A Drum Rudimentary Method
Print and E-Book by Jim Langlois

Why Should You Buy This Book?

- Your fills will be wiser

- Your time will be better

- Your speed will be faster

- Your groove will be stronger

- Your funk will be more funky

- Your jazz will be more jazzy

- Your rudiments will be tighter

- Your musicality will be smarter

- Your creativity will be endless

- Your confidence will be steady

- Your beats will be more soulful

- Your playing will be more artistic

- Your independence will be greater

- Your sound will be more natural

- Your style will be more sophisticated

- Your control will be more consistent

- Your execution will be more precise

- Your reading will be more skillful

- Your rhythms will more expressive

- Your polyrhythms will be more complex

- Your drums will sound better

Foreword by

The Secret to the Art of
Drumming? Practice!

My Teacher Johnny Blowers

April 21, 1911 - July 17, 2006

The drum set is the most difficult of all instruments. You have to be coordinated using all four limbs at the same time.

My Dad was a fine drummer and had a great and wonderful philosophy about drumming; “Learn to read everything you see in music (count out loud while practicing), and learn and practice the rudiments for great technique!”

My teacher Fred Albright, said to me, “every note written is playable if you know how to count!”

A great friend of mine, Eddie Durham, a trombone player and genius at arranging charts for big and small bands, said to me one day, “John, the drum is the heartbeat of the band!”

Jim Langlois has written a fine book! It sets out for the student all the requirements one needs to become as ambidextrous as possible for great drumming.

Johnny recorded with Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Sidney Bechet, Billie Holiday, Bobby Hackett, Don Byas, Red Norvo, Perry Como, Bunny Berigan, Pee Wee Russell, Dave Tough, Bud Freeman, Dave Newcomb, Clyde Newcomb, Judy Garland, Eddie Fisher, Mel Tormé, Teddy Wilson, Eddie Condon, The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band, Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Paul Whiteman, Johnny Blowers and His Giants of Jazz, Bing Crosby, and most importantly Frank Sinatra, who chose Johnny to be his drummer in 1943 and he recorded with him for 11 years.

Thank you, Johnny, for your excellent instruction. You started me out right with the rudiments and how to read and write music. You gave me the “sure foundation” necessary to be a good drummer! I believe that your excellent teaching gave me the skills to write this book. Again, thank you Johnny!