Gene Hoglan
Death / Testament / Strapping Young Lad · The Atomic Clock — inhuman precision, orchestrated double kick, unshakeable time
The grooves Gene Hoglan actually uses across their path, moves and song studies — each one opens the same exercise workout the rest of the app links to.
Kick Placement Drill
Level 2Groove · 55–140 BPM
Your hands play the exact same thing every bar. Only the kick moves. This builds the 'my foot goes where I want' skill that everything else depends on.
Goal: Tight, creative kick phrasing under a static groove
WorkoutSnare Displacement
Level 3Groove · 55–130 BPM
Normally the snare lands on 2 and 4. Here you slide it slightly later each time — onto the 'e', then the '&', then the 'a' — while the hi-hat and kick refuse to move.
Goal: You feel the pulse independently of the backbeat
WorkoutGroove Displacement — Whole Bar Shift
Level 4Groove · 55–130 BPM
Take a groove you already know and shift every single note one 8th-note later in the bar, so beat 1 now lands where the '&' of 4 used to be. It trains you to feel 'one' internally instead of relying on where the notes are.
Goal: A groove that survives being displaced from the bar line
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