By Rob Bishop | robbishopdrums.com Quick Answer To make your drum fills sound musical, listen to what the rest of the band is doing and respond to it. Most beginners treat fills as a chance to show off. The best fills serve the song — they build tension, mark a transition, or punctuate a phrase. The music around you is already telling you what to play. ----- Most beginner drummers think about fills the wrong way, they treat a fill as a moment to break free, to explode into cr