{"id":19978,"date":"2019-11-08T09:08:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T17:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=19978"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:09:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:09:28","slug":"musical-drumming-in-different-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/musical-drumming-in-different-styles\/","title":{"rendered":"How Learning Jazz, Rock &#038; Reggae Will Supercharge Your Drumming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yfabTGZjCEQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gregg Bissonette (known largely for his gigs with David Lee Roth and Ringo Starr&#8217;s All-Starr Band) is one of today&#8217;s most well-rounded pro drummers &#8211; he can play virtually any style on drums! He&#8217;s so well versed in versatility, he made a DVD about it (&#8220;Musical Drumming in Different Styles&#8221; with Hudson Music).<\/p>\n<p>In this lesson, he talks about how techniques and vocabulary from one style translate to another, why you should study the greats, why you should play with live musicians, and that time Tony Williams learned how to play heavy metal in one week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Outline:<\/strong><br \/>\n0:10 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;After All&#8221; by Gregg Bissonette<br \/>\n5:34 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n9:35 &#8211; How to become a versatile drummer<br \/>\n10:52 &#8211; Why you should learn to play jazz<br \/>\n22:30 &#8211; Why you should learn to play rock<br \/>\n26:14 &#8211; Why you should learn to play funk and afro-cuban<br \/>\n33:45 &#8211; Why you should learn to play reggae and fusion<br \/>\n38:10 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Twenty Dollar Bill&#8221; by Gregg Bissonette<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more lessons with Gregg Bissonette? Sign up for a free trial with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/edge\">Drumeo Edge!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Gregg:<\/strong><br \/>\nGregg Bissonette is one of the most versatile drummers in the music business. His incredible range of styles from jazz, rock, Big Band, blues, latin, and fusion has allowed him to work with many of the world&#8217;s top artists. A GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, his impressive resume includes Santana, David Lee Roth, Maynard Ferguson, Toto, Joe Satriani and Ringo Starr, and you&#8217;ll find his name on many TV and movie scores.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gregg Plays:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.playdixon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dixon Drums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sabian Cymbals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/remo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remo Drumheads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Gregg:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/greggdrums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/greggbissonette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greggbissonette?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/greggbissonette.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how skills transcend genres with Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Ringo Starr), one of today&#8217;s most versatile drummers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":20111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038,4016],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drummers","category-full-lessons","category-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19978"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36217,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19978\/revisions\/36217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}