Thank you for visiting www.LearnDrumsNow.com. My hope is that this site will help you begin (or continue) a never-ending, lifelong journey of learning about drums and music. Even if you’ve played the drums for awhile, I think you’ll find some new information that can be applied to the drum set and to your musical setting.
The purpose of the information on LearnDrumsNow.com is to help you quickly learn how to play the drums so that you can start to play music with others. Over the course of the next several months, we’ll start by learning a drum set concept called Head, Hands and Heart (3H):
- Head
: Playing the drums is easier if you think about and visualize a drum beat before actually doing it. You can practice without sitting behind a set of drums. - Hands (and Feet): You will be a better drummer the more you practice.
- Heart: To play music effectively, you must feel the groove of a song.
You’ll start by applying the H3 method to learn a basic drum beat. Then you’ll learn to play a song so that you can start playing along with recordings. You’ll study how a song is structured and how to play each section in a song. Finally, you’ll become skilled at playing drum fills so that you can continue learning on your own.
No teaching drum site would be complete without discussing equipment so we’ll cover the parts of a drum set and how to buy your first set of drums. We’ll also talk about used versus new drums. Once you feel comfortable playing songs (on your new drum set!), we will give you some tips about how to seek out other musicians and what to expect when you get together. Playing with other musicians is fun and fulfilling so the sooner you can start, the faster you will learn and grow as a musician.
The information presented on this site is meant to be a starting point and references will be provided so that you can dig deeper into each subject. Also, make sure you return to www.LearnDrumsNow.com frequently to get in-depth, up-to-date information about playing drums in a band.