John Riley - Developing Flow on the Drums

Well, we're in full Summer mode over here at Four on the Floor these days. It was a busy jazz festival season up here in Canada at the end of June and beginning of July and I just spent an inspiring ten days participating in an artist residency at the Leña Artist & Research Centre on Galiano Island, in the Gulf Islands, off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. It was a productive week and I'm excited to share my new music and some exciting new projects in the year to come. Stay tuned.

This will be my last blog post for the time being while I take a break for the rest of the Summer. Regular blogging will resume in September.

In the meantime, check out John Riley's latest lesson from the folks over at the Memphis Drum Shop. In this video lesson Riley shares some very practical patterns and ideas for developing a sense of flow, moving around the drums. As always, John's lessons and teaching are excellent and well explained.

Check it out:

And while we're at it, here's a video of John demonstrating the new line of Kerope ride cymbals from the Avedis Zildjian Company. I haven't played these yet, but look forward to trying them out once they make it to Western Canada.

And I've shard these before but make sure to check out this excellent series of lessons featuring John from Zildjian:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL54RwBpIPLWfgUA3pTJr9dmMY6U5yQR1C