Months 0–12 · nobody sounds good yet
Everything nobody tells you when you start playing drums.
Drummer Survival is a beginner drumming website for your first year behind the kit. How to begin, what to practise, what to buy, and how to play real songs — without your neighbours filing a complaint.
What's your problem today?
My neighbours hate me
Mylar heads · what they actually hear · low volume cymbals
Something isn't working
Why I freeze during fills · why I speed up · uneven hi-hat
I don't know what to buy
The real cost of starting · pads · thrones · pedals
I don't know what to practise
Pad exercises · practising with no kit · tracking progress
I want to get better
The 40 rudiments · drum rolls · beat patterns
I want to play a real song
We Will Rock You · Feel Good Inc · Paint It Black
Freshly written
- Choosing Your First Drum Kit: 4-Piece vs 5-Piece
- How to Set Up Hi-Hat Cymbals
- Technique
- Lesson 25 Rudiment: How to Play It
- How to Practice Drums With a Metronome
- Practice without a drum kit
- Why do I keep losing the beat?
- Why do I freeze during fills?
- Drum Thrones for Beginners: What to Look For
- Moongel Practice Pad Review for Beginners
- How to Play Drums in an Apartment
- Noise
- How to Play Enter Sandman on Drums
- How to Play Billie Jean on Drums