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Songs for learning drums

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous [BG]' started by Gunnar Þór, Jul 1, 2003.

  1. Jul 1, 2003 #1
    Gunnar Þór

    Gunnar Þór Guest

    Sep 23, 2001
    Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
    All right, calm down will ya. :p

    I've been sneaking into my band's place at nights recently and practising on my drummer's set, mostly jamming along to White Stripes and Beck songs. Do you guys know any songs with easy drums in them that would be good to learn? Anything but metal would be great.

    Thanks. :)
     
  2. Jul 1, 2003 #2
    moley

    moley Guest

    Sep 5, 2002
    Hampshire, UK
    Steely Dan - Aja.

    :D
     
  3. Jul 1, 2003 #3
    Gunnar Þór

    Gunnar Þór Guest

    Sep 23, 2001
    Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
    Hmm... not familiar with that one and I have a sneaking suspicion that if I check it out I'll find something that several drummers have died practising.

    Close? :D
     
  4. Jul 1, 2003 #4
    wulf

    wulf

    Apr 11, 2002
    Oxford, UK
    You know what moley's like!

    How about anything by AC/DC. Certainly their earlier stuff sounded pretty simple (although I'm not a drummer, so don't count my opinion for too much).

    Wulf
     
  5. Jul 1, 2003 #5
    peteroberts

    peteroberts Guest

    Nov 24, 2001
    San Francisco, CA (finally!)
    I used to play along with the first RATM record. Pretty simple drums. Good music too.
     
  6. Jul 1, 2003 #6
    Roark Haver

    Roark Haver Guest

    Feb 6, 2002
    Brooklyn Park, MN, USA
    Go to the source, play along to some Beatles music. Ringo rocks! Work on your time and your groove, don't mess with fills for now.

    Enjoy!
     
  7. Jul 1, 2003 #7
    moley

    moley Guest

    Sep 5, 2002
    Hampshire, UK
    :D
     
  8. Jul 1, 2003 #8
    Taylor Livingston

    Taylor Livingston Supporting Member Commercial User

    Dec 25, 2002
    Oregon, US
    Owner, Iron Ether Electronics
    Radiohead's stuff did a lot for my independence of limbs. Their drum parts are relatively simple (OK Computer's a good start), but it'll develop your ability to ride 8th notes with your right arm, and not be tied to playing on those 8th notes with your kick. Simple independence exercise. After that, I'd say A Perfect Circle is great stuff to build on your independence and interdependence, and help you learn how to do good fills and improvise based on a loose feel. System of a Down is great energetic stuff that builds speed, but they're something of an acquired taste (well, so are Radiohead and APC, I guess, but if you don't like metal, you might not like SOAD, even though they aren't metal).
     
  9. Jul 1, 2003 #9
    Christopher

    Christopher

    Apr 28, 2000
    New York, NY
    Def Leppard.
     
  10. Jul 1, 2003 #10
    feckn_eejit

    feckn_eejit

    Feb 2, 2002
    Vancouver, BC
    I almost died just LISTENING to it on my new headphones the other day! I can't even air-drum along to that one.

    --jeff
     
  11. Jul 2, 2003 #11
    Stupidnick

    Stupidnick Guest

    Mar 22, 2002
    ...my room...
    try some Terry bozzio ;) that will do wonders for your independence ;) wow..gosh I got his video today, and its already helping alot.

    Um you could play some TOOL, to get into odd times, King Crimson, Rush deffinitly will build up your speed.


    Play some beatles stuff though, ringo is still my favorite drummer.