The focus is on wooden parts of the drum: kick drum, snare, and toms

The idea behind this new drum series at GMC is to provide valuable information on drum programming for virtual bands. And who knows perhaps we will inspire some guitarist to pick up drums as an instrument...! :D

Important things you need to know regarding drum cymbals.

Take control over your drum set's tuning!

Lesson that covers important basic drum lines on a rock song example. Intro, verse, bridge, chorus and one fill are covered step by step.

How to use cymbals. I'll give a few licks to work with and you can take it from there. Using more cymbals makes the song sound more full.

Learn what's a beat, how to find a beat in music as well as how to do basic rhythm counting.

The secret of sweeping is to synchronize your right hand with your left hand. What you need to do is to place a finger of your left hand on the desired note at the same time than you are playing that note with your pick. As you do so, the next note needs to be placed on the adjacent string in the same direction as your pick is going.

Here's a lesson devoted to just the kick drum. Especially in today's rock music the bass drum has been extremely important. The beat presented here is all about the kick. As you can see, there really isn't much to the rest of the beat.