Elite Drum Lessons

09/21/2022

Brayden
Age 16
Working on “Anywhere With You” by Matt Kearney
12/8 time signature
Level 2 difficulty

05/16/2022

So playing in NYC with the Taylor Pace Orchestra, and a certain guest musician came up onstage and played an acoustic set.

03/26/2022

The passing of Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters is a shock to the drumming community, 50 years old is way too young.

He was on tour with the band in South America when he died unexpectedly

10/26/2021

Playing with Jordan Kahn Orchestra in NYC. Foreigner is also going to be playing an acoustic set in between, here they are rehearsing.

08/07/2021

With Jordan Kahn Orchestra in The Bellagio!

07/04/2021

Addison Fireworks concert with Manhattan Band. Within 30 minutes this place filled up like crazy!

05/31/2021

If You're Gonna Play in Texas you Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band! In this case Four!

Fiddle + Steel = Texas Country Music

www.empty-pockets.com

04/27/2021

So thankful gigs have emerged as we get out of Covid!

March 13 Abilene Manhattan Band
March 20 Longview Manhattan Band
March 26 Montgomery Chinatown
March 27 Dallas Manhattan Band

April 10 Whitesboro Manhattan Band
April 17 Waco Manhattan Band
April 24. Dallas. Manhattan Band

May 1 Cedar Creek Manhattan Band
May 7 Dallas Taylor Pace Orchestra
May 8 Charlottesville Georgia Bridgwater
May 15. Houston. Taylor Pace Orchestra
May 22. Houston. Walton Stout Band
May 29. Dallas. Manhattan Band

June 5 Dallas. Manhattan Band
June 11 Dallas. Professor D
June 12. Leonard. Manhattan Band
June 19. Houston. Professor D
June 26. Manhattan Manhattan Band

01/17/2021

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is a great band! I decided to cover Some of Us, it was challenging and fun! They are pushing musical limits!

Check out this band!!

Today I cover Some of Us by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Hello I'm Brian Olivieri, a professional drummer and instructor in the north Dallas area for th...

09/27/2020

Here's a way to get that Left Hi-Hat Foot involved! Check out these exercises to help intermediate drummers develop 4-Way Coordination by adding that Left Foot while playing beats.

In today's lesson, we'll be focusing on the left foot hihat technique. This left foot hi-hat exercise can be used in a variety of ways to fit your level. Hel...

08/04/2020

What is one way you take the Double Paradiddle to the next level? Answer....add accents to it in places you may have not tried before! Master the hand patterns, then take it over to the drum set......

Click HERE for the Follow-Along Print-Out Sheet: https://i.imgur.com/H36IW9Y.jpg CLICK HERE for PART 1: Double Paradiddle Lesson: https://youtu.be/qShXSZgQEX...

08/03/2020

So my 7 year old student Ati started a YouTube channel for drum covers. He's been with me over a year now and has shown great practice habits, listens to everything I tell him to do, and also has a pretty amazing amount of natural ability. Here is Ati performing Radioactive!

https://youtu.be/NZpHu28Zd9M