James Murphy picked up his first pair of drumsticks at the age of 12 and has not put them down since. In 2003, James graduated from Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Performance: Drum Set Principle. He is currently a drum set player with the Blue Man Group in Boston, MA. In addition to his busy performing schedule, James is a sought-after drum set instructor. James is an instructor at Berklee College of Music's Five Week Summer Performance Program. James also teaches online drum lessons at PeaceAndDrums.com. The site offers pre-recorded video drum lessons for beginner, intermediate and advanced players. James offers private instruction at his drum school, Stix Drum Instruction, in Essex, MA.
James is endorsed by: Vater Percussion, Remo drumheads, Sabian cymbals, 64 Audio in-ear monitors, PEARL Drums and Protection Racket.
I would add that a paradiddle it’s not a combination of singles and doubles, but unique stroke in its own category. As I try to get my paradiddles up to 200 BPM I’ve realized that I have to practice paradiddles as much as I practice doubles. I have to think of paradiddles, not as a rudiment, but in the same way I think of singles and doubles. In other words, now it’s 20 minutes doubles 20 minutes singles and 20 minutes paradiddles.
Hey James! Question for you. When you're practicing to loops like this, are you also playing to a click? Or are you just feeling out the track? Hope all is well!
hey man ! great question ! I explain in detail my Glue Method for drum soloing on my site PeaceAndDrums.com ! come hang, be great to have ya as part of the crew !
anything specific you are looking for ? I work hard at my craft, honoring the greats that have come before me is something that I take seriously and something I have spent 1000's of hours studying ... so please help me to understand what you know that I am missing
