Pedro Rios
- Puerto Rico

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"This is a professional quality drumming system. I highly recommend it to everybody."

Hi everyone, my name is Pedro Rios and I'm from Puerto Rico. I just want to say that Mike has put together the best Drumming System I have ever seen. Believe me, I have been shopping around for the best system, and I came across this one. It is by far the best system ever assembled.

After watching the first DVD, I was playing better than I ever had before. As soon as you unwrap the package and start playing you will improve that first day. This is how great the system is.

The split screen, the DVDs, and the studio quality is great. It's not a cheap program that you see everywhere else. This is a professional quality drumming system. I highly recommend it to everybody. I am a beginner drummer, and I have improved more in the first couple of days than in the last couple of months without the Drumming System.

Please give it a try! You will not regret it at all.

Mike, Congratulations on putting together the Drumming System and I wish you luck in the future. Thank You.

Dana Meyer
- Nebraska

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"...I never really understood the significance of a time signature. Mike made it so simple, and now I can appreciate the difference between 4/4 and 6/8 time."

My name is Dana and I'm from Nebraska. I'm 52 years old and I've been using Mike Michalkow's Drumming System for approximately one month. When I first got it, the first thing I fell in love with were the spiral bound workbooks. That might sound like a small thing, but if you've ever tried to deal with a stapled book on a music stand I think you would understand what I' talking about.

One of my favourite lessons, believe it or not was on drum theory and notation. Especially the section on time signatures. I took piano and organ lessons many years ago, and I never really understood the significance of a time signature. Mike made it so simple, and now I can appreciate the difference between 4/4 and 6/8 time. Not only will you learn beats and fills in common time, but you will also learn them in the not so common time signatures.

Another favourite of mine was the section on drum fills. I think there are 150 fills to learn from the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. The beauty of it is with the DVDs you can watch Mike play the fill as many times as you want. I have a TV and DVD player sitting right in front of my drum set, and I use the remote to replay the different beats and fills over and over until I get it right. The multi-angle view allows you to see the footwork and sticking at the same time. That's definitely something you can't do if you take lessons once a week at the music store. If you forgot what your instructoy taught you, you'd have to wait till the next week to get refreshed on it.

All I can say is that after a short period of time, I can sit down, play the drums and I sound like I know what I'm doing. My speed and coordination are improving, and I can't wait to see what I'll be capable of next year at this time.

This system works! I got my first drum set on my 52nd birthday and I'm having a ball.

John Gill
- New York

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"The Drumming System is complete. It takes drum instruction to an entirely new level."

Hello. My name is John and I'm a drum instructor from New York. I've spent more than 20 years behind the drums as a performer, instructor, and as a student. I purchased the Drumming System and can't say enough how unbelievable this package is. It has helped me develop my skills, my chops, my independence, creativity, and most of all it inspires me to get behind the drum set and really practice to improve my skills, so that I can be a better teacher to my students.

The Drumming System is complete. It takes drum instruction to an entirely new level. The DVDs are fantastic. The four camera angles clearly demonstrate the techniques, grooves, and skills that Mike is teaching in his lessons. The on screen notation makes it clear to follow along with each note as Mike plays it. The Play-Along CDs are great. You can use them with the metronome or without.

I found the drum rudiment lessons to be very interesting. Most drummers think rudiments are only for drum core, and don't understand how they can be applied to the drum set. When Mike explains each rudiment and demonstrates six of the most common rudiments on the drum set, you can really see how you can take these rudiments and use them creatively to make grooves and fills.

I want to thank everyone at Railroad Media for producing the Drumming System. I was one of the luck 1,000 drummers who were able to purchase the system on launch day. I'm using it everyday to improve my skills. You guys put out a great product.

Hats off to Mike, Jared, and the crew. I truly appreciate the opportunity to say thanks for a great product.

Tony Pieragostine
- Ohio

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"When I first got the package in the mail it was one of the happiest days of my life. There was so much stuff..."

Hello my name is Tony and I'm from Ohio. When I first got the package in the mail it was one of the happiest days of my life. There was so much stuff, that I didn't know what to do first.

My first impression was basically how detailed everything was. It seemed like it was well thought out and just a great system. When I started playing I found out so many new things about the drums. I learn some double bass beats and about opening and closing the hi-hats. Everything was great because it was shown by Mike who is just incredible.

I would like to recommend this to anyone who wants to play the drums, or is playing the drums because it is an amazing system.

Thanks!

Sally Robison
- Ohio

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"Thank you Mike and Railroad Media for all the time, effort, skills, and talents put into making this system possible!"

Hi, this Sally Robison from Ohio. I just want to say that I'm absolutely in love with the Drumming System. It will take me from the level I'm at to as advanced as I want to get. This make the system invaluable because I see no end in how it helps me challenge my abilities. I love the play-along songs the incredible talent that has gone in to producing those. I think anybody from beginner to advanced could have fun with those, because I know I do.

I value how concise and thorough Mike's teaching is. I appreciate how orderly it is no matter what I'm looking for. Be it rudiments, hand techniques, different musical styles, time signatures, and all the things. It's put together in such an orderly way, that whatever I'm looking for, I can find it almost immediately in the DVDs and workbooks. The only thing that worries me, is that I will scratch one of the discs and make it unusable.

Thank you Mike and Railroad Media for all the time, effort, skills, and talents put into making this system possible!

Terry Lathangue
- Alberta

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"I have jam session opportunities here every week to use what I am learning with live bands - there just can't be more fun then this!"

Mike's way of explaining, then demonstrating each part encourages the student (me) to not be afraid to get in there and try to follow his moves. I am not young anymore (72) and have always played by ear, so this is really stepping out for me. I may get a little exasperated trying to play what is written, but that is me, and no one is watching me make mistakes so I never feel embarrassed.

I have been playing drums for more than 40 years but never tried to read the music that I play. I now have an amazing amount of information that will help me in all phases of drumming. I am already improving much of what I have been playing for years, as now I am playing it correctly

Watching Mike on the DVDs, and then practising all those beats and fills, I have enough for me to keep learning the rest of my life and I doubt I will ever learn it all, but you can bet I will improve my playing week by week. I have jam session opportunities here every week to use what I am learning with live bands - there just can't be more fun then this!

Bob Medley
- Oregon

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"I have been teaching myself with on line and DVD type lessons only. Mikes system has been by far the best I have seen."

The workbooks along with the multi-view camera shots really work well together. Even though Mike explains things very completely and clearly, you can always go back and re-study things you are having problems with. Something you might not do with a teacher.

I am still working on the rudiments and basic beats, but will open up some of the more advanced lessons to keep it interesting. I started my drumming at 46 years of age after my daughters were raised and out of the house. I have been teaching myself with on line and DVD type lessons only. Mikes system has been by far the best I have seen.