Blues Drumming Learning Center
Hear It. Watch It. Read It. Play It.
Explore authentic blues drumming through studio-recorded groove examples, short instructional videos, written notation, and drumless play-along tracks.
Designed for drummers, students, educators, musicians, producers, and blues listeners, these resources reveal how rhythm, touch, timing, and musical connection give each groove its character.
Choose How You Learn
Move through the music in the way that works best for you: hear the groove with bass and guitar, watch Kenny demonstrate the drum part, study the written rhythm, or step behind the kit with a drumless track. Use one resource at a time or combine them as a complete learning path.
Listen to the Grooves
Hear authentic blues grooves performed with drums, bass, and guitar. Each recording demonstrates how the drum part supports the arrangement through cymbal patterns, backbeats, accents, dynamics, and steady time.
Watch Kenny Demonstrate
Watch Kenny break down authentic blues rhythms through short drum-set demonstrations. See how cymbal patterns, snare placement, bass drum support, dynamics, and control work together, then apply those details to your own playing.
Read the Drum Notation
Use written rhythm examples to identify the framework behind many of the grooves in the library. Study the cymbal pattern, snare placement, bass drum part, and accents at your own pace. The notation serves as a visual reference rather than a note-for-note transcription of the audio recordings.
Practice with the Play-Alongs
Play with bass-and-guitar tracks after the original drum part has been removed. Use each arrangement to develop your timing, dynamics, fills, and understanding of the song form while creating a drum part that is rooted in the blues and personal to you.
Rooted in Chicago. Driven by Feel. One groove at a time.