This enjoyable and challenging exercise system will elevate your body to entirely new levels of coordination and independence on the drumset. With the use of ostinatos you will work your way step by step through a well-organized system of common patterns and rhythms for each hand and foot. Not only will Drumset Coordination unlock your muscles it will open your mind to many new possibilities of drumset playing and will help you realize your full musical potential. A unique and efficient approach to building drumset control and confidence this book is a must-have for the serious drummer.

Drumset Coordination Reviews

“Drumset Coordination is a great book for expanding your independence in a very methodical way.” –Gordy Knudtson (Steve Miller Band, Drum Department Chair at McNally Smith College of Music)

“[Drumset Coordination is] very thorough and very challenging. If you want to get serious about coordination, this book is it. Lots of latin applications too.” –Jim Payne (Performing Artist, Author, Clinician, Educator)

“Drumset Coordination offers a wealth of rhythmic combinations clearly and cleverly designed to elevate one’s drumming skills to higher and higher levels.” –Rod Morgenstein (Winger, Dixie Dregs, Professor at Berklee College of Music)

“Blake really put together an intelligent and very thorough book. He takes practical knowledge and turns it into some great musical lessons.” –Mark Schulman (Pink, Sheryl Crow, Foreigner, Cher, Author, Clinician, Producer)

“Drumset Coordination is a method book that will definitely develop your coordination and give you command of the drum set. It’s three sections – Rock, Pop, R&B, Country  – Blues, Jazz, 12/8, 6/8 – Afro–Cuban, Latin,  cover a multitude of coordination exercises that will give you ease of playing in these styles. It is well organized and recommended.” –John H. Beck (Professor Emeritus of Percussion, Eastman School of Music)

“Drumset Coordination is a fantastic guide to developing four way independence. The lessons are presented in a way that will benefit both beginners and advanced players alike. I highly recommend it to any serious musician.” –Adam Marcello (Katy Perry Drummer & Musical Director)

“Blake Paulson is that rare combination of virtuoso musician that can translate what he is doing into a language and method that a student can understand and digest. This combination is very clear in his approach in his new book, Drumset Coordination. This is a well thought out tool to use in one’s daily routine on the pathway to coordination and independence.” –Martin Rhees (Director of Instrumental Music, Herbert Hoover High School)

“Drumset Coordination is an instructional book robust with content presented in a manner suitable for the beginner, or for someone like myself who has been playing over 40 years. Some of the elements I admire most about the content and its presentation is that the book has a built-in curriculum style format perfect for the beginner, yet an intermediate or advanced player can turn to any section of the book and delve into a style/lesson, while style taking advantage of the curriculum style format, without having to follow a syllabus from A-Z. Each lesson covers the fundamentals of the topic, takes you through advancing steps of these fundamentals  culminating in practical application. This is done in ALL the popular styles of music essential for drummers to learn in order to fill their tool box rich musical influences to keep their boundaries wide. Lastly, I would like to mention that value of limb independence and coordination taught in the book is paramount. Drumming needs to be fluid in order to be ‘Real,’ and that is a big part of the overall lesson taught in this book.” –Dan Shinder (CEO and Executive Producer of Drum Talk TV™)

“Drumset Coordination is a must have for any student that is serious about developing their sense of independence on the drum set. Not only does the book break things down in a simple manner, it also breaks things down into different genres so that the student can focus on independence exercises that will help them improve in a particular style of music. DSC is definitely worth picking up if you’re ready to take your playing to the next level.” –Andrew McAuley (Drummer, Percussionist, Composer, Educator)