This Should Be Everyone's First Drum Lesson
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Disagree. Drums stand on their own. The idea that technique is boring and songs are fun is a bad attitude. All my students do their exercises and techniques and if they want to learn songs in their range, they have the tools and understanding to do so.
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I love the idea of just getting right to playing music, songs. That's all I've ever done. I'm a "bad" student, in ANY class. I just can't learn any other way, other than doing the thing I want to learn. Has it's drawbacks, but works for me, for the most part.
The definition of Fatal is "leading to failure or disaster"...and this mistake in our drumming leads to just that. This is the #1 issue and mistake I have had to address with students over the past few years. Are you working on music or material that is directly related to music you want to learn? We should ALWAYS be working towards the music. I spoke to a drum student just the other day...they had been playing almost a full year and had never learned a song! And they were discouraged, demotivated, bummed out. As they should be! Your first drum lesson should be working towards playing a song. Period. My students in my online drum school learn to grip the stick, play a beat, play a fill, play a song. Each of those short lessons is geared towards conquering that first song. It's a HUGE win!
Learning the drums is not NEAR as challenging if we connect it to MUSIC as soon as possible.
It litterally is my first lesson ๐ im getting an electric drum kit pad today and i might get and actual acoustic drumset for my birthday
If you're just starting out on the drums, I also give a TON of examples of songs that you can play almost right away. There's no better way to learn the drums than to play with music!
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great point!
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Been playing guitar for 26 years now. I always focused on learning songs and always had fun. In one year I had the basics down and was moving towards complex
Techniques. I always tell people
Itโs better to learn songs than drills. Now Iโm about to learn how to play drums and my only focus is learning how to play Young And Aspiring by Underoath.
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Low expert guitarist here, was gifted a full electronic drumset w/amp, looking back on guitar I would have done a LOT different, cost me years of progression, what is the right way to start drumming so that it doesn't turn into a shit show
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I agree that a beginning drummer's goal should be to learn how to play along with songs. What I don't agree with are the beats chosen in the songs you've mentioned. I don't think they are good starting points because there is very little consistency between them, which can be confusing, especially for a young kid who is just beginning to learn.
A beginner, especially a young child, usually doesn't yet understand how drumming works or why different songs use different beats. Because of that, they may become confused when one beat is taught for one song but isn't used in many others. It's important to have structure and a solid foundation. Without it, new drummers may struggle to recognize common patterns and understand how drumming works at a fundamental level.
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That's a great advice, thank you.
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My teacher also gave me we will rock you at first ๐
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@BlessedMhembere-t8xThis is exactly how I learned, for me it was Gimme All Your Lovin' by ZZ Top in 1983, it was on MTV every hour of the day, started by air drumming, then on the kit, once I had that down I was off to the races. Great video Stephen
@jordanf7424Agreed!!! Learn music by performing music.
@jan6832I'm learning already for 3 months, and my teacher didn't teach me even 1 track.
I feel that i already can play Light My Fire or at least Magical Mystery Tour.
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@Elionic907I used drum beats vr cause i ain't got the money for a drum set
@Fihzsiโm so glad the sweater song is easy cos thatโs the reason i want to start playing drums
@___________________._My coordinations sucks so this didnt work for me. Ive been practicing the same basic beat until i pray play it 2min straight at 120bpm. I figure if i build the muscle memory up for that then the adding to it or learning other beats will be easy. I play other instruments tho. Tbh ill be happy if i can play some basic beats so i can jam. Ya know, let others play the bass or guitar. Just trying to be more versatile during the jam seasons.
@Al_TheCrusaderThis dude gets it. Doing paradiddles endlessly is nonsensical if you canโt match tempo creatively on your own to music. When I was young, and learning piano, listening and playing was called โThe Suzuki Methodโ.
@DamazzzoWeezer is always my go to and Iโm a seasoned drummer of 24 years. I play on a Ludwig.
@Randymarsh1125This is literary my first entry into learning. Thanks for the great tips. Iโm very nervous, but this gives me a great push! โค
@short9435You are absolutely correct. Kids and adults get bored and give up playing the old fashioned way. You want start rocking right away ! ๐
@ViralVideos-x9mDrumeo has made me despise even coming to my little studio, I've only been on it 3 weeks now and they've destroyed any want to use them. I've took lessons for turntableism DJing, guitar a little piano and even a wee bit of harmonica when I was little and never seen anything as EXCRUCIATINGLY boring as what drumeo has. We are doing the slowest drumming to what sounds like our beats from an old Casio keyboard from back in the day that took the old 6D batteries!
@DJMerckJust bought my 7yo her first drum set. Excited to learn along side her with your videos. Thank you ! ๐๐ฝ
@VanessaHernandez-qe7sxYeah, I gave up after a month of going into my teachers house and TRYING to play his drumset which was a MASSIVE ABSURD RETARDED SUPER RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE DRUM SET.... that shit scared me ๐ buuuuut I had to use it, and he would put me on some routines for 1 hour and when I got home, I had to redo that on my stupidly super ridiculously cheap drum set ๐ and it was horrible. ๐
@duramirezMy first song was yellow by cold play
@CharliesdrumsssMy first song was teen sprit
@MandMBrookhaven117when you started we will rock you I was ready to guitar the intro to where is my mind lol, a sound comparison to my headspace at that moment lmao
@UnstoppableFlowsWhat are some drawbacks for beginners that come from using an electric kit?
Like what is usually missing when they are switching to a real kit?
my first song that i played on the drums is Mein herz brennt by rammstein :)
@Dissapointment_0is there a guitar version for this I have taken many classes all teachers want to start with notes or techniques I just want to practice a jam
@rafwhy9888God I need a teacher Iโm scared to do this alone I canโt teach myself for shit
@classicbag6643i have been playing for about 2 months and I can play basic beats/with songs but recently I have noticed that I havenโt been improving at all, tysm๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
@a1ourqaNot quite my tempo.
@BearFattfilmMy first was Reptila by the strokes. Canโt tell if thatโs a flex or not I just got obsessed with the idea of playing it
@FrontlineDPSAlmost all of these are variations of the fundamental 4/4 snare then bass drum. This is the place to start. Gotta get the fundamentals down before adding any flourishes. Also, itโs important to hear the spaces between the beats. Too many drummers, even accomplished ones, want to do as many rolls as they can. But think of one of the best rock drummers everโRingo Starr. Heโs all about listening to those spaces rather than doing frantic rolls. Less is more.
@aaronbstFirst lesson!๐ฅ
@GabeGreenyMy friends and i started a band and i got assinged to play drums we have our first practice tomorrow ive never sat at a drumset wish me luck
@rรฅttanipottangreat video finally learned a little bit of drums thanks
@polloreacts-j5uI play guitar, the first drum part I learned was the hub
@้ฑๆๆ้ๅคดๅๆฅ0:17 โฆ A YEAR!? WHERE WAS THE MOTIVE TO PLAY!? ๐คฏ
@c4v3_k1di wish these tutorials would tell you what parts of the drums were called and how they work with the otehr parts
@werewolfpimpQUEEN ROCKS! GREAT TO SEE YOUR SURNAME IS TAYLOR
@rivaldoausdeutschlandI canโt do it the way youโre doing it I donโt so I donโt know how to do this and then youโre confusing me and I donโt know what youโre doing and everythingโs hard
@ScottHolleran-js7zqJust bought a NRG EDK 1000 Pro kit for our kid and spend a couple of hours in the past week playing as a musician - non drummer (guitarist). It was pain during the first two times until my hands got used to banging with sticks a little. Since then, its pure joy. I didnt do any excercises, straight to playing songs. Im sure it might be useful to do more methodic approach eventually, but I just cant get enough of enjoying the songs I like that are within my range of at least playing through with lots of mistakes :D
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@martinmubangizi3660My drums are not built yet๐
@completelyinsane66Drummers rock๐๐คฃ๐ฅฒ๐คทโโ๏ธ drummers donโt really walk but they are the best and you youโll be great for me to follow cause I really want to be a professional drummer so get out๐๐คฃ๐๐
@Kateb52As a bass player at church, we had a week where the drummer came down sick. I filled in as drummer but now here I am to figure out how to expand on that. Great video and a great place to start! Thanks a lot!
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