These “What I’m Working On” videos from JPBMethod students show the process, success, and excitement of learning to improvise with step-by-step methods that work.
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Singles don’t have to be boring! It’s about the melodies you play with them. In this clip, Andrew is playing more unique, advanced melodies with singles than most drummers would think to play. He learned these melodic strategies in the Improvising With Singles Course.
“Through my time on the website, I’ve taken a variety of courses, and each one built my abilities and confidence in all aspects of my drumming.”
Guillaume has worked through several of the triplet courses, and has developed an impressive and rewarding amount of improvisation vocabulary.
“JP has really changed the way I play. I feel much more confident, and I can improvise more freely.”
Improvising with vocabulary from the Rhythmic Vocabulary Course.
Improvising with vocabulary from the RLK Subset Course.
Maksim is making up endless new fills on the fly. He’s combining vocabulary from the First Grooves Course and the Paradiddles and Doubles Subset Course.
“I love that JP is always available for questions and feedback.”
Mark is playing effortless fills and “flow grooves” by studying the Inverted Doubles in Flow Grooves Course.
“I love how the ideas are broken down into bite-size chunks that allow you to build that foundation…I’m surprising myself each day that I’m sitting down behind the kit…I’d highly recommend it.”
Check out how fluid and effortless Charles is sounding with this RLLK Course vocabulary. He even switches between straight time and triplets, using the same patterns.
“Within the first week of trying it, I realized how quickly I was able to take that vocabulary and spread it across the kit, not having to think so much about what I wanted to play in the moment.”
Over the past couple years, I’ve watched Ryan work through triplet-focused courses and start to make triplets as effortless as straight time. Watch how nuanced and controlled his playing sounds after studying the Jazz Foundations Course.
“I’ve grown a lot as a player in the last year…my playing had felt a bit stuck and stale.”
One of the biggest drum YouTubers out there took the RLLK Course a test run and is improvising more effortlessly than ever before after only one month.
“On top of giving me endless fill ideas, this really helped me better understand how to improvise…95% of the stuff I just played was not planned at all and just flowed out of me.”
After only a few weeks on JPBMethod, Hannu is improvising like never before with the Buddy Rich Inspired Flow Mode Course.
“I feel like I can use all the things I’ve learned before—rudiments and licks—to improvise in my flow mode.”
Javier’s use of fluid dynamics makes the vocabulary from the RLLK Subset Course sound incredibly musical and effortless.
“I highly recommend you try this method and you will see results that will surprise you.”
All of this incredible flow comes from mixing only 2 courses: RLLK Subset Course and the RLK Subset Course.
“I’m improvising between these two courses and combining the material into one…I highly recommend checking out these two courses if you’re looking to be able to flow on the kit, improvise drum fills, take long drum solos…”
Conor is halfway through the Paradiddles and Doubles Flow Course and has already transformed those simple rudiments into a huge variety of improvisation vocabulary.
“I’ve already seen significant improvement in my speed and mobility around the drum set, and it has really cleaned up my double strokes.” - Conor
Reece shows what’s possible after only 1 month on the website. In this clip he is improvising beautifully and effortlessly with the material from the RLLK Subset Course.
“For anyone who’s looking to dramatically improve their creative freedom on the drum kit, I would 100% recommend you check out JP Bouvet Method.” - Reece
Karo has only been drumming for two years, and has only studied on the site for one. Yet, look at how much vocabulary she is already improvising with! Karo is a great example of how improvisation can be a part of the learning process from the very beginning. Here, she is using a wide variety of vocabulary from the RLLK Course.
Improvising with vocabulary from the Rhythmic Vocabulary Course.
Improvising with vocabulary from the Inverted Doubles in Flow Grooves Course.
Improvising with vocabulary from the RLLK Subset Course.
Dave grew up learning 80’s rock and roll, but felt that in 2024 he was still stuck with the same old vocabulary. He used the RLLK Course, with a particular focus on integrating the kick drum, to update his vocabulary. He succeeded enormously!
Improvising with vocabulary from the Inverted Doubles in Flow Grooves.
Improvising with vocabulary from the Triplet Flow Grooves Course.
Mike is mixing material from the Inverted Doubles as Flow Grooves Course and the RLLK Subset Course.
People often say these types of “drunken” “swanky” grooves can’t be taught. Cord is demonstrating beautifully that this is wrong, after having finished the Swanky Half-Swung Grooves Course.
Mitchell is mixing material from the RLLK Subset Course and the Inverted Doubles as Flow Grooves Course.
Only two courses, and this much freedom is already possible.
Brian has only been playing for 1.5 years in this clip. He has cruised through several courses, but here he is using only vocabulary from the Triplet Fills & Chops Course.
Improvising with vocabulary from the Creative Grooves with the 4 Paradiddles Course.
Improvising the “4-2 Down-Up Method” from the RLLK Subset Course. Nathan has gone on to master several courses and integrate all the material together.
Improvising beautifully with vocabulary from the RLLK Subset Course.
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