This Should Be Everyone's First Drum Lesson
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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.
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!
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
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This was a primary reason why my uncle, back in the 80’s, dropped lessons after a year. He was probably 13 or 14 at the time and he said all he was doing was rudiments and never even sat behind a kit. He said I got good enough and bought my own kit and started playing to records and the rest fell into place.
Same for me.
Daughter took one harp lesson. Learned Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and played it at school talent show a few days later, and has played harp over 20 years.
Love it!
I think the harp beginners course would appreciate this a little more. Jkjk totally kidding!
Honestly, this is basically all I've done in my 13 years of owning a drum set. I assigned music I wanted to learn, found exactly what I couldn't play, and practiced specifically that.
A few times over the years I would wonder if I was causing trouble for my future self by never doing any of the "do X amount of Y rudiment at Z bpm" type of practice; but I can comfortably play songs I like, so I'm happy with how it's been going so far.
One thing I learned recently that's helped me a lot though is breathing through my nose. That got rid of a lot of general tension.
I have the same approach to piano, sure it means I'm not as disciplined and as skilled as some classical pianists but when I come to learn a piece that's a little out of my skill level I'm then like "okay what's this technique" and then I practice that technique to get it down. I think if I were just trying to aimlessly practicing technique exercises I simply would end up not playing
Just got my first ever drum set today. This has me super excited for my journey
So fun
How’s it going? I’m using pads, books, cushions, ME Lol. I love it 😅
This is an instant win for any drum student. Playing music. 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.
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!
Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
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Playing music is what the student wants, our job as teachers is to go backwards from the drum part to the basic skills he will need to master in order to play the song, creating a pathway that shows the road map, the bridge between where they ARE and where they WANT TO BE. That connection is the difference between BORING ( not knowing why they practice) and EXCITING (this is getting me closer everyday to my goal!). Thanks for your wisdom Stephen, keep it up! 💯
Playing w others..simple parts in simple songs..are some of the best times I’ve ever had
Trick for me, play the song that matches my instrument
My daddy’s bluegrass Martin didn’t play AcDc…but I learned the rhythm part…not until I got a Crate Combo & Eppy SG, I was practicing flying instead of playing
I was a drum/percussion instructor for a number of years. I agree with you a hundred percent. I was doing this 40 yrs ago with my student.
Thank you!! Just got a kit agin after 20 years without one….loving teaching my sons kit playing….THIS is priceless!! 👍🥁🤘
So true. I've been drumming for a little over 20 years now, and years ago, when I started following along with songs, it helped me so much more than anything else did and allowed me to be more creative while I'm playing.
Back From the Dead - Skillet was my first song. Took a couple lessons but every lesson was the basics of drum beats and fills and it's what made me fall so deep in love with the drums: music.
I bought an e drum kit and joined drumeo a couple of years ago. I enjoyed the lessons up to a point, but after a year I still hadn't learned a song, which you are absolutely right about. I want to play along to songs.
i have to say I've learned so much from you.... You really are a great teacher I love all your videos I watch them over and over, keep doing what you are doing and thank you so much for your content, it's awesome.
I can’t believe I searched a video about the drums because my first lesson is tomorrow, and I got weezered
😔
Absolutely brilliant, Stephen. Spent a long time with the 28 basic rudiments on a concert snare in my first year on the drums. Not that I ever regretted it but if I hadn’t bought a trap kit and played it at home to learn songs I don’t know if I would have stuck with it. I mean, you can only take Bolero for so long right?
SUCH GREAT ADVICE. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING PERCUSSION FOR 56 YEARS AND WHEN WE HAD A BAND PRACTICE THE BAND LIKED TO JAM. THIS WAS NEVER MY LIKING AND I WAS NEVER GOOD AT SOLOS ON MY CONGAS. I TEND MORE TO EASY POP/ STANDARD JAZZ. A GREAT VIDEO, MANY THANKS
I'm a beginner and self-teaching. And I just started with Back in Black. Worked great!
This was amazing! Thank you!
Great vid Stephen! Great ideas, I use some of the same songs to teach beginners!🤘🏼
I agree with this!! I wish when I started up I would of been more consequent and told my teacher want to learn a song. But his thing was if I learn what he is teaching me I would be able to learn the songs by myself. Which after a 20 year break and getting my e-Kit finally worked out. But I think I would of stuck with it if I would of learned songs right away!!
This is really a key point, and one that I'm struggling with as a beginner guitar player after many years of playing and teaching drums. What I did as a teacher (like MY drum teacher did), was break the lesson into two parts - learning a song the student likes (adding complexity as they get better), and reading/rudiments. I didn't want to skip the rudiments and reading, but you want the student to have fun. My drum teacher had me playing the Doobie Brothers "Long Train Running" right from the beginning.
Superb first lesson. Thank you
Wow I can’t believe you’re first song was weezer-sweater lol. I think mine was honky tonk man - Dwight Yoakam. My parents got me a kit when I was about 8 and I taught myself with a cd walkman, remember those 😂
Love me some dwight!
HA! I had a Sony Discman that (HAD to be) sat on a piece of foam (due to skipping) on a secondary snare behind my right shoulder….headphone cord down the back….ah, the 1980s….🤔😉
You got me motivated coach 💪🏻
Brother, your snare sounds FANTASTIC! My daughter is watching your video right now...she just got her first kit :)
Thanks Stephen.As a teacher this is what I needed to hear.i want to excite my students so I teach them songs.Some rudiments I teach for warm ups and I teach them some hand and feet control for fills but i primarily want them to play to music.
I do that when I teach guitar. The first lesson is the 2 chord song "A Horse With No Name". When a kid can go home from his first lesson and can play a song it's magic.
Good tip man, I'm just starting and i'm as far as We Will Rock You basic as you shown. Sore sheen and acking back after 30min practice. Guess I got some work to do. I'm gonna check it out, good stuff.
Wish this was done for me back in the late 60's taking lessons. Mostly focusing on the written and rudiments. Finally I said I want to play something with drums in it. That's when Money, Money came out learned rather quickly. I was 10. Moved up to learning the Monkey's, then latin beats such as rumba, tango and cha-cha. Unfortunately got into junior high and was told they had to many dummers and had to choose another instrument. Saxophone it was. Stopped private lessons on drums and onto the sax. I was livid as a kid. Now I just muddle through everything. I enjoy playing Chicago with its many different rhythms. Buddy Rich will always be my favorite. My brother on accordion, folks on the Grand Wurlitzer Organ so we had a house full of music.
Awesome,Thank you 🙏
I’ve been playing for like a week and a half maybe. I started of with learning a simple four bar drum beat and placed it in songs I like. I’m currently playing sonne by rammstein, which conviniently uses the same beat except some 16th note kicks that I cannot do yet, and I can almost play it without getting off tempo and I can even do some of the fills christoph schneider does.
So yeah I 100% agree you should practice with songs cause it’s a blast.
just traded a Mic for a cheap Drum set, no idea how to play, this "is" 1st vid i watched, looked up how to read drum tabs
playing "Sweater" took me....20min. thx great vid
Thank you. its seems sensible to learn something which you can play and relate to. Also it gives good feeling of satisfaction if you can play a tune.
However, please try not to forget we are not all as musical as you! And what may be easy to some 6 year olds could still be challenging for many of us. Morzart wrote his first music aged 5.
Ta.
You're right. I've been given an old drumkit 4 days ago. I've been playing every breath you take and all these simple songs I already know. My advantage is that I can play the guitar and the keyboard. One thing though, I made sure that I was holding the drumsticks in a correct (or better in a way that you don't hurt yourself) and that I did the same with my footwork, I watched some videos and my drummer, with 35 years of experienced, checked what I was doing. I think that comes before the song. I've had guitarists coming to me who could play a simple song but they were holding the guitar in a way that was harming their wrist or shoulders, all because they learnt over the internet. So, technique that does not lead to injury (rather than saying correct) is the first lesson, then songs, particularly if you need to motivate a student, songs are the best because they feel they have achieved something.
Hi I’m interested in learning to play the drums as now at 66and retired have the time to learn I was looking at a allesi nitro max kit as space is important also been listening to led zeppelin most of my life and would like to play John bonham grooves eventually when I’ve unterstood how to play you are a great teacher and explain everything a beginner can understand thanks.
Thank you so much it helped me a lot .....😊
I bought a drum set 4 days ago. You got me to play my first song, Sweater Song. Today I heard Beautiful by Christina Aguilera and was like, Hey! That sounds familiar! Now I can play two songs! Thank you!
This is a great lesson!
Stephan...Playing to music..is the best lesson you can give to a student 100%😊
My first drum lesson was paradiddles for an hour. Discouraged immediately. 25 years later, I want to give myself the chance to learn again.
100% agree! I try to do this with every student. At the end of their first lesson or trial lesson I want them to be able to play a song they can remember when back home.
You're a great teacher
I bought a drum kit for my students and thought I’d give it a go myself. Never felt so intimidated in my life. Play guitar, a bit of bass, but God almighty, the drums scared the bejaysus out of me. Needless to say, I haven’t touched them since but they have become quite alluring again recently. Great ideas in this short video. Go raibh maith agat.
Awesome,Thank you
I just bought my first drum kit ever (life long guitarist) and the first thing I did was went to TH-cam to learn 'Billie Jean' by Michael Jackson. It's a simple song but it's doing a great job teaching me timing and the fundamentals + it's just an iconic beat. I pulled up a 'vocals only' of MJ on that song and it was just my drums + his vocals, no other instruments and it was amazing trying to keep timing for him. I'm lucky my drums have built in bluetooth.
I am a grateful to my father (who is actually a guitar player, but he had some drum playing exp.) he learn me how to play some SKA song for the 1st time and not some basic practice on drums :)
I just love this it helps alot and I am a beginner
ngl i used to drum so much as a kid and just in the last year picked it up and i went straight for the hard stuff.
Dont be afriad to sound bad your first couple times playing a song its part of becoming better. GOTTA GET IN THE REPS
Wow just took and completed my first ever drum lesson well worth it.
U rock bro!! I tried this woth my 4 yr old daughter who i was trying to entice to drumming...and IT WORKED!! I used We Will Rock you song. Priceless!!!
Love this!
my first song i started learning on set was schism, after i learned the basics and fundamentals
After a couple weeks of lessons my first teacher handed me a 45 (if you know, you know) and said learn this, it was Sly and The Family Stone, "I Want To Take You Higher" and it was 1974.
I learned to play drums by playing Rock Band 3 on a PS3. I started out using the RB3 drum kit, then added the cymbals to play pro mode, but I wanted more. Now I play every day using a Roland TD-9 with digital drums and cymbals I've hooked up to the PS3 via MIDI through a MadCatz MIDI to USB adapter. I've got almost 1,600 songs now (maybe played half of them) and when I find a song I really like I can play it at 70% speed to better learn the tricky bits.
This method has huge advantages and disadvantages. A big advantage is I can play a song I've never played but I've got essentially the sheet music scrolling by me and I recognize the patterns so it's almost a muscle memory thing. That's also exactly the disadvantage; I'm looking at a screen and not always listening to the music to learn.
I can even get new songs from modern artists like Billie Eilish by hacking my PS3 and going to sites where dedicated musicians craft new installable songs for free. Hypothetically. Allegedly.
The drum part in Undone by Weezer is one of the main reasons I really got into learning about drums, it tickles my brain
First, I decided I want to play the drums. Then I realised it doesn’t work by itself out of the box. I sat down with a piece of paper and drew up for myself what is being hit after what or together in Smells Like A Teen Spirit. I started to follow my drawing slowly. Then after some practice, out of the blue, without gradual speed change or anything, I could play it in tempo. I learned a few more songs then faster, but always with the ‘what-after-what/with-what’ method. I got as far as 3 limbs independence. Then I noticed how many drummers can keep the beat with the 4th while also using that in independence. I figured I need a teacher and started learning the missing foundations… I like where it lead (apart from the recent hiatus thanks to the infamous pandemic)…
To me first lesson is how to seat, hold the sticks and then try to it everywhere on the drums. And then feet. That’s more than enough. All you demonstrated is hard and takes some time... but we all have different approach.
My first song I played was Evidence from Marilyn Manson. Took me one session to get it. Very easy to start :)
In had no single experience at the drums. Started from the totally beginning at level 0
Thanks for a great first drum lesson 🙏
You bet!
Absolutely!!
Been playing drums 50 years and teach and I couldn't agree more. Get into music right away! I also approach the drum set as a whole instrument rather than a collection of instruments. This way the students learn to play the whole kit not just the bass, snare and hihat.
I am not a drummer though I'm thinking about picking it up. I understand I will not become Danny Carey overnight. But I play guitar and I've recommended the same principle to others, learn root notes, one shape of the pentatonic scale, and a 145 and you will be able to have fun easy and quickly . Play the blues. This was a great video.
Alright
Now i need a set of drums
I just started about a month ago and I also started with undone by weezer
I learned the drums by playing along to all the pop song recordings from the 1960s: The Beatles, Stones, et al the groups from the British Invasion, Hendrix, Cream, as well as Motown, Muscle Shoals, L.A. Wrecking Crew hits, Stax, etc.
First time I sat behind a kit I played Hey Jude and it felt great
One feedback: a lot of people struggle with playing three points at a time (coordination issues) when starting out so I think you get the point. Otherwise good advice
Amen. Not the break just Amen.
i learned drums as like a side project kind of thing to my guitar, without owning a drum, and i too started with a song that i played on my friends kit. that song also just happens to be i bet you look good on the dancefloor by the arctic monkeys. yea its not quite easy but i did it mostly good. now, a year later i know toxicity and chop suey by system of a down and a lot of other things from the arctic monkeys
Thank you
I totally agree
That outro blew my mind ;)
Lol...no one watches the outros
A great first song I've found is Yellow by Coldplay.
Excellent first song
Ticket to ride by the beatles was a good first one
The first song I learned on guitar was also the sweater song
Hey bro, i just started drumming and would love to learn how to play decode from paramore, any chance you can help me? I tried to watch other vids for it but they all go pretty fast and not that good of an explanation in my opinion. Thanx
preach it baby girl
I did drumeo for a while and it was just awful. So many different options to try and learn with no decent structure and then having to try and learn to read music. Jesus I’m 58 and want to play some tunes. Your videos have changed this and I’m going to look at your subscription plan 👍
I started like 2 weeks ago and I decided to try and learn how to play highway to hell, i got most of the beat down but i need to work on my timing, grip of my sticks and some of the ending part. Could i get some help pls?
No idea why, but I half-expected a switcheroo at 1:53, and the song would be YYZ.
"Yeah, that's right. I taught a 6-year-old that in 30 minutes. I'm that good. Sign up for classes, now."
Great video, as always. Thanks!
Lololol
What? Not La Villa Strangiato……
Great intro song for metal with double bass: a little piece of heaven by avenged sevenfold.
My first song I’ve played was Green Day 21 guns and paradise city by Guns N’ Roses
Other great beginner songs are really most of Michael Jackson's best songs, incredibly easy, like Beat It, Smooth Criminal, Billie Jean. There's such a sense accomplishment when you can jam to a great song.
Beat It and Smooth Criminal are far from the beginner level. Billie Jean is nice and simple but too fast
@@DrummerGAS Really...? I play them one-handed but they seem so easy... just a straight, simple time. Smooth Criminal just has some stops, only a handful of basic fills. Billie Jean is easy though, lot easier than Back in Black which has those half time sections and fills.
Billie Jean is one of the first I teach students
@@StephenTaylorDrums I guess everyone is different. My students are unable to play those 8th notes on the hihat at that speed until the 4th lesson or so.
@@StephenTaylorDrums I honestly don't know of an easier song than Billie Jean. Glad I'm not totally off.
Miserlou and Wotking Man are the first two songs I learned and performed on drums.
OMG! Sweater song was the first song I actually learned to play on drums. Now I know why. Lol!
At some point things have got too come together, I play Bass guitar and Trumpet, lessons on trumpet, bass by ear… eventually your ear will lead you and help to learn
I literally have 6 months on drums and the only song I can play is Come Together by The Beatles, just because I taught myself how to. Other than that is just grooves.
Awesome video! Thanks for this revelation, I thought it was just me being fussy! Why is this not obvious to other drum teachers? I had one teacher who was so bad it's like he actually didn't want me to be able to play a song.
I'm 60... My first instructor a few years ago dove right into reading sheet music. I hated it. Not only do I want to learn to play my fav songs but I also want to develop my own style.
I retire from the corporate world at the end of this year. Just bough a decent drum kit and can't wait to dive back in.
Yea, that's not my approach. Reading comes with time or never. Doesn't affect your drumming. It does make it easier to learn down the road but I lead with learning music first. So within the first couple of lessons you've learned an entire song. As we work through the material, you begin to recognize the sheet music. It happens organically.
Play with the radio.. i learned bass that way.🎸
I used Bryan Adams greatest hits album to fry me back into drums after a long long layoff.. I played that only for weeks before I felt I was ready to o move on
My teacher showed off all the time. Made me feel so awkward..... Couldnt do it. So thank you.
Yes. Yes. ❤️
could you make a vid showing someone who knows nothing about music where to start everything ive found talk like i know stuff but i dont and im getting overwhelmed with it all
I’m going to start with 46 and 2
I would like to play from Miqedem Ashrei Ha’ish, the problem is I can’t hear the drums. I wish I could learn hoe to isolate the drums from the music.
A good first song for me has been "The Weight" by The Band
Great choice!
Lars called.. he wants his snare back!
How did you do that lim on back in black ugh
Mine was queen, another one bites the dust.
I can’t wait to play Thieves by Ministry
🤘🏻
my first drum lesson should include the names of each drum first. on to the next
You're wanting a lesson on the basics of the drum set components and how to set it up? This will do that for you: th-cam.com/video/9VkUEgGgwPM/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps!
@@StephenTaylorDrums thanks. i got an mpc live and was kinda lost as to how to start the drum beats.
Something i wish i could have is have someone tell me what i am doing because i am having so much fun playing drums that i dont actually know what kind of beat im playing. I just know it doesn't sound like crap, but if i had someone tell me 'oh, you're a 3/4,' (i don't f****** know) I'd appreciate it so much