I’ve recently taken the plunge to learn How To Sing And Play The Drums at the same time. It’s been hard but I think I’m getting the hang of it.

So, I thought I would share how I did it and what I think are the best ways of learning how to do it.

1. First of all, I’d recommend picking a song that you know quite well and that will be easy to play along to.
2. Play along to the same beat of the song or if you have another simpler beat that works with the song, use that.
3. Now try humming to the words. I find if it’s a song that has a repetitive chorus and the beat in the chorus seems simple enough, try that first to get comfortable with the pace and the coordination of singing at the same time. Remember, you are using ALL your limbs and mouth to do this. Expect it to be a challenge, but believe me, it’s rewarding when you pull it off.
4. Practice, practice and practice! Gradually start adding more parts of the song, pick up the pace (to the song’s original speed) and learning the song transitions (ie. Verse to chorus, chorus to bridge etc.). This can be quite challenging, but be patient.
5. Now you have that sorted, the next step is to get someone else’s opinion on what you sound like. I mean, it’s one thing to know how to sing and play drums, but it’s another thing to know how sing properly and in key.

If you feel like it’s just too difficult, just think back to the time when you first began learning the drums and how difficult that was. If you’ve been playing for a while, do you ever have people tell you how they can’t believe how tricky playing the drums must be? But it’s kinda like second nature once you get the basics down, right? Well, it’s exactly the same as singing and playing the drums at the same time.

I hope you get some helpful tips out of this advice. If you find you have other ways and methods of playing the drums and singing at the same time, please share them in the comments section below. Alternatively, feel free to contact me directly but going to the contact page on this site.

Cheers!
Greg

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