Recent Blog Posts
Learn and Master Drums Cyber Monday Sale
I wanted to tell you about what could be your last chance to snag great training at huge savings during the Learn and Master Cyber Monday Sale. For the entire day they will be offering Learn and Master Drums for $100.00 off!!! Plus, you'll get the chance...
Learn and Master Drums Black Friday Blowout
I wanted to get a quick post out to you telling you about the Learn and Master Black Friday Blowout that Legacy Learning Systems is having. For the entire day they will be offering Learn and Master Drums for $100.00!!! Plus, you'll get the chance to pick...
Christmas Music Software Roundup
Here at Snare Drum Reviews we wanted to give you a quick run-down on the top music software products we've used and endorse. All of these are products that feature quality instruction, excellent customer service and satisfaction guaranteed. Take a look...
Snare Drum Price Guide For The Christmas Season
As you get ready for the Christmas season, we at Snare Drum Reviews wanted to give you a quick price guide for the snare drums you've requested info about the most on our site. All of these drums are available on ebay and some of them you may be able...
Giving Drum Lessons For Christmas
Giving The Coolest Gift Do you know of somebody who would like to learn to play the drums? Or maybe they've played for years and feel stuck in a rut? Either way, the holiday season is a great time to give somebody the gift of music. We here at Snare Drum...
What Makes A Great Drummer?
Every time we watch a master like Bill Bruford or Neil Peart play we find ourselves wondering "How the hell did he get so freaking good?" That's exactly the subject of this post. What makes a great drummer? Just like what makes a great anything, the answer...
The Studio In NYC
I've been getting more and more into the muscian's scene in New York City lately. The great thing about living near a big city like NYC is they offer things you might not find anywhere else. One of those things is the Muscians Club and rehearsal studios...
The Top 3 Snare Drum Reviews
For this article, we will give you the down-and-dirty quick reference for the top 3 snare drums we've reviewed on Snare Drum Reviews. We'll have one favorite from each of three categories including: Best High Priced Snare Drum Best Mid-Priced Snare Drum Best...
Neil Peart On Drum Solos
Neil Peart On Music Radar (Gallery image courtesy of Weatherman90 at en.wikipedia.org) I recently read a very good interview with Neil Peart on musicradar.com. They caught him in New York preparing for his appearance on Late Night with David Letterman...
Guitar Center Free Recording Workshops
Cool Offering From Guitar Center Guitar Center is going to be holding free recording workshops every Saturday in June. The focus is on using a mac and Garageband but the training is free and could help anybody getting started recording their own stuff....
May Guitar Center Promotions
Great Deals For May Here are a few Guitar Center deals they've sent me in the last day. I wanted to pass these along to you as quickly as I could. Note that these expire on 5/17 so if any of them look like something you'd like to get in on just click...
How To Win A Free Drumming DVD
This contest ended 5/31/11! We Want Your Opinion We wanted to say thanks to our readers by and get their opions on our site by offering them the chance to win a free drumming DVD. We'll run one contest from May 1-15 and a second from May 15-31st. The...
Snare Drum Reviews Is Expanding
A New Partnership Since day one, Snare Drum Reviews has been dedicated to bringing you top notch reviews on the products you count on. Recently, we've completed the acquisition of site we're very excited about. The site is called Drum Bass Pedals and...
My New Set Configuration
Watching Other Drummers For Ideas This happens from time to time. You see a video or live performance of someone or you just have an idea. You start by just moving a cymbal stand over there and all of a sudden you got a "new" drum config. Josh Freese I...
Learn and Master Weekend Sale
Just a quick post to let you know about the Legacy Learning Systems' weekend winter sale running this Saturday and Sunday (1/22-1/23). For this weekend only you'll get any Learn and Master course for $100.00 Off plus you'll be able to score a second course...
My Drum Equipment List
From The Beginning I started off about 12 years ago with a Yamaha Stage Custom 5 Piece Set. At the time, due to budget constraints, I also purchased a Sabian Cymbal Pack that included 14" hihats 16" crash and a 22" ride cymbal. Over the last 18 months...
Learn and Master Drums Review
Take Your Drumming To The Next Level Recently, we had the opportunity to review "Learn and Master Drums" by Legacy Learning Systems and we were very impressed. This is a self-study DVD and lesson book course that allows drummers at every level of ability...
Happy Holidays From Snare Drum Reviews!
How Time Flies! You turn around and it's the end of another year. I hope it's been a good one for you and yours. This year has been a whirlwind of activity for me. Let me share a little bit of where we've come and where we're headed. Hitting The...
Genesis Wot Gorilla? Drum Video
My Take Nice little instrumental from Genesis. It's off the Wind and Wuthering album, last song. Although the piece is in an even meter it sure doesn't seem that way due to the phrasing, especially where the accents come in. It's a great drum beat from...
Tool Stinkfist Drum Video
My Take What can I say about Tool? What can I say about Danny Carey? Except....Awesome! He's a great drummer.... I produced this video a bit more than previous videos. I was inspired....I love this song. Just all the rest of the most recent posted...
Stand Up Drum Video
My Take This is from the movie Rock Star starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston. Such a good movie.....the band Steel Dragon was comprised of real musicians writing and playing on these tracks. Jason Bonham playing drums. Just like his dad but with...
Dance On A Volcano Drum Video
My Take This was the second video I recorded. I shot this with one camera per take. So it took awhile to get all three angles with good takes. Cutting it together was tricky as well. I tried to play the song the same every take, but we drummers know...
Improve Your Musical Skills
Going Beyond Drum Tabs As musicians, we need to keep challenging ourselves to keep growing. We may have the licks down but we can't stand to get stuck in a rut. This goes double for the theory side of music as well. How important is it to you to be...
Hello From nirad2007!
Begin At The Beginning Hi everyone! Let me introduce myself. My name is Darin. I'm originally from the midwest but living in NYC now. I've been playing drums for over 40 years. Starting with private lessons at the age of seven continuing all the way...
Drummer’s Journal Feature To Be Added
I Know What It's Like I've got challenges I encounter every day trying to get better at my craft. Sometimes it's equipment, gigs, lessons, schedules or anything else humans can have get in the way. I want to tell you about it to get your input and...
How To Read Drum Tabs
How to Read Drum Tabs from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit A Drum Tablature, or Tab, is a method of denoting the required components for a drummer to play a song. Like regular music, it contains instructions to the musician which will allow...
History Of The Snare Drum
Military Beginnings The snare drum has become an integral part of drum kits used in every genre of modern music but its roots go way back, to well before the dawn of popular music. The history of the snare drum is fascinating. Most music historians...
Offworld Snare Practice Pad
Offworld Snare Practice Pad Video In this YouTube video, Micah Brusse discusses the Offworld Invader snare practice pad. He goes over the finer points of practice pads and tells us what separates the Invader from other snare practice pads. Among his...
Starting A Drum Circle
A Drum Circle Can Be Fun And Therapeutic There are very few activities that have the ability to bring people together, let them have some good clean fun and help to relieve stress at the same time. Drum circles have been doing this in communities both...
Left Hand Isolated Double Drum Beats
Here is a video I found on YouTube from expertvillage where Peter Van Dyck demonstrates left hand isolated double drum beats. I like his technique and I wish it were easier to find his videos and that they were on his own YouTube site. He is a professional...
Tuning A Snare Drum Video
Here's a short video from Evans Percussion for anybody looking to get their new snare head up and running quickly. There's always some degree of fine-tuning after the initial tuning but this should get you most of the way there the first time. Don't...
5 Cool Snare Drum Solos
I wanted to post a few of my favorite snare drum solo videos for you to enjoy. The first one is Ivan Pacheco. Check out the showmanship. I mean playing with your elbow? Next up is Casey Brohard from the 2005 DCI. The video quality is not the best...
