In my experience of teaching beginning drummers, they don’t immediately want to grab the sticks and start learning rudiments or sticking exercises, they want to learn songs by their favorite bands. It’s completely natural, since we don’t see all the work that goes into becoming a great drummer. We want to be able to play […]

Drummers need to read music just like the rest of the musicians. It may not seem as common to see a rock concert with a drummer flipping through his sheet music on a music stand, but in other contexts, orchestral and jazz (and while practicing), it is very common to see drummers reading music. Let’s […]