30 Fun/Easy Songs for Drums

_______________ 30 Fun/Easy Songs for Drums

This was filmed in one take. Sometimes we forget to just have fun on the drums. So that's what I wanted to do. Just press record and go for it...a mashup of a bunch of fun songs to drum to made by a really great friend of mine. Some of these are classic rock, some pop, some more recent...but all of them are fun and in the "easy to intermediate drumming" category. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed recording it.

Mad props to Jason Stout, my long time friend and musical cohort here in Nashville, for recording all of these parts and just overall killing it with this track.

Huge thanks to Tim Buell for the mix and edit. It was a lot of work.

Leave a comment below...I read them all and try to respond to as many as possible!
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Cymbal Setup From Left To Right:

All Zildjian

Hats:
14" K LIght

18" K Sweet Crash

21" K Sweet 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
Texture Coated on snare batter
Regularor (Ebony) on kick resonant
Super Kick 10 on kick batter

Alclair In Ear Monitors

Earthworks Mics

[maycontainnuts]

Drummers: always look like they're having the most fun
Guitarists: S t e r n
Bass player: *dead inside*
Singer: /constant orgasm face/

[tellatubbies]

My sister plays electric guitar, and I play piano and drums, we just redid our garage (added chalk walls, lights, a tv and couch etc )

I think a garage band is about to form...

[hayden_misenti]

let's play who will copyright the video first

[TajRahal]

Played guitar for 25 years and I decided to order my first drum set. Can’t wait.

[aligrant]

Song #2 should’ve been song 2 by blur just for the irony 😂

[TheHBSOURCE]

Hey Steve, was a drummer at high school, now in late 30’s bogged down in a high pressured career and want to lose myself in drums once again - this is just what I needed. Peace and love

[TheRealBarkinMadd]

I absolutely love how much fun you are having playing to these songs. The look on your face is priceless. We should all strive to have that much fun and passion in what we do - whether on the drums or wherever life finds us. Kudos and thanks, Stephen :)

[johnohod]

It's kinda cool to be able to say: "Hey, thats my drum teacher :)"

[dR__]

Timestamps:

#1 0:03 Metallica - Enter Sandman
#2 0:34 AC/DC - Back In Black
#3 0:55 Guns N' Roses - Paradise City
#4 1:14 The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
#5 1:34 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
#6 1:54 The Strokes - Last Night
#7 2:08 Twenty One Pilots - Heathens
#8 2:41 Weezer - Undone
#9 3:00 Queen - We Will Rock You
#10 3:26 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
#11 4:01 Lenny Kravitz - American Woman
#12 4:26 Aerosmith - Living On The Edge
#13 5:00 Alabama Shakes - Hold On
#14 5:29 Joan Jett - I Love Rock N' Roll
#15 5:50 Imagine Dragons - Natural
#16 6:31 U2 - Pride
#17 7:00 Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down
#18 7:26 The Police - Every Breath You Take
#19 8:36 Nirvana - Come As You Are
#20 8:51 David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
#21 9:07 Muse - Uprising
#22 9:44 The Clash - Rock The Casbah
#23 9:59 The Kinks - You Really Got Me
#24 10:41 Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right
#25 11:06 Paramore - Still Into You
#26 11:40 Coldplay - Clocks (Damn right)
#27 12:09 Quiet Riot - Come On Feel The Noise
#28 12:35 The Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
#29 13:03 Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire
#30 13:33 Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody

Don't ask me why

[iliketrains]

Who else tries to guess the songs from the guitar riffs before the title comes up?

[auri]

Song #2 correction: literally every one of their songs

[gooberbirb]

Those transitions were so smooth I didn’t even realize you were five songs in!

[gregmyers]

Having a blast is what it's ALL on my Brother!

[andyrazi]

7:05 I love the transition from the start and how it ends and as the intro of every breath you take comes in! for me this part is so good in the ear.

[jasonhall]

Best part of the video? "You know you love this song" during clocks by coldplay

[darcesandasses]

I love how Stephen is rocking out to all the songs I was rocking out too! Last Nite is one of my favourite songs of all time!

[tfgenerationz]

Back in Black has always been a weird one. The beat is very easy, however I can never get the timing 100% on point. It's a surprisingly hard song to keep time to.

[hellgrinder]

Just put the whole discography of ac/dc and you are golden

[finnjacobs]

I find it so cool when drummers hit the cymbals (i believe thats what its called I’m not a drummer myself but really impressed and fascinated by drmmers)

[diederikwillems]

My son of six years old absolutely loved this video. He started drumming last September (initiation in music school). He loved seeing how much fun you had behind your instrument.

Thank you. And very nice and tight grooves and transitions.