Gerson has been playing drums for 3 decades and teaching as well. Here’s some of the people and places he’s studied with: The City College of Los Angeles, Joseph Mitchell of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Raul Rico (percussionist for Santana) and Richie “Gajate” Garcia, (who’s played with Diana Ross, John Denver and other superstars.) Here’s …

Learning to play the drums has never been easier. First, you need to simply count “1-2-3-4” in rhythm. Then, we are going to add in each limb, one at a time. We start with the right hand on the hi-hat. You can hit it on each beat – 1 -2 -3 – 4. Next, we’ll …

I’m not going to knock one-on-one private drum lessons. In fact, from time to time, they are necessary later in your career. However, the problem is that they are expensive. Also, if you don’t have the right teacher, they can do more harm than good by getting you into bad drumming habits. In the Drums …

The biggest challenge is being confident while you’re playing. This goes hand in hand with overcoming stagefright. Now, I know there are all kinds of psychological tricks, theories, and weird techniques. But my personal opinion, and also my experience working with students, is that when it all comes down to it, what really makes a …