Easiest Song On Drums | First Drum Lesson | 'Billie Jean' Drum Lesson

_______________ Easiest Song On Drums | First Drum Lesson | "Billie Jean" Drum Lesson

There's nothing like being a beginner drummer and learning your first song. In this beginner drum lesson I break down what I consider to be the easiest song on the drums. I have taught "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson to more drummers than I can remember. It's a fantastic first drum lesson to help you master your first song on the drums as a beginner drummer.

Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
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Cymbal Setup From Left To Right:

All Zildjian

Hats:
16" EFX Crash on top
16" K Light Top Hat on bottom

18" Kerope Crash

22" K Custom Dark Complex Ride

22" Renaissance Ride

Drums:
Tama Starclassic Bubinga with Tiger Wood finish

Sticks:
Vic Firth 5A

Drumheads:
Aquarian
Classic Clear on toms and snare resonant
Response 2 on toms batter
Hi-Velocity on snare batter
Regularor (Ebony) on kick resonant
Super Kick 10 on kick batter

Alclair In Ear Monitors

Earthworks Microphones

[juxoq]

never started drums and every comment is like “ive played drums for 205 years. I am drums.”

[SllwedandReverb]

Me an actual beginner

Literally every comment: I have been playing drums for 60 years I don’t know why I’m watching this

[paulleigh]

I’ve been playing drums 40 years. But every days a school day. 👍

[poxiuwj]

Man that 6:20 part is killing me 🙈 admittedly Ive only been practising for about an hour and I started drums only 3 days ago.

[annalariviere]

Me: I have been playing the drums for 5 minutes this is why I’m here

Everyone else: I have been playing the drums for 1, 732 years I don’t know why I’m here

[juliaamber]

Then when you get bored you can apply this to every AC/DC song ever written... lol. I'm not sure why I clicked on this to watch, I started playing drums over 30 years ago. Damn, I'm old.

[chrishoughtby]

I'm 42 and just taking up the drums because, why not? I like the way you break things down and demonstrate. I'm looking forward to learning more from your videos.

[KirksDrumRoom]

Stephen, this is a GREAT lesson for ALL drummers. From beginner to pro, we all need to check ourselves every so often. And how you explained it is perfect for the beginner. I was going to do a similar YouTube video on this song. But damn, you nailed it! Kudos to you!

[georgesmith]

Been drumming for 7 years i don't know why I'm watching this😂

[RMWBarton]

This song is hard. Nail it and you’re there.

[madaxe]

Oh man I feel like I could learn drum just from watching this guy. I wanna buy a drum kit now...

[warburtonpaul]

As a teacher for 24 years I learned very quickly that 'easy' was a relative term.
The second you tell someone it's easy, it become hard. More pressure, man, and that you can do without playing the drums.

[rollsaround]

Thanks for a lesson I already had but I love rewatching this stuff. Been playing for 15 years but really can't go wrong with relearning the basics. All hail the drums!

[imyoursicdisaster]

My dad introduced me and my brother to Metallica at a very young age. Ever since I heard Enter Sandman, I fell in love with the way Lars plays. I've always been so infatuated with drumming and I'm only just now able to act out on my dream.

Thank you so much for this. It's seriously helping.

[Aneaaaaa]

Just got a drum set today and this helped me so much! Thanks!!

[Ryan-mgve]

I can’t get drums because I don’t have the room for it and my parents would hate it at least my mom also I like the guitar more but I just got a vr headset and there’s a game called paradiddle and it’s the drums in vr so I’m going to try and learn it

[theycallmewoodstock]

The easiest song on drums is


Tom sawer

[basslife]

You make it so easy to understand the sheet music as well as perfectly seeing what you're doing. Im actually learning! Thank you!

[ereboz]

love this video, took lessons when i was 16, regretfully stopped, 38 now wanna get back into it. i remember Back in Black being pretty easy for a learner

[StephenTaylorDrums]

There's nothing like being a beginner drummer and learning your first song. In this beginner drum lesson I break down what I consider to be the easiest song on the drums. I have taught "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson to more drummers than I can remember. It's a fantastic first drum lesson to help you master your first song on the drums as a beginner drummer.

A note about the chart from Tim Buell (who transcribed the part):

"Hey all! You are 100% correct in the right way to write a multi-bar repeat. I do all the sheet music for Stephen and this is totally "my bad". In Finale there actually isn't really a way to write a "multi-measure" repeat beyond 1 or 2 bars that is A. Easy B. maintains the correct measure number count. Because of that, this is the "work around" although it isn't 100% correct. There is definitely a case to be made that writing a repeat measure for more than 2 measures can get confusing anyway, but this is just the quickest way to write the chart and the cleanest I've found for teaching.

Most of the charts and transcriptions I do aren't really intended for "use on a gig" as much as they are deep-dive studying of source material and because of that I take some liberties you wouldn't normally see in any kind of "traditional" or "formal" scores you would purchase for contemporary music. Because, again, I'm assuming people are referencing the original recording before working from the notation at all - which isn't always the case with a score you'd get on a gig or in a live performance setting.

All that to say, you are right - but Finale makes easy things really difficult sometimes haha."

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