Rudiment Creativity Vol. 1 is about achieving your maximum potential as a player and performer. As a teacher, performer and clinician, I have been asked by many drum set students, Why is it important to learn rudiments? What s the point? How can we make music using rudiments? Rudimental and orchestral snare drummers often ask me, Now that I have learned these rudiments, HOW do I implement these rudiments on the drum set in a creative way? Furthermore, most beginning drum students always ask, Do I really have to learn these rudiments, and if so, why? As these questions arose time after time, my thoughts turned towards finding a way to demystify and incorporate creative solutions to these questions. Through countless years of teaching, research and constant experimentation, I have found a variety of ways to implement rudiments on and around the drum set. The main goal of this book is to present various creative/practical applications of rudiments while spring-boarding the use of your OWN creativity.