In this video, Jared Falk jams along to a funky sounding 7/4 fusion drum play-along. This 7/4 fusion drum play-along is a great place for you to practice all kinds of 7/4 drum beats and drum fills. This free drum lesson comes with three MP3s that you can download and use to play along or study with – one with the drum tracks removed, an alternate version with a metronome added in, and a full band track that you can use for further studying Jared’s licks or for enjoying the music. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk takes you through some of the muffling techniques he likes to employ for getting rid of sympathetic snare buzz, unwanted snare ring, and overall drum set resonance. The muffling techniques he teaches in this free drum lesson are great for any live or studio setting. Give this free drum lesson a try, and you’ll be muffling your drums like a pro in no time. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk, one of the drum instructors for DrumLessons.com, takes you through his personal methods for tuning toms using a step-by-step approach. The techniques Jared shares in this video are not set in stone. You can use them in conjunction with other ones if you like. What we advise you to do is to at least try these tuning techniques out, even if you already now how to tune your drums properly. They might get your drums sounding even better. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk goes over some tips and tricks for getting an awesome sounding bass drum. In the video you’ll find the different steps he follows to tune his bass drum successfully, and some cool tips on muffling techniques and gear, drumheads, and tuning for the resonant head. More »
Practicing drum beats, drum fills, hand and foot technique, drum rudiments and drum solos are the biggest part of what we do on our practice time. However good you might be, your chops and musicality will take a back seat to the way your drum set sounds if it isn’t tuned properly. Therefore, it’s essential for you to practice your abilities to tune your drums if you ever want them to sound any good. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk goes over the different steps he follows to tune the snare drum to his liking. He also shares some tips and tricks that will have you tuning snare drums like a pro. More »
Drumsticks are to drummers what picks are to guitarists and bows to violinists, in that they are the tools used to get sound out of a given instrument or set of instruments. No matter the instrument, the tools you decide to use to play on it will affect the way it sounds. The tool’s shape, materials, density, and weight, condition the sound quality and volume. This has led drumstick companies to branch out and experiment with a large array of different drumstick designs. These sticks are usually called “specialty sticks”. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk goes through three different types of specialty sticks produced by Pro-Mark Drumsticks and compares them to regular drumsticks. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk, from the DrumLessons.com team of instructors, takes you through five very cool sounding drum beats that include cross-sticking. These challenging drum beats are 16th note and 16th note triplet based, and feature lots of syncopation and broken hi-hat patterns. If you have patience and just keep working on them, with time, you’ll not only learn some slick drum beats but improve your cross-sticking technique tremendously. More »
In this video, Jared Falk and Jenn Krahn take you through the DrumLessons.com first ever drum set giveaway. They start by going over the rules for the contest before giving away two six-piece Casey Drums drum sets through a random drawing. More »
Independence is the holy grail of drumming. It’s what enables a drummer to play anything he wants to on a given moment. Therefore, working on improving your independence will hail great results in regards to your ability to be more musical and to play by feel with ease. In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk takes you through a bass drum independence etude designed to free your bass drum leg from Quarter note, 8th note, 16th note, and 32nd note based hand patterns. If you’re having any issues with freeing up your bass drum leg from your hi-hat hand, this free drum lesson will do wonders for you. More »
In this free drum lesson, Jared Falk teaches three 16th note linear drum fills geared towards the intermediate drummer. These drum fills introduce two new themes. The first one is the use of cymbals instead of tom/snare shots. This is a great way of incorporating new textures into your tom/snare based linear drum fills. The second theme comes in the form of spreading single stroke rolls between one hand and the bass drum foot, which is great for further developing your 4-way coordination. More »
