The focus is on wooden parts of the drum: kick drum, snare, and toms

Lesson that covers important basic drum lines on a rock song example. Intro, verse, bridge, chorus and one fill are covered step by step.

How to use cymbals. I'll give a few licks to work with and you can take it from there. Using more cymbals makes the song sound more full.

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.

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.

Single Stroke Rolls are going to help you improve your coordination, speed, and help you with playing fills.

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.

Take control over your drum set's tuning!