How Do You Create Progressive Drum Parts For Hard Songs?
• Stay rooted to a different limb for a certain section. To many times us drummers overlook this little trick. Staying rooted to your lead hand is fine, but sometimes ideas can get stale. Use a different limb like your opposite hand, hi hat foot etc… • Use some exciting drum rudiments. Sure, the paradiddle is great, but how about the double ratamacue or the double drag tap! • Lead with an opposite limb, just for a fill-in. This is tricky to pull off, but the results are subliminally complex. This is usually the type of fill-in that does not seem hard to the listener, but when the listener tries to play it, it becomes a different story. • Advanced techniques are a must. If you haven’t explored or learned any go ahead and do so. There is no way around it. Progressive drumming requires one or more advanced techniques. Techniques like Moeller, and Push/pull are great ones. • Write out some parts. Sometimes writing out certain orchestrations can help you better your drum beats. This enabl
