Murdoch's performance
Welcome to another performance! Murdoch loves playing double bass drum pedals and decided to work on a song “Shepherd of Fire” by Avenged...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Jun 6, 20151 min read
Our student competition!
Welcome to our student competition! For this fun project, four of our students (Kris, Liam, Louisa, and Nathan) decided to learn and make...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Feb 25, 20152 min read
Hearing Protection
A lot of my students (and their parents) ask me what kind of hearing protection is best to use while practicing drums. Let’s explore this...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Jan 21, 20151 min read
"Whiplash" (the movie) review
I just saw the new movie "Whiplash". To tell the truth, I have mixed feeling about it. There is a good review by the great drummer Peter...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Dec 22, 20141 min read
The Beatles - Hello Goodbye (drum cover)
Here is Liam’s interpretation of this famous song by the Beatles. It was a lot of fun to learn and “woodshed” some of the drum parts....
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Dec 22, 20141 min read
Green Day “21 Guns” (drum cover)
Green Day “21 Guns” drum cover. Austin did a great job imitating the style of Tré Cool, the drummer of Green Day. What made the...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Aug 22, 20141 min read
Irish Band recording session
Just got hired to record a few drum tracks for a traditional Irish band. We decided to use a 14” Djembe hand drum instead of Bodhran...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Aug 11, 20141 min read
J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Just discovered a great recording of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, masterfully performed by Vladimir Feltsman (piano). It was a nice...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Jul 7, 20141 min read
“Let Her Go” by Passenger (drum cover)
Video recording is a great tool to check what needs to be improved. After we finished recording, I asked Liam: “How do you feel about...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Jun 18, 20141 min read
“South Side of the Sky” by Yes (drum cover)
Here is another song we just recorded. Alec, my student, decided to learn and record “South Side of the Sky” by a great progressive rock...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
May 6, 20141 min read
Alec's interpretation
As a drum instructor, I usually don't give the same composition to two students to work on at the same time. But here is a good chance to...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
May 6, 20141 min read
Here is Suyash's interpretation
As a drum instructor, I usually don't give the same composition to two students to work on at the same time. But here is a good chance to...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Apr 11, 20141 min read
Classical music on Marimba
Welcome to another video! Kristi and I felt like recording a song written for a mallet instrument. This composition was originally...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Jan 31, 20141 min read
Green Day "Minority"
Welcome to another drum cover. The whole song has a shuffle rock feel. The main pulse is kept by straight quarter note pulse on the...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Dec 29, 20131 min read
The Beatles "Come Together"
Here is another video we just did. We decided not to memorize the tune, but rather keep it very close to what Ringo Starr played on the...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Dec 11, 20131 min read
Remo vs. Evans
Quite a few of my students asked me whether they should go with Evans or Remo drumheads. Well, let’s explore this a little bit: Evans are...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Nov 1, 20133 min read
Bass Drum Techniques
A great drummer (and a friend of mine) Max Klots wrote a method book on Bass Drum techniques. I decided to go ahead and translate some of...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Oct 28, 20131 min read
Ahead Drumsticks
Here is another gear review I felt would be interesting. While warming up on my practice pad in a dressing room before a show, I had a...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Oct 17, 20131 min read
Drum Cover
We just finished a project of rehearsing, recording, editing, and publishing this song with one of our students. What can I say? Great...
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Leonid Sokolovsky
Oct 4, 20131 min read
Practice pad review
One of my students just brought in a nice looking Invader V3 practice pad so I had a chance to test it. The pad is made by OffWorld...
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