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For the beginning drummer, instructional videos can provide valuable tips by demonstrating the techniques of the pros. Often, a beginner will pick up bad habits that are hard to eliminate when they progress to the next level. Play Drums Now! features performer and instructor Rick Petrie, who teaches the fundamentals of drumming, and gets the new drummer off to a good start. In this easy-to-follow film, he shows proper methods for drum set-up, matched grip stick holding, single and double stroke rolls, fills, playing the backbeat, and other basic skills.