Creating Midi Drum Tracks - Logic X & EZD2

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I took the leap a few months back and upgraded from a 7yr+ old MacBook and Garageband to an iMac with Logic Pro X along with EZDrummer2.

I've played guitar,bass and keys for a long time but I'm fairly new to programming realistic sounding drums. I was hoping for some advice, books, tutorials etc. that will explain this in detail and get me on my way to producing interesting drum parts & fills for my songs rather than bog standard drums that just plod along.

I've been told to look at Groove 3 - Drumming Explained by Eli Krantzberg but after watching previews all the lessons are shown on score rather than a Piano Roll which I would find much more beneficial. Essentially I just want to learn more about different time sigs, ghost notes, fills and how to bring my drum programming knowledge up to an informed level. I have also been recommended the drum course on Lynda but I want to get some opinions before spending on tutorials. I'm a confident user of Logic X it is really just the drums that are bugging me.

Advice is greatly appreciated

Thanks

p.s. I understand that I could use the Logic X Drummer and then convert to Midi to tweak but I'd really like to be able to put an idea in my head into the piano roll so I can really understand the dynamics and construction of the drumbeat
 
Hi man! Maybe you can try to program beats that already exists. Try to do them exactly as they are in the songs you choose.
That can be a good place to start.
I don't think is the kind of answer you were expecting but you can learn a lot that way.

Cheers!
 
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