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🥁 MASTER THE DRUMS THROUGH MUSIC – THE SONG MACHINE APPROACH! 🥁

DON’T JUST PRACTICE—PLAY, PERFORM, AND RECORD LIKE A PRO!

Tired of the same old exercises that don’t feel musical? Want to sound like your favorite drummers, jam with real songs, and build a setlist that makes you stage-ready?

With The Song Machine Approach, you’ll learn drumming the way it was meant to be—through real music, structured learning, and professional performance tools.

🔹 Learn iconic drum parts note-for-note
🔹 Jam along with drum-less backing tracks
🔹 Build a gig-ready song collection
🔹 Record your progress and sharpen your skills

This isn’t just a drum lesson—it’s a complete musical development program that trains you to think, play, and perform like a real drummer.

🔥 WHY THIS METHOD WORKS 🔥

🎵 The Song Machine Approach – Play Music, Not Just Exercises

Drumming is about music, not just patterns. This approach breaks songs down into grooves, fills, and techniques so you develop your skills while learning real music.

✔️ Learn essential grooves within a musical context
✔️ Build muscle memory through song-based repetition
✔️ Develop instincts for live playing and recording

📖 Notation Transcriptions – Play It Like the Pros

Want to nail every note, accent, and dynamic? Our professional transcriptions break down drum parts exactly as they were played, so you can analyze, learn, and master them.

✔️ Get accurate, note-for-note transcriptions
✔️ Improve your reading and interpretation skills
✔️ Break down complex grooves, ghost notes, and fills

🎧 Drum-less Tracks – Play With a Full Band, Anytime

Nothing improves your groove like playing with real music. Our drum-less backing tracks let you step into the drummer’s seat without a recorded drummer in the way.

✔️ Train your timing, dynamics, and pocket
✔️ Experiment with different fills, accents, and variations
✔️ Develop confidence in live performance and studio situations

📂 Song Collection Programs – Build a Gig-Ready Setlist

Every pro drummer has a setlist of must-know songs—this program helps you build yours.

✔️ Learn essential songs from multiple genres
✔️ Develop versatility for live gigs and sessions
✔️ Gain confidence playing full songs from start to finish

🎤 Recording Showcases – Track Your Growth & Build Your Portfolio

Recording is one of the fastest ways to improve. Our recording showcases help you analyze your playing, track progress, and even share your performances with others.

✔️ Identify timing, dynamics, and technique improvements
✔️ Build a personal drumming portfolio for gigs, social media, or auditions
✔️ Gain confidence in recording sessions and live performance

🚀 WHO IS THIS PROGRAM FOR?

✅ Beginners who want to learn songs while developing technique
✅ Intermediate drummers looking to build a song-based repertoire
✅ Gigging musicians preparing for live performances and auditions
✅ Aspiring session drummers sharpening their recording and reading skills
✅ Drummers of all levels who want a structured, song-based learning experience

🥁 PLAY, RECORD & PERFORM – YOUR DRUMMING JOURNEY STARTS HERE! 🥁

🎶 No more endless exercises with no direction. This program gives you a clear path to playing, improving, and performing with confidence.

🔥 Learn drums through real music
🔥 Master songs and develop your groove
🔥 Play along with drum-less tracks
🔥 Record your progress and showcase your skills

🚀 Are you ready to transform your drumming?

📩 Sign up today and start playing like a pro! 🎶🥁🔥

When You enroll as a student for Drum Lessons at Zac Treby School of Drums, this is what you can expect. Our Song-Machine-Approach Methods are a series of our Song Collections, both studio and live versions, created exclusively for Zac Treby School of Drums students. Amazing tools to increase students’ understanding, document students’ progress, and ensure a well-rounded approach to students’ education. Each Song has Drum-less Tracks and Notation Transcriptions, which each cover more challenging material than the last.

Our Method Books, PDF’s and Drum-less tracks are the roadmaps for our educational approach. Zac Treby School of Drums is unique, because of Five important elements: Stage Performance, Studio Recording, our Song-Machine Approach, Song Collection Programs and Notation approach. In addition, our books outline musical concepts and techniques, and then connect them to classic songs for students to learn and play. This is our Song-Machine approach. Students will also find real tips on rehearsing and performing with a band for real live gig experience. These are our Pro Tips that are demonstrated in drum lessons.

Here’s how we do it!

Song-Machine-Approach: Our Song-Machine-Approach places students in a certain class of drumming according to their abilities and skill sets.

Learn drums through the music you love! We break down songs into digestible grooves, fills, and patterns, so you build muscle memory and develop a deep musical instinct.

Here is what we offer inside our Song-Machine-Approach:

Song Collection Programs: Each student has the chance to choose programs that contain songs by artists both classic and modern, and learn how to play those songs with the materials inside our Song-Machine-Approach.
Drum-less Tracks: In our drum lessons, we work on songs that have been chosen for students, which provide them with four mp3 versions of a song – 1. A Studio Version – 2. A Metronome Version (No Drums) – 3. A Drum-less Track Version (No Metronome) – 4. A Drums Only Version (No Music).
Musical Notation Transcriptions: Our Musical Notation Transcripts of these songs assist the student in tackling difficult section, and further provide techniques that are built into the songs that they work on.
The Recording Experience Showcase: With our Recording Experience, students have the opportunity to perform via Audio and video, their material in a real live studio for 1 hour, recording their songs in real time. The top students will also have the opportunity to be showcased and featured on Zac Treby School of Drums Website and social Platforms.

Students during the showcase will have access to:

1. Control Room

Contains the mixing console, computers, and monitors for recording and editing audio.
Sound engineers and producers work here to shape the final sound.

2. Live Room / Tracking Room

Drum Kit, A space where musicians, vocalists, or other sound sources are recorded.
Designed with acoustic treatment to enhance sound quality.

3. Isolation Booths

Small, soundproofed rooms for recording vocals or individual instruments without interference.

4. Equipment & Software

Microphones: Capture sound from instruments or voices.
Audio Interfaces: Convert analog sound into digital signals.
Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs): Software like Pro Tools, Logic Pro, or Ableton for recording and editing.
Studio Monitors: Speakers designed for accurate sound playback.

Call today for a free consultation, and receive a free trial Drum Lesson.