Photo by Scott Pickering

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Click Advice


 The click is here to stay.  

               Here's some advice about practicing with a click.

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Bonus Uses of Four-mallet Technique #percussiontiptuesday


In addition to performing 3 and 4-mallet keyboard percussion music, a four-mallet grip is useful in other situations.


Friday, July 10, 2020

Worship Musician article July 2020


Check out my percussion article in Worship Musician! 
July 2020 issue

Click the link below and read the article:




Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Shekere: Alternate Technique


In addition to traditional shekere technique, there are alternate methods.  Mark Shelton demonstrates an easy one in this short video.  











Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Triangle Tip: Holding Hand





The triangle holding hand does more than just support the triangle holder.  Learn more in this one-minute tutorial with Mark Shelton.



Friday, March 20, 2020

Precise Landing




Learn how to land a note precisely when playing 
shake tambourine




Tuesday, February 11, 2020

A Weekly Dose of Rudiments



A little advice about rudiments in this short video!

Download a free copy of the Percussive Arts Society Drum Rudiments at www.pas.org



Tuesday, January 21, 2020

One-hand Cymbal Roll



No need to grow another arm when you need to throw in cymbal roll while playing another instrument.  Check out this simple solution.