Different Olenka These two examples are from a recording I did for a singer-songwriter by the name of Olenka. It was my first use of the Stick in any recording session. Don’t ask me how she came up with a 13/8 groove but I just couldn’t come up with anything useful on bass or guitar.…

9-9-9-8 Technically this was the precursor to the 3-2-2-2 series of exercises. Patterns that have a two-note alternating line on top or bottom and a more active line on the opposite side seem to work real nicely. The two-note alternating pattern is easy to play on autopilot and then concentrate on the line on the…