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Swissward Flamtacles

Swissward Flamtacles

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Only free resources and websites with a decent amount of free stuff (so it's OK if there is material with costs as long as you can find notes / videos for free).
Of course, no illegal links to copyrighted books!

It would greatly help if you contribute the three categories in the list below, preferably like this:
Name of the site / channel
Link
Description with some keywords, so users know what to expect
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If this list becomes too long, you can search for some keywords like "Metal" or "Jazz" by pressing Ctrl+F / Command+F in most browsers.

Last update: 2021/9/1
NameLinkDescription
66Samushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=978eilw-WIEMetal, Blast beats for beginners - more videos if you go to the channel
Ari Hoenighttps://www.youtube.com/c/AriHoenigDrums/Jazz, Concepts, Exercises, Odd Meters / Phrases
Art Of Drumminghttps://artofdrumming.com/Lessons and Play alongs
Aubrey Drum Lessons Jazz, Funk, Rock, Concepts
Austin Burchamhttps://www.youtube.com/c/abbdrumsall styles, "Study the Greats", Technique
Bang! The Drum Schoolhttps://www.bangthedrumschool.com/blog/all styles, Licks, Grooves. Blog by member @feldiefeld
Bruce Becker Technique, Grip, Exercises, Q&A
Claxton Drumshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctR_mRCXVIgMetal, Gravity Blast - more videos if you go to the channel
Cruise Ship Drummerhttp://www.cruiseshipdrummer.com/Jazz, Latin, Funk, Transcriptions, Concepts. Blog by member @toddbishop
Drum Notation Guidehttps://www.onlinedrummer.com/drum-key/Notation, symbols, rolls, beginners. Note: Drumset notation varies, depending on what the author prefers and how large the set is
Drumeohttps://www.youtube.com/user/freedrumlessonsLessons / Clinics by professional drummers, tutorials for beginner to advanced, all genres.
Drummerworld All styles, technique, concepts, tips
Emmanuelle Caplettehttps://www.youtube.com/c/EmmanuelleCapletteTechnique, Exercises
Erce Arslanhttps://youtube.com/c/ErceArslanIt has a nice series of double bass lessons videos touching upon many aspects.
Four on the Floorhttp://jonmccaslinjazzdrummer.blogspot.com/Jazz, Analysis, Recommended albums, History, Blog
Francis' Drumming Bloghttps://francisdrummingblog.com/Prog, Jazz, Transcriptions, Exercises
Gordy Knudtsonhttps://www.youtube.com/user/GKMusic54Technique, Tutorials
Jack Younghttps://youtube.com/user/TheViolaLionSong transcriptions/play along, mostly Trinity & Rockschool grades
Jazz Drum Hang (Chris Smith)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUJmIVorBccW3ksNIROGf_wJazz, in-depth discussions of certain drummers, exercises
Jazz Drummer's Resource (Justin Varnes)https://www.youtube.com/user/JazzDrummersResourceJazz, Licks, Concepts. Mostly concise tutorials on short phrases
Jonathan Curtishttps://www.youtube.com/user/JCurtisDrumsJazz, Odd Time, Broken Time, Technique. Channel by member @Mighty_Joker
Kevin Dorn Traditional Jazz (Rag, New Orleans, Chicago, Swing)
Marcus Hawkinshttps://www.youtube.com/c/marcushawkinsmusic/Rudimental, Drum Corps, Tutorials, Vocalisation. Also some beginner videos.
Marthyn Jovanovichttps://youtube.com/c/MarthynJovanovicMetal, Hand & Foot Technique
Mikiya Itohttps://www.youtube.com/@mikiyadrums/videosTechnique, Grooves, Concepts
Music Theorywww.musictheory.netGeneral music theory, notation, rhythm, time signatures, keys, intervals. Lessons, Exercises, Tools.
Niels Myrnerwww.nkmdrums.comBeginner grooves and advice, notation, Jazz, Solos, Polyrhythms, Concepts
Open Studiohttps://www.youtube.com/c/OpenStudioJazzJazz, interviews. Lots of tutorials for other instruments, but also drums (Edu Ribeiro, Billy Hart, Nate Smith...)
Percussive Arts Societyhttps://www.youtube.com/user/PercArts/Drumset, Rudimental, Percussion, Mallets, Corps, Orchestra
Quincy Davishttps://www.youtube.com/user/qtip104Jazz, Exercises and concepts, Interviews
Rick Diorhttps://www.youtube.com/user/rickdiorJazz, Latin, Rudimental, Orchestra, Technique. One of the most prolific, in-depth teachers - highly recommended!
Rob "Beatdown" Brownhttps://youtube.com/c/RobBeatdownBrownFunk, Jazz, Pop, Technique
Rob Hironshttps://www.youtube.com/c/RobHironsDrumset, Styles, Concepts. Channel by member @Rob Hirons
Teoría: Music Theorywww.teoria.comGeneral music theory, notation, rhythm, time signatures, keys, intervals, harmony. Lessons, Exercises, Tools.
Thomas Crémierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuWI3aJzqAUMetal, Heel-Toe, Double Strokes - more videos if you go to the channel
Stanton Moorehttps://www.youtube.com/c/stantonmooremusicFunk, Rock, Technique, New Orleans
Steve Holmes Technique, Licks, Jazz, Prog
That Drum Bloghttp://thatdrumblog.blogspot.com/Jazz, Brazil, Afro-Cuban, Rudimental. Blog by member @adamosmianski
Time Manipulationhttps://www.timemanipulation.com/en/tmblog/all styles, odd meter, concepts, grooves. Blog by member @Alain Rieder
Trap'dhttps://trapdted.blogspot.com/Jazz, Analysis, Recommended albums, History, Blog
Vic Firthhttps://vicfirth.zildjian.com/education.htmlDrumset, Rudimental, Percussion, Mallets, Playalongs
 
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I like Marcus Hawkins' warmup videos! He has awesome vocalization for rhythms. The guy is a champion snare drummer, but his passion seems to be educating, especially for beginners
 
sumdrumguy said:
A few of links swissward listed have additional pay for content. However they all have a huge amount of content that is free (no sign up required).
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I guess most websites offer some additional content for money. But as long as there is a lot of good free content, I think we should include those.
Thanks for the links everybody - the list has been updated.
 
This is good!
There are times here, when someone posts something and when I want to go back and refer to/investigate into it, I can't find the thread it's in.
And the search function...
For example...at first I couldn't remember Rob Hirons' name or the thread I saw it in, but wanted to re-visit a video he posted.
I eventually found it, but...
 
Cheers, keep 'em coming! :)
I find it a bit weird that there are no Metal channels/blogs so far. I had a look on youtube, but mostly found covers and only a few tutorials.
@Rock Salad Were you talking about Todd Bishop's blog? That one is already on the list. Or does Todd Sucherman have a blog that I'm not aware of?
@Andy Sorry to bother you once more with a request for a sticky. If you feel like this thread has enough potential, it would be great if you could make it a sticky! :)
 
Swissward Flamtacles said:
Have you taken that Shuffle course? I'm a bit reluctant to put it on the list as it's only free for a limited period of time and requires signing up to a mailing list. I'm sure Mr. Glass knows how to present this topic well, though. :)
I've updated the list with a few more blogs and channels. 20 links so far.
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I did, I'm no better at it but his class is quite informative and well laid out.
 
I'd like to make a proposal for a visual improvement on readability. Maybe the list becomes easier to read/process if it is organized in a table:

NameDescriptionLink
Art Of DrummingLessons and Play alongshttps://artofdrumming.com/
Austin Burchamall styles, "Study the Greats", Techniquehttps://www.youtube.com/c/abbdrums
Bang! The Drum Schoolall styles, Licks, Grooves. Blog by member @feldiefeldhttps://www.bangthedrumschool.com/blog/

Just as an idea. I could edit your post doing a quick search and replace to insert the tags if you like.
 
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