2021 Recap

Posted on by Francesco Vecchio

It was an intense and productive year. Thank you to all for buying my transcriptions and books, the transcription commissions, and the donations. Your support is amazing and truly appreciated. The blog reached more than 30,000 visitors and 100k clicks, with organic traffic from all over the world (a warm thank you goes to the American visitors). In these 12 months, I published 3 books, with a new project that comes out in May 2022. As always, the goal of the blog will be to offer original content to help you develop and improve your drumming. I’ll continue to provide more and more free material. Whatever your level and what you are looking for, you can find something useful here. Francis’s Drumming Blog is on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Scribd, and has an author page on Amazon.

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Here’s a recap of the best articles published this year. Wishing you a wonderful 2022—keep on drumming!

Steely Dan – The Last Mall (Drum Sheet Music)

Here’s the full drum sheet music for “The Last Mall” by Steely Dan, from the album Everything Must Go (2003) with Keith Carlock on drums. The main rhythm is an 8th note…

Creating New Grooves on the Drums

In the previous post, I talked about creativity in developing the left foot hi-hat to create new rhythmic solutions and grooves. In this article, I’ll show you how to create…

Left Foot Hi-Hat Development – Groove Workout

A way to develop creativity on the drums is to use the left-foot hi-hat to create new rhythmic solutions. Drummers like Steve Gadd, Bernard Purdie, David Garibaldi, and Jason McGerr,…

Carlos Vega – Oasis (Drum Solo Transcription)

Here’s the transcription of Carlos Vega’s drum solo on “Oasis” by Dave Grusin and Lee Ritenour, featuring Dave Valentin on flute, Larry Williams on saxophone and keyboards, and Abraham Laboriel…

Max Roach – For Big Sid (Drum Sheet Music)

Here’s the full sheet music of Max Roach’s famous drum composition “For Big Sid” from the album Drums Unlimited (1966). The transcription is included as extra content in my new book Max Roach:…

Quarter Note Triplet Exercises Part 2

The second part of the quarter note triplet exercises adds the left-foot hi-hat to the combinations seen in the past month. With the left hand we play the snare cross-stick…

Samai Thaqil Drumset Groove

The Samai is a classical 10/8 rhythm of Ottoman-Turkish origin, very popular among belly dancers for slow sections. The Arabic variation of this rhythm is known as Samai Thaqil, also…

Quarter Note Triplet Exercises Part 1

In the past few days, I worked on some exercises, new drum transcriptions, and books. Something I’ll be glad to share with you. It’s going to be a hot summer!…

Rush – La Villa Strangiato (Drum Sheet Music)

Here’s the full drum sheet music for “La Villa Strangiato” by Rush, from the legendary album Hemispheres (1978) with Neil Peart on drums. The complete drum transcription is now available…

Polyrhythmic Independence Exercise – 3 over 4

Here’s an exercise to develop your independence, playing various cymbal patterns on a 3 over 4 pattern between the bass drum and the hi-hat. We start with the first basic…

Rush – 2112 (Drum Sheet Music)

I’m glad to share with you the full drum sheet music for “2112” (Overture, The Temples of Syrinx, Discovery, Presentation, Oracle: The Dream, Soliloquy, Grand Finale), from Rush’s fourth album…

No Doubt – Don’t Speak (Drum Sheet Music)

No Doubt released their third album Tragic Kingdom on October 10, 1995, for Trauma and Interscope Records. The album uses a great variety of musical genres from ska to punk…

Rush – Fly By Night (Drum Sheet Music)

Here’s the second part of the drum transcription series dedicated to Neil Peart. Fly By Night (1975) is Rush’s second album and the first with Neil Peart. On July 29,…

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