12 Video Loops
1 - 8th Note Hi-Hat openings, and syncopated Bass Drum patterns, key elements in Funk.
2 - Ghost Notes: The percolating glue of Funk. The groove-within-a-groove.

12 Video Loops

1 - More Ghost Notes, with 16ths on the Bass Drum.
2 - Swing Feel.
3 - Latin Funk.
4 - 1/4 Note Hi-Hat Accents, Fill-in Technique.

 (14 Video Loops. All loops use the 12 bar blues form)

1 - The basics, four on the floor and kickin' it
2 - The double shuffle.
3 - The Texas shuffle.
4 - The flat tire shuffle.
5 - Quarter note ride and adding the buzz.
6 - Video of author playing along to Hide Away - Freddie King.
7 - Video of author playing along to COD - Albert King.
8 - Video of author playing along to All About My Girl - Jimmy McGriff.

12 Video Loops

1 - 16th Note Bass Drum patterns. This is essential. The 16th note Bass Drum patterns have to be solid.
2 - Displaced Back Beats. Add some surprise and syncopation to the groove. You don’t always have to play the backbeat.

12 Video Loops

1 - Triplet grooves and funk shuffles.
2 - Mostly advanced funk grooves.
3 - Playing over the "1".

12 Video Loops

1 - Broken Hi-Hat patterns. Funky short and long Hi-Hat openings.
2 - Paradiddle possibilities and linear style - get some use out of those rudiments in funk.

16 Video Loops

1 - The basics. Layin’ it down.
2 - Adding snare drum ghost notes, scooting the rhythm.
3 - Changing the right hand pattern.
4 - 6 against 4, now it gets interesting.
5 - Double-time Jazz feel with 6 against 4.
6 - Two videos showing the application of these rhythms to the 12 bar blues form.

5 Video Loops

1 - The basics, 16th note triplets.
2 - Adding some funky bass drum.
3 - The Purdie Shuffle. Video of author playing along to Home At Last - Steely Dan, Bernard Purdie, drs.
4 - Video of author playing along to Big Legged Woman, Israel Tolbert.