Drum Gym with Mike Sturgis 2.85

Drum Gym is an application that offers a comprehensive platform to enhance your drumming skills creatively and musically.

It accomplishes this objective through a structured approach, divided into three distinct stages:

1. Firstly, it covers an extensive overview of fundamental snare drum rudiments and their components.
2. In the subsequent stage, these rudiments are integrated into more intricate and challenging exercises. These exercises encompass a variety of rudimental combinations across different subdivisions, aimed at advancing your technical and musical proficiency.
3. Lastly, the app transitions into applying the covered rudiments to the drum kit through a diverse range of patterns and fills. These concepts enable you to leverage the acquired skills from rudiment learning into creating a versatile musical vocabulary.

Drum Gym introduces innovative and interactive learning methods, providing users with engaging options to enhance their practices. Each exercise commences with a detailed explanation of its content, highlighting key aspects for user convenience.

Following this, users are presented with a demonstration of the exercise at varying tempos (both fast and slow), accompanied by scrolling notation. This setup allows for a comprehensive understanding of the exercise structure.

The app further offers a practice section for each exercise, enabling users to play along with audio loops and click tracks at their preferred tempo. Users have the flexibility to adjust the mix between loop and click tracks, as well as mute individual kit voices for personalized practice sessions.

Moreover, in addition to scrolling notation, each exercise's practice section includes custom graphics illustrating which drum or cymbal to strike and which hand to use for striking, enhancing clarity during practice sessions.

Due to its progressive content nature, Drum Gym caters to both beginners exploring rudiments for the first time and intermediate to advanced players seeking to refine their rudimental knowledge and delve into drum kit applications. The combination of tutorial videos, demonstration clips, and interactive practice sections makes Drum Gym an ideal tool for honing drumming techniques and fostering creative applications.

The app features:

• 54 exercises covering rudiments and their applications
• Video explanations for each exercise by Mike
• Practice feature allowing tempo adjustments from 20bpm to 150bpm
• Animated drum kit display guiding users on which drums to hit
• Mixer function enabling isolation of drum or click track sounds
• Scrolling follow-along musical notation
• Invaluable tips on effective practice methods
• Favorites section for users to curate daily workout routines