Welcome to Play Drums Now! I made this site to help drummers have more fun. The material available here makes it easier to learn drums and advance your skills on the drumset. I am providing this site and its resources in hopes it will help the overall drumming community connect and advance further and faster than ever before. Enjoy!

– Adam Randall, drummer / instructor

The Play Drums Now Method

…is a simple and ideal approach to learning drums, that looks at the big picture of drumming goals and shows an efficient path to help you achieve them all.

Focuses on working toward having more fun

Involves all topics of skill

Begins with drumming fundamentals and the art of practicing

First major goal: playing with songs , which ties together most basic drumming skills

, which ties together most basic drumming skills Second major goal: increase sound quality and expressivity on the drumset, as well as your drumming vocabulary .

and on the drumset, as well as your . Overall strategy is to continue growing your drumming skills forever! (It’s more fun that way)

The mission of Play Drums Now is to provide a complete collection of lessons and exercises (many of them are free!) to provide drummers with valuable materials for every step of their path. It accelerates the training process for drummers, to get you having fun fast.

The materials are unique and have TONS of innovations I came up with to speed up the process of training. These innovations have all been field tested and proven successful, at both the Colorado Music Institute in Denver and Klash Drums in Minneapolis.

(See the ‘Contact’ page for info on private lessons at Klash, in person or via video)

Some questions to consider:

1) What kind of drum lesson material are you looking for?

Many drumming skills are found in other lessons and training programs, but ALL of the vital drumming skills are taught here on the Play Drums Now site. Many of the lessons are FREE!

‘How To Play Drums’

The book ‘How To Play Drums: The Ultimate Guide’ was written to be the basic training program that gets drummers to the point of proficiency with the drumset, so you can explore and advance from there. This book includes all the knowledge and exercises you need to launch a successful drumming career!

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2) What styles of music would you like to play drums with?

Each genre of music has its own style of drumming, which is easy to hear in styles like blues, reggae, and heavy metal, for example. Fortunately, when learning each style, the skills tend to cross over well. All styles of drumming have certain things in common, like grooves and fills that support the structure of the song.

Compared to many other instruments like guitar or bass, it’s fairly easy to learn to play drums! Once you have some basic skills you can enjoy the world of music, and explore in whichever direction of musical style you prefer.

Learn how to play drums NOW, easily

Learning how to play drums with these online resources is lots of fun and even life-improving. There are plenty of free lessons as well as training books available here, to help you gain drumming skills fast. These resources don’t exist anywhere else, and contain innovations that have been field tested in a real drum lesson atmosphere.

It’s easier than you might think to learn to play drums with songs, and practicing drumset is a blast!! A good way to get started on this path is with the main “How To Play Drums” training program (see ‘PDN products’ page), which will advance your skills quickly and easily. Plan for rapid improvement!!

As your skills progress, you will have more fun, and fun leads to more success!

You just need to get started on the path.