Leonid SokolovskyJun 6, 20151 minOur 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...
Leonid SokolovskyFeb 25, 20152 minHearing ProtectionA 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...
Leonid SokolovskyJan 21, 20151 min"Whiplash" (the movie) reviewI 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...
Leonid SokolovskyDec 22, 20141 minThe 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....
Leonid SokolovskyDec 22, 20141 minGreen 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...
Leonid SokolovskyAug 22, 20141 minIrish Band recording sessionJust 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...
Leonid SokolovskyAug 11, 20141 min J.S. Bach’s Goldberg VariationsJust discovered a great recording of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, masterfully performed by Vladimir Feltsman (piano). It was a nice...
Leonid SokolovskyJul 7, 20141 min“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...
Leonid SokolovskyJun 18, 20141 min“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...
Leonid SokolovskyMay 6, 20141 minAlec's interpretationAs 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...
Leonid SokolovskyMay 6, 20141 minHere is Suyash's interpretationAs 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...
Leonid SokolovskyApr 11, 20141 minClassical music on MarimbaWelcome to another video! Kristi and I felt like recording a song written for a mallet instrument. This composition was originally...
Leonid SokolovskyJan 31, 20141 minGreen 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...
Leonid SokolovskyDec 29, 20131 minThe 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...
Leonid SokolovskyDec 11, 20131 minRemo vs. EvansQuite 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...
Leonid SokolovskyNov 1, 20133 minBass Drum TechniquesA 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...
Leonid SokolovskyOct 28, 20131 minAhead 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...
Leonid SokolovskyOct 17, 20131 minDrum CoverWe just finished a project of rehearsing, recording, editing, and publishing this song with one of our students. What can I say? Great...
Leonid SokolovskyOct 4, 20131 minPractice pad reviewOne 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...
