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Train Drum Beat

The Train Beat Learn how to play a classic country drum beat This Is The Train Drum Beat Welcome to the train drum beat lesson. The train beat is a classic country drum beat that I believe every drummer should know.But in reality this drum groove is used in nearly every genre in one way or another.In the country world you can hear this beat in songs such as Fulsom Prison Blues (Johnny cash) and The World (Brad Paisley). If you want a non-country example, you can hear a swung version on Aerosmith's Big Ten Inch Record. It's a cool beat and…

The WORST Drum Warm Up

The WORST Drum Warm Up [DON'T DO THIS] Learn how to warm up on the drums properly The WORST Drum Warm Up In this video we tackle how to warm up properly on the drums. First you will see the worst drum warm up.But then we discuss the right way to warm up. This is crucial if you want to play drums at your best level and avoid injury.We often disregard the injury aspect but drummer injuries are common due to the repetition and impact on our arms and hands. Not to mention drummer back injury.And as well as avoiding…

Awesome Tom Tom Drum Beat

Awesome Tom Tom Drum Beat Learn a powerful tribal drum beat. This Is An Awesome Tom Tom Drum Beat Welcome to the awesome tom tom drum beat. We are going to learn an exciting tribal tom tom drum beat. And it sounds really exciting.It sounds way harder than it is because we will break it down one beat at a time so you can learn a really hard sounding tom tom drum beat no matter how long you have been drumming.In fact this drum beat is based on a fairly standard funk pattern so you might already have the core…

How To Play The Black Velvet Drum Beat

How To Play The Black Velvet Drum Beat Learn how to play Black Velvet on the drums. How To Play The Black Velvet Drum Beat Welcome to this drum lesson where we will learn how to play the Black Velvet drum beat.Black Velvet was released in 1988 by Canadian singer Alannah Myles with Jorn Andersen on drums.It is primarily a standard shuffle drum beat with a twist. In this drum lesson we break down the basic shuffle drum pattern but we also discuss the theory behind that 'twist'. What I'm referring to is the instantly recognisable hi-hat accent pattern which…

Five Note Phrased Fills

Five Note Phrased Fills Learn how to play interesting drum fills This Is The Five Note Phrased Fills Lesson Welcome to the five note phrased fills drum lesson.We often phrase our fills in very predictable ways. Beginner drummers play two eighth notes on each drum, or four sixteenth notes on each drum.This works well and sounds good but it is predictable. Sometimes we might want to play less obvious fills and have ideas that sound more interesting.And that's where odd phrasing can help. In this drum lesson we use five note groupings and look at how we can orchestrate those…

How To Drum Like Roger Taylor

How To Drum Like Roger Taylor Learn how to play 1970s Queen drum beats This Is The Roger Taylor Drum Course Welcome to the Roger Taylor course. Here we will learn how to drum like Roger Taylor.Roger has been the drummer for Queen since the beginning and has played an integral part in their sound. Not only does he play the perfect drum parts for the songs, but he also contributes great backing vocals too.And his playing style is very distinctive with quirks such as the way he opens the hi-hat at the same time as hitting the snare drum.We…

Rebel Rebel Drum Notation

Rebel Rebel Drum Notation Learn how to play a classic David Bowie song on drums This Is The Rebel Rebel Drum Notation Welcome to the Rebel Rebel drum notation.Rebel Rebel is classic track from Bowie 70s period. Released in 1974 on the Diamond Dogs album, Rebel Rebel features Aynsley Dunbar on the drums.It came at the end of his glam rock period and is built around a guitar riff. The drums stay very straight which takes discipline for the drummer. This is quite an easy drum song to learn so keeping your place in the music and staying disciplined are…

1970s UK Rock Drumming

1970s UK Rock Drumming Learn how to play the drum beats of Queen, Bowie and Free This Is The 1970s UK Rock Drumming Course Welcome to the 1970s UK rock drumming course. Here we will learn how to play the beats from Bowie, Queen and Free in the 1970s. 1970s rock was awesome. And it was vast so this is quite specifically UK 1970s rock part one. We’ve looked at 1960s rock with The Beatles, Cream and Jimi Hendrix. We’ve also looked at early heavy metal which could also be called late 60s/early 70s hard rock, and that included Led Zep,…

How To Make Your Snare Drum Sound Awesome

How To Make Your Snare Drum Sound Awesome Learn how to get amazing sounds from your snare drum Let's Make Our Snare Drum Sound Great Welcome to the snare drum tones lesson. Here we will learn how to make your snare drum sound awesome.The snare drum is such an expressive drum and it is always at the heart of our grooves and fills. Therefore we should learn to explore every sound that we can draw out of this drum.....and there are a lot.Once we can do this, we can make any snare drum sound good. Some will work best for…

All Night Long Drum Lesson

All Night Long Drum Lesson Learn how to play a classic John Robinson drum beat This Is The All Night Long Drum Lesson Welcome to the All Night Long drum lesson. We are talking about the massive hit song by Lionel Richie of course. Yes it's cheesy. Yes you won't get street cred if you sing this on the basketball court.BUT....it is an awesome tune if you're really honest about it. And it features John J.R. Robinson on drums.The original track has other percussion and might feature overdubs and who knows what else. Basically, any studio recording can be built…