Jazz Drums with Peter Erskine
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Course Structure Jazz Drums with Peter Erskine
Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from zero to hero!
Master jazz drums with multi-Grammy winning legend Peter Erskine. Over 180 lessons from beginner coordination studies, through advanced brushwork, odd meters, and many different grooves.
Beginner
Build rock-solid jazz drumming technique with coordination, phrasing, tone, and comping exercises. Learn stick control, ride patterns, jazz phrasing, and 50+ coordination-building exercises. Master jazz drumming from the ground up with pro tips, rudiments, and deep coordination drills
Intermediate
Master brushwork, fills, and phrasing approaches to unlock dynamic expression in your jazz drumming. Build pro-level control with hi-hats, brushes, fills, and creative jazz phrasing exercises. Elevate your jazz drumming with brush technique, call & response, and advanced fill studies.
Advanced
Explore odd meters, samba grooves, and soloing skills to deepen your jazz drumming. Build bold phrasing, creative textures, and global rhythms into your drumming style. Strengthen your chops with funky grooves, dynamic solos, and Brazilian influences.
30 Day challenge
About Jazz Drums with Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine has taken his entire knowledge of playing drums and poured it into a comprehensive video library that includes hundreds of incredible jazz drum lessons. Subscribers get unlimited access to all online drum lessons, supplemented by backing tracks and other study materials. Plus there's special guest appearances and a community of drum enthusiasts from all over the world. What ultimately sets these drum lessons apart from other online offerings however, is the ability to submit a video using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange® Learning platform. Peter reviews each submission and records a video response where he offers tips and techniques to practice. All students can access Peter's Video Exchange library, which might contain the key to unlock your drumming.
About Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine first started playing drums when he was four years old. Since then he’s appeared on over 600 recordings, won two Grammy Awards and an Honorary Doctorate from the Berklee School of Music. He’s played with legendary artists including Freddie Hubbard, Chick Corea, Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report, Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, John Scofield and many more. Peter’s drumming can be heard on many film scores which include “La La Land", “The Secret Life of Pets,” all three of the Austin Powers movies and many more. Peter also has his own record label Fuzzy Music which produces jazz. He's also an active author with several books published to his name.
What students are saying!
Professor Erskine, Bohdisattva
I came to jazz drumming as a beginner the year I retired. Listening to the jazz masters recommended by Professor Erskine has changed my life and given me the joy of hearing and pla...
Jazz Drummer Chris L.
Peter is very responsive and detailed in his comments and guidance. These lessons are an incredible value. For the price of a couple in person lessons I get an entire year with Pet...
Great so far. I've been
Great so far. I've been playing the frums since the band in high school so the first lessons were a little elementary, but it was good to be reminded of things that I had forgotten...
Having Fun!
Jazz drumming has been so much fun for me over the past three years. As a beginner, I am able to learn at my own pace while reviewing prior video critiques given by Peter Erskine. ...
This course really works!
I’m having so much fun learning jazz drumming. Peter Erskine is not only an inspirational drummer, but an encouraging, insightful teacher who can get down to my level and give me t...
Parfait!
Tout est parfait, Peter Erskine est non seulement un batteur que j’admire beaucoup, mais c’est aussi un excellent professeur, très pédagogue, et qui trouve les meilleurs conseils p...
amazing teacher, needs more drum notation
obviously, peter is a master drummer. and a wonderful teacher. but to have this material stick, each (or at least most) lessons need to have sheet music. this way we can absorb and...
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