The world of drumming education has changed quite a bit over the last fifteen years or so. With the advent of the internet – and lately – with the increase of bandwidth and video quality, and with the development of huge libraries of free drum lessons in the form of FreeDrumLessons.com and DrumLessons.com, it became possible to learn how to play drums accurately and thoroughly without the aid of a drum teacher or of buying any sorts of drum books and drum DVDs. In this video, Jared Falk explains how you can use DrumLessons.com and the free drum lessons you’ll find within, to help out your drummer friends and the online drumming community. More »
Showmanship techniques are not an essential aspect of playing drum set. But let’s face it, they are a hell of a lot fun to play and showcase. With that in mind, DrumLessons.com instructors Cobus Potgieter and Jared Falk filmed this video to teach you how to develop a sweet showmanship technique that revolves around the double stroke roll. If you think drum rudiments are boring and useless, you’ll be running to the drum rudiment section on DrumLessons.com even before you’re done watching this free drum lesson. If we’re not right about this, we’ll give you free lifetime access to the remaining free drum lessons featured on this website. We promise! More »
The herta is a hybrid drum rudiment from the single stroke family of drum rudiments. It’s made up of two fast singles followed by two slower singles. It’s often described as being a single stroke double or a single stroke drag, since the two fast singles sound pretty much like a double or a drag, respectively. In this free drum lesson, South Africa’s drummer extraordinaire Cobus Potgieter, alongside his trustworthy side kick Jared Falk, teaches you how to play and practice the herta, and how to apply it specifically within drum fills. More »
Drums are usually miked with at least one dedicated microphone. Cymbals are a totally different animal in that field, in that you can easily get away with capturing their sound with overhead microphones only, or by complementing them with dedicated microphones on the hi-hat and/or ride. In this free drum lesson, DrumLessons.com sound engineer Victor Guidera and Jared Falk, show you exactly how to EQ the sound captured by overhead, and dedicated hi-hat and ride microphones, so you can get the best sounding cymbals as possible for any live and studio application. More »
In this free drum lesson, you’ll learn important concepts in a step-by-step approach with DrumLessons.com sound engineer Victor Guidera and Jared Falk, for the EQuing of top and bottom microphones on a four-tom set. More »
In this free drum lesson, you’ll learn important concepts in a step-by-step approach with DrumLessons.com sound engineer Victor Guidera and Jared Falk – Victor’s sidekick for this series of free drum lessons – for the EQuing of top and bottom snare drum microphones. More »
Although the sound engineer is the main force behind a fruitful EQuing stage, you as the drummer, have an important role in it as well – one that will actually influence and dictate how successful and fast the EQuing will be. Fortunately for you, in this free drum lesson you’ll be taught important EQuing concepts in a step-by-step approach by DrumLessons.com sound engineer Victor Guidera, and tips on how you can help the sound engineer get the best sound out of the bass drum by DrumLessons.com poster boy Jared Falk. More »
In this free drum lesson, DrumLessons.com sound engineer Victor Guidera teaches you the meaning of some of the most common technical terms and theory behind drum set miking for both live and studio settings. With this video you’ll learn what are audio spectrums and frequency responses, and how the type of microphone you use to record a given instrument affects the overall sound you’re capturing. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk and DrumLessons.com sound engineer Victor Guidera guide you through the microphones and miking techniques used for getting the cymbal sound you hear on all the free drum lessons on DrumLessons.com. This free drum lesson on cymbal miking includes tips on microphone positioning for the ride cymbal, hi-hat, auxiliary hi-hat, and for the remaining cymbals. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk and DrumLessons.com sound engineer Victor Guidera, guide you through the microphones and miking techniques used for getting the tom-tom sound you hear on all the free drum lessons on DrumLessons.com. This free drum lesson on tom miking has tips for bottom and top microphone positioning, and includes some tricks you can use to avoid microphone leakage. More »
