Rock Songs for a Beginner Drummer

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[quote]artw wrote:

[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
Why aren’t you going to get lessons? Do you not respect the art enough to learn properly, or you just a lazy ass?[/quote]

John Bonham never took a lesson in his whole life. I guess he didn’t respect the art of rock drumming. Neither did Ginger Baker. Guess he didn’t respect it either.[/quote]

Or Flea…

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[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Some people can learn without lessons, I learned a couple instruments that way. No one says you need lessons, although you would probably learn faster. [/quote]

I’ve actually taken lessons before, about 3 years ago, and then I joined the Army and I’m as good as a beginner again. And now I’m broke, lol.

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I stand by the P-Funk.

There are few drumming forces that can ‘out pocket’ Dennis Chambers:

DC playing some JB:

Incidentally, for the guitar players, these DC tracks are awesome to vamp, solo, and chicken scratch over.

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Zeppelin, Ac/dc etc all good reccommendations for getting down that solid 4/4 rock feel.
See if you can nail Bonham’s trick of starting most of his fills a note early ie. on the a of the previous beat or a note late.
I used to drum to old zz-top (anything before eliminator when frank started trying to emulate a drum machine)
to practice my 6/8 timimg and chops in that time signature.

Neil peart for a beginner? are you nuts? Dennis chambers for a beginner to play along to? are you fuckin’ crazy?

Don’t play to the white stripes, that bitch is hopeless.

Metallica’s sad but true sounds basic but actually has a couple of wierd timing bits and accents in funny places that you might struggle with.

I used to play along to alot of old deep purple as well. The fast singles and rudiments around the kit aside,
alot of Ian paice’s beats are extremely funky/bluesy/groovy/rocky and deep in the pocket.
Songs like “never before” “maybe I’m a leo” are good examples.

TAMA FTW.

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[quote]SteelyD wrote:
I stand by the P-Funk.

There are few drumming forces that can ‘out pocket’ Dennis Chambers:

DC playing some JB:

Incidentally, for the guitar players, these DC tracks are awesome to vamp, solo, and chicken scratch over.[/quote]

Nice post.
How awesome is the understanding, timing and musicality of these two.

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hope you like these. a little something in different styles for you to work on