Whether you're a new drummer who just bought your first pair of sticks this morning, or you're already a savvy pro with a music contract to boot, reading (or just learning how to read) and playing the charts provided on this site will improve your skills immensely.

My name is James Morton and I've been drumming for over 40 years and have loved every minute of it. In the early '80s I created the "Rock Charts" column for Modern Drummer magazine. I have played in several bands, written numerous drumming books for Mel Bay Publications, taught drum classes as a professor at Grossmont College in San Diego, and taught too many private lessons to count.

One of my favorite techniques I like to use in teaching is to have my students play drum charts. It's a blast to drum along to songs, especially when they're the classics you know and love; songs from The Beatles, or Journey, or the soulful James Brown, or maybe some Sly & The Family Stone.

Whatever song you're jammin' too, the benefits from just playing them are huge. You'll improve every aspect of your drumming, like reading and timing just to name a couple.

Many of my past students are professionals themselves now, playing gigs and shows from Broadway to Vegas. And many of them are still playing the classics they first played with me using the charts, except now they're performing them.

And now that same drum sheet music is available to you on this site. There are hundreds of drum charts of the best classic rock songs in history that I've written and compiled over the last quarter century.

Plus, in addition to the charts, you will also find on this site...

• drum books (written by me or recommended by me)
• a compilation of videos ranging from how-to segments to just great clips of legendary drummers doing what they do best
• articles with valuable drumming tips and techniques
• and an assortment of my own music quizzes to test your rock trivia knowledge

After all, that's the purpose of this sight--to help you be the BEST drummer YOU can be.

Chart Of The Month "Glory Days"     by Bruce Springsteen $0.99 Watch Video * Add to Cart (Originally $4.99)

Featured Article Reading Drum Music by James Morton Try to capture the feel and style of each individual chart. Whether a chart is simple or complex, be true to the musical context... (Go To Article)

Classic Rock Drum Charts Make yourself a better drummer with this large selection of drum charts and transcriptions. Hundreds of classic rock songs on sheet music that you can jam for years with.

Drum Chart Books - Save Money By Buying In Groups Drum chart books of your favorite classic rock songs, grouped together by various artists, genres, and difficulty levels. Save money by buying in groups. Sheet music downloadable straight to your comp

Drum Sheet Music of Your Favorite Classic Rock Songs Drum sheet music of hundreds of songs to help you improve your drumming and have fun doing so. Electronic, downloadable right to your desktop, and printable straight from your computer.

Beginner Drum Music And Easy Drum Charts We've taken our library of digital drum charts and sorted out the songs we think will be best for beginners. This beginner drum music is cheap and can be downloaded right to your computer.

Advanced Drum Music We've taken our library of digital drum charts and sorted out the songs we think will be the most challenging. This advanced drum music is cheap and can be downloaded right to your computer.

Drum Books All the drum books ever penned by the music author James Morton. Buy from the source, straight from the author himself. Also includes other drumming and music books recommended by James Morton.

Drum Videos Home A large compilation of drum videos all in one spot. Watch great classic rock songs and enough legendary drummers banging away to make you wowed and inspired.

Drum Tips & Articles To Help You Become A Better Drummer An assortment of drumming articles ranging from basic drum tips to interesting drum related stories and more, written by professionals and designed to help make you a better drummer.

Teaching Drums - Drum Charts Are An Essential Tool As a drum teacher I'm always looking for the best way to give my students the best lessons possible. What I've found in the 30 plus years I've been teaching drums is that drum charts are a great tool.

Music Quizzes To Test Your Rock 'n' Roll IQ! Think you know Rock 'n' Roll? See if you have what it takes to pass these music quizzes. Test your rock IQ with this assortment of music trivia, and maybe even learn something new!

Drummer Jokes from Classic Rock Drum Charts Musicians can get poked fun at a bit, but drummer jokes take the cake. Here you have a list of some of the best jokes about drummers I've heard over the years as a professional drummer.

Play Online Virtual Drums - The Best Virtual Drum Sets on the Net The 3 best sets to play online virtual drums. Recording, loops, keyboard or mouse option, tempo adjusted playback, cool 3D drum set, drum tab visual are some features of each virtual drum set.

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