Online Drum Lessons

Learn to Play the Drums at Home

We offer one on one drum lessons for students of all ages and levels. Complete beginners are welcome.

The drums are a very accessible and versatile instrument. With a wide palette of rhythms and feels to explore, learning the drums is a fascinating and rewarding journey. You can start at any age for any reason, we are sure you'll love it.

Rama Parwata

Rama Parwata is an in-demand drummer of over a decades experience behind the drum kit as a performer and an educator. Rama has been involved in many different and diverse musical projects including Afro-Manding band Afro-Occidental, New-Orleans inspired outfit Copperhead Brass Band, and most recently internationally acclaimed metal outfit Whitehorse, and many more. He is also heavily involved with Melbourne’s experimental improvised music scene having collaborated with prolific artists such as Sean Baxter, Adam Simmons, Tim Pledger and Stephen Magnusson.

Huw Charles-Walsh

Huw is a drummer, singer and educator and a graduate in contemporary music at the Victorian College of the Arts. He is active in the Melbourne music scene, which has involved writing and performing his own music based off improvisation and sonic textures on the drums. He is also a member of the contemporary vocal group Invenio, which has performed at such venues as the Melbourne Recital Centre and the Arts Centre Melbourne and collaborated with prominent Australian artists, including Lior and Barney Mcall.

Alex Roper

Alex been playing drums for 15 years and has a bachelor of music (majoring in drum kit) from the Victorian College of the Arts. She has been in bands across many genres and is an active performer in the live music scene in Melbourne. Alex's passion is for performing and sharing the valuable information she has received over her years of training, with others. Her teaching aims to provide students with a solid and broad basis to develop these and any specific skills a student wishes to learn, while creating an encouraging environment to learn in.

Contemporary Drums

Study Popular Music of the last 50+ years to the modern day including, but not limited to:

Pop, Rock, Funk, Hip Hop, Electronica, Indie, Country, Blues, Soul, Gospel, Reggae

Learn techniques such as: 

1. Maintaining consistent tempo

2. Improvisation and soloing

Paradiddles

1. Gain knowledge in areas such as:

2. Accompanying a band or performer

3. Reading chord charts

4. Advanced rhythms

Jazz Drums

Study over 100 years of influential music, including but not limited to: 

Modern Jazz, Trad Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Free Jazz, Latin Jazz, Bossa Nova, Bebop

Learn techniques such as: 

1. Advanced accompaniment

2. Improvisation and soloing

3. Paradiddles

Gain knowledge in areas such as:

1. Accompanying a band or performer

2. Reading chord charts

3. Advanced rhythms

Learn Drums Online Today!

1. Rhythm and Groove

2. Rudiments

3. Musicality

4. Creativity 

5. Music Theory

Your first lesson is 50% off!