Oi Drum

Post by **Geebs** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:25 pm

Do you know of any good free, or good value, drumming courses/sets of exercises on the 'net? For a n0ob, of course.

Post by **DRuM** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 11:46 pm

Definitely geebs, there's quite a lot of free material on the net, plus various drum forums with invaluable information. To start with, check out the video lessons here and see how you get on.

These videos are pretty good showing you how to grip the sticks correctly and how to strike the drums correctly. Various drummers have advanced variations on these techniques, and you will find that out if you watch all of these vids. I would go with mark wessels techniques initially.
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/wesse ... ssons.html

Here's a bunch of other video lessons:
http://www.vicfirth.com/education/studc ... umset.html

And check out this forum and read some of the threads, there's always beginners asking the kind of questions you might want to know:

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/fo ... &forumid=9

Post by **seremtan** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:13 am

be reborn black. they have a great sense of rhythm, according to jim davidson

Post by **plained** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 1:49 am

yea good stuff drum

ey geeb you posture form is best to get sorted round now at your beguinning

Post by **DRuM** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 2:06 am

Plained is right ya know. Straight back as much as possible rather than leaning in towards the drums too much.

I'll give you another tip geebs. If the drums sound a bit cardboardy, open the boxes up and take them out first.

Post by **andyman** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:11 am

riddla wrote:and dont forget to learn how to read music!

Everyone knows that if you can't read music and don't learn the theory first you are just a poser

Post by **Geebs** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:03 am

andyman wrote:
riddla wrote:and dont forget to learn how to read music!
Everyone knows that if you can't read music and don't learn the theory first you are just a poser

Funnily enough, "poser" is the name of my band.

Anyway, I've learned and forgotten how to read music on at least 3 separate occasions. I'm hardcore.

Post by **Geebs** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:04 am

Thanks for the links, DRuM. Not that my paltry connection can really real with all the video.

*paradiddle*

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 11:41 am

plained wrote:yea good stuff drum

ey geeb you posture form is best to get sorted round now at your beguinning

moron

Post by **bork[e]** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:00 pm

riddla wrote:and dont forget to learn how to read music!

b/c if not, you'll never be able to play any instrument!!11