Re: good dvds or books or pieces of music.
Any lessons you receive will help. Going every other week is certainly going to help. how often you go depends on how hard and determined you are to learn the instrument (I know budgets are a factor as well as time).
As for books there are a couple that I like and have used.
1. The Drumset Musician by Rod Morgenstein and Rick Mattingly.
2. Buddy Rich's Modern Interpretation Of Snare Drum Rudiments written in collaboration with Henry Adler and revised by Ted Mackenzie (my old drum teacher).
3. Fundamental Studies Of Snare Drum by Garwood Whaley.
As far as DVD's I haven't looked into or used any for lesson purposes. I'm sure there are many good ones available though.
And the bottom line is practice, practice, practice. No matter what you read, hear, see, and learn always practice!!
TAMA- '2018 Star Walnut, ‘99 Starclassic Performer, '89 Granstar, ‘93 Rockstar
Gretsch- 1963 Round Badge
Zildjian
Remo
Vic Firth
Speed Cobra Double Pedal Blackout Edition
Speed Cobra Hi Hat
Hardware- TAMA Roadpro
Snare Drums- various TAMA, Gretsch, Ludwig, Leedy
Mic's- Sennheiser, Shure, AKG
Bookmarks