I talk a lot about playing in "flow", especially since that's the theme of the course I'm co-coaching.
Yes, we have to check out other people's licks...
I mean, drums don't happen in a vacuum. Everybody has influences, etc. Besides which good luck seeing a Thomas Pridgen instagram post and not trying to ape it.
And this particular Thomas post is one of my favorites - it's just Thomas "chopping" at a sound check. He does his thing, then a particular part of the solo pops out at you. "aaaaaa what is this?"
So of course I tried to transcribe it.
But I've never been big on just showing you exactly how to play something and leaving it there. The "hard part" is breaking down how to incorporate things into your own playing.
Of course there's only so much you can do in a 12 minute youtube video. That's why I give you:
The licc, both wrong and right
How I'd f@#$ with it to make it my own, in both 16th and triplet/sextuplet contexts
The way I take licks/idioms and incorporate them into fills between both straight and swung grooves
Enjoy!