Drumming Tips and Reviews For Acoustic and Electronic Drums!
For some of you out there, drumming has become more than just a hobby. You are in a band and are serious about showing off your music to the world and hope to be noticed by all the hippest kids and important record label executives. Drumming has become a serious passion and you are considering …
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There are two things that usually happen when people sit behind a drum kit for the first time. They either try to play a full beat or go for a crazy fill. For my money, the person that sits down to play a beat will go much further as a drummer than the person doing …
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You want to know what the best drum kit for beginners is because you’re thinking about taking up the drums, or you’re a parent and your child wants to learn. Right? I am willing to bet that you are confused by all the options and don’t know what to get. Where should you begin? In …
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Drumming is a special aspect of music and drummers are special musicians. Yes, I said ‘musicians’ for all you haters out there. We have to to use all of our limbs to play the drums in order to maximize its entire potential. So, we become better drummers as we learn to engage both hands and …
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Sometimes buying gifts for drummers can be a problem, especially if you are not a drummer. After all you don’t want to get the wrong brand or something that a drummer doesn’t like or need. Well, I made it a little easier with this list of funny gifts for drummers. Some of them are quite …
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Like all clichéd essays written by lazy high school students, this article begins with a question, specifically “why do you even need to improve your weak hand?” Well, fake person, let me tell you. When you’re playing the kit, you might occasionally notice that you’re lacking in speed and control. Maybe you’ve started a big, …
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Almost 20 years ago I discovered Dave Weckl’s ‘Back To Basics’ and ‘The Next Step’ vhs tapes. There was a lot of great information and lessons to be learned on those tapes. One of the lessons that is very challenging is an exercise he created that includes ten hand and foot combinations. He would do …
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Looking back on my early percussion education, it’s now apparent that lessons covering bass drum technique weren’t particularly in depth. In fact, they didn’t really go much further than the introduction. “Do that bit with your foot,” was pretty much the only instruction I received. A few years later, a friend of mine bought a …
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Ghost notes are a little like the drummer’s secret recipe for a tasty groove; people don’t necessarily know they’re there, but they make all the difference. For those of you who don’t know, ghost notes are essentially lighter strikes (often on the snare, but not always) that you can slot into beats to give them …
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In case you don’t know, drum n bass is a kind of electronic music played at some pretty breakneck speeds. It probably reached the height of its popularity in the 90s, but it’s still a great work out for a drummer and it can be quite fun to try and make an acoustic kit sound …
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