Summary: Play funk rhythms on the drums; learn how with tips from our professional drummer and drum instructor in this free drum-kit video music lesson.
Ken Marcou grew up in central Massachusetts and played drums throughout school. With a drummer for a father, Ken took to the kit like a natural, and has been playing for over ten...read more
" Hi! My name is Ken Marcou and I’m going to show you an example of a basic funk type of beat. This is very much like a rock beat not very much different a lot of it has to do with satieties that change and kind of stylistic meanings of it and again what everybody else is doing. What the bass does the bass guitar in a funk song is pretty distinct, that’s the main thing that makes it funky, you and the bass guitar got to work together but this is an example of something that’s little bit more funky as oppose to a little bit more rock, here we go…"
eHow Article: How to Play Funk Rhythms on Drums