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Tuner Fish Lug Locks are a simple way to keep your snare drum in tune if you play a lot of rimshots.

Darren shows how to use 8th note and 16th note triplet fills in a funky groove.

In this episode of drumcast.tv, Darren talks about two variations of four-stroke ruffs that can be played across the snare, toms and kick, and they sound pretty cool.

Mooey from Maryland asks about how to speed up his feet on double bass drum.

Russ from Illinois asks about how to increase his independence between his right foot and right hand.

Michael from California asks about how to avoid denting cymbals.

Thomas from Georgia asks how he can encourage his 7-year-old son to learn drum rudiments.

Max from Philadelphia asks about drumming in 5/4 time.

Geno from North Carolina asks about getting the hi-hat up to par, and David from California asks about changing resonant drumheads.

Tim from Cincinnati asks a question about overcoming the lack of flexibility in his wrist, and Darren talks about Dan Caro, an amazing drummer who can provide inspiration to overcome any number of obstacles.

Joe asks about basic drum fills, and Darren goes over a few fills he transcribed.

Terry from Pennsylvania asks about rimshots and Lewis from New Jersey asks about improvising. The song "Free" was written by Lee Saeger and Darren Matthes.

You can take familiar rhythmic figures like sextuplets and split them up in new ways to create unique and fresh drum licks.

They can be notated in various ways, but most shuffle grooves are based on a triplet feel.

Darren responds to Nick's question about whether or not he should take lessons, Samuel's question about playing drums with piano and David's question about drum tuning.

You can break drum rudiments down into a few key elements. This can help you to build them back up into your own unique style of playing. Darren also mentions the Amazing Slow Downer again and his experience with learnlicks.com.

Use the hands with the kick drum to create some interesting triplet combinations. Also, Darren replies to e-mails about flams, drags, accents, grip and well-being from Sam, Tony and Mark.

Darren talks about learning your favorite drum licks using the intro to Led Zeppelin's "Rock n' Roll" as an example. Visit www.drumcast.tv/asd to try the Amazing Slow Downer, software that allows you to slow down music without changing the pitch.