Drum-less Practice Tracks
A good way to work on your musicality is to play and record yourself playing along to music, with and without a click.]Here are some places where you can find tracks with no drums that you can play along to.
Hybrid Songo
The Cuban songo is an interesting syncopated rhythm that can sound really funky and can really groove. Here is a variation done by moving the right hand quarter notes around the drumset.
Shuffles with Quarter Note Triplets
Let’s take a basic shuffle beat and throw in quarter note triplets with the different limbs while playing the shuffle.
Shuffle Modulation
We are going to take a couple of triplet shuffle rhythms and modulate them to 8th notes. This can me make the time feel elastic when done right.
Grooving with the Bass Player
As a musician who plays the drums, your partner in rhythm in the band is the bass player. Here are some examples of how the drums and bass work together in different musical situations.