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    Beats working

    Apr 06, 2021 2 minutes
    Pete Riley, Beats Working Editor

    Welcome to Beats Working, the part of the magazine aimed at helping drummers of all abilities to develop and progress. Kicking things off this issue, Colin, Erik and I are looking at linear drumming with three different approaches to this unique way of playing in ‘Getting Started’, ‘Creative Concepts’ and ‘Technical Difficulties’, respectively.

    Next, in ‘Four-Piece-Fills’ Jason Bowld shows how different concepts can be

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