The best way to get better is to learn from the best. Studying our heroes is a great way to add to our drum vocabulary. The fills/licks/phrases we dig into here are cool things that literally made me shake my head and say, "C'mon dude, seriously?"

#1 - Vinnie's Hat Trick

For the first installment of "C'mon dude, seriously?" I want to look at a killer 2 bar lick by Vinnie Colaiuta. 

First, here's the lick in its natural habitat: https://youtu.be/C8zXjGN4ntc?t=186

Here's the lick notated: /files/1073221/vinnies-hat-trick-5.png

Here's a cool exercise to work on the hat trick: /files/1073222/hi-hat-doubles-grid.pdf

And, finally, the video explaining it all is below.