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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Liberty DeVitto Plays "You May Be Right" - Billy Joel

As cited on the albums that shaped my musical tastes - Ten Albums that Have Influenced my Taste in Music, this is pure awesomeness!

https://youtu.be/ smsTKhTMfMY - Liberty DeVitto Plays "You May Be Right" - Billy Joel

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Nic Collins Learns Impossible Neil Peart Drum Part

https://youtu.be/ U6kOiWB-G9w - Nic Collins Learns Impossible Neil Peart Drum Part

Thursday, January 2, 2025

Steve Jordan Plays Drums

I am going to be completely honest about Steve Jordan. Until I listened to this video, I do not think I had ever listened to Steve Jordan play drums. I've been aware of him for at least a couple of decades, possibly 4 decades and the only reason I can't narrow down how many decades I've been aware of him is that I don't recall the month/year of the Modern Drummer issue with his cover story. I want to say it was 1985 - it could have been 1986 or 1987 or 1988 (those were the years I subscribed to Modern Drummer magazine.
I typically have nothing but love for Drumeo. However, I have to say that I wish that Steve Jordan had talked about the actual part he composed and how he had came up with it - was it that brilliant pattern on Take One? Did it evolve? Did he have other patterns that were discarded? That's the kind of in-depth question I wish the video below answered. It's interesting that the lyrics were

https://youtu.be/ dGGja0SeYAs
- Steve Jordan Plays "The Piña Colada Song" | Rupert Holmes

Friday, December 6, 2024

Wolfgang Van Halen Hears 5 Seconds Of Summer For The First Time

Some adult words in this video.

https://youtu.be/GUPVdYicNJE?si=DrLxkNxHsku47NTg

Monday, November 25, 2024

How to Choose Drumsticks Part II - Kind of

This is an email I just received and it's totally related to How to Choose Drumsticks.

From: Mark Feldman <mark@bangthedrumschool.com>
Date: Nov 25, 2024 7:29 AM
Subject: I Wish I Could Tell This To My 8 Year Old Self

Hello Friends -

I was lucky enough to go to a private middle and elementary school in NYC as a kid.

I recall that we were first introduced to foreign languages when we were about eight years old.

The teacher told us that we could pick Spanish or French.

"You can pick whichever one you want," she told us.

Like a bonehead, I chose French.

The reason I think it was bad decision is that I never---seeing as I reside in the USA---have the opportunity to speak or otherwise use this language skill.

It's pretty much useless to me.

Sure, when I went to Paris, I used it.

But so what?

If someone had just properly advised me as a youngster, I would have taken Spanish instead.

Now, that would have been useful!

But French? Nope. I wasted my time on that.

Well, you could argue that I learned how to learn or that my brain was "exercised" or developed because of learning French.

And you'd probably be right on that score.

But, I still would have gotten a lot more utility out of having learned to speak Spanish.

I wish my parents had advised to learn Spanish instead, but they didn't. Not that I can blame them; I probably came home from school one day and simply informed them, "hey mom, hey dad...guess what? I'm learning French in school!"

They probably just heard that and said, "oh, that's nice, Mark."

So, I can't blame them.

Even as a kid, you don't always get all the guidance that you need or want.

Sometimes it's the same with drumming.

I may have told you the story of a teacher I had who taught me a technical thing that was absolutely wrong. And I spent hundreds of hours practicing that way.

It was John Riley (if you don't know him, look him up) who showed me the correct way, but it was absolutely brutal having to undo all of that ingrained muscle memory from learning the wrong thing.

I won't mention the name of the person who showed me the wrong thing here....just because he doesn't really teach anymore so none of you are in "danger."

But the tale I've just told really proves that it's incredibly important to get good guidance.

Do any of you feel confused about how to learn the drums from the beginning?

What do you even do first?

What should you spend your time on?

What are the correct details of hand technique? and foot technique?

There's a lot of stuff to learn and you need someone you can trust.

That's why I made the Drumming for Absolute Beginners online video course.

You don't want to waste time on the wrong stuff!

I'm ready to help you with this.

I'll give you the info you need; I'll teach you everything! You won't have to worry about that.

Step-by-step; if you want to learn the drums all you have to do is follow my instructions. It's really easy. I've made the whole thing super simple.

This course will take you from

Point A = I don't really know how to play

to

Point B = I can just sit down behind the drums and play off the top of my head (and sound great doing it).

Like I said, it's our online video course called "Drumming for Absolute Beginners."

It's step-by-step and it's based on my system of learning called The 5 Pillars of Drumming® (which is actually a registered trademark--it's for real).

Do it at home at your own pace. You'll get results. Just follow the steps.

Go here to sign up now:

https://bangthedrumschool.com/drumming-for-absolute-beginners-course-now/

Thanks for reading.
Regards,

Mark Feldman

How to Choose Drumsticks

When I was growing up, my parents wanted to treat Mark, my younger brother, and I fairly. When I showed an interest in drumming, one or both of my parents went to Carma Lou's House of Music on Center Point Road and bought a pair of drumsticks and then, I think it was for Christmas, Mark got a drumstick and I got a drumstick. Unless you're Rick Allen - much respect to Def Leppard's drummer who lost an arm in a terrible auto accident decades ago - one drumstick is not going to get the job done. I tell that story to people who ask me how long I've played drums. I think it's a funny story; I tell it quite well.
Fast forwarding through the 1980s, I began playing drums both in 3904 Studios and at school. During that time, there was Modern Drummer magazine, which would show up on a magazine rack at Carma Lou's House of Music. There was no such thing as Drumeo or the Internet. It makes me wonder if I were growing up when my kids grew up - from 1996 to the present - the following question / theory: Would I have become a better drummer than I am now if I had access to the technology that is available in 2024? Right now, just to set the stage, the technology to learn how to play drums is overwhelming.

You can purchase 1:1 mentoring sessions with drummers who live all around the world.
You can go to Nashville, TN, for a week of intensive "drum school" where all you do is play drums every day for a week.
You can watch countless videos by drummers on Youtube as well as videos behind a paywall to learn how to play like John Bonham or Buddy Rich or even Lars Ulrich.

Those examples are broad strokes and not an exhaustive list. My point is that the information available from 1996 to the present was obviously not available in 1980. I had to figure things out about drumming through Modern Drummer magazine or watching videos on MTV or watching and listening to any drummer that happened to be playing drums wherever I was. I never knew anything about what is included in the video below about how to choose a drumstick. Jared, from Drumeo, breaks down the different types of drumsticks that are available. None of this information was available in a video like this. When I went by myself to Carma Lou's House of Music on Center Point Road with the intention of buying drumsticks, I could try out different drumsticks but I didn't know what I was choosing. How many drumsticks did I purchase in my lifetime? Wow, I wish I had that number. I can't fathom how many drumsticks I would not have purchased if I had watched the video below.
Why embed this video about choosing drumsticks? I have played drums for (roughly) 40 years, give or take a few years. I'm embedding this video in the hope that some drummer happens upon this post on my blog, reads the text of this post, and watches the video below, and has an eaasier time getting into playing drums than I did. I don't regret my path - it was mine to navigate and pave.

https://youtu.be/ JemCbY6bblo - How to Choose Drumsticks

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Ulysses Owens Jr Hears the Offspring for the first time

I believe there is an alternate reality where "Ulysses Hanson" exists - what a great name!

https://youtu.be/ qtL4wvicQj0 - Juilliard Jazz Prof Hears The Offspring For The First Time

Monday, September 16, 2024

Gregg Bissonette Hears System Of A Down For The First Time

https://youtu.be/hyR5-b1wfrw - Gregg Bissonette Hears System Of A Down For The First Time

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Can New York City Play Drums?

https://youtu.be/zDJcmekmeXc - Can New York City Play Drums?

Thursday, November 9, 2023

Todd Sucherman's Masterful Drum Solo

https://youtu.be/0SaYqRLjfO4 - Todd Sucherman's Masterful Drum Solo

Monday, November 6, 2023

Who Played Liberty Devitto's Part Best? | The Drum Department 🥁- Ep.51

I watched the first minute of "Who Played Liberty Devitto's Part Best? | The Drum Department 🥁- Ep.51" but when I am trying to embed the episode, episode 51 is not about Liberty Devitto. Thus, I am embedding a playlist of "The Drum Department" from Drumeo. Before Drumeo fixes their issue with having two episode 51 videos, this is the current episode 51, about prog drummers, and it includes a hilarious clip from a movie with Marshall from "How I Met Your Mother" and "Ant-Man":

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLThYwnIoLwyWO-lssFL9qi31ZdOxiUKtc&si=sOkNouL2PtavEpPK - Who Played Liberty Devitto's Part Best? | The Drum Department 🥁- Ep.51