me via my Support…
Advanced Drum Lesson 72: Grooves — The Bossa Nova
Here’s how to play a Drum Groove in the Latin vein, The Bossa Nova. If you’d like more details, feel…
Advanced Drum Lesson 73: Working the 3 Types of Flams
The rudiment known as the Flam is very useful, not only to Drum Corps players but to drumset players as…
Advanced Drum Lesson 74: Rock Fills with the Stick Control Book
George Stone’s Stick Control book isn’t only useful for building your hand technique, it can also be applied in many…
Advanced Drum Lesson 75: Jazz Fills with the Stick Control book
Last time we modified George L Stone’s book Stick Control to create fills in the Rock genre. This time we’re…
Advanced Drum Lesson 76: Flam Fills with the Stick Control book
In past lessons, we’ve modified George L Stone’s Stick Control book for use with Rock and Jazz style fills around…
Advanced Drum Lesson 77: Tension Free Drumming Teaser
Here’s a brief sampler I put together of the types of services I offer and products/events I produce for the…