Riley’n me

Anyone who follows this blog has certainly heard of John Riley— drummer and author of the book The Art of Bop Drumming, among other titles. He’s a leading authority, and one of the most influential […]

The hard stuff

Do we have to? Because I’d really rather not. No one would ever accuse me of being a simplistic or non-technical drummer, but my philosophy has always been Do Easy. I spend a lot of […]

Anti-book review

What’s it even called? Guitar Center Lessons Drums Book 1?  UPDATE: I had a student’s parent try to purchase this book, and it turns out it’s not for sale without purchasing lessons from them. Too […]

What’s the point?

Yeahhh, you probably don’t need to bother with this one.* * – Not a terrible book, actually. Since we here at CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER! dump countless pages of quality practice materials onto the internet annually, […]