“I try and make music,” reveals master clinician Benny Greb about his approach to drumming. “It is really important to me ? even when I?m doing a drum solo it has to be about the music.” Watch the 27-year-old German in action and it?s immediately clear he is enjoying a love...
Drum teachers, hear this: don’t shout or pull out your hair. We know it can be irritating to get your students to practice drums, but it’s not impossible. If you’re reading this blog post, you probably have a several students learning to play drums, and you’re wondering how to motivate...
So what do you think of a click track to play along with? Whatever you may think of it, the majority of recording/performing industry today revolves around that ‘annoying tiny beeping’ sound and it’s more than certain that you’ll be asked to work with one sooner or later. Click tracks can...
In the event that you need to include some profound, blasting sounds to your drum performances, then you have to add to your bass drum strategy . Here, we offer his five keys to help you enhance your bass drumming aptitude The bass drum is the complete centre of the drum set. On the off chance...
Fancy a drum lesson with the Drummer for Olly Murs and Little Mix? Its taking place on Saturday 11th July 2015 and is an exclusive event for drum lesson teachers and students. There will be free parking but the sessions are £25 each and run at 2pm-4pm & 6pm. The venue is at East Bridgford...
Seeing as you are visiting the UK’s best drum teaching website we’re speculating you’re here to top up on your drumming knowledge. We all have to start some where, so here’s some top things to consider when you are starting out and are behind the drums.
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If your thinking of taking drum lessons, you need to know the quickest, most productive approach to make progress fast. While learning drums takes practice and diligent work, there are sure fire steps that can take you from a beginner to an expert drummer much more quickly.
Read More >Drummer Jeff Davenport and others shall be taking all of your drum tuning questions, answered through a 15 minute session and talking about live and studio tuning demonstration in real-time, adopted by way of a 30 minute dialogue with 2 top drummers about their tuning and drumhead talents for studio...
So what makes a great drum solo? Speed, or perhaps technique or feel. There are a lot of things that go into the best solos but in the following video we believe its not what is played – but what isn’t played. Its the space and dynamics he creates between the fills that really knocked...
There is much more to being ready for a gig than simply rehearsing your band until you can play all your songs with your eyes closed. Communicating with the gig venue before you get there can make the difference between a very stressful setup and a great sounding show. You will make the lives of...
Music retailer PMT (Professional Music Technology) are proud to announce that the DTX Roadshow is coming to their Birmingham store to demonstrate Yamaha’s award winning electronic drum range and showcasing the new products for 2015.
Led by Yamaha UK’s DTX Demonstrator Simon Edgoose, sessions...
So what is the key to becoming a versatile drummer and being proficient in one or more musical styles? Simply – listening! Listen to the music, research and studying the history of the genre and understanding what makes those performers sound the way they do. And that’s the starting point.
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Want to know how to read drum notation and tabuture more easily. Here are some great tip to help you drum and read more quickly and easily. Lets start off with this exercise. Try reading this piece without thinking too hard about the words or spelling and try and make sense of it;
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Here are 8 amazing tips on playing drums even better. As a drummer, you have the most important job in the band – keeping time. You show the guitar player and the bass player where the groove should be, hold the band together, and drive the band forward. You have to keep time in your head and...
Paradiddles can add a fun and unique sound to your drumming. We’re going to explore how to spice up paradiddles and move them from the practice pad onto the drum kit. A paradiddle is two single strokes then a double stroke. When paradiddles are played after each other, the first note of each paradiddle...
