Lesson Materials
To begin taking drum lessons all that you will need is a pair of drum sticks. If you are a beginner and do not have drum sticks I will be happy to give you a pair at our first lesson and then discuss what stick is best for you.
After our first lesson (if you don't already have a drum set) you will need a practice pad and a metronome. Metronomes can be tricky for us drummers because drums have the tendency to be louder than the metronome. Using a practice pad helps as well as having a metronome with a headphone jack. If you have a drum set you may be interested in purchasing practice pads that fit over the drum set. Also you will want to have a music stand for reading from our lesson books.
I use 2 books from which to teach.
1) Alfred's drum method 1 - $11
2) Basic Drumming by Joel Rothman - $27
We may or may not begin with the books but eventually both will need to be purchased. I have these available for purchase at our lessons.
Buying a drum set is an investment and a decent new drum set with cymbals can be purchased for $500-$800 dollars. If you are craigslist savvy you may find a good used set for less.
Drum set, like any musical instrument, is an investment and I can tell you that from my mother's intial investment of years of music lessons and numerous drum sets I have been able to give back to her in countless ways. And to this day she still has the joy of buying me drums for my birthday.
Thanks...Mark DiFlorio