Comments on: Learn Anything On The Drums

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 04:01:00 +0000

Just want to know when the name of the equipment was changed from drum set or set of drums to drum kit. I think the British are responsible for that silliness.

By: Jon Millard

Jon Millard — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:28:00 +0000

Fantastic video, very informative as always, but who the hell did the subtitles? They’re rubbish, and very unprofessional!!
Keep up the great work, but lose the subtitles

By: Francisco Sperandeo

Francisco Sperandeo — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:15:00 +0000

Really great response. I learned drumming in School starting in the 7th grade through 12! Could have had music scholarships but was tired of school. I then went into the Navy and played with many groups. In school I was not the most technical percussionist. In our section we had a couple of the greatest rudimental drummer you could find! After returning from the Navy I played with local groups and at times had a couple of these awesome drummers sit in! However as great a fundementally and rudimental drummers as they were, they were THAT BAD on a trap set! Why? Just like you mentioned above, no HEART and no FEELINGS! I survived not on fills and speed but on hooking up with a bass player and getting on top a groove and riding it! Being able to FEEL the writers emotions and applying Creschendos and Dimenduedos as appropriate! But no doubt I’m now 67 and still play in my studio and I appreciate these formal lessons and apply many as I can. Yet I find sometimes trying to add technical aspects will break the groove yet many have helped correct some error I played for years! The one main purpose and biggest lesson any drummer or musician for that matter Can learn is that NOTHING beats or can replace PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!

By: maC-Kay

maC-Kay — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:48:00 +0000

Indeed you’re a great teacher. I always learn something new when ever I read your mail. Thank you very much.

By: J. Short

J. Short — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 12:22:00 +0000

I enjoy your lessons; and often work on some of them. I agree and disagree with with your assessment. Some of the greatest players have had little or no lessons. I would bet that some of the greats like Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa and even more recent drummers like John Bonham were probably primarily self taught. Sometimes excessive teaching creates a technical wizard with no soul. I am mostly self taught. I primarily learned by playing to records,(There’s a term you don’t hear anymore.) I did realize after about 4 years of playing that there were limits to what I could do. It was then that I took a few lessons. The good thing about drumming to recordings was that I learned feel and how to keep it in the pocket. The bad thing about not having had lessons was my technical ability was limited. Still, I found that bands almost always hired me over everyone else because of the ability to groove not perform a bunch of intricate sticking. I remember auditioning for Robbin Thompson; a former member of Bruce Springsteen’s band Steel Mill. There were guys with music degrees auditioning for the gig. I was freaked. But I got the gig. I had bought his album prior to the audition and played to it everyday for two weeks.
So I say temper your technical and formal lessons with a lot of playing to recordings of all kinds of different music genres .
Remember your not taking dictation you are trying to create emotion.- J R Short

By: Peter Montalto

Peter Montalto — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:59:00 +0000

Is this mainly for beginners or can it be used for intermediate to advanced as well?

By: Robert Boundy

Robert Boundy — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:35:00 +0000

Excellent points, the more students understand the true value of our foundational elements in all aspects, the more we can weed out ignorance from our own “garden”. This helps create a forest of positive self expression moving everything forwards. Love your work Jarrad, thank you

By: Ivan Jaquez

Ivan Jaquez — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 22:32:00 +0000

I own it and I highly recommend the “Successful Drumming” curriculum. One of the best investments I’ve done in my life.