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Audio Clips From Bart’s Custom Drum Set

In Drum Building Resources, Drums, General Updates, Reader's Drum Pictures by Philip4 Comments

I just received another email from Bart with drum audio recordings of the custom drum sets that he recently finished building. Bart specifically designed these drums to sound great for Jazz. If you would like to hear how some custom drums that I have built to play for Rock N’ Roll sound then check out this older blog post. Bart’s …

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Drum Building 101 – The Pros and Cons of Tube Lugs

In Drum Building 101, Drum Building Resources, Drum Building Tutorials, Drums, General Updates by Philip2 Comments

Using Tube Lugs on Your Drums Tube lugs seem to be the lug of choice for most “custom” drum companies and for good reasons – they look great on any drum and are usually made out of solid brass which makes them very durable. There is however some characteristics about tube lugs that could make them difficult to work with …

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Mozambique Drum Lesson

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Here is a really cool pattern that helps you build 4-way independence around the drum set! Steve Gadd made this beat famous and I highly recommend watching his video too. In this video I am playing my very own custom drum set that I built! You can learn how to build your own custom drum set! For some free tips …

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New Drum Beats FOR YOU!

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This past week I had a little bit of down time to make some drum videos. I’ve always been fascinated with Afro-Cuban and latin music, so I wanted to share a little bit of my passion with you. I’m no authentic Cuban drummer, but I try to fake it every now and then. I hope you like these drum videos! …