This is my Chop Accelerator Program (CAP). There are a range of practice workouts to play along with. These are the ones I use to keep my skills up and help to move them forward. These will offer you the motivation and focus you need to keep you on track and building your skills.You can structure your practice routine to include both hand and foot workouts.
The Chop Accelerator Program has been so good.
The Fill in 5 workout is my favourite. Level 6,7 & 8 a few times a day, Levels 9 & 10 out of reach at the moment so I've really got something to work towards...thanks, Grant!
Focused programs. In-depth, step by step instruction on a range of topics and styles to help you achieve results in your own time. I've designed the courses based off countless hours in the studio and the structure of one-on-one lessons. So I know how to deliver the right information at the right time and the importance of highlighting trouble spots that frequently come up throughout the learning process.
Many of these courses are also based off the materials and lesson plans with students studying at Conservatoriums and Universities, so now you too can have access to this extended knowledge and take your drumming to the next level!
If you are serious about improving your playing, then you are in the right place.
The ultimate guide to mastering paradiddle inversions. If you know a paradiddle then you have so much untapped potential to take your playing to a whole new level. Learn how to effortlessly mix up accents and phrasing in a myriad of creative ways. This is the course to make it all happen. Step by step video lessons will guide you through the whole processs.
How to easily know an understand Quintuplets, and get them in your playing. This is the perfect course to show you how easy they are to play and how you can use them in your grooves and fills. Straight to the point and and designed to make, "Quintuplets - Made Easy". It's time to extend your drumming voice and add these to your drumming skills.
An extensive course for double bass drums from Pop to Prog.
Learn how to develop solid bass skills that you can apply to any style from Pop to Prog. Double Bass drums are not just for playing metal music! KICKSTART covers how to play from simple to syncopated patterns with a structured approach so that you wont be tripping over looking at which foot to use. These skills can be use as fills & also as grooves enhancements within your playing.
A step by step guide and a systematic approach that is backed by over a decade of proven results. Each module has preliminary exercises using the new rudiments in short musical phrases. Then to end the module, there is a study which contains every rudiment that you have done up to that stage.
Grant’s solo concerts are a literal Tour de Force! Be captivated by his musical visions and his virtuosic artistry on the drumset. His ComposItions are on the cutting edge of percussion performance with an approach which is both creative and visionary. He doesn’t see a drumset, but a huge orchestra which he uses to take the audience on a journey of musical expression.
I’ve been fortunate to have been a professional musician for over 30 years. Yes, this has been my full time career for this long. My background allows me to relate to a variety of different students and their origins on the drums. I started without lessons, just listening to and working out what drummers were playing on my favourite records.
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My origin as a professional musician was playing in a full time professional covers band. This is a great learning platform for any musician. We had a huge repertoire of songs and I would constantly have to learn new songs every week as the latest hits would come out. I learn’t everything by ear so this taught me a great deal about hearing and understanding what the drummer does in a song and how song writing structures work. I began to realise what the better drummers were doing and how they shaped their drum parts to support the song. I was very meticulous in learning the material and would sit down with headphones, going over each bar, so that I had every single hi hat opening, ride bell and other parts so I could be as close to the original drum part as possible.
As I progressed with my learning, I started looking at doing formal studies to advance my musical skills further. I started to audition at conservatories and universities. Unfortunately my music theory skills were well down in comparison to my drumming skills so I was unsuccessful in my first attempts. I then started to get music theory lessons and after 3 years of auditioning, I was accepted to do my Bachelor of Music. I’ve since gone on to become a Doctor of Music so I have the formal qualifications as well as my on the road experiences to relate to both sides of the spectrum. I’ve also been a conservatorium lecturer and have written course curriculums for subjects so have the skills and know how to structure a course.
As well as that, I’ve travelled around the world doing concerts and also for my sponsors doing hundreds of clinics, masterclasses and percussion festivals over the past 25+ years. I’ve also done countless hours of private tuition for a wide range of students doing everything from playing in local bands to going to university to winning national drum competitions.
I’ve spent an innumerable number of hours exploring and discovering this awesome instrument and love to share not only the what, but also the how and why on all things drums. I love the creative aspect of music and like to look at ideas from a different perspective. Doing this helps us to discover alternative ways to play things and leads to finding your own individual voice on the instrument. I’m super excited about putting these programs together and would love to be able to transform and inspire your personal music journey.
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Playing since 2000
Playing since 1996
Playing since 2000
Playing since 2002 - Grant Collins Signature Model
Playing since 2012