Stop Sounding Flat.
Start Playing Grooves That Actually Sit in the Band.
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If your beats land but don’t feel right, you’re missing the 3 elements that make every great groove sound musical:
dynamics, pocket, and tasteful syncopation.
What Dummers Are Saying
THE STRUGGLE
Why Most Rock Drummers
Sound Predictable
Most rock drummers hit the drums correctly.
The problem is that the groove doesn’t breathe.
And after a few bars, it all sounds the same.
No movement. No surprise. No conversation between kick and snare.
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– Your beats are accurate, but the band doesn’t lock with you.
– Your fills work… but they still sound beginner-ish.
– Your playing feels predictable, stiff or “square”.
– You practise a lot, yet your groove doesn’t sound musical.
They play on the beat — not inside it.
They repeat patterns instead of shaping them.
The result?
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- Their grooves sound mechanical
- Every bar feels like a copy of the last.
- The music moves forward… but never moves you.
- Without the pocket, the groove has no weight.
- Without ghost notes, it sounds flat.
- Without dynamics, it has no life. Â
Most drummers are stuck in "copy mode" — repeating the same patterns they’ve heard a thousand times.
They don’t really know how a groove works — which notes to ghost, which to accent, or how to move the kick to make it breathe.
So when they try to add variation, it all collapses: The groove loses flow, the beat feels forced, and the pocket disappears.
The real problem?
They skipped the first step.
They jumped straight into fills and flashy beats without ever learning how to stay in the pocket.
If you don’t have the pocket,Â
nothing else works.
You can play the notes… but something still doesn’t feel right.
Here’s why:
❌ Your grooves sound flat,
    everything lands the same.
❌ Your fills break the flow
    instead of feeding it.
❌ Your backbeat never hits.
❌ Your timing feels off, even when
    the notes are correct.
Because until you truly build pocket, it will always feel and sound like something is missing — no matter how much you practice.
What Happens
When You Put
The Pocket First
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Now imagine this — instead of fighting to make your grooves feel right, you sit behind the kit and everything just locks in.
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âś“Â Â Every hit on the snare lands
   exactly where it should.
âś“Â Â Your ghost notes breathe
   between the accents.
✓  Your kick speaks — not just hits.
âś“Â Â Your overall groove is finally rock-solid.
âś“Â Â Your hi-hat dances with the groove
   instead of choking it.
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That’s what happens when you develop pocket like every great drummer has.
Every legend — from Steve Jordan, Steve Gadd, and Bernard Purdie to Clyde Stubblefield, Zigaboo Modeliste, and David Garibaldi — sounds completely different,
but underneath it all, they share the same DNA: that deep, undeniable pocket that makes every groove feel right.
That’s why I created Funk Drumming Starter — a step-by-step framework that helps you build that same foundation for yourself.
Once you own the pocket, everything else clicks. And once you own the pocket…
you own the groove.
INTRODUCING
Funk Drumming Starter
A step-by-step program
designed to help you unlock the pocket,
master funk’s DNA, and make it your own.
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Develop ghost note control – the subtle details that give your snare texture and motion.
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Syncopate your kick and snare so the groove breathes and never sounds mechanical.
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Balance precision and unpredictability – staying tight while keeping the beat alive.
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Groove isn’t something you copy,
it’s something you build.
By the end of this program, you won’t just know essential funk concepts.
You’ll be able to play it, feel it, and make every Rock groove you already know tight and funky.
YES! I'm Ready To Funk
Building pocket won't just make you a better funk player, it will transform your playing in every style.
Rock, soul, R&B, gospel, pop – Groove is groove. Once you own it, everything you play feels better, tighter, and more alive.
How Pocket Changes Everything — It's not all about Funk
EXCLUSIVEÂ BONUS
1-on-1 Groove
Coaching Call
Every drummer who joins Funk Drumming Starter gets a private, real-time 30 min. video call with me.
This isn’t just a “thank you” — it’s where we make your groove personal.
In this 1-on-1 session, we’ll:
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Analyze your playing together — timing, touch, coordination, and feel.
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Identify the areas that hold you back from sounding truly funky.
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Work through practical solutions to make your groove more fluid, dynamic, and expressive.
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Talk about how to build your next steps — whether it’s improving ghost notes, kick control, or overall pocket awareness.
You’ll get direct, honest feedback — the kind you can’t get from a video or a PDF.
This call is all about you — your sound, your goals, your groove.
Because sometimes, one focused conversation can do more for your playing than months of practice in the dark.
That’s why I decided to include it for free, for every drummer who joins Funk Drumming Starter today.
The 1-on-1 bonus is availableÂ
this week only. After that, enrollment stays open but without
personal coaching.
What You’ll Get in This Session
✔ 1 private video call (30 minutes) directly with Simone
✔ Personalized feedback on your current playing
✔ Clear next steps to make your grooves feel deeper and more funky
✔ Ask anything about your drumming or practice routine
Once you join Funk Drumming Starter, you’ll receive a private link to schedule your session.
No group calls. No pre-recorded feedback.
Just you and me — digging into your playing in real time.
This is your chance to stop guessing and finally understand why your groove feels the way it does — and how to fix it.
Build your pocket. Unlock your groove. Let’s make it funky!Â
What's insideÂ
Funk Drumming Starter
20 essential funk grooves that teach you how to bring pocket, movement, and energy into your playing. Each groove comes with PDF notation + video demonstration, so you can study, copy, and internalize the real funk feel.
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10 ghost note-based grooves
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10 syncopated grooves
→ improve coordination and time -
Perfect for beginners and intermediate Rock drummers
- PDF + Video demonstrations
at two different tempos
Ghost Notes Grooves
This section focuses on how ghost notes can transform simple beats into grooves with depth, texture, and movement.
The selected patterns help you build control, precision, and a more dynamic sense of time through subtle snare articulations.
Syncopated Grooves
In this section, you’ll explore grooves built around syncopation — with offbeat accents, anticipations, and displaced hits.
These patterns are designed to challenge your coordination and strengthen your internal time while keeping a solid, funky pocket.
Why it works
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Every groove in this pack has one goal:
to make your playing feel better — not busier.
You’ll learn how to:
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Use ghost notes to add movement without losing clarity
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Place syncopations that groove instead of rush
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Keep a relaxed pocket that feels both solid and alive
Whether you’re playing rock, funk, or R&B — these grooves will transform the way you sound.
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Improve Your Drumming TODAY! $24.90
These aren’t just random grooves
to practice
These grooves aren’t random.
They’re built around the exact concepts that made players like Clyde Stubblefield, Steve Jordan, and Jabo Starks sound untouchable.
Once you get these combinations under your hands, your drumming becomes tighter, funkier, and more expressive—even when you play simple stuff.
The 20 grooves you’ll learn are based on ghost notes and syncopated accents — these are two of the major concepts and techniques used by every great drummer in funk, soul, R&B and beyond.
If you invest some time practicing these grooves and apply these concepts the right way, they’ll change the way you play — for real.
Why Learn Funk With Me?
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I’ve been obsessed with funk since I was a kid. From the moment I first heard James Brown and The Meters,
I knew this music was different — joyful and seriously addictive!
Since then, I’ve spent my life chasing that Funk groove — not just playing it, but teaching it to hundreds of thousands of drummer around the world.Â
âś“Â Groove-focused learningÂ
âś“Â Direct feedback and real progress
âś“Â Practical concepts you can actually use
What Dummers Are Saying
