Category Archives: Requests and Classics

Crazy = Genius Drum Lesson – P!ATD

This drum lesson for Crazy = Genius by Panic At The Disco was lots of fun to work out and put together. It has a real big band vibe to it and focuses heavily on a swinging floor tom groove. If you haven’t done much jazz or worked on a 2 and 4 hi hat ostinato, take it slowly until you get comfortable – it’s definitely worth adding to your arsenal because it sounds great!

Resistance Drum Lesson – Muse

The drum lesson below is for Resistance by Muse. The drum kit parts are rock solid, with lots of excellent “stadium rock” fill ideas for you to steal. In the drum video I break down each part slowly and then play up to speed so you can work the parts out quickly, enjoy!

Snow (Hey Oh) Drum Video – RHCP

This drum lesson is for Snow (Hey Oh) by Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Chad Smith does plenty to spice up his drum kit grooves including a bunch of ghost notes and some syncopated ride cymbal hits that might be a bit of a co-ordination challenge. On the whole though it’s a great song to drum to, so learn the part and jam along!

 

Longview Drum Lesson – Green Day

The drum lesson below is for Green Day’s classic song, Longview. Tom grooves are always a bit tricky to work out by ear but this drum video should help you play to the song on your drum kit!

Blitzkrieg Bop Drum Video

The drum video below breaks down the drum parts to Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones. It’s a fairly basic song in terms of the structure and so the main challenge is that it’s a tiny bit fast to play, but start slow, stay relaxed and work your way up. You should be jamming this song out on drum kit in no time!

Toxicity Free Drum Lesson

Back again with another free drum lesson, this time explaining Toxicity by System of a Down. It’s a good introduction to polyrhythms and isorhythms in 6/8 and has some cool drum kit chops in it as well. This drum video breaks down all the parts and should help you play along to the song!

American Idiot Drum Lesson

Check out the drum lesson below to learn how to play Green Day’s American Idiot for free! The drum video demonstrates the beats you need as well as some of those hard-to-work-out tom bits. As always there’s drum kit notation at the bottom of the screen for you to follow and to help you learn this classic song on drums!

Never Too Late Drum Lesson

This drum lesson is for the powerful tune Never Too Late by Three Days Grace. It’s not too fast and features some solid rock grooves on the drum kit, so this drum video should help you work out all the parts to play the song!

 

 

Hysteria Free Drum Lesson

Here’s yet another free drum lesson, this time for Hysteria by Muse. There are some excellent stadium-rock fills that will sound great on any drum kit. Enjoy this free drum video and learn yet another song on drums!

Avalanche Drum Lesson

Learn the drum kit parts to Avalanche by Bring Me the Horizon in this drum lesson. The drum video below shows you the parts, but it’s up to you to put in the practice to make this drum parts sound great!