It is now possible to study the art of drumming with Bill Bachman from any location in the whole wide world through SKYPE! Skype is a free video chat program and all you need to take lessons with me is a computer with a web cam and microphone (which most have built in these days). The lessons focus on hand technique and we simply use drum pads and sticks.

In the lessons I demonstrate material and then watch the student play and offer my critique. We'll go back and forth until everything has clicked and the student is empowered to practice everything correctly until the next lesson. The material can be from my books, my latest Modern Drummer article or something I come up with on the spot as I see the student's needs. Weather you’re interested in rudimental progression, or just want to re-program your mechanics for smooth relaxed injury free hands, I can help you out.

I charge $60 an hour or $40 a half hour and payment can go through paypal. I currently have slots available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please contact me at bill@billbachman.net for additional details and scheduling.



After studying with numerous well-known drum teachers, and after many years as a drummer and drum teacher myself, I still was not completely satisfied with my hand technique. In my quest for information, I came across some videos by Bill Bachman. It was immediately clear to me that Bill had some of the best hand technique in the world...and what's more, he could logically explain it! If only there were a way that I could take lessons with him despite the fact that we live in different parts of the country! Fortunately, there IS a way - Skype! For the past several months, Bill and I have been "meeting" online using Skype software. Bill and I literally have face-to-face lessons in real time, and the results have been tremendous. I currently feel better about my hand technique than ever before in my life. Thank God for Bill Bachman's drumming knowledge, and thank God for modern technology!”

Matt Ritter drum instructor in New York City writer and producer of Bass Drum Techniques For Today's Drummer: Unburying The Beater