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  1. George Kollias, Metal Drumming DVD - Drum lessons for metal drumming, esp. for double bass drums - http://store.drumbum.com/skuDVD-158.html
  2. Drum Lessons: Slow it down! This is the key to learning difficult drum fills and beats on drums. Make yourself practice it slow. - It works!
  3. Drum Lessons: Hire a professional to redo your bearing edges. Get this wrong and you can really screw up your drums
  4. Drum Lessons: Lots of free drum lessons here... http://drumbum.com/lessons/drum-lessons/index.php beginner drum lessons to advanced
  5. Drum Lessons: Practice all styles of drumming, not just one. The more diverse your drumming, the farther you'll go on the drums.
  6. Double Bass Drum Books, CDs, DVDs - http://drumlessons.org/drum-lessons/double-bass/double-bass-drumming.htm
  7. Cool forum to talk drums - www.DrumChat.com
  8. Drum Lessons: Keep spare parts (heads, washers, etc.) with you ALWAYS on the gig. Remember the boy scout motto: Always be prepared.
  9. Drum Lessons: When developing a drum solo, think of a book where it has a beginning, middle and end.
  10. Cool Drum Gear - www.DrumGear.net
  11. Drum Lessons: Many drummers give up just before they're about to accomplish the goal. Stick to practicing until you get it.
  12. Drum Lessons: One of the best ways to learn is to teach drums to someone. You have to thoroughly understand what ur talking about.
  13. Check out the free online drum lessons at www.DrumBum.com - a lot of great stuff there for drums, all categorized
  14. @andy_reno Other than increased practice for all, pinpoint the weak link in the line and work on him (them) specifically.
  15. Drum Lessons: There are more than 40 drum rudiments but 40 is the recognized standard. Look into what's called "rudimental hybrids". FUN!
  16. Drum Lessons: Now and then set up your drums backwards and play left handed. It challenges you to get out of auto-pilot and "think".
  17. New drum books and drum lessons dvds added - www.DrumLessons.org
  18. @nikkinana Go with brand name if you can b/c it will be easier if you ever go to sell it.
  19. New Drum Lessons added - http://www.drumchat.com/drum-lessons.php
  20. @andy2trill Yea, check this out this drum line lessons tutorial: http://depts.washington.edu/drumpage/auditions2009/materials/uwdl2009.pdf