And here I am after years and years of blast beats, double pedal patterns, meshuggah stuff and 3 recorded albums of death metal learning the subtleties of ghost notes and shuffle grooves.

Wow yes, those inverted doubles demand proper respect! Great grooves and challenges. This video was a blast, Mike!

Great challenge this one on triplets with that shuffle feel. To get the booms spot on, I found that just slowing your uTube video to half speed worked best for me…….and yes, we still love you! Peter

The passion you display when you're teaching then apply to playing is what does it for me every time. Thank you Mike!

That inverted doubles groove is SO sick!

0:32 Oh come on now, who doesn't love Mike? 😄

Mike where I love about your lessons as you show the reality of it

Not that I’m much of a teacher, but when I’ve worked on basic sticking and rudiments with folks, not many grasped the purpose of the paradiddle. THIS however, will be my proof to them how useful (and fun) it is.

Sounds awesome and the feel is there in your playing. Even though I prefer to create my own exercises and stuff to play at this point in my playing, getting notifications of a new video of yours ALWAYS brings inspiration. Thank you!

Love this and something I’m currently working on. Can’t wait to chew on this for a while!

I took this lesson on your course so I was prepared for the first 3 grooves, but the inverted doubles one made me realize I'm not out of the woods yet 😅

It amazes me, every time I watch you Mike either here on KZfaq or on your website, how you make drumming really fun. Thank you 👍

Cracking grooves & variations on the halftime shuffle, Mike. I really like the way you break things down in your videos. Much respect, brutha!

Sounds awesome Mike. Looks like a fun one to work on. You rock!!

Thank you. This is fantastic. Drummers always say “there’s so much you can do with “even a paradiddle” thanks for actually doing So and showing us all.

I like to play the double paradiddle groove with the kick pattern from RATM People of the son. It slaps!

I think I’ve watched for around 10 years…. I don’t even I know anymore. You’ve always been brilliant mate. Thank you f❤

I've been playing drums for... How long now? 23 years or something? And even the paradiddle-diddle groove had me figuring it out for a minute or two. Like of course I know the rudiment itself like a second nature, but I honestly never ever thought about making it a triplet groove. Feel kinda embarrassed by that, but there you go. I'm not even going to try the para-paradiddle right now and DEFINITELY not the inverted doubles one, but I am sure as hell practicing those in the coming days and weeks. All of them sounded surprisingly great with the inverted doubles groove being a no joke jaw dropper. It's not every day that I find something on KZfaq that's THIS simple idea-wise, but SO challenging execution-wise. Love it. Thanks for this.

Those are challenging! I got the first two down ok, more or less. The third one is harder than frozen apples! After some fumbling around, I got so I could play it slowly, but it's tricky! That one needs some work. These are good exercises for anyone who wants to get over the tendency of the right hand and right foot to play together. Sometimes the right foot and right hand are playing together (easy) but then two beats later the right foot is playing with the left hand. Also, sometimes the right foot is playing on unaccented ghost notes. That's tricky too.

Killer twists on the halftime shuffle Mike, thx!!!

As I was watching this, I enjoyed it it made me smile, but also is the way you’re teaching the lesson you’re giving is confidence you telling us don’t rush yourself slow down and take your time that’s what I got out of it and also sometimes we make mistakes we all do even you did in the video that’s what you were teaching & and also you’re a really good teacher you motivate us and also the way you were showing how to do that it was really cool and it sounds awesome yes rudimental who some people take rudiments for granted and also rudiments can you use around the drum get so much like you were teaching us. I appreciate that.

Man... Why have i never thought about it that way? Shuffle paradiddles. Thats why you make the big bucks. Thanks mike. Great content as always.

I made it to the end with ya Mike, drum brothers forever 🤣

Holy sizzle-chain! How did you know I needed some triplet grooves in my diet?! Thank you Mike......so, so, so cool!

A well edited video using craftsman like lead in sound links. Nothing more needs to be said about the marvellous quality of pedagogy.

That's absolutely amazing stuff

Love your lessons Mike!!! Thank you for making us better

Way Too Cool Mr Johnston, Everytime I watch your videos I learn something new that was absolutely superb💎👏💎🥁🔥🥁💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Thank you for not going too slowly . Inspiring

Ewwwwww SNAP! These are definitely going to be fun and challenging. I just started learning the Purdie Shuffle, (YES, I’ve never played it hehe), so this little lesson is going to fit right in. You played this so well Mike. Your ability and hard work that you’ve put it makes these difficult grooves sound incredible and easy to play. Strap on your seat belt my fellow skin slayers. These are going to take some time. 🤘🏼😈🤘🏼

That last sticking, the inverted doubles, sounds like a groove I have been trying to demystify for a few years now! Listen to Nate Smith’s “Pocket Change”, he does something very similar, if not identical. Thanks for the lesson!!

Thanks Mike! Gonna work on these!

Whew that last one ! Haha. Great video! Will spend some time with these for sure. Thanks Mike!

"harder than frozen apples" "dorked by the dangling ship lap of doom" I love all the silly phrases Mike throws in, especially the various forms of shiggitta boops 😂

Love it! It’s a beast but challenge accepted 💪

And a great and tastefull musician Ciao fabio

6:11 “I got dorked by the dangling ship lap of doom” should be my first tattoo.

Great video Mike! Definitely some spice with those metric modulated doubles at the end 😅 Gonna add this to the list and hopefully knock it out one day. What would be a great song for us to play these shuffles with?

This is a half-time Shuffle like feels I like it

Just noticed the new tats. Good lesson.

Hey Mike! Awesome way to present these! Isolating parts of the groove! Thanks for sharing your approach. It really helps me as a teacher (and I’m still a student too! 😉) Ok one question off topic… What’s your current cymbal setup? Is that your signature pack? I’m thinking of getting a set for studio. I have very complete Paiste and Bosphorus cymbal sets but really love the sound you get with Meinl!

LMAO! "You need to practice...." Awesome vid, Mike!

one day) and play with YOU, MR. Johnston! 'twas heard work)) thx

Heck yeah every time it’s a habit to play the halftime shuffle to a halftime nanigo to a triplet groove and go around to a dancehall … all in one tempo

Been enjoying your videos recently and think you are a sick drummer much respect .... but could we have some tabs ? im very much a visual learner and need to count being only playing for 3 years

Practicing 6 stroke rolls with a right hand lead and a left hand lead will help this( inverted double triplets ) . That’s really all it is played back to back .

Is sheet music for this available anywhere? I've always found it easy to look at sheet music to see where things line up

If im really diggin deep to get a sticking dialed in my eyes are shut. I see im not alone 😑 thank you for acknowledging that it's difficult. People need to know it takes time. 👍

LOL...Yea..Just Practice..Awesome

Mike do you by chance have a Groovescribe for that last one? I’ve finally got the accented left after the ghost note feeling good but I’m not keeping place very well. For some reason it’s warping my brain.😂

"I'm not really suggesting doing the inverted double stkrs (in a groove)" hehe challenge accepted😎😏

sheeeeesh

But I do love you.

About 4 or 5 years ago you taught these already?

What's the name of your metronome app?

shiggalyboop

I’m Bob.

Hi srrr🥰🥰🥰

Это невозможно повтлоить!🤕🤕🤕

А что ноты перестал писать? Сидеть, и как пионер снимать визуально я уже не буду и её хочу. Шоу маст гоу он... 🫤

That last one is terrible.😂😂😅