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The Gear Guru
Our AI gear expert. Any drummer, any era, any budget — it builds the rig and links every piece, used market included.
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Legendary rigs documented era by era — Bonham to Barker — and yours next. Vote 🥁 for the Rig of the Week.
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A beat maker in your browser. Program a groove, tweak the tempo, share it with a link — no app, no sign-up.
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Acoustic Drums
Acoustic drum kits are the heart of what makes drumming amazing! They sound incredible, look amazing and most importantly of all, so much fun to play.
Advice for Drummers
Are you a drummer looking for some guidance? We have advice that covers everything from the different types of gear available, types of drum lessons as well as career support.
Cymbals
Cymbals are a fundamental part of the drum kit. Cymbals are often what gives a drummer their unique sound and style.
Drum Heads
Drum heads shape your sound before anything else — coated, clear, single and double-ply, compared and explained.
Drum Lessons
Without a doubt, one of the fastest ways to get better at drums is drum lessons. The main question is what type of lessons are best for you.
Drummers
At Drum Faster we love drummers! Here you will find all of our drummer features so far!
Drumsticks
Drumsticks are a key part of every drummer's setup. Well...
Electric Drums
Electronic drum kits are now incredibly popular among drummers. Originally seen as a novelty, they have become a key part of almost every drummer's setup.
Hardware
Pedals, stands, racks and thrones — the hardware that holds your kit together, reviewed and compared.
News
The latest from the drumming world — new gear, tours, releases and the stories worth your time.
Latest from the blog
The Beginner Course
Lesson 7: Accents, ghost notes and dynamics
Loud and quiet on purpose: the backbeat that cracks, ghost notes that whisper between it, accents on the hi-hat, and the stick heights that make all three possible.
The Beginner Course
Lesson 6: Your first fills
A fill is beat four with something in it: four sixteenths on the snare, then around the toms, then a whole bar, and landing the crash on one — with the beat and the fill written out together.
The Beginner Course
Lesson 1: Hold the sticks and sit like a drummer
Matched grip, the pivot between thumb and first finger, a seat height that saves your back, and your first strokes on a pad — the free beginner drum course starts here.
The Beginner Course
Lesson 4: Hi-hat variations
Quarter notes for a bigger sound, sixteenths for a busier one, the open hat on the 'and' of four, and moving the pattern to the ride — four ways to change a beat without changing the beat.
The Beginner Course
Lesson 3: Playing to a click
Why 60 BPM is harder than 120, how to lock the snare to the click until the click disappears, and why 'boring' is the signal you are looking for.
The Beginner Course
Lesson 10: How to practise so it sticks
A twenty-minute routine that covers hands, time, something new and a song; the practice log and the streak; and where to go after the tenth lesson — rudiments, classic grooves and a hundred songs.
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Learn more about your favourite drummers and contribute to the vault 🙌
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Brand new Yamaha drum hardware!
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The brand new Yamaha EAD20 is here!
Tools
Make drum phone audio sound like the studio with this easy free tool 🙌
News
This Millenium electric drum kit is one to look at! 👀
News
New gear from Tama (September 2026)
Tools
The best FREE drum tuner
Tools
It’s time to learn your rudiments 🥁
Gear
What the pros ACTUALLY play — 323 pieces of gear, documented 🥁
The Rig Vault
Legendary rigs, era by era
The kits behind the records — documented year by year, every piece linked. Drop a 🥁 on your favourite: the weekly winner is crowned in our Friday email.
The drummer's toolbox
Free tools that run right in your browser — no apps, no downloads, no faff.
- Drum tunerHit a drum, see the pitch — match your lugs by ear-proof numbers.
- Drum FiltersMake your phone drum videos sound mixed — tap a genre, hear it, post it.
- Tempo trainerThe metronome that pushes you — literally drum faster.
- Rudiment trainerAll 40 essentials with the sticking in your ears.
- Practice logTrack every session and keep your streak alive.
- Song temposThe BPM of the songs you get asked to play, a tap from the metronome.
A free account unlocks the lot: saved kits and tuning pitches in the tuner, the auto-climbing trainer, gap click, odd time signatures and meter loops in the metronome, random rudiment practice, the full practice log, exporting your filtered drum videos, and bigger Gear Guru limits with saved chats. No card, no catch — just your email.
Join freeDrummers we love
Funk
Aaron Spears | Usher's drummer, and everyone's teacher
Aaron Spears defined modern R&B drumming with Usher and Ariana Grande, and taught a generation online. His playing, his DW kit, and his legacy.
Metal
Alex Cohen | Progressive drumming's advanced class
Alex Cohen writes books on extreme polyrhythm and does things on double bass most drummers would not attempt. His playing, his books, and his Yamaha kit.
Rock
Alex Van Halen | The other half of Van Halen
Alex Van Halen built the biggest drum sound of the 1980s. Hot for Teacher, the resonator kits, his Ludwig and Paiste rig, and life after Eddie.