Benjamin Waterson

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Response: Rick Beato’s Top 20 Drum Fills

February 12, 2023

I might have to come up with a new category of posts called “bubblegum”; the kind of low-energy articles I don’t expect people to take very seriously. I’m finally talking about Rick Beato’s third drumming roundup video. This time, it’s the top 20 drum fills from October 2019: We all know what a drum fill…
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Response: Rick Beato’s “TOP 20 DRUM GROOVES OF ALL TIME”

October 3, 2021

A few months ago, Rick Beato shared another drum countdown, this one called “Top 20 Drum Grooves.” I’ve talked about one of Rick’s drum videos already, but we can be a bit more timely this time. A bit. So… what’s a drum groove? Well, the simple answer is the exact pattern or “beat’ a drummer uses…
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Response: Rick Beato’s “TOP 20 DRUM INTROS OF ALL TIME”

April 18, 2021

Today I’m going to do what any normal person would do and respond to a video published back in August of 2019: “TOP 20 DRUM INTROS OF ALL TIME.” The video was made by Rick Beato, a music YouTuber who spent most of his life as a producer, engineer, and session musician, if I’m not…
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The name’s Ben, although professionally I’m known as Benjamin. I’m a drummer and part-time saxophonist in the Colorado Front Range.

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