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    Can anyone give me tips on how to make drum covers? Like is there some technique or something.

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    bump

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    play the song, and record it, i guess.
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    Steal one of your mom's Duvets and grab a pair of scizzors, and hey presto, drum covers.

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    Pretty vague question bro, what do you mean? How do you learn cover songs? or actual covers for the drums?

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    how to cover songs. hahaha sorry

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    just listen to the song and try to identify the drum beat. once you get used to listening for it, playing it shouldnt be that hard
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    Welcome to DC Rainard! Sorry i'm a couple of posts late...

    Anyway when covering songs, whether you're making a video for youtube or recording songs with your band, you should know how the song goes, like what ZK said^^. Practicing to the song and listening to it in your spare time will help along the way, because no one can cover a song without listening to it first. Also, make sure you like the song, because if you don't like it, why cover it?

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    I think Drum Bum sells songs without the drums.These are great to make covers with if you are playing by your self.Sheet music used to be almost a secret but I think many of these can be had too and if you can read music,it will take all the guess work out of trying to figure out how the songs go.I have no idea if any of these can be obtained free.I know lyrics can be found free to some music.Show us one when you get er done.We love to watch and,I at least,learn a lot by watching how others play.Good luck bro!
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    I'm also kind of new to this also. I've been playing with music for about two month now and can comfortably play about five song beginning to end but not note for note. To me note for note got tedious and also kinda boring for me. I just start by identifying the bass beat and snare strikes along with the rhythm. Then move on to cymbals and fills. I usually add my own touch to the fills, but they are rhythmically matched as well as timing. It helps a lot to listen to the song your learning enough so that you can identify where you are in the song to fit I'm cymbals and propper fills.

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    I agree with listening to the song. Listen to it as much as you can. Then try playing along with it, the first few times don't go crazy with playing everything the same as the original. Just play the basic beat. Then you can add more to it or do your own thing with it.

    Wear ear protection too. Best thing I did was to buy a good set of headphones, where I can hear my ipod and it also blocks out the loudness of the drums but not too much so I can safely hear the drums and also the song, without turning the song volume up too loud.

    I don't have much experience on recording but there are many other people here that do. The recording thread has a lot of good info on there too.
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