It's the best video yet. Drums are one of the hardest instruments to learn because of the physical aspect of training all four limbs to do things at will. It just takes time. Personally, I do think you can be a good drummer. For most of us drummers out here, drumming is more than just a hobby. It's a passion. I think you can connect with me on this statement because of your musical background with another instrument. Also, it's good to just walk away from the instrument for a few days, giving yourself time to think about what you want to achieve and run stuff through your head. You can push yourself in a rut because you burn yourself out. My opinion only. Everyone learns at a different pace. I tell my students to practice at least 4 times a week. At a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of an hour, this all depends on the student. Also, again, everybody learns at a different pace. Discipline yourself and take baby steps. And you will achieve your goals at a much faster rate. I have faith in you, and you are doing this. I've been with you since day one, and I will be here to the end. You are doing just fine, my friend. Keep up the good work, but please take a break, think, and then do.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! It has been an awesome experience learning the drums so far and I can’t wait to keep learning and improving no matter what that looks like
@connorsousa7448 learn for yourself, not us. I'm just here to give a little advice. We all have different options that let's you sort thru what works for you. In the beginning, I thought this was just another BS video. Now I know that you are the real deal. Keep going and never look back.
Dude I love this video, I started 6 months ago, played guitar and recorded music for 15+ years and finally said you know what it’s time to learn drums. I bought an electric kit so that I could practice everyday and not worry about noise complaints. I told myself I was gonna play everyday for a year and just see where I am at and decide if I will continue, my improvement has been insane, doing pad work every day for 1-2 hours then playing on the kit. My biggest advice for most people is just give it 30-60 days, you are going to be terrible, drums are extremely hard. But if you keep putting in the work you will see improvement and as you get better the improvement comes faster. Great video bro!
That's awesome and complete facts. I'm still in college and in a band, currently we have entered heats, passed heats, entered regional finals, and come first place for regional finals in a band competition. Even though I've done all these cool things I'm still learning tons of awesome things every day and it's drummers like you who just keep at it that really inspire other people.
Cool video, I just started 4 weeks ago. I found an instructor, bought a cheap acoustic kit (bad idea), and will upgrade as I progress. Hardest thing for me right now is playing kick and hi hat with the snare and synching all those up. But getting there.
Hi golfire don't worry about buying a cheap acoustic kit, you can buy better drum heads for it and just learn how to tune it properly. The challenge is getting good cymbals, because cymbals you can't tune, but for drum heads you can change and tune.
I started playing violin for the first tim, 3 months ago. I bought my first violin ever. I bought a Yamaha sv-200 electric violin and I love it. At 65, I will never master the violin, but who cares. I play well enough that I can play along with a cd. You don't have to be the greatest musician on the planet to have fun. It is better to play a musical instrument crappy than not play at all.
Good work and attitude. I started taking drum lessons at age six, in 1952, since then have played a zillion gigs, as well as concert and marching band and community orchestra, etc. I still play here at home but not in public anymore. Anyway, as a hopefully helpful comment, there are books by Paul Capozolli called 'around the drums with triplets,..... paradiddles, ......open rolls', etc. which helped me a lot in my younger days. When you get comfy roaming on the toms, you might check these out They really help with fills. I see some for sale out there
6:59 I'm 6 months into learning. I knew it would be difficult but damn man, this is way more difficult than I thought. Granted I haven't had steady time to practice lately but I'm learning now you really have to be super committed to practicing often if you ever want to be a somewhat good drummer. I'm in my 40's and I'm just doing it for the fun of it. I really wish I would've started earlier but oh well. I might not become an awesome drummer but everyday I'm getting better and that's all that matters. And I should add, my whole life I always thought I'd be a good drummer if I tried. Now that I'm trying, I'm really wondering why I ever thought that lol. It's weird for me sometimes too. I'll be at the kit practicing something new and really struggling. So I'll walk away from the kit. The next day I'll sit down and it'll just click. It's like my brain finally learned it overnight. Call me crazy but it's happened a few times. I'm at the end of the video. Sorry for the long comment but if you're only 40 days in I must really suck haha. I didn't try playing my first song until I was 3 months in. And I haven't even tried any rudiments yet 😕 I can play 1 song (well not perfectly tho) and that's Anthem for the year 2000 by Silverchair. I'm working on Let her go by Passenger but there's some tricky parts in there. It's an easy song but the opening and closing the hi hat gets me confused.
You don’t suck man everyone learns at different paces! There’s still a lot of things I struggle with and in videos like these you usually only see my best takes. There’s a lot of failure that I edit out for time too
You learnt a few beats in 40 days, you didn’t learn to play the drums in 40 days, iv been playing 23 years and I still learn new things now. But stick with it, it’s the most fun thing you can have with your trousers on and a point no one ever mentions is it is incredibly beneficial for your mental health.
Awesome video and awesome journey man! I think one of the toughest things is the consistency. You wanted to give up on Day 3-4, were there days after that where maybe you didn't want to give up, but you just didn't want to do anything that day? How did you overcome those feelings?
Definitely!! There were days where I had to force myself to practice despite wanting to do anything else. What helped me most was just the bigger picture of knowing what I’m working towards and what practicing everyday achieves.
Well done Conner ! I’m a professional drummer and teacher. If I have any piece of advice for anyone starting out it is learn to hold and move the stick properly, as you so well demonstrated in your video using your wrist and fingers rather than moving your whole arm which will make progress so much easier. Often new students just don’t have the patience to do this as they understandably just want dive straight into playing beats and grooves.
Classic beginner thinking. Why cant i play this? It is a bunch of simply strikes. If you do not put in the time and give your brain time to assimilate what you are attempting to do, then you wont do it. These are mechanical skills and some repitiion is needed.
@@jmbozigian Sometimes you just want to throw the sticks through the window. It is indeed a very difficult intrument to learn to play. It seems easy when you see it doing until you try yourself.
@@jmbozigian You an upset fan boi of this guy or soemthing? Did i hit a nerve with my obviously valid and correct comment? Is thsi why you are upset, cos i hurt your "boi"? Learn to walk before you run is obvious. Same goes on teh drumkit. Why cant i do this? Well, there is your answer. One more thing. I can teach a receptive person to play the dums in 5 minutes. I dont need 40 days to do it.
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It's the best video yet. Drums are one of the hardest instruments to learn because of the physical aspect of training all four limbs to do things at will. It just takes time. Personally, I do think you can be a good drummer. For most of us drummers out here, drumming is more than just a hobby. It's a passion. I think you can connect with me on this statement because of your musical background with another instrument.
Also, it's good to just walk away from the instrument for a few days, giving yourself time to think about what you want to achieve and run stuff through your head. You can push yourself in a rut because you burn yourself out. My opinion only. Everyone learns at a different pace. I tell my students to practice at least 4 times a week. At a minimum of 20 minutes and a maximum of an hour, this all depends on the student. Also, again, everybody learns at a different pace.
Discipline yourself and take baby steps. And you will achieve your goals at a much faster rate.
I have faith in you, and you are doing this. I've been with you since day one, and I will be here to the end. You are doing just fine, my friend. Keep up the good work, but please take a break, think, and then do.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! It has been an awesome experience learning the drums so far and I can’t wait to keep learning and improving no matter what that looks like
@connorsousa7448 learn for yourself, not us. I'm just here to give a little advice. We all have different options that let's you sort thru what works for you. In the beginning, I thought this was just another BS video. Now I know that you are the real deal. Keep going and never look back.
Dude I love this video, I started 6 months ago, played guitar and recorded music for 15+ years and finally said you know what it’s time to learn drums. I bought an electric kit so that I could practice everyday and not worry about noise complaints. I told myself I was gonna play everyday for a year and just see where I am at and decide if I will continue, my improvement has been insane, doing pad work every day for 1-2 hours then playing on the kit. My biggest advice for most people is just give it 30-60 days, you are going to be terrible, drums are extremely hard. But if you keep putting in the work you will see improvement and as you get better the improvement comes faster. Great video bro!
Love to hear about that dedication!! It has been so fulfilling for me as well!
Stay the journey man! Been at it 45 years and still learn something new all the time.
That's awesome and complete facts. I'm still in college and in a band, currently we have entered heats, passed heats, entered regional finals, and come first place for regional finals in a band competition. Even though I've done all these cool things I'm still learning tons of awesome things every day and it's drummers like you who just keep at it that really inspire other people.
2:29 when you mess up dont pause keep going until you get it right
Hardest thing to do ngl
Cool video, I just started 4 weeks ago. I found an instructor, bought a cheap acoustic kit (bad idea), and will upgrade as I progress. Hardest thing for me right now is playing kick and hi hat with the snare and synching all those up. But getting there.
Yeah it’s tough, but keep up the good work!
Hi golfire don't worry about buying a cheap acoustic kit, you can buy better drum heads for it and just learn how to tune it properly. The challenge is getting good cymbals, because cymbals you can't tune, but for drum heads you can change and tune.
@@mjtan6787 Ty great advice!!
I started playing violin for the first tim, 3 months ago. I bought my first violin ever. I bought a Yamaha sv-200 electric violin and I love it. At 65, I will never master the violin, but who cares. I play well enough that I can play along with a cd. You don't have to be the greatest musician on the planet to have fun. It is better to play a musical instrument crappy than not play at all.
Good work and attitude. I started taking drum lessons at age six, in 1952, since then have played a zillion gigs, as well as concert and marching band and community orchestra, etc. I still play here at home but not in public anymore.
Anyway, as a hopefully helpful comment, there are books by Paul Capozolli called 'around the drums with triplets,..... paradiddles, ......open rolls', etc. which helped me a lot in my younger days. When you get comfy roaming on the toms, you might check these out They really help with fills. I see some for sale out there
I’ll check that out, thank you so much!!
keep going ur doing well
6:59 I'm 6 months into learning. I knew it would be difficult but damn man, this is way more difficult than I thought. Granted I haven't had steady time to practice lately but I'm learning now you really have to be super committed to practicing often if you ever want to be a somewhat good drummer. I'm in my 40's and I'm just doing it for the fun of it. I really wish I would've started earlier but oh well. I might not become an awesome drummer but everyday I'm getting better and that's all that matters. And I should add, my whole life I always thought I'd be a good drummer if I tried. Now that I'm trying, I'm really wondering why I ever thought that lol. It's weird for me sometimes too. I'll be at the kit practicing something new and really struggling. So I'll walk away from the kit. The next day I'll sit down and it'll just click. It's like my brain finally learned it overnight. Call me crazy but it's happened a few times. I'm at the end of the video. Sorry for the long comment but if you're only 40 days in I must really suck haha. I didn't try playing my first song until I was 3 months in. And I haven't even tried any rudiments yet 😕 I can play 1 song (well not perfectly tho) and that's Anthem for the year 2000 by Silverchair. I'm working on Let her go by Passenger but there's some tricky parts in there. It's an easy song but the opening and closing the hi hat gets me confused.
You don’t suck man everyone learns at different paces! There’s still a lot of things I struggle with and in videos like these you usually only see my best takes. There’s a lot of failure that I edit out for time too
This is so inspiring. I'm 35 and I want to learn how to play drums too. I don't know it just clicked on me last week.
I'm 65 and never owned a drum set. I want to buy a Gretch 7 piece drum set. I play bongoes and congos, but drums kits are different.
You learnt a few beats in 40 days, you didn’t learn to play the drums in 40 days, iv been playing 23 years and I still learn new things now. But stick with it, it’s the most fun thing you can have with your trousers on and a point no one ever mentions is it is incredibly beneficial for your mental health.
I just came over from instagram proud of the progress keep driving brother🫶🏾
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video and awesome journey man! I think one of the toughest things is the consistency. You wanted to give up on Day 3-4, were there days after that where maybe you didn't want to give up, but you just didn't want to do anything that day? How did you overcome those feelings?
Definitely!! There were days where I had to force myself to practice despite wanting to do anything else. What helped me most was just the bigger picture of knowing what I’m working towards and what practicing everyday achieves.
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Well done Conner ! I’m a professional drummer and teacher. If I have any piece of advice for anyone starting out it is learn to hold and move the stick properly, as you so well demonstrated in your video using your wrist and fingers rather than moving your whole arm which will make progress so much easier.
Often new students just don’t have the patience to do this as they understandably just want dive straight into playing beats and grooves.
keep drumming homie. now let’s see you cover something! billie jean is a good one to try btw. just try to keep it tight throughout
next travis barker?
Haha imagine
Nice man! I've been following your jorney from Instagram, keep it up!
Love it man! Keep checking in for more long form content too 👀
Um, where are the banjo videos?
Gotta restring it first 😅
Not enough playing. Sorry. Was trying to see how good you got and it ruined the video by me never being able to even hear the difference.
Classic beginner thinking. Why cant i play this? It is a bunch of simply strikes. If you do not put in the time and give your brain time to assimilate what you are attempting to do, then you wont do it. These are mechanical skills and some repitiion is needed.
Every drummer in the world was a beginner at some point and they all went through the same mental struggles, your point sucks bro 🤣
@@jmbozigian Sometimes you just want to throw the sticks through the window. It is indeed a very difficult intrument to learn to play. It seems easy when you see it doing until you try yourself.
@@jmbozigian You an upset fan boi of this guy or soemthing? Did i hit a nerve with my obviously valid and correct comment? Is thsi why you are upset, cos i hurt your "boi"? Learn to walk before you run is obvious. Same goes on teh drumkit. Why cant i do this? Well, there is your answer. One more thing. I can teach a receptive person to play the dums in 5 minutes. I dont need 40 days to do it.
these are not drums. its some shit that triggers samples when you hit it