Birthday coming up, and in a mild demonstration of a mid-life crisis I've gone and ordered myself a drum kit (Alesis Nitro Pro, after much research).
I know the basics from many (many, many) years ago, but obviously a bit of structured guidance will be beneficial.
There are a gajillion YouTubeing drum teachers. Many folks recommend JustinGuitar as the go-to guy for online guitar lessons, and I've used him myself to learn the basics, so who's the drumming equivalent?
Drumeo, but its not free, it is part of a music teaching "empire" though, so also includes sites for guitar, piano and bass (I think, they were planning bass don't know if it is out yet) in the same subscription.
Okay, ta. I think the kit comes with 90 days of Drumeo, so I'll check them out
Do you want a techniques teacher, or a set of well taught "How to play this song" lessons graded by difficulty? if its the latter check out "Drums the Word" - has some free demo lessons on youtube. I started out having in person lessons witha local tutor, then used Drums the Word lessons to apply those techniques to playing more enjoyable/difficult songs.
www.DrumsTheWord.com - YouTube
That Drums the Word channel looks pretty cool. Think I'll check that out later and actually try to learn some songs properly.
Do you want a techniques teacher, or a set of well taught "How to play this song" lessons graded by difficulty?
A bit of both I guess.
While I really appreciate a good drummer, (Tool’s Danny Cary being one of my favourites, along with Karen Carpenter), as I can barely walk and chew gum with any degree of competence, anything that involves both hands and feet, and in some cases, voice as well, is likely to bring me out in a stress related rash!
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I found the key to learning was consistency in practice (which having an electronic kit setup ready to go really helped) - 15 mins every day helped get the limbs co-ordination going. Some weeks it seemed like there was no progress, then one day the rhythms just worked without thinking - drumming is basically training your sub-conscious to work limbs independently.
The Drum base books are also good as they set out pages of rhythms to practice where each one is a slight variation on the previous (and there's a CD to play along to, hear how they should sound) - that helps get limbs/brain working. I practiced about 4 of the rows in one 15 mins session to keep the learning fresh, but structured.
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