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got my first drumset, looking for songs to learn


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finally got myself a drumkit.. Tama Rockstar (after some trouble with the dealer, but everything smoothed out. good customer service though), and Paiste 302 Cymbals..

 

i got it all set up today.. it was difficult.. iv never set up a kit before, the HiHat was fun, haha!.. when i was in a band i would help my drummer take apart his kit after practice.. but anyways.. i'm looking for basic songs to learn.. most of them have the same beat.. here's the songs im working on..

 

Big Me - Foo Fighters

I can't Explain - the Who

Fortunate Son - CCR

 

are there any other simple drum songs that dont use that specific pattern?

 

some of my favorite Drummers (ones that's sound stands out to me) are

Sean Kinney,

Keith Moon,

Danny Carey,

Steve Turner (Mudhoney),

Matt Cameron,

Jimmy Chamberlin,

Terry Bozzio,

Mark Pickerel and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees),

and the Drummer from ZZ Top.. i cant think of his name..

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Maybe try Hot for Teacher?

 

 

Eh, I don't know. What I used to find fun and beneficial was to just take a straight four beat, kick on one, snare on three and then tweak the beat slightly so you start to get the feel for various, more complex beats as well as develop independence without doing anything overly difficult. Play the straight beat, then alter it by moving the snare hit to the 3&, for example. Then try a kick beat on the 4& and the 1. ("ba-dump") Try to discover as many possibilities within those 4 beats without adding too many things - i.e. try to play no more than two hits per drum per measure. Simply rearrange it and have fun with it. Do this with a nome for a while, and also try it without a nome as you feel you're getting comfortable with the time. Most importantly, listen to what you're getting back and have fun with it.

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If you want to start out playin songs that have easy drum parts, just pick up any Foo Fighters, Nirvana, or any other crap band like that....all the drum parts are easy as hell. Better yet just download the mp3 of them so you don't give them a record sale:)

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I haent heard any of the songs you have listed lol but the first song I learnt was "For Whom the Bell Tolls" by Metallica, thats a nice easy song to start off with, then when you get better you could try learning the double kick version of the song lol.

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I think I've only actually learned about 3 songs off of tabs, and I did that when I first started. I probably actually know a million songs, because I can play along to anything I listen to. That's really funny, because it took me a lot of practice in the beginning, but I've never even actually tried to learn anything other than the songs I got tabs for. I just seem to know it off the top of my head.

 

Lol I remember setting up my first hi hat stand when I got my drums. It took me forever before I could be sure if it was done right.

 

If you want to get good, try to learn the songs just from listening to them as best as you possibly can, even if its just parts of a song.

 

Try and pick some that you think are hard, and practice them a lot, one step at a time, until you can get it right. I promise you it doesn't take long working like that and stuff that you thought was impossible earlier on becomes a joke.

 

Then you get better at recognizing different sounds and figure out what everything is capable of on your own.

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[quoteTry and pick some that you think are hard, and practice them a lot, one step at a time, until you can get it right. I promise you it doesn't take long working like that and stuff that you thought was impossible earlier on becomes a joke.

 

 

hrm, so im guessing this one drum part in the beginning of Frank Zappa's 'Don't eat the Yellow snow" right where he says "it was a hundred digrees below zero" should come easy eventually, enh?

 

well I have a program called Fruity Loops.. its helped me understand beats and measures some.. and write my own fills and beats.. despite the fact im not coordinated enough to actually -play- them yet.. :)

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Originally posted by Snake

ZZ Top's drummer is Frank Beard.


AC/DC is always a good place to start - pretty basic stuff.

Van Halen's first album is mostly basic stuff too.

 

 

I'll second the AC/DC. Phil Rudd is a great drummer, and if you learn to play along with AC/DC you'll build a really good "internal clock", because Rudd's playing is right on the money.

Also, most people never mention it, but he's got a fairly deep pocket, meaning that he "lays back" on th beat, which is why songs like "Back in Black" have that sauntering groove.

 

 

 

Tim

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