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How is everyone doing?

I have a quick ?.

I picked up an 8" practice pad and a set of sticks for my son. He expressed interest in playing drums. I don't want to buy a cheapo kit and I don't want to spend alot of $$ unless he shows real interest(so much for quick).

Is there a decent book/online program/anything I can get him to use with the practice pad. ie timming exercises etc etc.

Steve
 
Phoneboy said:
How is everyone doing?

I have a quick ?.

I picked up an 8" practice pad and a set of sticks for my son. He expressed interest in playing drums. I don't want to buy a cheapo kit and I don't want to spend alot of $$ unless he shows real interest(so much for quick).

Is there a decent book/online program/anything I can get him to use with the practice pad. ie timming exercises etc etc.

Steve
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"Stick Control" by George Lawrence Stone. Absolutely the place to start. Rudiments are everything and translate to any percussion medium. I got my copy in elementary school and continued to use it as a method book through college, even while studying kit for a while.
 
Also, if you're not familiar with Steve Weiss Music, it's probably the best place to get percussion related "stuff" through the mail. And they even have a website now. (for a long time they were not online and it was a paper catalog only)

http://www.steveweissmusic.com/catalog/index.php
 
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