I listen to it, then play along to it. I then look for live version and hope to catch glimpses of how the original drummer plays it live which is usually a little different. I then look for drum covers of the song on youtube and usually get a few different interpretations of the song.
some songs I will look for tabs or sheet music and others is not required.
I have also recently started using the jammit app and absolutely love it, they have a small amount of songs (unless your a dream theatre fan) but are adding new ones just about every week.
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