My Drum Lessons have put together the A to Z of drumming terms. Here we have put together some of the commonly used drumming terms that you may come across in drumming today. To keep the size of this document down we have chosen one drumming related word for each letter of the alphabet for this drumming...
Here’s our guide on how best to construct your drum set. Learning how to assemble a drum set might seem difficult, but once you have got the process right it is a fairly easy thing to do! There are several different drum sets, manufacturers, components and unless you’re an pro drummer, you...
Ben Docwra is a professional drummer/percussionist. He has a Degree in contemporary music performance from the London Centre of Contemporary Music which provides an advanced knowledge of drumming styles, rudiments, techniques, reading and limb independence.
Ben gained valid teaching experience...
Wouldn’t it be great if there we tracks out there that you could play along to without drums, just with other musicians (without them being physically there? This has led us to doing a project, with young musicians starting out in mind. We have decided to create some free drum loop packs so...
Are you employed by a local music services or hub as a music teacher? Watch this video to see how to improved your teaching and how to potentially increase your wages. Andy Gleadhill – top drum teacher, explains how this works and what you need to do. Watch the following video for more information...
Are you a drummer with a home studio who would like to develop your techniques and get more from your drum recordings? The Musicians Union have developed a one day intensive course to give you an overview of each piece of equipment used in the recording chain, best practices for recording, and...
One of the Worlds most respected jazz drummers, is giving you the chance to have private lessons with him at our My Drum Lessons teachers drum studio in Leeds. In his drumming, Hugo Danin demonstrates its passion and dedication to the improvised music, more specifically by the Jazz that very early...
Top drum tutor Matt Dean shows you how to use the My Drum Lessons lesson templates to easily teach drum students. This video show’s Matt discussing how he goes about structuring a lesson and then using the lesson sheets to provide to the student for extra curriculum support. More drum teacher...
Is it her OCD or just her general craziness that lead Emily to play the drums as a beginner? In this video Emily tells us what got her playing drums in the first place and lead to playing with Bryan Ferry and more. Keep logging on to see more Emily interview video’s....
Just imagine this – your in your practice room. Everything sounds immaculate. Hands and feet are comfortable, you feel you can play anything you want. You are on fire! Just then your mate comes in and says he wants to film you and suddenly everything comes down like a deck of cards. ...
We always get asked about drum definitions so here we have put together some of the commonly used drumming terms that you may come across when you start playing. To keep the size of this document down we have chosen one drumming-related word for each letter of the alphabet for this drumming style...
We always say at My Drum Lessons that if you can say it, you can play it. So what does that actually mean? We looked at the written language of drumming and visited the idea of punctuation in drumming. This teaching method is all about the application of drumming in a practical musical context....
Aaron Spears is one of the best drummers in the world… and he’s coming to My Drum Lessons teachers Leeds Drum Academy! For an exclusive event in Leeds, Aaron Spears – drummer for Usher – will run a master class for a limited number of students and Aaron will show everyone...
Our very own drum teacher Matt Dean has been busy again ‘drumming-up’ some new video lessons for you to try. They include several Hi-Hat Techniques, Accents, Linear, Paradiddle Grooves, Shuffles, Play Along Tracks help guide videos. These lesson compliment our lesson document range that...
We have again added many more new drumming lessons for our teachers to use to instruct their students with. These lessons like many others we have, are written by top drum tutor Matt Dean. Matt is a professional drummer, author, and drum teacher for over 18 years, and has masses of experience in...
