Play Along Collection – Bonus Package

About this Bonus Package (Play Along Collection+Drum Recording Video Course):

Normal Price: $55.99 Price Through 2/23: $27.99 (save 50%!)

About “Play Along Track Collection” (20 drumless play along tracks):

• This is a collection of 20 high quality backing tracks that cover a range of genres, as wells as tempos
• Backing tracks are a great way to practice musical drumming and test out any grooves, fills, or concepts you’ve been working on in a musical setting
• Avoid the monotony of practicing with just a simple metronome
• Work on your creativity and groove composing
• Genres included in this are: Rock, Funk, Latin, Odd Meter, Shuffle, LoFi Hip Hop, and more
• Tracks cover a variety of tempos from 72 BPM all the way up to 214 BPM, and every song has the BPM included in the file name
• Each play along track comes with 3 versions
  • Drum Demo – this is a version of the track with drums to demonstrate my approach to the song
  • No Click – this is a drumless version of the track with no click track
  • With Click – this is a drumless version of the track with an included click track
• *BONUS* also included in this play along collection is “How to Compose the Right Groove for a Song” – a 20 minute video masterclass giving you 5 tips for writing and creating your own drum parts to play along tracks and songs

About “Drum Recording for the Working Musician” (20 videos total + PDF booklet):

• The goal of this course is to teach you how to record drums in the least complicated way possible. Recording can seem like a complex and expensive area reserved for “audio tech wizards” – but getting clean recordings doesn’t have to be difficult
• Knowing how to record can help you collaborate with other musicians, create music content for YouTube/Instagram/etc, and help you “teach yourself” by enabling you to document your drumming journey and observe areas that need improvement
• When I began recording myself I felt overwhelmed by all the technical terms and gear involved. This course is what I WISH I had when I started recording – enabling you to skip all the YouTube hunting and google searching I had to do to figure these techniques out
• To start recording drums in this video course, you don’t need ANY recording gear – just a smartphone. I wanted to be sure that anyone could use this course without spending any money on “gear” – and pretty much everyone I know has a smartphone.
• This course begins with how to get a solid drum recording using only a smartphone and as the course progresses we will cover various other microphone setups you can use to record your drums
• Topics “Drum Recording for the Working Musician” Will Cover:
  • The recording “fundamentals” (touch, tone, and tuning)
  • How to record drums with your smartphone (if you want to get started recording without buying any gear)
  • Gear you’ll need for more advanced recording (microphones, interfaces, etc)
  • Recording Setup #1: One Microphone
  • Basic Mixing/Processing
  • Intermediate Mixing/Processing
  • Recording Setup #2: 3 Microphones
  • Recording an Electronic Drumset (and mix it to sound better)
  • Recording Setup #3: Close Mics and Overheads (7 mics)
  • How to Make a Drum Cover Video
  • Recording a Song Start to Finish (in a professional Nashville overdub session)
  • Basics of Acoustic Treatment
• *FREE BONUS LESSONS INCLUDED* – How to Tune and Muffle Drums (7 lessons)
  • Head Selection and Options
  • Basic Head Tuning and Fundamentals
  • Tuning the Snare
  • Tuning the Toms
  • Tuning the Bass Drum
  • Muffling and Dampening
  • Changing Snare Wires
• My goal for this course is to transform you from a drummer who isn’t collaborating with other musicians or documenting their drumming journey because the “audio tech wizard” has made the art of recording see too complicated/expensive into a drummer who can confidently capture their drumming using a variety of recording setups to allow for more music making and creativity on the drums.
• The bonus package is delivered in PDF format – how it works:
  • Click “add to cart”
  • Once you add the course to your cart, you can “view cart” and checkout via the PayPal page (you can select the option “Pay with Debit or Credit Card” and that will allow you to purchase without signing into PayPal)
  • After your payment goes through you’ll be redirected to a download page (and a copy of the receipt and download links will be sent to your email)
  • BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER for the automated download link email if you don’t see it in your inbox after 5-10 minutes
  • Click the download link in the email and you’ll download the PDF that contains all the download links