On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:02:43AM -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > > On 19 January 2009 at 1:12, Grammostola Rosea <rosea.grammostola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I am wondering, what is a good way to learn some drumming? I was > > thinking of just buying a snare drum and two sticks... > > 31 years ago I bought a pair of sticks. I couldn't afford the drum, > so I used cardboard boxes. These days you could use a 5 gallon > plastic bucket, like street drummers sometimes use. It doesn't > matter how you start; just start. Lessons will speed up your > learning, and keep you from falling into traps from teaching yourself. > You could get an instructional video too. > Indeed. These might be pretty instructional, or at least inspirational: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+york+street+drummer&search_type=&aq=f Actually there are so many fantastic videos on YouTube, available for free, it's astounding. Who do you want to study? Vinnie Colaiuta? Terry Bozzio? Steve Gadd? Stewart Copeland? Back when I was a kid, you had to buy instructional videos and they cost a lot of money. Nowadays you can just fire up teh YouTubes and see any amazing musician you care to FOR FREE! It's a resource I would have killed for when I was a kid. Not just drums, and not just funk or jazz either. How 'bout this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RjebdVKIAM Pick your virtuoso, type their name into YouTube, watch, listen, and learn. The sky's the limit. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
