Sting - Seven Days Drum Lesson

Remember this awesome dude I posted about the Seven days cover? He now came up with the lesson series for Seven days. Do check it out!





Here is a breakdown of the chorus groove. He did not analyze the entire song but these lessons are really great and detailed. For the full transcription, you will have to purchase it.

Alec Tackmann

• Berklee College of Music; Boston, MA (Bachelor of Music, Cum Laude-Professional Music/Drum Set Performance, 2008)
• Capitol Records; Hollywood, CA (Studio Intern, 2007)
• Studies With: Rick Considine (2004-2007), Terri Lyne Carrington (2006-2007), Scott Ollhoff (2000-2004), Mike Mangini (2006-2007), Kenny Aronoff (2007) (adapted from alectackmann.com)

This is one sick drummer. His chops really impressed me. He don't really teach but he slows down to us see what's going on. Still it is good enough for me. Gotta learn from this guy.

Dennis Chambers - Yabba Dabba Doo (Chorus)



Vinnie Fill

The Real Gospel Chops

The real gospel chops has got some real sick chops going on! Triplets!


Accent Displacement Drum Lesson with Kevin Hayden


"The Berklee Files" @ GospelChops.com featuring Yaahn Hunter Jr. - Drum Lesson


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Drum department

The drum department has got some sick licks and grooves going on!

The Drew Groove Applied to the Modern Drumset


Jerome Flood II Drum-Off Lick



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Juan Mendoza

This is one solid drummer with some sick independence. Really good lesson he got here.

Implied Metric Modulation


Guaguanco Part 1


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Joe Craptree

"I've been drumming since I was a kid and have played everything from small jazz gigs in Torquay to progressive rock in Tokyo!
Having played with King Crimson's David Cross and prog rock legends Pendragon, I'm currently the drummer with Wishbone Ash.

After four years, and more than 400 gigs with these world-class musicians, I'm still learning and developing every day!" (adapted from joecraptree.com)

Warm Tears groove from Wishbone Ash - Elegant Stealth


Funky Hihat stuff


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Mike Johnston

• Mike Johnston is the owner of Sacramento's first and only drum school, "The Drum Lab."
• He has appeared on The Late Show with Dave Letterman
• He has appeared on MTV's Fashionably Loud
• He received a Gold Record for appearing on the Varsity Blues soundtrack
• He has taught private drum lessons in the Sacramento area for the over 10 years.

Dude how can anyone not know him. One of the best drum teachers on Youtube. His explanations are so clear and he got some sick thing going on with his legs. His doubles are so even and tight. Do note that he takes down his old videos after a while.

Bass Drum Exercise

Herta

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Todd walker

• First place winner in the "1994 Pearl Players Drum Challenge" featured in the open category.
  
• Throughbred Music's Annual Drum Expo. in Tampa, Florida gave Todd the opportunity to perform as a finalist in both the1993 and 1994 drum competitions. The judging panel included such greats as: Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers, Dom Famularo, Marvin 'Smitty' Smith and Rod Morgenstein. (adapted from Todd Walker's site)

Todd walker's channel on Youtube. Click here

Jimmy Kadesch

• Jimmy Kadesch, a native of the US Northeast and a Berklee School of Music graduate, has knocked out many YouTube viewers with his incredible musical drumming.
• Currently touring with Hoodie Allen

In my opinion he is one of the best drummer on Youtube. Check out his drum cover and drum lessons.

Lupe Fiasco - I Don't Wanna Care Right Now (Drum cover)


Garibaldi Chop


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Finger technique 2

Here's a technique to play breakbeat really fast. It's in english and german.

Finger technique

One of my favourite drummers out there. He is so underrated. More people should know him. He's teaching fans to play breaking benjamin song here. Fast forward to 6.45 to hear him explain the finger technique. Awesome guy.

Drumming injuries

Hey guys. I'm back after a uber long break. Just to share important information by Dave Weckl to prevent fingers/wrists injuries. He's awesome.

I use feel pain in my finger bones until I realized I'd been using a wrong technique. This is especially important for starters planning on a intensive drum routine.

If you watched, watch again! Catch parts you missed as it contains lots of tips.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Keep practicing!

Calling all drummers!

Hey dudes and dudettes. This post is for those who are interested in learning to play the drum without spending much money.

REQUIREMENTS

1) You need internet (this is stupid)

2) You need to have a pair of drum sticks. For starters, 5A drumsticks (basic pair) You can get them in music showrooms or anywhere. I like vic firth and it costs around $10 plus for a pair.

Introduction

I' have been playing drums for almost 3 years now since I was like 15. I learned drums from Yamaha ( a great deal from my drum teacher) for one and a half years which I later quit due to major examinations in high school. Now I play drums on my own.

My point is that it is possible to start drumming on your own but in some point in your drumming life you may need to consult some pros to speed the process up. Most importantly, drumming requires perseverance so don't give up.

Do you need a drum to play?

Not really. I start out playing on my pillows and bolsters. Just assign them accordingly. Like cushion for high toms, bolster for hi-hat. Blah blah. Some people air drum.

Of course, having a drumset will be better so do save up for one.

OKAY.

To the main part- Resources on net.

The following resources are totally free but of course they do advertise their products on their website. You don't have to buy anything to view these lessons. (They don't pay me anything but I'm just trying to help those who wants to have resources to start out) The good thing is that they don't spam me with offers or whatever.

1) Freedrumlessons.com This website is amazingly awesome and it's really great because they classify music into different genres like Rock, Funk, Jazz and Latin.They offer drum theory too. (View them because theory enables you to read scores and transcriptions to play your fav band grooves) They have playalongs too. I highly recommend this site to all (beginner, intermediate and advance)

Here's my suggestion. Start out with rock. (YAY!) This genre of music is mostly made up of straight beat. (Meaning there is little funny or odd kind of counting) So, it will be easier. Then, you can move on to others. Master all the rudiments! They are magical! (Trust me on this.) Latin is for advanced or intermediate players.

Click here to go to the drum archives

2)Jack Bennett. This dude help me lots! He gets my creativity going. There are monthly newletters which introduces new grooves that are cool. You can subscribe to it to gain access to the free lessons.

I can play drums

3) Youtube! Here are some videos which I think is useful.

I'm not trying to be mean but I think expertvillage are not helpful at all so you can skip them out.

Check out Vansdrumming. Some of his video lessons are great.

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Work your feets (Doubles on a single pedal/Bass drum techniques)



Double stroke accents (Ideas for solo)


Funky Hi-hat stuff (This is cool)



How to play Rodney Holmes groove (Advance)

Accent change (Japanese language so it will be kinda hard to understand but it's a good lesson)



Fun with paraddidles. (Rudiment) Groove-A-Diddles

Inspirational materials:

Check these channels out:

Deedlebag. This guy is really creative.

I thought this was cool.



Igor falecki. If this kid can do it, why not you?



Of course, there are legendary drummers such as Mike Portnoy, Steve Gadd and more, so do check them out too. There are certainly so much more materials to learn drumming so if you fish one or have some good lessons, please leave a comment to share with the rest. Keep drumming.

Peace out.