Best of… Drum lessons online
Posted on Jan 8, 2012 in Creative Concepts, Guides and Resources
It’s that time of the year when we delve into the archives and pull out some of the best bits from our free online lessons. Popular topics in 2011 Most viewed topic: A career in drumming Most educational topic: Drum lessons Most commented topic: Lifestyle / Practise routine Review of the year Besides our one-to-one lessons here at our studios we have been leading workshops, running events...
Read MoreGet a grip: How to hold drum sticks
Posted on Nov 5, 2011 in Guides and Resources
In this article we will be taking a little look at the secret art of holding a drum stick! Don’t forget that drum sticks are not the only type of drum-hitting impliment you can use. Brushes, rutes and rods can be used instead of sticks. Drums are full of tones and textures all itching to be explored. For now, the drum stick shall be our weapon of choice… Confused about grip? I’m...
Read MoreThe performing drummer’s guide
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 in Guides and Resources
Hello drum community! For the past 6 months months I have been very busy. I’ve been doing lots of things with my band – releasing our debut album, recording, touring, and playing live radio sessions. I wanted to share some of those experiences. In this special edition of our blog, Elephant Drums teacher Dan Peranic gives an insight into life as a gigging drummer. He gives us some handy...
Read MoreDrumming for Film and TV
Posted on Aug 5, 2011 in Guides and Resources
Choreographing a Drummer. One of the services we provide is drum coaching for films, TV, adverts and other visual media. It involves training actors who have not played drums before to look like a convincing drummer on screen. Essentially, it’s drumming ‘choreography’ – just like training a dancer to do the right moves, except instead of dancing it’s drumming. The...
Read MorePlaying grooves using triplets
Posted on Jul 20, 2011 in Creative Concepts
Triplets are groups of 3 notes. They are used in many different forms of drumming, whether constructing drum fills, solos or grooves. In this article we’re going to look at using triplets to construct a groove. Andy Burt gives us an introduction to triplets and how to count, play and apply them in a groove context. The Triplet Feel Sometimes referred to as 6:8 or 12:8 Blues, or even the 6...
Read MoreGreat songs to play drums to
Posted on Jun 16, 2011 in Guides and Resources
We’ve been asking our students and our ‘likers’ on our Facebook page to name their favourite tracks to play along to. Below are the results. This list is growing so we will add new suggestions over time – feel free to contribute to the list by adding your favourite drumming songs by leaving a comment at the bottom of the page. Playing along to songs is a great way to...
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