An Extreme Metal lesson, based on Behemoth and Cradle Of Filth. We play some fast picking without palm muting over blast beat drums lines, power chords, a few chromatic notes and a few licks from this style.

Learn how to program midi drums using Reaper and Addictive Drums 2 software.

The idea behind this new drum series at GMC is to provide valuable information on drum programming for virtual bands. And who knows perhaps we will inspire some guitarist to pick up drums as an instrument...! :D

Here's a lesson for you to expand your skill on the drums. I've used a simple guitar riff to help explain how to shift the kick around to different places, as well as add ghost notes on the snare.

Combine what you've learned in previous drum lessons with this lesson and you'll be able to come up with some pretty sweet grooves.

Learn what's a beat, how to find a beat in music as well as how to do basic rhythm counting.

Here's a lesson devoted to just the kick drum. Especially in today's rock music the bass drum has been extremely important. The beat presented here is all about the kick. As you can see, there really isn't much to the rest of the beat.

We look at playing lead guitar in a finger style and the tonal advantages this can give us.

Learn how to count and play 16th notes as well as 8th note triplets.