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	<title>Drum Lessons</title>
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		<title>Proper Drumming Posture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you are drumming, proper posture can make the difference between playing and injuring your self, or playing and keeping your body healthy. Most beginner drummers overlook posture and dismiss it as something that is un-necessary to learn, and it isn’t a big deal. This is totally wrong. Proper posture is what separates normal drummers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Your Practice Sessions More Efficient</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many times drummers will get into a rut where they seem to get bored of the same practice routines. Many drummers often just put a CD into their CD player, jam along with it for 20 minutes and call this a good practice. This was not a good practice, this may have been fun, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits Of Playing The Drums</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[How You Benefit From Drumming
Many people thing that drumming is just for kids with ADD to give them something to “bang on” and release their energy. Although it has been proven to help people diagnosed with ADD there are many other benefits of drumming. Most of the techniques that you learn as a drummer you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Types Of Drum Lessons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Good drum lessons are important to any drummer who wants to take their drumming to the next level. Most musicians can tell the difference between properly trained drummers and self taught drummers after only a couple minutes of hearing them play. There are a couple of options that all drummers have when it comes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Perform A Flam</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Nov 2006 19:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Drum Rudiments</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another essential drum rudiment that you must have in your “drumming toolbox” is The Flam. This rudiment can easily be added to 95% of your beats or fills. The concept behind it is very simple and you should be able to pick it up fairly easily. Just like all the other drum rudiments, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Add Dynamics To Your Drumming</title>
		<link>http://www.drummeressentials.com/drum-lessons/drum-articles/add-dynamics-to-your-drumming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When you look at professional drummers, what do they do that is any different than yourself? If you listen to a band on the radio, most likely you’ll hear the drummer playing a pretty simple beat. What makes them so their drumming so much better than yours? What can you do to impress a band [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn How Time Signatures Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Beginner Drumming</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Learning to how to count, and how to play in time is your job as a drummer. Then entire band is counting on you when it comes to keeping time. If the lead singer tells you to cut the time in half, would you know how to play? If bass player ever tells you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Perform A Single Paradiddle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 19:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Drum Rudiments</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Single Paradiddle is a great rudiment to add to your growing library of rudiments. I recommend that this should be the third rudiment that new drummers learn. Before starting this pattern I like to recommend to my students that they already know the Single Stroke Roll and the Double Stroke Roll. I say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Perform A Double Stroke Roll</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Drum Rudiments</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Double Stroke Roll is one of the most important drum rudiments that you should be learning. It the second most significant rudiment (the Single Stroke Roll is the most important) and it once you have mastered it, you will notice that learning other rudiments will be easier to develop.

The Double Stroke Roll in itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Perform A Single Stroke Roll</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 18:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
		<category>Drum Rudiments</category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Single Stroke Roll is the foundation, and the starting point for working on rudiments. This pattern is not complex in any way, but there are a couple tips that will make your success easier to achieve.  My words of caution are this: Even though the rudiment is easy, don’t dismiss it by telling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance Of Using A Practice Pad</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every drummer has heard of a Practice Pad. It was basically developed to be a silent, portable surface that feels like a drum. There are many different styles of practice pads; some people even build an entire kit using different practice pads. This training tool has revolutionized drumming and it makes it easy for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drum Rudiments: Why Use Them?</title>
		<link>http://www.drummeressentials.com/drum-lessons/drum-rudiments/drum-rudiments-why-use-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kettner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rudiments are one of the most fundamental characteristics of drumming. A percussionist should know all of the key drum rudiments and be able to perform them without hesitation. If a drummer doesn’t know the basic rudiments, their skill and coordination will not be up to a level good enough to compete with rest of the [...]]]></description>
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