bazzbass Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Hiya, since I was 12 I wanted to play drums, well, today, only 47 years later......I finally bought a Yamaha .DTX402K electric kit. I'm hoping learning drums will advance my bass playing too. Any tips for a total noob? The module comes with tutorials built in which will get me started. Any genre that would be easier, or just jump in with songs I like? Any advice would be appreciated cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Find a good local drummer and get some lessons. Bypass all the bad habits you'll get from teaching yourself. Most people start trying to play the music they like to listen to, but when you get the basics down you can specialise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted May 24, 2019 Author Share Posted May 24, 2019 21 hours ago, chris_b said: Find a good local drummer and get some lessons. I am lucky, my band's drummer is 65 and knows his craft, even though he doesn't think so. The fact that he is in 6 bands hasn't convinced him either lol. He is glad I bought this kit as it means he doesn't have to schlep his electric kit to our weekly rehearsals at my place rotfl. So I thought as a rental fee he can give me pointers as I'm starting so I get the right positioning of each drum, my posture, stick holding etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 He sounds like a good place to start. I don't know what your musical tastes are , but if I was going to learn drums I'd start with anything on the Stax and Atlantic labels. It's straightforward, great groove and deceptively simple, to start with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo-London Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 There are fantastic resources online. Try: https://www.mikeslessons.com/ https://www.drumeo.com/ These are very popular. But the youtube resources are endless. There are some great books and some so so ones. The best are normally out of print. - Stick Control for the snare drummer - get your snare chops together - Mini-monster book of rock drumming - has examples of 100's of standard grooves - New Breed (Gary Chester) - effing brilliant series of exercises that will last a lifetime helping to coordinate a 3 limb groove, whilst the other limb plays the music rhythm on the stave, Learn to read drum music. There's enough in these three books for a lifetime of b practice. Find some beginner buddies (bass, guitar) and you're off. Cheers Davo (drum n bass) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzbass Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 cheers Davo Youtube is great for starting out on an instrument learnt there are 4 main stick grips...... learnt where to balance the stick in your hand playing along to the music ingrained in my brain since I was 3, Beatles, Stones, then onto some Led Zep. Now playing along to whatever youtube randomly plays for me. Loving it. Bass? haven't touched it in two weeks d'oh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo-London Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Any exercise that stops you getting in a rut is worthwhile. Whilst practising a normal 4/4 drum beat try playing LH quiet, then RH quiet, then RH quiet and mix it up. Davo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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