If Darkness Had a Son – Metallica – Drum & Bass Breakdown

Mar 8, 2023 | Drums

Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Drums A nice Lars drum part that contains a lot of stuff – 4 on the floor bass drum beats, regular type beats with hi-hat or crash ride, double bass drum/tom beats, and everything between. There are different...

Screaming Suicide – Metallica – Drum & Bass Breakdown

Jan 25, 2023 | Drums

Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Drums Lars rocking the drums again. Lots of double bass drum action as per usual, open hi-hats that sizzle, and some fast snare fills. Play it loud! Click Here to Download the Drum Music for “Screaming...

Flowers – Drums – Divide & Conquer

Jan 23, 2023 | Drums

Flowers Drums   How can we “Divide & Conquer” when it comes to a drum part? Can learning one song like this help with learning other parts? We will answer this and more as we look at the drum part for “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus and use...

Flowers – Miley Cyrus – Drum & Bass Breakdown

Jan 18, 2023 | Drums

Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Drums Here is another case of drums being constructed with samples in the computer, most likely. Lots of 4 on the floor bass drum, and hi-hat action. I opted to have the hi-hat play some of the shaker starting at...

Be a Drummer, Seriously

Oct 5, 2022 | Drums, General, Guitar

Be a Drummer Seriously, just do it. It’s just one of those simple facts of life that everyone plays guitar. If you need a great guitarist, chances are you’ll have more applicants for the position than you can handle. Like a colony of ants that is mostly...

Been Caught Stealing – Jane’s Addiction – Drum Breakdown

Aug 27, 2022 | Drums

Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Drums Drummer Stephen Perkins does this beat in a particular way for much of the song – with the right hand doing the main hi-hat and snare beat, and the left hand picking up the offbeat snares. In addition,...