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How to become famous – Tips to boost your drum career

How To Become Famous! Top tips on maximising your chances of getting your big break How to become famous: - I know the title is a little attention grabbing but hey, you're reading it! Really it's about creating our own luck to boost our music career rather than the X-factor fueled dream to become famous. This is an article I wrote that was published in Modern Drummer December 2007. I know that was a while ago but the advice (including some from well respected drummers such as Bill Bruford and Carmine Appice still stands firm. “Sorry Sting, my schedule is…

Quintuplet fill over sextuplets

Quintuplet fill over sextuplets Create a five over six with this quintuplet fill This quintuplet fill involves playing the five note phrasing over sextuplets (16th note triplets). Why on earth would you do that? Well, why not! But let's face it, 90% of the time it is totally fine to phrase our fills within the chosen rate. So moving around the kit in groups of four when playing in sixteenth notes. Or moving around the kit in groups of six when playing in sextuplets. BUT sometimes that's a little too predictable and it's more interesting and fun to move at a…

Nine Eight Drumless Playalong Drum Track

Nine Eight Drumless Playalong Backing Track Minus Drums This nine eight drumless playalong is at 122bpm. It's a great chance to try out your beats and fills in the odd time signature of nine eight. It's not the most common time signature but it is one that crops up with two examples being Sting's 'I hung my head' and Dave Brubeck's 'Blue Rondo A La Turk'. You can also learn some useful grooves and fills from the nine eight drum lesson that can be found on the single lessons page. Or otherwise dive straight in and have some nine eight fun! Here…

Simple Nine Eight Drum Beat

Learn a simple nine eight drum beat This nine eight drum beat is easy & gets you started in odd time immedaitely This simple nine eight drum beat video lesson will get you started right away by breaking a few things down. A lot of drummers run with fear at the thought of playing a nine eight drum beat but this is unnecessary and simply stems from a lack of understanding. A nine eight drum beat is NOT scary and with practice it can become as simple as playing in four four time (also known as common time). Nine eight time means…

Off beat hi-hat groove video drum lesson

Off beat hi-hat groove - video drum lesson Learn how to play off beat hi-hats in a groove This Is The Off Beat Hi-hat Groove Drum Lesson This off beat hi-hat groove sounds great, is applicable in loads of musical situations and is pretty easy to learn. In many of the live music situations we drummers find ourselves in we want to inject some fun and excitement into our grooves but if we deviate too far from the staple rhythm of the song then we will mess with the flow, get some raised eyebrows and possibly get sacked. And yes, most…

Easy and Cool Drum Fill Video Lesson 1

Cool Drum Fill That is Easy to Learn Learn how to play an impressive drum fill This Is A Cool Drum Fill That is Easy to Learn This cool drum fill is honestly really, really easy. BUT it takes work to make it sound good. That is the case for almost everything on the drums. It is all easy if we break it down and slow it down enough. Sorry but that's a fact and you've probably heard me banging on about it plenty of times before.So to a large extent great drummers are simply the guys and gals with…

Beginner Drum Beat Lesson

Learn the Essential Beginner Drum Beat Get started with 3 Easy Drum Beats This Is The Beginner Funk Drums Course Hey (soon to be) drummers,I'm really glad you found your way to Total Drummer online drum lessons and I'm even gladder (that might not be a real word!) that you are embarking on your drumming journey. This website is here to serve people just like you by offering everything you need to become a great drummer. The drum learning resources you will find here are designed to take you from complete beginner drummer right through to professional drummer step by…

Treasure – Bruno Mars – Drum Chart

Drum Transcription for Treasure by Bruno Mars Here is the full drum transcription for Treasure by Bruno Mars from his 2012 album Unorthodox Jukebox. It was the third single from his second album and became a huge hit as well as a firm favourite live. Here we have the drum notation for the studio version. There are actually only seven different bars that you need to learn so it's a great track to get a quick result and start playing along with the music quite quickly. But it also features a couple of fun parts with an off beat hi-hat groove in the…

Misery Business – Paramore – Drum Chart

Drum Transcription for Misery Business by Paramore Here is the full drum transcription for Misery Business by Paramore. This was the lead single from their 2007 album Riot! This energetic track with Zac Farro on drums went platinum and peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is fast and furious making it a great workout on the drums. It features a powerful syncopated verse groove, furious single stroke snare rolls, half time grooves, rocking choruses and more. It's a tricky to execute accurately and takes a lot of energy. So a great challenge and lots of fun. Enjoy! This…

Use Somebody – King’s of Leon Drum Chart

Drum Transcription for Use Somebody - Kings of Leon Here is the full drum transcription for Use Somebody by Kings of Leon. This was the second single from their 2008 album Only by the Night. The song was a huge commercial success reaching the number one spot in many countries and gaining a Grammy for three categories. It features the recognisable drum style of Nathan Followill with interesting displaced snares through the intro and choruses which create a 3;3;2 pattern across every two bars. It also displays exciting tom build ups at the end of the verses and some great hooks in…