Attention Beginner Drummers! New Course! No Subscription Required!
What is the Fastest and Most Fun Way to Start Learning the Drums?
Hint: It's NOT YouTube Videos, Subscription Based Drum Education Sites, or Even Finding a Local Drum Teacher...
Hint: It's NOT YouTube Videos, Subscription Based Drum Education Sites, or Even Finding a Local Drum Teacher...
Let Me Show You How To:
- Play 150 drum fills that I've been using with great success in performances and on recordings
- Immediately Begin Learning the Drums in The Most Enjoyable Way Possible.
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Stop Jumping Around From One YouTube Video to Another with No Real Results.
- Stop the Flood of "Drum Information Overload."
You'll be playing killer drum fills (and learning to play drums) in a flash with "Pro Sounding Drum Fills for Beginners," our new 6 hour video course.
From the desk of Mark Feldman
BANG! The Drum School
I Help Beginners Learn to Play The Drums.
I'm Mark Feldman, and I've been playing drums professionally for more than 30 years.
I've played with artists like Alison Krauss, Big Brother and The Holding Company and many others.
I was even chosen by Neil Peart--the legendary drummer from Rush--as one of the winners of Modern Drummer magazine's very first drum solo contest!
Since 2009, I've taught over 1,000 beginners to sound like real drummers even when they thought they were limited in some way---perhaps they thought they had no talent or were too old or maybe others told them that they couldn't do it.
But I'm here to tell you that all of that is nonsense. It doesn't matter what your age is, it doesn't matter if you think you have no talent.
All that matters is that you want to learn. If that sounds like you, then you've come to the right place.
I Help Beginners Learn to Play Drums.
Hey Everyone!
I'm Mark Feldman, and I've been playing drums professionally for more than 30 years.
I've played with artists like Alison Krauss, Big Brother and The Holding Company and many others.
I was even chosen by Neil Peart--the legendary drummer from Rush--as one of the winners of Modern Drummer magazine's very first drum solo contest!
Since 2009, I've taught over 1,000 beginners to sound like real drummers even when they thought they were limited in some way---perhaps they thought they had no talent or were too old or maybe others told them that they couldn't do it.
But I'm here to tell you that all of that is nonsense. It doesn't matter what your age is, it doesn't matter if you think you have no talent.
All that matters is that you want to learn. If that sounds like you, then you've come to the right place.
But first, let's talk about a few things NOT to do, OK?
Want To Know The SLOWEST Ways To Learn The Drums To Avoid At All Costs?
- Jumping from One YouTube Video to Another: I call this the "Random Video Strategy" because, although it gets you excited, it also gets you nowehere because randomness is--of course--not a real strategy at all.
- Practicing Only The Drum Rudiments: There are teachers who will direct you to practice the rudiments--and only the rudiments--on a practice pad for years at a time before doing anything else on the drum set at all!
- Asking That "Friend Who Plays in a Band" to Teach You: Does that friend know how to teach? Probably not.
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Subscribing to Online Drum Teaching Websites: I'm not saying these sites are no good. There's plenty of high-quality content out there. But, most of them try to teach everything to everybody; they teach beginners, intermediates and advanced players. Do they have a focus on what beginners need or a strategy that is proven for beginners? Nope.
You see, a lot of drummers try to learn using methods like these, in particular via the "Random Video Strategy."
Trouble is, these are actually some of the most inefficient (and frustrating) ways for a beginner to learn the drums.
Why?
Simply because these ways of learning don't have a real method behind them; there's no over-arching strategy or architecture.
Sure, if you bounce around from YouTube video to YouTube video, you might learn a song or a drum lick.
But what if someone asks you to play some new song that you've never heard? How do you put the things you've picked up in these random videos together in a meaningful way so that you can just sit down behind the drums and just play?
That's the problem. You won't be able to do that.
But, If you follow my advice, you'll be able to sit down at the drums--confidently--and just play. Just like these four new (and happy) drummers right here...
There Are Plenty of Ways to Begin to Learn Drums...But What I'm About to ShowYou Is The Best Way I Know Of...
The best part?
You don't need to have any natural talent; all you need is the desire and willingness to dive in.
You don't need to start when you're a kid; age has nothing to do with success. It does not matter if you're sixteen or sixty.
You don't need to have any experience at the drums whatsoever. This will work even if you've never sat behind a drum set in your entire life.
You Don't Even Need Your Own Drum Kit To Make This Work--A Practice Pad And A Pair of Drumsticks Will Do The Trick!
Here's What Others Have Said About The Course...
“The course is amazing. Such a small investment for the wealth of knowledge you share.” --Jacques Miles
“The course is amazing. Such a small investment for the wealth of knowledge you share.” --Jacques Miles
“I learned more fills in one day than I did in the whole [insert competitor here] course.” --Brian Colson
“I learned more fills in one day than I did in the whole [insert competitor here] course.” --Brian Colson
“You could never have convinced me before that I could learn this much so quickly.” --Cindy B
“You could never have convinced me before that I could learn this much so quickly.” --Cindy B
“Great! Re-learning at 60; I forgot a lot! You are a great teacher, man.” --Joe Cunningham
“Great! Re-learning at 60; I forgot a lot! You are a great teacher, man.” --Joe Cunningham
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"I got this and I love it! Nothing more frustrating than having a measure that says 'fill' and not knowing what to do 😉”
--Kim Wojahn
"Just wanted to let you know that I'm back playing again. I owe at least some of that to you who motivated me and the fills course that helped me get my chops back."
--Tim Hatcher
"I'm a total beginner and have just started the course. Who woulda thought I'd be able to read rhythmic notation? You're a quality teacher, Mark."
--Joji Polancos
"There's a lot there. Mark is easy to listen to and the lessons are well planned out.“
--Greg Fraser
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Introducing…
Pro Sounding Drum Fills For Beginners
Pro Sounding Drum Fills for Beginners
Our New Course, "Pro Sounding Drum Fills for Beginners" Has Already Helped Hundreds of Drumming Newcomers Get Started on The Drums. Why Not You?
Get This 6-Hour, 23 Video Course and Learn To Play 150 Pro-Level Drum Fills Plus Some Simple Drum Beats So Well, Your Friends Will Question How Long You've Really Been Playing Drums!
You get all this for just $47
Our New Course, "Pro Sounding Drum Fills for Beginners" Has Already Helped Hundreds of Drumming Newcomers Get Started on The Drums. Why Not You?
Just $47
Limited Time Offer
Get This 6-Hour, 23 Video Course and Learn To Play 150 Pro-Level Drum Fills Plus Some Simple Drum Beats So Well, Your Friends Will Question How Long You've Really Been Playing Drums!
"So, Mark," You Ask, "Why Fills?"
In my NYC teaching studio, where beginners came to us at the rate of about 50 per week, I stumbled upon this idea of fills mostly by accident.
In truth, some of the stuff you have to learn in the very beginning of your drumming journey can be a bit boring.
But one thing seemed to be exciting to every drummer who graced me with their presence. Fills.
Over and over again, I would get asked the question: "Mark, I get that we have to learn to read music, but, can you pu-leeze show me some fills?" And these weren't just kids, either. Young or old, man or woman, the question invariably came.
So...I began teaching fills in the beginning---even though drum teachers everywhere would disagree with the method. I've taken a lot of flak for this method from others, but there is a truly fantastic reason for its success.
The reason that using fills works? Engagement and excitement.
My students got really excited about what they were doing because of the fills and they would practice more. The increase in practicing would result is being able to play better and that would get them more excited. This little cycle would go around and around until--pretty quickly--I'd have a bunch of students who could just sit down behind the drum kit and play!
And once that happens, you're hooked; you want to learn everything, whether it's boring or not.
Excitement and Engagement.
That's why fills work as a teaching method.
My students got really excited about what they were doing because of the fills and they would practice more. The increase in practicing would result is being able to play better and that would get them more excited. This little cycle would go around and around until--pretty quickly--I'd have a bunch of students who could just sit down behind the drum kit and play!
And once that happens, you're hooked; you want to learn everything, whether it's boring or not.
Excitement and Engagement.
That's why fills work as a teaching method.
OK, I'm Convinced! What Do I Get When I Enroll?
What You’ll Get:
What You’ll Get:
- 23 videos with 6 hours of running time
- A 19-page downloadable workbook with all 176 exercises from the course, so you can print out the exercises and work on them wherever and whenever you need to
- 150 drum fills broken down into beginner-sized chunks so you can learn them easily
- You'll learn simple rock beats taught using my easy to understand system–The Vertical Independence Method–that will unlock the secrets of multi-limbed independence and finally allow you to “separate your hands from your feet”
- Detailed instruction on how to seamlessly move back and forth between your drum beats and fills so you can overcome one of the things that commonly trips up beginners
- 23 videos with 6 hours of running time
- A 19-page downloadable workbook with all 176 exercises from the course, so you can print out the exercises and work on them wherever and whenever you need to
- 150 drum fills broken down into beginner-sized chunks so you can learn them easily
- You’ll learn simple rock beats taught using my easy to understand system–The Vertical Independence Method–that will unlock the secrets of multi-limbed independence and finally allow you to “separate your hands from your feet”
- Detailed instruction on how to seamlessly move back and forth between your drum beats and fills so you can overcome one of the things that commonly trips up beginners
- Bonus #1 - The Reading Rhythmic Notation Mini-Course, so you can learn to read music even if you’ve never played an instrument before in your life!
- Bonus #2 - The brand new 124 page ebook called The Practice Paradigm (subtitle: The Beginner Drummer’s Guide to Results in The Practice Room), so you can accelerate your progress using all of the secret methods of practicing that nobody else will tell you.
You get the entire Pro Sounding Drum Fills course (plus two massive bonuses) for just $47
It’s a one-time payment; no subscriptions and no monthly payments!
You get the entire Pro Sounding Drum Fills course with 150 fills for just $47
It’s a one-time payment; no subscriptions and no monthly payments!
Just to put that price in perspective, when I taught privately in my New York City teaching studio, people would pay me just over $90 an hour to teach them. With 6 hours of video, this course could easily be worth $540! But I’m only asking you for $47! (that’s 31 pennies per fill).
“But Mark,” you ask, “What are the details on EXACTLY what videos I get in the Pro Sounding Drum Fills for Beginners course?”
I thought you might ask that!
Here’s a list of every video that you get in this course:
Running Time
Module 1: Introduction
Intro to Course 5:59
How to Use This Course 4:43
Key to Notation 5:39
What is a Fill, Anyway? 5:47
Why a 4 Piece Kit? 6:39
Module 2: Providing Context
5 Simple Rock Beats15:00
Flow & Transitions11:54
Module 3: Hand-Centric Fills
Short Fills: The Workers 123:40
Short Fills: The Workers 218:15
Short Fills: The Workers 3 19:38
Two Beat Fills 149:48
Two Beat Fills 252:40
Four Beat Fills15:28
Three Beat Phrases A17:07
Three Beat Phrases B7:41
Three Beat Phrases C 8:01
Three Beat Phrases D11:14
Module 4: Hand/Foot Fills
Intro to Hand/Foot Ideas 24:04
Fills based on Pattern A11:48
Fills based on Pattern B16:48
Fills based on Pattern C17:50
Fifteen Favorites14:04
What’s Next?5:51
Total Running Time6 hours & 9 minutes
Here’s What You’ll Discover Inside the Pro Sounding Drum Fills Video Course:
- Why it’s NOT your fault if you can’t play drum fills –and what you can do starting today to have the ability to play great sounding fills every single time you play.
- You’ll get 6 hours of video with 150 surprisingly easy drum fills that will make you sound like a pro.
- Every video has on-screen drum notation and a scroll bar that coincides with what I’m playing–you’ll always know how the written exercises correspond to what is being played.
- You’ll have instant access to my top-secret, drum fill notebook. It’s 19 pages and jammed full of 176 drumming exercises with preparatory tutorials as well as the fills themselves.
- Revealed: Here’s what the world’s best drummers know about how, where and when to actually play their drum fills (you won’t find this information anywhere else!)
- You’ll learn the 5 elemental topics and skills that you must pursue in order to make the transformation from never having played drums to a great sounding drummer! (PS: It’s a system I’ve trademarked called The 5 Pillars of Drumming)
- What “The Vertical Independence Method” is and how it can unlock the secret of “separating your feet from your hands,” (aka “independence”) which is one of the most difficult skills for beginner drummers.
- You won’t find any tricky technical feats necessary to execute anything included here (this is a beginners course, after all).
- Everything is played slowly enough (at first) for you to figure out how to play the fills simply by mimicking your instructor (even if you can’t read music)
- You’ll learn three super simple–yet super powerful–hand foot patterns that will allow you to create massive sounding fills by combining your hands with your feet.
- Want to discover one of John Bonham’s favorite soloing ideas? If so, just go to 3:35 in the video called “Three Beat Phrases: Phrase C”
- Here’s a sneaky little trick you can use to immediately create great sounding fills from a few ideas you already know. See the video “Four Beat Fills” for all the details.
- You’ll get my collection of 34 simple fills called “The Workers”--so named because they will help you get through most common playing situations you’ll face as a rock or pop drummer.
- Want to learn a super-simple fill that Steve Gadd–one of the most recorded studio drummers of all time–has used on tons of recordings? Just go to 4:28 in the video “The Workers 2” to check it out.
- I’ll reveal the 5 reasons I prefer playing on just a small, bare-bones drum kit in the video “Why a 4 Piece Kit?”
- I distill the entire 150 fill course down to just 15 fills for you. It’s the truly lazy way to learn fills, and you’ll find it in the video called “15 Favorites”
- You’ll discover how to mold yourself into exactly the kind of drummer you want to be just by choosing the right ideas to learn –ANYONE can do this. You’ll find this in the video “What’s Next.”
- If you’ve ever wondered how you’ll know when you’ve mastered a drumming idea you’re working on, you’ll find out how in the video “What’s Next.”
- You’ll learn a super cool technique called “Three Beat Phrases” that pro drummers use to make their fills flow and sound musical. Just check out the videos labeled–you guessed it–“Three Beat Phrases” in the course.
- You’ll discover a legal way to “steal” amazing drum fills from the best drummers in the world – it’s like stealing candy from a baby! You’ll find that in the video “What’s Next”
That’s right. I said “one-time payment.” That means you Won’t Be Asked to Subscribe in Order to Take This Course.
I’m sorry, but I just have to ask you this…
Who Around Here is Sick & Tired of Being Forced to Subscribe
to Everything All The Time?
I AM!! Seriously, I am so tired of being asked to subscribe to everything. Can’t we just buy anything anymore? I don’t know about you, but I like to own stuff, not rent it.
And it really doesn’t make sense to me that I’ll rent my drum lessons. When you stop paying monthly, access to most--if not all--of your drum lessons and videos will just disappear. That doesn’t feel right to me.
But, when you subscribe to your drum lessons in the online world, that’s what will happen. You don’t own the house. You’re a renter. And when you stop paying, your access is revoked. You get evicted! All the videos of stuff you were working on? You won’t be able to watch them if you don’t keep paying!
I’ve got many notebooks filled up with the things I’ve learned in drum lessons I’ve taken. I own them. I can look at them anytime. Imagine if that were not the case.
What if my drum teachers said, “hey Mark, you need to pay me every month or I’m going to have to take that notebook from you.” Huh?!
Do you see my point? That’s what happens when you subscribe to your drum education. You have to keep paying or else it all gets taken away!
I don’t think that’s fair at all. Do you?
You get my point. I don’t like subscriptions.
And because of that, I will not ask you to pay monthly.
But, 99% of online drum educators are asking you to subscribe in order to learn with them. Not us.
We are the ONLY drum education people who do not ask you to subscribe.
Pay once. Own it for as long as we’re in business.
OK, end of rant.
And now, I know you have questions. Let me answer some of them…First of all…
This Course Works Even If You Don’t Have a Drum Set.
You might be thinking, “Hey Mark, I really want to learn the drums but I’m not ready to spend a few hundred dollars on a real drum set right now. I’m not sure what to do.”
Well, don’t worry. Many people have this question. In fact, this is the #1 question I get asked by new drum students.
And the answer is: “you don’t need a drum set.”
So, what do you need?
All you need at first is a practice pad and a pair of sticks.
I know this might seem counter-intuitive, but I promise it’s the truth. I’ll prove it to you in the video below. If you want to fast forward right to the “proof” part, just go to 2:14 and begin watching there.
“But Mark, Can I Still Take This Course if I Don’t Read Drum Music?”
Yes, you can.
You might be thinking, “Hey Mark, I really want to learn the drums but I don’t know how to read drum music. It looks like there is some drum notation in your course. What gives?”
It’s true, there IS drum notation in this course. But you can still learn the material without the notation. You know why?
Because I demonstrate everything in the course SUPER SLOWLY at first.
In fact, in the beginning of each demonstration, I play the material in a way that I call “Agonizingly Slow”--that’s a maximum tempo of 60 bpm. And that’s because I want you to be able to learn the material even if you can’t read. If you simply mimic what I do on-screen, you’ll be able to learn every fill in the course that way. Not a problem.
Get Pro Sounding Drum Fills for Beginners
For Just $47
- 23 videos with 6 hours of running time
- A 19-page downloadable workbook with all 176 exercises from the course, so you can print out the exercises and work on them wherever and whenever you need to
- 150 drum fills broken down into beginner-sized chunks so you can learn them easily
- You’ll learn simple rock beats taught using my easy to understand system–The Vertical Independence Method–that will unlock the secrets of multi-limbed independence and finally allow you to “separate your hands from your feet”
- Detailed instruction on how to seamlessly move back and forth between your drum beats and fills so you can overcome one of the things that commonly trips up beginners
Get Everything Above Today for
Just $47
A Quick Disclaimer and Rant:
I can’t promise you that if you buy this course you will get the same results that I’ve gotten.
There is hard work that has to be done to practice the material and I’ve sometimes hurled my sticks at the wall and banged my head on my practice pad in frustration when doing that work.
But the method does work. Just look at my students’ results!
More Testimonials
“BANG! The Drum School offers a fantastic beginners course for those wanting to learn the basics of drumming. Mark is a very talented teacher who knows how to translate technique to beginners. Highly recommended!”
–Andrew C
“Fantastic school/phenomenal teacher (Mark Feldman). Never played an instrument in my life and always wanted to play the drums – took it up in my early 40s. I learned the basics and more stress free. Drumming has now become a necessary part of my life. Highly recommended.”
“I feel like I really hit the jackpot by finding BANG! The Drum School. It was worth every penny. I would highly recommend BANG! to anyone who asked.”
–Erin M
“The class removed all the overwhelm of approaching the drums for the first time.The material is organized in a clear progression and I got the confidence to walk up to any drum kit and start playing without feeling anxious.”
–Bhakta N
“I really learned a lot. I recommend this school to anyone who wants to play drums.”
–James S
“We are so happy we found BANG! The Drum School and would highly recommend them to anyone interested in learning to play the drums”
–Leanne F
“Fantastic. What a great place for beginners. Highly recommended.”
–K Bose
“Prior to taking the class, I was a bit suspicious about all these positive reviews. This isn’t too good to be true. It is good and true!”
–Aria K
DISCLAIMER #2: The results above are not typical. I know because I’ve been teaching beginners since 2009. These students above put in the work to achieve their individual outcomes. The usual thing that happens is that students don’t take action on the things they learn with me. And that means there are zero results. Learning any art form takes hard work, persistence and patience.
But I can promise you that if you put in the work, I can show you how to become a great drummer. You will get RESULTS.
And I’m so certain of this that I want to offer you the following guarantee.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED
100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
Here’s my promise. I’m so certain that you’ll find Pro Sounding Drum Fills helpful that If you are not satisfied for any reason within one year of purchasing…
I’ll refund your money.
Just email my team at support@bangthedrumschool.com for a refund.
One year. 365 Days. That means you can sign up now with no risk.
Consider this. If you even THINK this MIGHT be good for you, just enroll now. Why? Because if it actually IS good for you, you'll get everything I've promised you.
But, more importantly, you have an entire year to work through the course before you decide if you like it. One...WHOLE...YEAR.
If, on day 365 at 11:59 pm you ask for a refund, we'll send you one. So, there's no risk and no pressure on you. Take your time. Your money is guaranteed.
Enroll now.
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OK, thanks for reading! See you in the course.
Warm Regards,
Mark “the beginner expert” Feldman
Here’s a recap of this page (I know…it’s super long!) just in case you don’t want to read the whole thing:
1I’ve noticed that lots of people who want to learn drumming start by checking out free videos online, but quickly become frustrated (and often give up) in the process.
2In my New York City teaching practice, I would often start beginners by teaching them a bunch of cool sounding fills and some simple rock beats.
It would get them excited and keep their interest because they would start learning by playing drum beats and fills right away.
And playing fills is fun!
3For Just $47, you can get my new course–”Pro Sounding Drum Fills for Beginners”-- that will get you excited as you learn to play 150 drum fills.
It’s a 23 video, 6 hour course with a 19 page workbook.
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You can try the course and the bonuses for 1 full year. If you don’t like them for any reason, I’ll refund
You can try the course and the bonuses for 1 full year. If you don’t like them for any reason, I’ll refund
you the $47.
Sound fair?
About Mark Feldman
(the third person professional bio writer version)
“Technically and Rhythmically Quite Sophisticated”
–Neil Peart
(legendary drummer from Rush)
Other Well-known Drummers have also said Great things about Mark:
“...an amazing drummer”
–Kenny Aronoff
(John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Elton John, Smashing Pumpkins, etc..)
“I can highly recommend Mark Feldman as a musically versatile and experienced drummer.”
–Simon Phillips
(The Who, Jeff Beck, Toto)
Here are some of Mark’s professional credits...
He’s played in bands on A&M Records and Arista Records, and has played with
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