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Had to get a new one after pages started flying out of my own one. Best book of all time.

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Great time playing. Miss these dudes @iamryanlafferty @davemyersmusic. Congrats @latriciagunther and @schusterick! #herecometheschustericks

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A little session I did with my friend @aarondethrage

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzXs-i9qN3o)

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My book is out y'all!!!! Would love for you to pick up a copy off amazon! LINK IN BIO! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1537006665/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_K4ZZxbRFZV615 #drums #drummer #drum #drumlessons #drumteacher #sitereading #musicnotation

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Recorded some sweet tunes today. @regal_tip @paistecymbals #paiste #regaltip

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Proof reading book number #1! As you can tell I aced all my English classes. Be on the the look out for it on amazon. #drums #drum #drumset #drumbook #drumlessons #drumteacher

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Super excited to announce that I became a family member at @regal_tip under their education program! What an honor to be a part of the the best drum stick manufacturer out there. Thanks for the support y'all! #regaltip #playwiththebest #drums #drummer #drumteacher #drumlessons

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Hey friends! Thought I would announce that I am teaching drum lessons via Skype if you are not in the middle Tennessee area. From technique to grooves to different genres to overall musicality. Contact for more information. #drumlessons #drumteacher #drumstudent #drums #drum

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Taught Mario this evening. He lives in Panama City, Panama. This is why I love doing what I do. Music can bring all people of different cultures and different walks of life together. Music is a universal language. #drums #drumlessons #drum #drumteacher

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A little video I put together on a session in 2014 with Big Sound working with Aaron Dethrage. Hope you enjoy.  

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A little project i did with my friend @aarondethrage back in 2014. Trying my iMovie skills out. Ringo toms!!! #drums #drummer #drums #drumlessons #drumsessions #drumteacher #drum (at Gazebo Apartments)

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My favorite cymbals in the whole world. @paistecymbals #paiste #paistecymbals #paistenation (at Roots Academy)

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The family. #ludwigusa #ludwigdrums #ludwig #drums #drum #drummer #snares #supraphonic #acrolite #blackbeauty #piccolosnare

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Midnight music making w/ @jamesonelder @deweyboydjr and @hannaraemusic at @fortyonefifteen. Amazed at what an acrolite can do. #drum #drumsession #drummer #drums #acrolite. #recordingsession (at Forty-one Fifteen)

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Groove Independence for Foot

Greetings and happy Monday to all you guys from Nashville! Through my journey of learning to play drum set and teaching others (Especially beginners) I found out the hardest thing for me was to gain total control with my bass drum foot. I wanted to give you guys a exercise I have written out that really helps me out. I call it Groove Independence for Foot. Here is the FREE downloadable link!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B011sytjSHyzOWVXMVlSOGJzYk0

I started to struggle with this when I was learning beginning grooves because my right hand would always want to follow my right foot when dealing with 16th notes on the bass drum.  It was extremely frustrating. I wanted total control and still wanted to groove so i left the snare on 2 & 4. This was the justification of why I wrote this exercise. 

These exercises deal with the concept of griding. I learned this term through my marching band/drum line years. It is basically  going through every possible combination through a rhythmic figure with accents and groupings. However this exercise is not dealing with accents but groupings on the bass drum. With this exercise we are griding groupings of 16th notes on our foot with groupings of 1,2,3, and 4.

Exercises #1-#4 deal with groupings of 1 that are going to shift over 16th note (when we shift over notes but still contains the same note values it is known as a permutation)

Exercises #5-#8 deal with groupings of 2 that are going to shift over 16th note

Exercises #9-#12 deal with groupings of 3 that are going to shift over 16th note

and finally...

Exercises #13 deal with a grouping of 4. This should really get your foot really going. You will develop foot speed on top of control.

Practice them out slow and slowly speed them up. Me personally I like the speed them up 5 BPM once I get them comfortable.  Once you get an exercise comfortable then move on to the next one. Soon you will eventually be done with the page BUT remember the goal is not to get through the page but get them to sound good. Once you get them all down. trying playing it for 4 bars and move on down to the next exercise. It should sound like this...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B011sytjSHyzWXRKQWQ4My16Ukk

Now for one of my favorite parts. I was always thought that once you learn something keep on tackling it different ways. So it was explained to we you can read things down instead of right to left. Think like reading an acronym instead of the way you read a book normally. So this would be like you would play 1 bar of each exercise which would sound like this....

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B011sytjSHyzV1V4ekY1TXhXQVk

This is my approach to really getting total control over my right foot. It also make a killer exercise before a live performance, session, or just to develop foot speed. Feel free to donate if you would like too on venmo @spotmccormick, if not then it is all good! Hope you can you use this and enjoy it.

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Messing around @rootsacademy. hoops on your piccolo can make it sound super funky. Love my @ludwig.drums.hq Classic maple piccolo. (at Roots Academy)

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I giggle when I get to play these drums because I think they sound awesome, BUT you know what’s better…recording with the wonderful @stephenturney.