Anne-Linda Bratsberg Thorsen
I’m a drummer from Norway, traveling all over Norway and also to other countries as a full time drummer. Mostly I play at christian conferences and gatherings, but I also have other projects. Among these is a metal band called «Blood sacrifice».
I enjoy teaching and I like to share the patterns, grooves and fills that I find most useful when I play, tips for practicing and other topics that you drummers out there might find useful. Practical solutions on how to travel with a drum kit in your suitcase on the plane, low volume kits in low volume settings, playing with a click etc.
I also teach about prophetic worship, the use of instruments, the importance of sound and other topics related to worship, like a drummer’s role in a worship band, how to be a professional drummer etc.
I’m also making videos from some of my tours and gigs about how life as a drummer is behind the scene.
Please check out our music videos and the EP.
I hope you find something enjoyable and inspirational!
Drum education: Linear combinations as grooves & fills
Drum lesson: 3 note groupings in 4 as grooves and fills
Drum lesson: Orchestrating fills & grooves in triplets and 6/8
Drum lesson: Hand & foot combos in groups of 6 (part 2)
Chewing the Phat with Anne Linda Bratsberg Thorsen
Drum lesson: Hand & foot combinations in triplets
Drum lesson: 5 ways to use the 6 stroke roll
Drum lesson: Soca and Reggaeton
"Blood Sacrifice" Live in Bergen
Drum lesson: The paradiddle diddle as grooves and fills
Drum lesson: Using the double paradiddle as grooves and fills
Click or no click in a worship setting?
Drum lesson: Developing grooves from the sticking patterns RLLRLLRL & RLRRLRRL
Drum lesson: Building grooves using the paradiddle and the inverted paradiddle
How and what to practice on the drums Part 2
Herren Guds ånd er over meg (by John Bollen & Anne-Linda Bratsberg Thorsen)
How and what to practice on the drums Part 1
Vi sier ja, vi er med (by John David Bollen)
Lovsang over hele Norge mars 2021 (John Bollen og Anne-Linda Bratsberg Thorsen
Low volume travel kits
Summer tour 2023
Drum lesson: Orchestrating sticking patterns over 4 on the floor
How to be a "professional" drummer
The drummer's role in a worship team
Drum lesson: Sticking patterns as grooves and fills part 2
Drum lesson: Sticking patterns as grooves and fills part 1
Prophetic worship - Playing prophetically
RLRRLRRL shuffle groove ("Se jeg gjør noe nytt")
Prophetic worship - God will call the past to account