Drum Resources

Total Drummer Drum Resources

Use this hub to find great drum resources

This online drum lesson drum resources page has links to Total Drummer’s drum products, drum gear and books recommendations. Scroll down and explore!

But first click the image below to start a free course to get faster hands in 7 days. You’ll also get on going exclusive video lessons, drumless play alongs, drum charts and useful articles. What’s not to like about that!

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Products used by Total Drummer

Part of the drum resources collection is a list of great drum products used at the Total Drummer studio. Many of these are referenced in articles on this website when they are relevant to a topic so look around if you want more details on any of these.

Books
Here are some books that Matt has either written or has found hugely useful in developing as a drummer and a musician in general.

Beginner Drum Book 1
The Drum: A History
Drum Kit Secrets: 52 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Drummer (Music Secrets for the Advanced Musician)
The Athletic Musician: A Guide to Playing Without Pain
Playing (Less) Hurt: An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians
Body Learning: An Introduction to the Alexander Technique
The Alexander Technique by Jane Kosminsky
Musicians’ Injuries: A Guide to Their Understanding and Prevention
The Inner Game of Tennis

Drum Heads
Here are the main drum heads used at Total Drummer. Although it is always a Remo head in the studio, there are other models that might sometimes appear that aren’t mentioned here, but these are the most regularly used options.
Remo Emperor
Remo Ambassador Coated
Remo Powerstroke 3
Remo Pinstripe
Remo Ambassador Hazy

Drum Sticks
There are so many variations of drum sticks but the staple sizes are usually best to go for. That is what most of Total Drummer is recorded using, with shifts between different weights and lengths depending on the style of music.
Vic Firth 7A
Vic Firth 5A
Vic Firth 5B
Vic Firth 2B

Tuning Tools
Here are a couple of essential tools to help you get the best sound out of your drums.
Drum Key
Evans Torque Key
Moongel Damper Pads
Remo Tone Control Rings
Drum Dial Precision Drum Tuner

Timing Tools
There are loads of metronomes out there and they all do the same kinda thing – keep a steady beat. But if you can get one with the features of the one below then you can practice more advance subdivisions easily.
Boss DB-30 · Metronome

Practice Tools
Vic Firth Practice Pad

Ear Protection
Vic Firth VFSIH1 Stereo Isolation Headphones
Vic Firth Drummer’s Ear Defenders
Drum Kit Silencer Practice Pads

Cymbals
Zildjian
Zildjian K Custom 18″ crash
Zildjian K Custom 16″ crash
Zildjian Avedis Sweet Ride 21″
Zildjian A-Custom Splash 10”
Zildjian A Custom splash 12″
Zildjian A Custom Rezo crash

Faster Hands in 7 Days FREE Challenge

By clicking below you can gain access to a FREE ‘7 days to faster hands’ drum course that will guarantee to raise your speed by the end or your money back (yes it is free so not the best guarantee ever!). But seriously, it will make a difference in a really short space of time.

But more than trying to create unrealistic miracles in a short space of time, it will also set up long term habits that will help you find your full potential as a drummer long into the future. And that is way more important.

It will show you:

  1. The fundamental techniques to play at your best level
  2. How to properly grip the sticks
  3. How to prepare yourself properly to drum
  4. How to make the stick do the work so you don’t have to
  5. How to set your drums up for optimum speed
  6. How to apply this around the kit
  7. Exercises to develop control as well as speed
  8. How to take this on into the future to become awesome!

And more than that you will also get a ton of other great free drum resources to make you a better drummer such as playalong tracks, articles, exclusive video lessons and more. And it’s all free!

Watch the video to get a feel for what the seven day course entails and then scroll down to get the course immediately.

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So let’s start the course today. Do it now and begin your 7 day process to get faster hands. This time next week you’ll be enjoying the results and thinking about how you can take it to the next stage (by the way, the course helps with that too as we’ll be checking speed progress over the next 12 months).

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