Anatomy of Drumming: Move Better, Feel Better, Play Better

by John Lamb

THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION. Praise for Anatomy of L'il John Roberts says "John Lamb's knowledge helped me think a lot differently when it comes to "correct" ergonomic drumming, along with how to maintain good posture, especially for someone like myself who has to play huge arenas for long periods of time. Thank you John!" Thomas Pridgen says "This book is amazing!" John "J.R." Robinson says "I love it!" Gerald Heyward says "I love this book, it is great." Chris Dave says "Itz mad cool." Clayton Cameron says "Anatomy of a Drumming gives us the topography to healthy and lengthy careers." Drummers are athletes. Playing the drums requires the skilled use of your entire body. Unfortunately, most books on playing drums focus exclusively on what notes to play but give little or no attention to how they should be made. This leaves drummers with a problem. Misunderstanding the mechanics of movement leads to frustration, because it makes learning new techniques harder, limits your abilities when techniques don't work like they should, and causes injury when unhealthy technique wears down your body.The solution is Anatomy of Drumming is your guide to moving well, learning faster and avoiding injury. When you understand the mechanics of moving, you will know for yourself how techniques work. Anatomy of Drumming is both a description of how the body works, as well as a prescription for how to move better, taking you through what you need to know about the body in order to use it more effectively. It covers the anatomy and physics of pedal technique, grip, Moeller technique, how to set up the drumset to your body and many other important topics. Through learning about the proper use of the body at the drums, you will be able to learn faster, play with better facility and reduce injury. 

Genres: Music, Nonfiction

269 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 10, 2015

Reviews

[Tod Ellyson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow!

With the help of this book I will be in a constant state of improvement. thank you to this author .

[Phil · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read through the second edition of this book...and I'd really hate to see how bad the first edition was.

While there is some good information here, much of it feels like a high school anatomy class with tangential anecdotes that relate to drumming. What made this really hard to read were the incredible number of editing mistakes- I'm talking whole sentences (or even paragraphs!) appearing multiple times on the same page. Sentences with words missing or repeated flood almost every page. References abound to diagrams that don't exist. It's a mess.

The absolute best example of this is a spread of pages entitled, "The 22 Things You Can Do to Avoid Hearing Loss". One of the items listed appears twice and the list only has 21 entries total. *Facepalm*

Maybe Mr. Lamb should hire an editor for the third edition.

[Sebastian Serrano · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for every drummer

I wish I find immediately when I started drumming. It explains very clearly good posture, what makes good movements and how to be efficient in the drums.

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[Johnoluwatemisinuola · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very promising book it sure is.....

[Buck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of anatomy

This book is very informative in terms of anatomy and how the body moves when drumming. The sections on injury and health were informative, especially in regard t hearing loss. I would like more advice on practical implementation of good posture and technique and will plan to follow up with the author for a lesson.

[James Sharp · Rating 2 out of 5]

Scruffy

This is a worthy topic for publication, & is certainly interesting in parts. The Kindle edition, however, is very poorly edited, with repeated paragraphs, several grammatical errors, and text colliding with other text and images.
Not worth the cover price for the reasons stated, maybe worth borrowing a copy though.

[K.C. Shaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful, both for my drumming and just in general. I tend to slouch while at the computer, for instance, and now I'm more aware of my posture.