A Dub from Haze’s Hub

A Dub From Haze’s Hub is a practical drumming course designed to help you develop the timing, coordination, technique, and musical creativity needed to become a more confident drummer. Led by professional drummer Haze Amaze, this course takes you from the foundations of playing the drum set to more expressive grooves, coordinated drum fills, faster hand and foot techniques, and creative chops that move around the entire kit.

Whether you're learning your first drum beat or looking to move beyond repetitive patterns, these drum lessons for beginners and developing players give you a structured path for improving your playing. You'll begin by learning how to assemble your drum kit, understand its essential components, and establish the fundamentals of rhythm and timekeeping. From there, you'll develop your internal clock through metronome exercises, learn how to strike drums and cymbals with greater precision, and discover how subtle changes in dynamics can make a groove feel more musical.

As your skills progress, you'll explore syncopated bass drum patterns, intricate hi-hat rhythms, snare ghost notes, and percussive variations that bring more texture and movement to your playing. You'll also learn how to perform two-beat and full-measure drum fills, apply them naturally within a song, and return to the main groove without losing the pocket.

The later lessons focus on limb independence, hand speed, foot technique, rudiments, and creative drum chops. You'll practice coordinating all four limbs, applying paradiddles across the kit, developing fluid movement between drums and cymbals, and building expressive phrases inspired by professional performance techniques.

Throughout the course, Haze breaks down patterns into manageable steps and demonstrates how to approach them at controlled tempos before building speed. The goal is to help you understand not only what to play, but also how timing, touch, coordination, and musical choices work together to create a compelling performance.

Whether you want to strengthen your fundamentals, develop more sophisticated grooves, or expand your vocabulary for fills and soloing, A Dub From Haze’s Hub gives you practical techniques to take into your daily practice and musical performances.

What You’ll Learn

• Assemble and position an acoustic drum kit for comfortable, effective playing.
• Understand rhythmic subdivisions, including quarter notes, eighth notes, 16th notes, and triplets.
• Improve timekeeping, tempo control, and metronome practice.
• Develop precise snare strikes, controlled footwork, and expressive cymbal technique.
• Add syncopated bass drum patterns and more intricate hi-hat variations to your grooves.
• Incorporate snare ghost notes, double strokes, grace notes, and subtle percussion textures.
• Play two-beat and one-measure drum fills with clean transitions back into the groove.
• Understand when and how to use fills to support a song's arrangement.
• Build four-way limb independence through coordination exercises and bossa nova-inspired patterns.
• Strengthen hand speed, endurance, rudiment control, and bass drum foot technique.
• Apply paradiddles, flams, linear patterns, and creative sticking combinations across the kit.
• Develop dynamic drum chops that combine the snare, toms, cymbals, and bass drum.
• Practice expressive phrases that improve mobility, coordination, and personal drumming vocabulary.

Meet Your Instructor

Haze Amaze, also known as Hasmon Abraham II, is a professional drummer whose performance credits include Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Nas. His additional credits include Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Fantasia, Tweet, Leela James, Raheem DeVaughn, Kevin Ross, and other artists.

His experience performing across hip-hop and R&B provides valuable context for a course centered on pocket, rhythmic precision, groove development, and expressive playing. These musical foundations are important for drummers who want to support a song effectively while developing the technique to add their own personality.

Is This Course for You?

A Dub From Haze’s Hub is designed for aspiring drummers who want to build a reliable foundation and continue developing their technique. If you're new to the drum set, the opening lessons introduce essential equipment knowledge, basic rhythm, and foundational grooves to help you get started.

If you already know a few beats but feel stuck repeating the same patterns, you'll find practical ways to introduce syncopation, ghost notes, hi-hat variations, and musical drum fills. These techniques can help you add depth and personality to your playing without losing the steady pulse that keeps a band or recording moving.

More experienced beginners and developing players can also benefit from the lessons on limb independence, rudiments, faster hand movements, bass drum coordination, and creative chops. The exercises encourage you to work methodically, starting at manageable tempos and increasing speed as your control improves.

This course is particularly suited to learners who enjoy hands-on practice, want to understand how professional drummers build their vocabulary, and are ready to work on both technical precision and musical expression. A drum set and sticks will be useful for practicing the kit-based lessons, while some of the coordination exercises can be worked through away from the instrument.

What’s Included

• 20 focused drum lessons covering setup, rhythm, grooves, fills, coordination, speed, and creative chops.
• Step-by-step demonstrations of foundational and developing drumming techniques.
• Practical groove variations using the bass drum, hi-hat, snare, toms, and cymbals.
• Metronome-based exercises for improving timing, speed, control, and consistency.
• Limb independence and coordination routines that progress from basic exercises to full-kit patterns.
• Rudiment applications and creative chop concepts to expand your drumming vocabulary.