After watching this chapter you'll be able to notate any groove on drums even if you've never written for drums before. This section includes all the instruments of the drum set incl. their different techniques and MIDI Mapping. Plus, it includes a nifty little trick to remember where all the drums are notated on the staff.

After covering the 5 different beats in a measure, we take a closer look at drum coordination so you don't end up writing parts only an octopus would be able to play. We cover the 4 different drum strokes, the LAW of drum-writing and most importantly: How to write for all the instruments (there is an extended section on how to write for kick-drum which I'm particularly proud of).

Yes, we'll really talk about everything here: Whether to quantize or not, which samples to use and how to tell if your samples are good or not, how to program all the different instruments, setting velocities, you name it! We're directly programming a couple of grooves in Logic Pro in this section, so you can follow along in your own sequencer.

"The hell is groove weight?" you may be asking yourself. It's the answer to when to use which drum groove, that's what it is! If you've ever wondered which drums fit a certain song the best, here we discuss how you can use Half and Double Time, Subdivisions, Tempo, Accents and Swing to your advantage.

After a quick discussion on fill notation and where to write fills, we dive right in and look at the 2 types of fills, how they're different from one another and how to write them. Then we come to my favorite part of the program: The 4 Birds. This is a simple little trick that will make sure you'll never forget what you can and can't write for drummers. Not sure if what you wrote is too difficult? Just think of the 4 Birds and you'll know!

In this chapter, we look at what's commonly known as "hits", "punches" or "kicks" - in other words accents the rhythm section plays together. There's 3 ways of approaching a hit and you'll learn them all.