EPIC 2-Bar Crossover Show-Off Lick | Drum Lesson

RLK, my old Friend. In this lesson, we cover how to turn RLK Chops into EPIC Crossover Drum Fills. Not only that, but this entire fill is a 2-Bar Phrase. In Bar 2, we'll break down several different patterns so when you come to do your Crossover Chop, it doesn't just look like it's forced in and is actually musical. Obviously, in a musical situation, you may use different patterns for Bar 2 but, learning it in this way, will give you the capability to be able to do whatever you want during a track or a drum solo! That's because there's certain little keys in here like, after finishing off a bar or phrase with a Kick, start the next bar or phrase with a Floor Tom. Things like that will help you navigate round the Kit at speed. Keep your eyes open :)
And, enjoy!
Much love,
Ferg
Equipment:
TAMA STAR MAPLE 22x16, 10x7, 12x8, 16x16 Raspberry Curly Maple (NEW)
Tama Starphonic Aluminium 14x6 (NEW)
Meinl Sand Hats 14"
Meinl Extra Dry Thin Crash 18"
Meinl Vintage Pure Ride 22"
Meinl Sand Crash Ride 22" (Rivets Removed)
Mics:
Aston Spirit x2 - Overheads
Beyerdynamic M201 - Snare
Audix D2 - Rack
Audix D2 - Tom 2
Audix D4 - Floor
Shure Beta 52A - Kick
Shure SM57 - Front Kick
Shure SM7B - Vox
Interface:
Focusrite 18i20
DAW:
Presonus Studio One
Video Software:
DaVinci Resolve
About Ferg Griffin Drums: Please visit www.ferggriffindrums.com for in-person or online lessons, and I would be delighted to teach you :)
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[@orthodrummer7945]

Great lesson Ferg, thanks for sharing. Will definitely look into this. 😎

[@ferggriffindrums]

Thanks so much, man. Glad you found it useful 💙

[@ferggriffindrums]

FREE PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/11MU1-TmBQCV9yGpBvZ-mSHeBsKRsdK7B/view?usp=sharing

[@willsharpe5553]

Another great vid, man! Gonna do a deep dive into this over the coming days, but even just superficially playing it through I have to say I’m loving any lesson that asks you to play 6 straight accents on the snare! 🤘🥁🙏

[@ferggriffindrums]

Haha thank you man and for sure! At slower tempos, rimshotting the edge of the snare as you play 8th Note Triplets for example, just sounds so good. That timbale type sound. At faster tempos, it’s harder to keep them rimshotted but trying to keep them loud’ll do the trick 👊💙🥁 Good luck with it and let me know how you get on 🫡