Here I present to you an idea that combines some stuff I've heard Vinnie play with my own stuff. It's simply a six-stroke roll with a little hand/foot combo thrown in. The way I like to use it has a "three-beat" kind of feel, which makes it sound cool and flowing. I'm offering you both videos … [Read More...]
BANG! The Drum School
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Imagine. You come home from work, enter your apartment and go straight to your electronic drum kit. You pick up your drumsticks, sit down on your drum stool, and start playing some of your favorite beats. All of your troubles melt away as you get lost in your drumming. Eventually, you look at your watch and you realize that you’ve been playing for over an hour! What?! How did that happen? It seemed like just a few minutes since you sat down. And now you feel so good!
Sound good? That’s what drumming is like! It’s freeing, meditative, relaxing, physical and fun! You’ve wanted to learn drumming for a long time, haven’t you? Why wait? Our Absolute Beginner’s Group Class was created with you–the beginner— in mind. If you’ve never played before, (and maybe you’re a little nervous about trying drumming out as an adult) and if you have no idea where to start, you’ve come to the right place. Yup, you’ve stumbled upon NYC’s favorite place for drum lessons.
Our highly acclaimed Absolute Beginners Group Class has a multitude of five star reviews on both Google and Yelp. And at just $36 per hour of class, it’s our most economical way to begin learning the drums. Let us unlock the secrets of drumming for you. Why not learn at the place where hundreds of beginners have discovered the blissful feeling that comes from playing the drums?
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Who We Are / What We Offer
Welcome to NYC’s #1 Drum Teaching Studio
We offer 45 minute Private Drum Lessons to drum students of all abilities and ages. Our minimum age requirement is 7 years old. Want to know more? Read More Here.
We also offer a long-running group class for adult beginners called The Absolute Beginners Group Class. You can read more here.
Our Proprietary Teaching Method
BANG’s teachers are all trained in the use of our proprietary teaching method, which you can read about here. It’s a unique method and we’ve developed it over years of teaching.
Our Reviews: The Best In NYC
It’s true. We’ve got more five star reviews on YELP, Google and Facebook than anyone else in NY who is offering to teach you how to play drums. That’s got to mean something, right? We’re getting close to 100 right now…
Our Philosophy: Drumming is Joy
We’re a place where young or old, female or male, are welcome. Where those who have never touched a pair of sticks feel comfortable. Where children and adults learn from enthusiastic and patient teachers in a fun way. Where some students have lofty goals and some just want to see what drumming is like. We have a real, true, open door policy. The reason? We believe that “Drumming is Joy,” and we want to share that joy with anyone who wants to experience it.
Our Physical Space: Beautiful
BANG’s studios align with our school’s philosophy. Our studios are beautiful; bright, clean and cheery, with great sounding drums and equipment. We’re the only place in NYC with our own beautiful gut renovated multi-studio facility, complete with a comfy waiting room. It’s a gorgeous drumming nirvana. See that photo above? That’s Studio 1 at BANG’s facility. It’s nice here!
The Drumming Blog
The Thinking Drummer: Everything You Think Is Hard Will Eventually Be Easy
I’ve been practicing a lot lately. Today, I sat down behind the kit after a day off. Sometimes you need a day off just to keep things fresh. I realized how well this works when I sat down today. I was so happy and excited to play after not having played for just one day. I’ve been working on one … [Read More...]
The Thinking Drummer: The Case for Less Endorsement Deals
Musicians sometimes see endorsements with musical instrument and gear companies as a badge of honor. The gear company is agreeing to have you represent them as an artist (remember that you endorse their products, they don't endorse you). That is appealing; we musician and artist types want to be … [Read More...]
12 Advanced Double Bass Drum Exercises
If you have some experience playing double bass, then you're probably familiar with this classic idea: Note that the sticking on the above is: right hand on the floor tom, right foot, left foot. It's a solid piece of drumming vocabulary and one of my favorite double bass ideas, but I wanted … [Read More...]