This is the Drumming Career Course, complete with video, links, assignments and tips to getting gigs.

There are 11 lessons total. Each Lesson will cover a different topic: (Course outline below) It is recommended that the student take at least a week between each lesson to absorb and fully complete each assignment.

Joe is available to answer your

This is the Drumming Career Course, complete with video, links, assignments and tips to getting gigs.

There are 11 lessons total. Each Lesson will cover a different topic: (Course outline below) It is recommended that the student take at least a week between each lesson to absorb and fully complete each assignment.

Joe is available to answer your questions within 24 hours: joe@joegoretti.com

Drumming Career Course Outline

Unit 1 – Building Our Product

Lesson 1 – Perfecting Our Timekeeping and Groove

-Perfecting Precision with Subdivisions

-Mastering the groove

-The Money Beat

-Playing to loops and drum machines (comes with 3 drum loops to play along with)

-Timekeeping in a band

Lesson 2 – Charts

-What are charts?

-The importance of WRITING charts

-Tools for writing charts

-How to write a drum reduction

Lesson 3 – Versatility

-What it means to be versatile

-Being a musical chameleon

-10 Essential Rhythms for the professional drummer

Lesson 4 – Repertoire

-Why knowing a lot of songs gives you an advantage

-Learning the actual drum parts of classic songs

-The 50 songs YOU MUST know by heart w/ Links to each

Lesson 5 – Professionalism

-The conduct and behavior of a serious professional

-Why your appearance matters

-What band leaders expect of you

-Essential equipment

Unit 2 Selling Our Product

Lesson 6 – What Gigs Are Available

-A list of all the gigs available to you

-Tips and links on how to get the gigs

-What you can expect to get paid

-What is required of each gig

-video links as examples

Lesson 7 – Why Do You Want The Gig

-The importance of knowing why you play drums

-Defining your personal career goals

-Setting a path to achieve those goals

Lesson 8 – Where Do You Need To Be

-How do you accomplish your goals in your hometown

-Should you relocate

-Is the big city calling you?

Lesson 9 – Who Do You Need To Know

-Your most valuable friends and allies

-The shameless self-promoting musician

-Non-musicians involved in the music scene

Lesson 10 – How Do You Keep Gigs Coming In

-Networking in the real world

-Networking tools

-Networking in the cyber world

-Five cyber tools every serious pro MUST use

Lesson 11 – Cracking Into The Big Time

-How to be at the right place at the right time

-How I landed my first high profile gig

-One gig leads to another

-Playing drums for rock stars