Drumeo – An Honest Review (2024)

Drumeo is one of the most popular platforms for online drum lessons. Its impressive array of lessons and courses, led by an even more impressive outfit of world-class drum coaches would certainly pique the interest of most drummers. After spending time on the platform, I’ve gathered my thoughts to help you figure out if it’s for you.

Please note that Drumeo provided me with a free membership in order to evaluate the service. However, my opinions are my own and I am honestly explaining my thoughts in this Drumeo review.

Drumeo

Drumeo

9

Value for Money

9.5/10

Course Content Quality

9.0/10

Website and App Usability

9.5/10

Frequency of New Content

9.0/10

Additional Features

8.0/10

Verdict

I’ve been extremely impressed by Drumeo Edge. I would highly recommend it to drummers of all levels. It has a wide depth of well-structured courses from some of the best drum pros in the world, across a wide variety of different styles and techniques.

Pros

  • A fantastic, diverse selection of videos and courses for all levels
  • The website and apps work very seamlessly
  • Beginner course is great for drummers just getting started
  • Pro and legendary drum instructors

Cons

  • The optional student review sessions are good, but instructors review submissions publicly as student review videos on the platform, which might not be for everyone.

If you’d like to give Drumeo a try, then you can get a free 30-day trial using this link (This is a special link that Drumeo provided us for readers of Electronic Drum Advisor, the trial offer usually isn’t available when normally signing up for membership)!

Drumeo has thousands of lessons, 200+ courses, and 5000+ songs that you can access on-demand through their website or via their apps for Android or iOS. The content caters to all levels of players, from beginners to advanced, or even professional drummers.

Here’s a video review and walkthrough of the members area of Drumeo that we created:

This volume of content might initially sound a bit daunting, which is why they added the “Drumeo Method”. This is a 10-level drum curriculum, with hundreds of videos, which sets out a step-by-step method on the foundations and fundamentals of drumming. This would be particularly useful for beginners, those looking to “fill in the gaps”, or simply for those that want a structured refresher course.

Drumeo also includes 5000+ popular songs with sheet music. I was particularly impressed with their coverage of advanced songs.

They also allow you to submit your own drum videos for feedback from one of their pro drum instructors. This is a very useful feature of the membership, which I explain a bit later in this article.

The Drumeo platform has progress tracking where you gain “XP” for completing lessons. Your Drumeo profile rank (e.g. level 1, level 2) increases as you complete more lessons. This “gamified” approach is executed well within the platform and I think it serves as a nice motivational tool to keep progressing through the Drumeo lessons.

Musora Membership Update

Drumeo is now amazing value for anyone that also wants to learn to play piano, guitar, or those that want to improve their singing (or if you have someone else in your household who plays another instrument!). With full access to Musora’s other communities (Pianote, Guitareo, and Singeo), you can gain access to fantastic lessons from renowned instructors and a supportive community of fellow musicians.

I’ve tried out all of these communities separately and they all work in a similar way to Drumeo while offering a unique take on them as they approach their teaching of the instrument a little differently.

Is Drumeo Worth It?

I’ve been extremely impressed by Drumeo. I would highly recommend it to drummers of all levels. It has a wide depth of well-structured courses from some of the best drum pros in the world, across a wide variety of different styles and techniques.

The thousands of lessons in the Drumeo membership mean that you will always have something to work on. This should help you break through the plateau in development that often occurs for musicians when they get to the intermediate level of playing an instrument.

Drumeo vs Private Lessons

Drumeo has a far greater depth of content and instruction than you’re going to get with private lessons. If you’re serious about drumming and don’t need someone to look over your shoulder then it’s a great option.

However, private lessons with a great drum instructor would allow for more personalized learning with complete dedication to you directly. The value of private lessons varies greatly depending on the experience and skill level of the teacher.

If you’re going to go for Drumeo, I’d recommend making good use of the video feedback feature as well as other resources to ensure that you don’t develop bad habits with your drumming technique.

In terms of cost, Drumeo would work out as a lot cheaper than regular private lessons.

Be sure to keep reading, as I have included up-to-date information and screenshots about what is currently available in Drumeo.

Video Courses

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Drumeo includes 200+ courses from a large list of instructors across a variety of different topics and levels.

Courses include:

  • Many video lessons with on-screen drum notation
  • Assignments relevant to each lesson
  • PDF sheet music and downloadables (e.g. drum tracks, backing tracks, etc).
  • Practice mode, where your time is tracked as your play along with exercises.
  • The ability for members to discuss lessons and ask questions through comments

Drumeo Method – 10-Level Course

If you’re just starting off with playing drums, then one of the best places to begin on this platform is the “Drumeo Method”. This includes 10 levels of lessons that take you from a complete beginner to learn the foundations and fundamentals of drumming.

Jared Falk, a co-founder of Drumeo, starts off at the very beginning at level one, where he takes you through everything you need to know to get playing your first few beats, fills, and songs.

easy-rock-1

This is a comment one of the members of the Drumeo community left under one of Jared’s beginner videos, which I completely agree with: “Jared has a way of telling you what you should perhaps have known, without patronizing.”

They then quickly move on to basic theory and ear training, which includes topics like drum notation and rudiments, led by some other great instructors.

drum-notation

It then accelerates to help you learn more intermediate and advanced techniques to play on drums, as you go through the remaining levels.

rudiments

I was also delighted to see lessons from the amazing drummer Dom Famularo, whose drumming books and videos had a major positive impact on my drumming, back when I started following him about 16 years ago!

Coaches

Drumeo also gives you access to many amazing world-class drummers, which includes lots of video content from them, in addition to weekly live events and personalized feedback.

Each coach has a particular strength and they cover a variety of different styles and disciplines in relation to drumming. You can pick and choose who to follow or you can just follow them all!

Drumeo has a host of amazing coaches on hand, with videos, sessions, and content from the following big names:

  • Hannah Welton
  • Greyson Nekrutman
  • Aaron Spears
  • Dennis Chambers
  • Jay Weinberg
  • Simon Phillips
  • Steve Smith
  • Casey Cooper & Cobus Potgieter
  • Terri Lyne Carrington
  • Cindy Blackman Santana
  • Todd Sucherman
  • Matt McGuire
  • Dorothea Taylor
  • John Wooton
  • Domino Santantonio
  • Aaron Edgar
  • Larnell Lewis
  • Kaz Rodriguez
  • Michael Schack
  • Aric Improta

Songs

There are also 5000+ songs that Drumeo can help you learn to play. These are based across all levels from beginner drummers to advanced players.

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For example, you can start with something as simple as a basic Snow Patrol song, and go all the way up to advanced prog-rock songs! I’ve been pretty surprised with the depth of drum scores that they have, particularly for advanced songs.

In the song mode, it will show a video on the left-hand side which will usually allow you to hear the song, on the right-hand side it will show you the sheet music which navigates in real-time as you’re playing the video.

You can also switch to synthetic drum sounds if you just want to hear the drum track by itself. You can also download the sheet music for each of these songs, which is great if you want to take it offline, and just go behind the drum kit and play.

Submitting Your Video for Feedback

Their student focus section allows you to submit your video for review, where a pro drum instructor at Drumeo will give you feedback on the video, based on your skill level, what your goals are as a drummer and what areas you want to focus on.

To do this, you simply fill out a small application form and upload your video to YouTube. If you want, you can just make the video viewable via a link, so it will not show up on public search results for YouTube.

This is available for beginner, intermediate to advanced players, So it doesn’t matter what level you’re at.

There are very frequent Student Focus videos that are uploaded, where one of the instructors will look through a batch of drumming videos that have been submitted, and they will give really good feedback to them.

The feedback tends to be very constructive and this is a good opportunity to identify bad habits in your drumming and areas for improvement that you may not have yet identified.

This is the closest thing that you can get to personalized instruction without having one-to-one lessons.

Drumeo App

You can log into Drumeo from your web browser on your computer or you can use either their Android or iOS app.

I personally used the Android app and I found it to be pretty seamless and nicely put together.

You can pick up from where you left off across different devices, so you could start a lesson on the website and continue it later on your phone. You can also use it via your laptop or even your tablet.

This is great if you want to watch some lessons while you’re on the move.

You can also save lessons for offline viewing, which is great if you do not have an internet connection.

However, keep in mind that some of the videos cannot be downloaded if they have copyrighted material, but most of the most important lessons, such as in the Drumeo Method should be completely fine to download offline.

Schedule

Drumeo has a pretty packed schedule of upcoming live lessons and other releases that you can see on the platform.

When videos go live, they do so in a similar manner to YouTube Live, where members can comment in real time. It’s a great way to interact with the drumming coaches.

The busy schedule of videos illustrates that Drumeo isn’t just a static collection of video lessons. There’s always something new and they’re constantly adding content to it.

If a release catches your eye, you can subscribe to it and save it on your Drumeo calendar.

Packs

drumeo-packs


Drumeo also offers separate “Packs”. These are individual courses that explore a drumming topic in detail. These are either available for purchase separately through their online drum store, or some packs may be included with Drumeo membership (check their website for more details).

The list of packs includes some well-known ones such as “Creative Control” by Thomas Lang and “Anatomy Of A Drum Solo” by Neil Peart.

The first pack I watched out was their ‘Electrify Your Drumming’ pack by Michael Schack. He’s a well-known guy within the electronic and hybrid drumming world.

I was smiling ear-to-ear quite a few times throughout these lessons, either due to his great drumming skills, his concise explanation of beats across electronic music styles, or simply just due to his high levels of enthusiasm!

michael-schack

Shows

Drumeo also includes a bunch of different shows across a lot of different topics. Some of them go outside of the usual lesson format, such as the “Drumeo Podcast”, coverages of events, drum brand documentaries, gear guides, Q&A videos, and more.

drumeo-shows

This is a really nice area to explore drumming even further while going outside the usual lesson and course format.

Forum

Drumeo also has a strong community. There is a pretty active forum with 1000s of topics posted. If you have any questions, thoughts, or even off-topic discussions, then this is the place for it.

I liked the area where students create discussions to seek feedback from other members, while also posting their goals publically, which can keep them motivated by staying accountable.

Exclusive member forums like this are often of much better quality than the average public forum, which tends to be a lot more difficult to moderate.

Drumeo Kids App

A nice extra feature is that you can download a separate “Drumeo for Kids” app for kids to be able to watch episodes and introduce them to drumming. The “Rhythmic Adventures of Captain Carson” is a 20-episode series from Drumeo designed for kids that explain musical grooves through different styles of music.

Which Drumeo Pack to Choose?

Considering the fact that Drumeo offers a lot of lesson packs on their online platform, the best thing to do is figure out in which direction you want to go in. With a wide range of packs from musical style lessons to technique and groove lessons, you have it all!

Try to focus on the particular skill you want to polish and choose the adequate pack to sharpen that skillset further. It can be as easy as improving drum chops, learning new grooves and styles, or even trying out odd time signatures that you have yet to include in your playing style.

What can Drumeo give you?

As mentioned before, the Drumeo platform offers an array of features and useful lessons that cater to any level of drummer. Drumeo can benefit you so much if you use it wisely and consistently.

Making good use of Drumeo’s coaches and their advice, you can learn many fine attributes that will make you a better drummer, regardless of your skill level.

To things like learning and mastering solos to better endurance which will, in turn, result in better showmanship on your part. From a basic foot technique and double bass drumming to more masterful lessons, you are soon to be on the way to joining the advanced drummers’ ranks. Certainly many things to gain, and very little to lose!

Summary

Drumeo is a very impressive learning platform for drums. It seems to be run by people that genuinely share a passion for drumming and it includes a wide array of well-produced content from a long list of world-class drummers.

If you have followed any of Drumeo’s videos on their YouTube channel, then you will get a pretty good flavor of the type of quality to expect from them. The Drumeo membership really takes it to the next level and contains 200+ courses and thousands of lessons, which will keep you going for a very long time!

You can also try their 30-day free trial (using this special 30-day Drumeo trial offer link that Drumeo provided for our readers!) and make use of this free content to check out the platform first to see if you want to commit to the monthly subscriptions that follow. In my opinion, it’s very well worth the subscription plan.

Drumeo would be useful for all levels of drummers. I can highly recommend Drumeo to any drummer that wants to speed up their development, while also making your practice far more effective.

Alan Walsh
Alan Walsh

I've been playing drums for 17 years. Drumming and producing music are the two things I love doing most. If I'm not behind my drum kit, you'll probably find me making some beats on my computer!

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