Why am I giving away, on this web site, my secrets for playing the drums? Quite simply: I want you to be a better drummer tomorrow than you are today. I want to take away as many barriers as possible so that you can learn to play the drums and have fun playing the drums in a band.
The next question: “How much value are you getting for free?” Part of the answer relies on how much you use the information on this web site. If you are willing to take action, you will have all the tools you need to play drums in a band by the time you read my blog posts for the next several months. It will be up to you to turn this new found knowledge into skills. More on that in another post.
Back to the question of value: How much would you pay for a book with the following information?
- Your first drum lesson, guaranteed to have you playing a beat within minutes – and you don’t even need drums!
- Improve your drumming technique using your first lesson as a guide.
- Learn to play songs and read music. There is a structure to every song.
- Tips to buy a drum set and know when to buy new or used drums.
- Find other musicians for a band or just a one-time jam session.
- And much more…!
I’m thinking you’d pay at least $10 for all that information in a book from, say, Amazon.com. Take, for instance, the The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Playing Drums which sells for about $15 and includes a listening CD. I really like this book and recommend that you take a look at it if you want to get information about all kinds of drum beats, playing fills around the drums and learning some drum history. It is an excellent addition to what you will be learning in the pages below. One thing that is missing until the end of the book, however, is how to play drums in a song. On this blog, you will start playing songs during your first lesson! Speaking from experience, it’s a lot more fun to learn drums by playing songs than to just play the drums without any other music.
I enjoy teaching others and sharing the information I’ve gathered over the years. I want to teach you how to quickly play the drums so that you can start to enjoy playing and are able to share your talents with other musicians. It takes more than good technique to play successfully in a band and I hope this blog will help you learn that.
As you may have noticed already, there are products and services that have helped me improve and I would like to share those recommendations with you. If you happen to purchase these items by clicking the links or ads on this site, I get a small commission. By giving away my drum secrets I hope to gain your trust so that you know my recommendations come with the best of intentions. Rest assured that I will never recommend something that I have not used myself and found to be excellent.
I want to help you progress through all stages of your musical journey and I hope the information provides direction along the way. Enjoy the site and don’t forget to TAKE ACTION!