A common issue for beginners is the desire to play the most complicated fill you can, only to rush or drag the whole thing. When you try to come back to the beat, you’re now early or late. Let's look at how to keep the beat when soloing or playing longer fills. We can address this problem with some techniques to help you keep the sense of the time of the beat. After this, we'll look at how to make your drum fills and soloing more interesting.