0Ever found yourself tapping your feet to a song that's stuck in your head? There you go, you have the potential to be an awesome drummer! As someone who can play 3 instruments very well, I'm telling you, drums is the easiest musical instrument to master. It's not as abstract as violin or complicated as a guitar. Also, the demand for drummers is pretty high.
Almost any song is gonna sound better with drums.
You can practice your rhythm anywhere at anytime. On your commute to your office in the train or a bus, on the way to your school, when you're walking, jogging, talking, (I would'nt reccommend while driving, though). All you gotta do is stick your earphones in your ears, put on your favorite music, and start tapping your feet and playing the air drums.
Practice on an actual drum set for at least twice a week. With proper guidance within 2 to 4 weeks you can butt in into any jam session or a band, whip out your drum sticks and start playing with the other guys. Within 2-3 hours of practice you'll be able to play the basic rhythm to almost any song. The kind of complexity you wanna achieve is then totaly gonna depend on your practice but I assure you, once you get the hang of it, which is gonna take about four/five days, your path is gonna be on a smooth downhill. With every half an hour, you'll be learning a new trick.
Listen to the drum track of your favorite songs. Listen. Not just hear. Just how you can recall a tune of a song, you should be able to recal the beat of a song. Playing drums to recent pop songs is a piece of cake. To play like Rob Bourdon from Linkin park or your Maroon 5, Bruno mars, all it takes is a couple weeks of practice and you're there. The pace with which you play the rhythm however depends ONLY on practice. Practice your hold on the sticks, practice the basic 8/8 beat with both your hands (More about it on "Time signatures") everyday for 10 minutes. Your speed will improve in a spectacualrly short periods of time.
However, The secret to becoming the best out there has always been motivation and Practice. You can learn and play a little every week just to show off (No judging, it's fun!) or you can practice regularly, have fun and become a mentionworthy player.
Next Lesson, I'll be teaching you how to use a metronome and play to it. Peace out :)
