Make Complex Ideas Groove

What Is Flow Mechanics?

Flow Mechanics is an approach to drum set coordination that focuses on making difficult ideas feel natural and musical. Instead of isolating limbs endlessly, the work is about how hands, feet, and voice interact in real musical time.

The exercises are built to slow things down, reduce variables, and layer complexity intentionally, so coordination develops with clarity, control, and feel, not tension or guesswork.

Making coordination feel natural instead of mechanical.

How the Work Is Approached

This approach keeps the focus where it belongs, on feel, time, and control, while allowing difficult ideas to settle into the body in a way that transfers to real playing. The material is structured so players can jump in at an appropriate level and take it as far as they want

The focus isn’t on speed or stacking difficulty for its own sake. The work starts by slowing things down, stripping away unnecessary variables, and isolating what actually needs attention. Patterns are built in clear chunks, then layered gradually so coordination develops with intention instead of overload.

Built around clarity, not overload

The Groove Matrix Series

The Groove Matrix book series is built from the Flow Mechanics approach. It’s designed as a structured body of work that develops coordination through real musical context rather than isolated drills.

Each book focuses on coordinated hand, foot, and voice material, alongside the focus and practice strategies needed to make the work feel clear, controlled, and usable in actual playing.

Where coordination becomes musical material, not just exercises.

Who is this for?

This work is for drummers who already have some independence under their hands and feet and want to push beyond familiar patterns. If you’re interested in coordination that sounds musical, holds up in time, and doesn’t fall apart as ideas get more layered, this will make sense quickly.

The focus is on building coordination that lasts, ideas that feel solid, stay together, and translate into real musical situations. The work is designed to reduce wasted effort by directing attention where it matters, so progress feels intentional instead of repetitive.

For players who want coordination that holds together under real musical pressure.

About Ken

I’m a drummer, educator, and producer focused on helping players make complex coordination feel musical and usable. I hold a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Memphis, with graduate and undergraduate training in music performance and education, and I’ve spent years working at the intersection of performance, teaching, and technology.

My background includes performing across a wide range of settings from salsa bands, big bands, orchestras, and chamber ensembles to cover and original rock bands as well as touring and performing internationally. Alongside performance, I’ve taught Digital Music Production, Music Technology, and Performing Ensembles at Case Western Reserve University and work as a podcast consultant on projects for organizations including Glassdoor.

Those experiences inform the Flow Mechanics approach: a practical system built to hold up under real musical pressure, not just in the practice room.

Start Building Coordination That Holds Up Under Pressure

Download the free Groove Matrix sample and experience the Flow Mechanics approach in action.