I have some innovative things that I've invented for myself and haven't heard any other drummers play. I'm always happy to share them. Here's one of my favorites. It may be difficult to explain in text, but I'll try:
Start with your left hand on the snare and play alternated eighth note triplets. Put the accent on every 4th beat (creating a 3 over 12 pattern). Now, put the bass drum on beat 1, the HH on the "and", 2 more BD's on "uh-two", HH on "and"...and then keep repeating this over and over (between the left HH foot and the bass drum, it creates a phrasing of 5's underneath the triplets).
Start the left hand and the bass drum together on beat one to begin the pattern. It may take awhile for you to get this smooth because it's difficult to play over triplets. In fact, you may want to learn it over 16th's first and then move it to triplets later.
I'll try to put this on video and post it. I just don't have a lot of time on my hands these days so it may take awhile.
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