The Goal Of The Course:
The Learn And Master Drums course is designed to guide you from the very basics of setting up the drum set to expert playing techniques including improvising over popular songs in several styles of music.
Who Will Benefit Most From This Drum Lesson Course?
This lesson dvd set is geared for anyone, from young adults and older, that has a dream to master all facets of the drums. This includes first time beginners through intermediate drummers that wish to expand and polish their playing skills.
About The Instructor Dann Sherrill
According to the Learn and Master Drums website, “Dann Sherrill is…an in-demand session drummer/percussionist in Nashville and has recorded many CDs, jingles, and publisher demos.”
He has performance and production credits with Steve Winwood, Michael English, Percy Sledge, Tony McManus, Engelbert Humperdinck, Mel Tillis, Bonnie Bramlett, Armando Perazza (Santana), Nino Segarra, Maelo Ruiz, Mose Allison, Arturo Sandoval, Jeff Steinberg, Al Delory, Willie Crespo, Anna Maria Mendietta, Hayseed Dixie, Mark Selby, Jamie O’Hara.
Dan is also a dedicated and experienced instructor. His resume includes teaching advanced college students at several universities.
The Physical Parts
Learn And Master Drums comes with 13 video lesson DVDs, 5 play-along CDs containing well known popular songs, a 100 page lesson book and a protective case to store them all in one place.
A Partial List Of The Lessons
Setting Up The Drum Kit
Good Practice Habits
Playing The Bass Drum And Hi-Hat Within The First 2 Sessions
Reading Music
Tips On Drum Soloing
Tips Of The Pros
Improvising
Playing With Brushes
Double Bass Drumming
The Moeller Technique
Classic Beats of Famous Rock Songs
And More…
For a complete list of all of the topics covered follow this link to the company site: The Complete List of Learn and Master Drums Lesson Topics.
The Styles Of Drumming Covered
Rock, Funk, Blues, Jazz and Latin
The Negatives
Um...ah...well...er....a...hold on, I'm thinking.....hmm....there's got to be something...oh, I know..yah, that's right...I don't like the colors on the protective dvd case. Whew, that's a relief...for a minute I thought that this was a perfect program. I feel better now.
The Positives
This program is an all video format from start to finish. No little snippits of video or audio. You get the full emersion experience that can only come from watching and hearing each lesson from multiple angles.
You’ll play popular songs right away.
The lessons include guided video practice sessions with the author. You are not left on your own to guess what to do during practice time. Dann not only teaches you how to practice but also demonstrates exactly how a professional does it during his play-along practice sessions. This is not a typical benefit of many lesson programs but it is absolutely essential for obtaining predictable results.
The Instructor, Dann Sherrill is a nationally renowned, full time, performing and recording drummer as well as an active passionate instructor.
The after purchase support program includes an online resource center where Dann Sherrill will answer questions. You also have access to chatting with other students and many other extra drum related downloads.
The Cost Analysis
The Price is $249 USD, (as of this writing ), and includes all of the items mentioned above.
Learn And Master Drums with Dann Sherrill contains the equivalent of about one years worth of lessons if you were to space them out as if you were taking lessons from a local drum teacher. A local instructor typically will charge anywhere from $20 to $50 per weekly lesson. Your minimum cost, (not including materials), at only $20 per lesson for 12 months would be at least $1040.
The choice comes down to:
- the Learn and Master Drums DVD course at $249 or …
- a local instructor at $1040.
Guarantee:
If you are not satisfied for any reason, simply return it within sixty (60) days for a full refund of the purchase price.
The Bottom Line
I have to admit that I am prejudiced in favor of the Legacy learning Systems lesson programs for instrumental music. I had been stuck as a low level intermediate guitar player for 40 years and desperately wanted to break out of my rut but I just didn’t have the time or money for the traditional live instructor.
Since I acquired the Learn and Master Guitar series I have been absolutely thrilled with the fast results. I can now listen to a favorite song on the radio, find the key and play some rudimentary solos that actually work. I am really having so much fun. I wish that programs like this were available when I was first starting out.
Dann Sherrill’s drum lesson course follows the same well thought out format that was so effectively implimented in the guitar program - a nationally renowned professional player / instructor teaching and practicing with me in full video. And all of this fun takes place in the convenience of my own home at the time of my choosing.
