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71 year old new drummer

I consider my self an advance drummer and I still watch beginner videos cause you never know what other things you might pick up or they'll refresh something you forgot. Really good stuff on drumeo

I'm 74, and he has shown more in just a few minutes that no one else ever did. Very good lesson Thankyou!!!

Thanks for the terrific lesson! I'm 65 and just started w drums, great instrument. I tell people I'm the world's worst drummer hoping someday to become the 2nd worst😀...(Aim high! :)) As a guitar teacher, one of my best beginner students was a 74 year old woman who quickly became an intermediate player. She could sing too! In the same class I taught a woman who I think was 81. It's never too late to learn. "He not busy being born is busy dyin'" - Bob Dylan Good luck to everyone! Just had Thanksgiving last week, I'm grateful for music and for how it connects us.

I'm a self taught drummer for over 15 years. I finally learned the double stroke with the help of this video. Thanks dudes.

Cool, I've had my first drumming lesson!!!!! I signed up for 3 months of lessons and I'm so excited. Thank you for starting with the basic basics. I'm 54 years old and a woman ready to finally become a drummer. I've wanted to play since I was 9 years old. I purchased electronic drums so I can learn the right way to play.

As a guitarist finally getting to learn drums seriously, I appreciate all these tips. Thank you Mike!

I bought my first electronic drum kit a week ago. I practice every night. I just watched this video, and after half an hour or so was doing all the things covered in this video, although at a very slow speed. 👍

11:08 as a beginner, I can say that he looks like a magician to me :D

I love the multi-angles views while he is drumming.

When I was a kid I joined my elementary school fife and drum core as a drummer. I later formed a small local band but never considered myself a great drummer. I found myself playing very tense and tiring out easily, and my focus was terrible. It seemed like I used the same beat with slight variations for nearly every song we played. Looking at your video and that of others I see that if I started all over again as a beginner and build a proper foundation perhaps I could develop the skill to really enjoy drumming and possibly become a better drummer with patience and practice. At 64 years old I am thinking of purchasing a drum set at some point. I will purchase a practice pad first though in order to learn some basic techniques first before I take the plunge. In other words, I want to earn the drumset because I believe it will be more rewarding when I finally get it. I want to tell you and others how much I appreciate these great lessons. Regards, Richard

my left hand is my enemy

I just had my first drum lesson last night. and I'm fifty-eight. Ha! you are a wonderful teacher thank you.

Im a self taught drummer and this vid was an eye opener for me, It was nice to see how much Ive been doing right and naturally, also the tip on keeping the sticks at the right height for consistancy was really helpful in keeping my tone and tempo on point, thank you

It's amazing how much better I feel with my drumming after watching this. Such simple tricks can lead to good things. Only been half an hour and I do feel stronger with my sticks. Great tutor.

The modesty that oozes from this Master Drummer's poise makes this the best, coolest drumming video ever...

Very clear and easy to follow techniques. A must for every aspiring drummers. Start the drum rolling!

I have been playing drums for years and Mike's simple changes to the way I hold my sticks to some really neat exercises was enough to make me want to explore my skills with him more.

Coming up to 80 years old, I thought is was about time I learnt to play the drums, so these videos are very welcome.

Thanks Mike for a good review of fundamental technique.

you weren't kidding about that rebound! just learned it in about 5 minutes. thanks for the video

got e-drums 5 days ago, it's my first drumkit and I went through bunch of youtube drumming beginner videos and this one is my favorite. 20 years of being a self-taught guitarist motivated me to make sure that I start practicing good technique from the beginning so I usually re-watch this video before practice.

After watching this video, within 10m I was doing single and double combo, which sounded amazing and boosted my confidence as a beginner. Thanks so much 😊

i have been playing drums for 10 years and i still enjoy watching these videos!

Thanks for some excellent instruction. I am just starting off at age 53, so to learn some tricks to use less energy and to practice longer is very cool. Thanks for the valuable time you give to this training. Be well peace ✌️

When I close my eyes, this dude sounds like a mix between Ross and Joey

Mike, you are a brilliant teacher for us all, thank you!

Great teacher. You make it very understandable. Especially letting the sticks do most of the work w/ a simple bounce. Touche!!

dude the singles to doubles exercise might be THE best practice diddle for ANY drummer. solid technique man!

Thank you for the BASICS Watched so many videos for beginners that started with doing a whole riff. When a TRUE beginner can’t hold a stick doesn’t know which drum is the snare from the Symbol. Very basics thank you for the very basics.

Hey!! Thank you so much for this. I bought a drum set last week I’ve been surfing videos. You made me understand the importance of the rebound after drumstick and within a few seconds after watching what you did ..I think I picked it up and now I have so much better understanding of how to implement drum techniques which I didn’t understand before. Thank you again my friend! Keep up the great work!

Just got a electric drum set and I love it been playing guitar for years and just picked up the drums like two weeks ago and it has been fun being a newbie again.

"I'm gonna make a gun with it" "pointed at you" "don't worry it's not loaded" Probably the best joke I've ever heard.

I have been drumming since I was in 6th grade. I'm now 54 and getting back into it after a 6 year hiatus of not having a kit. I have always played with the wrists but never had the speed I wanted. The double stroke tricks you showed are amazing for me and I can't wait to get my new kit!!!

Excellent. I just ordered a practice pad and a beginner drum kit. I’m older and always wanted to play. Now I can. This guy is easy to follow. I can’t wait for my kit!

One of your best beginner videos! Is a very good pack of what a newbie should do and practice! Congrats! Thank you!

Thank god it wasn’t loaded

Best beginner video I've seen so far. The multiple camera angles are very useful and coupled with the ability to slow down the video it is possible to get a very good idea what the fingers are doing with different strokes and at different rates. No one talks much about the 3 fingers that aren't gripping the sticks but they are definitely involved in the process.

I play for 3 months now and have looked back at your tutorial several times during practice with my weak(left) hand. Not really groundbreaking but very important to cover the basics. Thank you for your videos, you explain things really well.

I am 13 year old and seriously I thought that drums just making music terrible,but when I wached bohemian rhapsody I started to think, wow, thats sounds so nice and maybe drums is best thing in the music. And I ended up watching tutorials to how to play drums and I starting even more liking it. So one movie can change my whole thinking, that’s fantastic when you think more. Sorry for bad English, but I just really wanted to say that if you don’t like something just try to know more about it.

Thank you for a good intro to drumming. My wife offered to get me an electronic drum kit to accompany her playing the flute and piano. I am more inclined to give it a try with your system. Thank you!

Love it! So grateful for masterful teachers such as Mike Michalkow.

Best part of the video - you called someone new to drumming young, can't remember last time I was referred to as young! Just took delivery of my first drum kit today and I'm 47, decided to use the Covid-19 lock down to learn to play. The videos you guys make seem so much easier to follow than others online. Many thanks from a young 47 year old!

this is a pretty thorough breakdown and I will share it with my students. Thanks

very basic and helpful --great lesson for begginners --fundamentals ==thank you .

This is great - I have been playing behind a kit for 36 years, and I love these basic fundamental videos!

Thank you. Been drumming for 40 years. Just watched your beginner 5 tips. You are never good unless you learn all the time. Thank you. Always go back to basics!

"Most of my students get this in about 10 minutes". Man, your students must rule.

Very, very useful video for me. Thanks a lot.

HOLY COW! I just started learning the drums as an additional instrument to help my songwriting, and these fundamentals HELPED A LOT! Massive props to the Drumeo team. I've been a viewer for some time to watch performances but never bothered picking up the sticks until recently.

Oh this is fantastic. I learnt so much. I practiced the double stroke and combining the grip technique which took me forever I was able to create an impressive sound. Even I was impressed. Well done Sir, Thank you.

This is probably the most useful drum video I've ever seen!

Omg this helped so much, I just got my first kit yesterday (it's an electrical drumset) but this was still pretty helpful

Hi Mike, Thank you so much just picked up the drums & I feel your wisdom has saved me a fair bit of unnecessary bother already. Your 10 years has paid off & already saved me time, so thank you. : )

This is awesome stuff! Not only can you play drums, but you are a very, very good teacher. I am 56 years old and am just starting to learn to play and have watched many videos, but you, Mike, are the best at explaining things in an easy to understand way. I want to learn very systematically, from A to Z, and am sure that your DVD's and workbooks will teach me everything I need to know. Thanks for doing what God created you to do!

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THERE TIMOTHY??!!" "Nothing mother, just using my happy grip!"

Thank you so much for these amazing lessons!! The pace of your instructions, the level of detail, and the video angles are all so incredibly helpful! My 9-yr old learned so much more than I can help with my musical background (which doesn’t include percussion). Thank you for breaking down each technique into micro parts. Your lessons truly enhance my son’s practice and I'm so glad we discovered your videos!

Mike, Thanks so much for your very well done video. The explanation of how to hold (correctly) the drumsticks was "Great". I played drums for several years (long, long ago); I'll date myself, I had a set of Rogers, Cozy Cole Model. I'm 70 years old now and just ordered a set of Roland TD-25-KV; I can't wait to start up again. I'll be watching out for your videos, thank you again for all of your hard work and efforts.

Just had my first drum lesson today. I'm a 60 year young woman who loves music. I've played the clarinet, guitar and piano in the past, and it was very helpful to watch your video. I had no idea that drumstick technique was so key to playing for long periods of time. That's encouraging.

"Cause, y'know, it gets tiring thinking about stuff." Oddly enough, this is the most drummer representative thing said in the whole video. XD

I've been drumming for 30 years now and I find it hard to remind "how" to learn, as I try to teach my kids. Videos like these make me remember what it was like to learn from scratch, not knowing what we take for granted.

You got my attention mike. As a senior And beginner I feel relax and hope I can play drum without anxiety if I follow your technique. God Bless

time for a fresh compliment in 2019. Excelent Sir. Helped me a lot. I play funky beats for some time with many breaks, sometimes years but the basics were always missing. I am 57 and want to start from scratch now.

I'll be honest, I still prefer Jim Chapin's way to teach doubles when you accent the second note using your fingers you end up with a more even double stroke, you understand the use of your fingers and you don't risk having that weird feel that you get when you start out where each secondary note is to close to it's primary. if you accent the second stroke with your fingers in a snap, with instant release of pressure, then you give meaning and time to that second note in your muscle memory. Having said this, these are all great places to start :D

That moment you realize that you have been holding sticks wrong for 6 years too

I started playing when I was 12 I stopped for a short amount of time and started playing again all together is about 44 years and your lessons are showing me things that I forgot without knowing I forgot thank you so much for your lesson I will be sure to watch them all

These were actually really simple, but can easily be overlooked. THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO~~

As a new drummer, I really appreciate all of the advice. I've pretty much set myself a challenge to learn drums (at last the basics) with in a month. I've had about five hours practice time on an acoustic kit so far and then I mostly just practice on a single Billy Hyde practice pad at home using Zildjian 5B sticks. Now, I have a few more ideas to work with :')

Seriously How the hell does he go so fAsT!!!

Great refresher for all of us drummers. Nobody's above keeping a handle on the basics.

Mike, you're a really good teacher and explain things really well. Thank you!

I've been playing drums for so long didn't realize that I was holding the sticks incorrectly. Thanks for this tutorial

Hello l am 60 year old could l start to learn???

Hello mate! Thanks for this video!!! I actually have been playing for 9 years or more now. And i got taught well by a great teacher back in the past! She explained to me exactly the same things about holding the stick and the strokes and so on!! BUT!!!!!! You opened my world once again about the double strokes when you were talking about doing the least work possible!!! you are so right! you don't have to get tired by doing it!! Keep rocking! Thanks!!!

I'm a disabled WW2 vet who has no hands and only one foot, I've been learning the drums, whilst 'holding' the drum sticks in my mouth. This video is very informative, I learn something new every day !

I think casey cooper needs to watch this. Many.... Many.... Times...

Someone send this to Lars Ulrich

Wow wow wow...best techniques I have ever come across in my life. Thanks

I've used to dabble with drums as a teenager and never had any formal lessons. I dropped the drums and concentrated on singer and playing occasional percussion. Now at 61 I've bought a drumpad to spice our vocal duo up a bit, and found any basic drumming skills I may have had, had completley disappeared over the years. Despite watching several videos my left hand was as good as useless. However after watching the advice in this video, I went back to basics and sorted my grip out properly and hey presto. My playing is much much better. I can't thank you enough Mike for taking the time to produce this video. Your a lifesaver.

I am 13 and I have started to play the drums and I can play 'we will rock u'

Why dont sticks have balance point marked?

Am a music teacher, and i can say, YOU ARE JUST SO AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! I like the way you demonstrate your techniques; the way you explain and the way you use simple English which still matters to a student. Wow!!!!! Keep it going bro!!!!!

Thank you .I am just getting started at 77...I wont spend ten years with the wrong grip thanks to your clear teaching demo..a lot to learn and practice....nice change from golf practice ...dont have to move far from the fireside either ..which is good when it is cold and dark outside.

"We need to make a song and the drumsticks are going to pay for it!"

I think the 'playing from the wrists' section might be misleading to beginners because the forearms are necessary most of the time while playing drums. I think the wrist motion has to sync and work together with smooth forearms lifts as well, especially when playing louder styles as pop or rock. But I agree with the idea wrists are absolutely important and should be trained both isolating them from the arm, and syncing them with the arm, both forearm lifts and moeller tech.

My first drum lesson in Carlow, Ireland in 1986 (with Mr. Hennessey) was very like this.I just wanted to play drums, he had a great big blue drum set in the room ,but he gave me a heavy hard cover book and sticks and taught me how to do single,double strokes and a flim flam before he allowed me to play his drums.Years later I played with a band called The Hothouse Flowers for one gig in Sligo,Ireland. This video is exactly what young or new drummers need to watch.

Thanks for this. Been playing bass and guitar for years and now I want to try my hand at drums. This tip helps me get off on the right foot by not practicing mistakes.

Its amasing that there is 2 243 651 beginners or master Drummers who have looked at this video.

So at 1:00 he basically has Guns For Hands? :P |-/

Wow !!! This was excellent !!! You make such a great teacher. I bought myself a drum kit & went for a few lessons but believe me ,my tutor comes nowhere near you. I didn't learn much & was contemplating selling my drums set. After watching your first lesson today, I might change my mind about selling. Thank you so much !!! Looking forward to your 2nd lesson.

i enjoyed this video. It was very instructional. The presenter didnt waist words or time. He gave great tips and i am on my way to drumming with proper technique. Thanks.

It's all in the hips It's all in the hips

The most important thing is how you play

Great video. 15+ year guitarist just learning drums. Always sped past these sorts of videos when I was younger, spent a lot of time unteaching my mistakes. Can't overstate the importance of stuff like this!

Just starting my Journey into electronic Drumming, I have been a life long guitarist and have always wanted to give the drums a try.. starting with a good foundation is essential and this video is my starting point. Great Video Mike., very well done , and very well explained.. I will be following You for sure.

lol I just sat on my bed ant used the stool as practice pad.

How do you not get tired drumming, even by playing from the wrists?

Wow! I figured that out by accident 40 yrs ago. But, I would not have been able to break it down and teach some else. Today... I am relearning to play, just bought a new drum kit, again after 40 years. What fun... So happy to be BacK !!

Subbed! Thanks so much for this, Mike! As someone who has long wanted to learn how to play the drums, I recently started taking lessons. That, in addition to watching videos from you-I’m learning so much in just a short amount of time! 😊