{"id":23978,"date":"2020-06-26T08:14:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=23978"},"modified":"2023-02-06T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T17:44:53","slug":"7-steps-to-better-drum-fills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/7-steps-to-better-drum-fills\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Steps To Better Drum Fills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VoEnD-DuWFc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Multi-instrumentalist Heather Thomas is a pro at writing melodic drum parts, and in this lesson she&#8217;ll show you a simple method for writing fills that stay within the groove so you don&#8217;t lose momentum.<\/p>\n<p>On top of this, she shares tips on trusting your instincts, how to listen better, and much more. Check it out!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Outline:<\/strong><br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;When I Was Young&#8221; by Heather Thomas<br \/>\n3:42 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n6:10 &#8211; &#8220;People In Places&#8221; by Heather Thomas<br \/>\n9:45 &#8211; How to incorporate fills into the groove<br \/>\n11:34 &#8211; Step 1: Establish a pocket<br \/>\n13:24 &#8211; Step 2: Establish the fill<br \/>\n15:41 &#8211; Step 3: Play it over and over<br \/>\n16:30 &#8211; Step 4: Isolate the fill<br \/>\n22:31 &#8211; Step 5: Break it down<br \/>\n25:56 &#8211; Step 6: Explore options around the kit<br \/>\n27:43 &#8211; Step 7: Make it groove<br \/>\n36:05 &#8211; Final tips<br \/>\n38:48 &#8211; &#8220;Open Up&#8221; by Heather Thomas<\/p>\n<p>Did you enjoy this lesson? Don&#8217;t miss Heather&#8217;s course, &#8220;Playing the fills you hear in your head&#8221; plus other foundational courses in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/\">Drumeo <\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Heather:<\/strong><br \/>\nHeather Thomas is a multi-instrumentalist known primarily as a drummer and singer. She is an experienced studio and live musician who has traveled the world performing as the drummer for Grammy-nominated singer, Mary Lambert, and as part of opening acts for artists like Sam Smith, Ariana Grande and Pharrell. Besides her work as a side woman, Heather has found great success as the leader for The Heather Thomas Band and a member of the psychedelic project, General Mojo\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heather Plays:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allegradrums.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allegra Custom Drums<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Heather:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCgtTHTXyKe6yzl-yCQtpALg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/heatherondrums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/heatherondrums\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/heatherdrummer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drummer and singer-songwriter, Heather Thomas breaks down the simplest and most melodic way to write drum fills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":24176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4017,4026,4019,4038],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beats-and-fills","category-drum-fills","category-drummers","category-full-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23978"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42206,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23978\/revisions\/42206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}