MASTER

YOUR DRUMMING

with Branko Popović
Avedis Zildjian Award Winner | Berklee College of Music

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WHACH THIS VIDEO!

I teach drumming skills and concepts that I learned at Berklee College of Music in Boston USA

I do not show youtubers  fills and grooves, or material that you can find on other drumming membership websites. I teach musical concepts, different directions of thinking so that drummers become best version of themselves on the drum set.

My drumming programs are designed exclusively to transform beginner drummers to intermediate and intermediate level drummers to advanced professionals 

Most detailed system gives you solution for the biggest technical, coordinational and musical challenges you face every day in your playing 

This education is comprehensive. It will level up your Technique, Coordination, Reading, Musicianship and Personality

I will show you exactly what to practice, how long, what not to practice and guide you step by step on your drumming journey

I stream lessons using 5 cameras, so you can see everything as you are sitting behind me on the drum set

Lessons are live and interactive which means that  you can ask me anything during the lesson and I will answer your question 

Why should you learn from me?

Hello! I am Branko Popović, Zildjan Award winning drummer at Berklee College of Music/Boston/USA, and founder of the Online Drummers Academy.

Neki od vas me se verovatno sećaju iz perioda pre Berklija, sa Evrovizije 2004. godine u Istanbulu, kao bubnjara u pesmi Lane moje. Vrlo je moguće da smo se sreli i na nekom od velikih koncerata koje smo u tom periodu održavalili u najvećim halama i na stadionima širom bivše Jugoslavije.

Možda ste me gledali za bubnjevima The Belgrade Dixieland Orchestra na koncertima u Kolarcu, Sava Centru, Domu kulture u vašem gradu, nekom festivalu ili možda na proslavi vaše kompanije; proslave smo u to vreme najčešće svirali u hotelu Hayat i u Kristalnoj sali hotela Inter Continental u Beogradu. 

E sad, sve ovo što sam napisao, vama koji čitate, verovatno deluje sjajno i to je ok. Međutim, u mom sistemu vrednosti sve ovo je bio jedan veliki promašaj. Da, dobro ste pročitali – promašaj. Šta mislite zbog čega?  

Vidite, ja sam uvek želeo mnogo više od snimanja CD-ova i sviranja koncerata na festivalima. To, manje više, svako može da postigne, ako zna šta radi, jer su za to potrebnije neke druge vrste veština, ne samo sviračke. Meni je bio cilj da se osećem ispunjeno i kada ostanem sam sa sobom za bubnjevima, kada nema tih hiljada ljudi koji mi aplaudiraju. Znao sam da je jedini način da ostvarim svoj san da naučim da sviram na svetskom nivou, drugim rečima da postanem svemoguć za bubnjevima. Zato sam odlučio da odem na Berklee College of Music. 

Tada je usledio najznačajniji peroid za moj muzički razvoj, sticanje kompetencija, usavršavanje veština, sazrevanje ličnosti….Ispričaću vam jednom celu priču, moža bih mogao i knjigu da napišem. Nešto u stilu, od deteta iz Valjeva koje je lupalo varjačama po stolicama pa sve do Berklija. Svakako bi trebalo da smislim neki normalniji naslov, ali ovo je realnost. Mislim, ovo mi je prvo palo na pamet 🙂 Sve u svemu, moje studiranje u Americi se završilo tako što sam proglašen za dobitnika najprestižnije bubnjarske nagrade na Berkliju ,,Avedis Zildjian”, koju od 900 bubnjara dobija samo jedan.

Odmah po završrtku akademije, počeo sam da razmišljam kako da svoje zanje podelim sa što više ljudi. Odgovori su sami došli: časovi i bubnjarske klinike. Posle povratka iz Amerike, u poslednjih 7 godina održao sam više od 1200 individualnih i grupnih bubnjarskih časova. Na klinikama širom Srbije, Hrvatske, BiH učio sam uživo više od 500 bubnjara kako da unaprede svoje sviranje, tako da su velike šanse da se već poznajemo!

Budući da me najviše zanimala masovna edukacija, a verujte da kada mi 500-600 vas pošalje samo po jedno pitanje, šanse da vam direktno dgovorim ne postoje, odlučo sam da počnem da snimam online lekcije u kojima ću sve što sam naučio podeliti sa vama. Tako je nastao Bubnjarski institut.

For the last 10 years I have been helping drummers develop their drumming skills, so that they become advanced players and eventually get to the professional level of drumming. 

I was blessed to study at Berklee with 26 best drumming professors in the world. Legends like Ralph Petterson, Kim Plainfield, master drummers like Mike Mangini, Kenwood Dennard, Rod Morgenstein, Mark Walker, Dave Dicenso, Yoron Israel were my professors. After my 3rd year of studying, I was selected to win the most prestigious Avedis Zildjian award at Berklee which is given every year to the only one out of 900 drummers.

In my head, I have priceless knowledge and now I want to share that knowledge with you. I am going to teach you drumming skills and concepts, step by step, one by one.   

My drumming programs are designed exclusively to transform beginner drummers to intermediate and intermediate level drummers to advanced professionals 

System is focused on giving you solution for the biggest technical, coordinational and musical challenges you face every day in your playing 

This education is comprehensive. It will level up your Technique, Coordination, Reading, Musicianship and Personality

I will not show you youtube fills and grooves, or material that you can find on other drumming membership websites. You will learn music concepts, different directions of thinking so that you become best version of yourself on the drum set.

I will show you exactly what to practice, how long, what not to practice and guide you step by step on your drumming journey

For the last 10 years I have been helping drummers to develop their drumming skills, so that they become advanced players and eventually get to the professional level of drumming. 

I was blessed to study at Berklee with 26 best drumming professors in the world. Legends like Ralph Petterson, Kim Plainfield, master drummers like Mike Mangini, Kenwood Dennard, Rod Morgenstein, Mark Walker, Dave Dicenso, Yoron Israel were my professors. After my 3rd year of studying, I was selected to win the most prestigious Avedis Zildjian award at Berklee which is given every year to the only one out of 900 drummers.

In my head, I have priceless knowledge and now I want to share that knowledge with you. I am going to teach you drumming skills and concepts, step by step, one by one.   

I do not show  youtube fills and grooves. I teach musical concepts, different directions of thinking so that drummers become best version of themselves on the drum set. 

I have one question for you, just think for yourself.

Have you ever watched instructional youtube video, or even better example, have you ever paid for monthly membership on some drumming website? 

Then, after you enrolled in all those lessons you felt so excited. You watched everything, you were so happy because you saw courses and got information from the best drummers in the world. You practiced, tracked your progress, and suddenly you lost motivation because you realized that you don’t sound like you expected. Why did that happen?

It is because real drumming does not work like that. Even though you got a tone of good information, you were most likely exposed to the only small unrelated fragments of the big drumming and music picture. What do I mean by that? For example, if I show you some good fills, grooves or solos, what are you going to do with that? Now you think that you can practice them, learn or play them. I can tell you that you are probably going into the wrong direction, because mine or anyone else’s grooves, fills and solos do not have anything to do with your playing, in your bend, with your musicians and with your real time musical situation.

Let’s look now at the same thing from another perspective. What if I show you concepts on how to CREATE grooves, how to CREATE fills, and how to CREATE solos and correspond to the music in different musical situations, on the spot, at that moment in a real time without thinking. You will become the drummer who will get attention of everyone around wherever you play. Maybe you think that it is not possible, but it is. You just have to practice totally different concepts that you are not aware of. You have to open your mind to different directions of perception, learn how to think divergently and convergently in music. These are the skills I learned and owned at Berklee, and that is why Berklee is the best music college on the planet and the reason why it costs over $200 000,00. 

 

For the last 10 years I have been helping drummers to develop their drumming skills, so that they become advanced players and eventually get to the professional level of drumming. 

I have one question for you, just think for yourself.

Have you ever watched instructional youtube video, or even better example, have you ever paid for monthly membership on some drumming website? 

Then, after you enrolled in all those lessons you felt so excited. You watched everything, you were so happy because you saw courses and got information from the best drummers in the world. You practiced, tracked your progress, and suddenly you lost motivation because you realized that you don’t sound like you expected. Why did that happen?

It is because real drumming does not work like that. Even though you got a tone of good information, you were most likely exposed to the only small unrelated fragments of the big drumming and music picture. What do I mean by that? For example, if I show you some good fills, grooves or solos, what are you going to do with that? Now you think that you can practice them, learn or play them. I can tell you that you are probably going into the wrong direction, because mine or anyone else’s grooves, fills and solos do not have anything to do with your playing, in your bend, with your musicians and with your real time musical situation.

Let’s look now at the same thing from another perspective. What if I show you concepts on how to CREATE grooves, how to CREATE fills, and how to CREATE solos and correspond to the music in different musical situations, on the spot, at that moment in a real time without thinking. You will become the drummer who will get attention of everyone around wherever you play. Maybe you think that it is not possible, but it is. You just have to practice totally different concepts that you are not aware of. You have to open your mind to different directions of perception, learn how to think divergently and convergently in music. These are the skills I learned and owned at Berklee, and that is why Berklee is the best music college on the planet and the reason why it costs over $200 000,00. 

I was blessed to study at Berklee with 26 best drumming professors in the world. Legends like Ralph Petterson, Kim Plainfield, master drummers like Mike Mangini, Kenwood Dennard, Rod Morgenstein, Mark Walker, Dave Dicenso, Yoron Israel were my professors. After my 3rd year of studying I was selected to win the most prestigious Avedis Zildjian award at Berklee which is given every year to the only one out of 900 drummers.

In my head, I have priceless knowledge and now I want to share that knowledge with you, and teach you those concepts, step by step, one by one.   

 

How this program works?

This semester starts on April 3rd 2023

Program is devied to the 8 levels. 

1-2 Beginner 

3-4 Intermediate

5-6 Advanced

7-8 Professional  

Each level is planned to be worked on for 16 weeks which is one entire semester.

Each level contains 2 parallel courses which means that you will have live stream group lessons 2 times a week for the 16 weeks, 32 lessons in total.

After you apply to this program you will have placement test. 

I will test your Playing skills: Reading, Time/Groove, Technique, Coordination, Stylistic Interpretation Dynamics/Expression, Improvisation and Ear skills.

You will be required to send me the test video material via youtube unlisted link, so that I can grade you, and place into your level.

*If you don’t submit video material, you will be automatically placed to level 1, which is totally ok because you are going to learn a lot on level 1.

The material we are going to work on is very serious, no matter which level are you in. It’s written exclusively to advance your current level of playing and keep you growing. Required practice time for you will be at least 2 hours a day. 

This coming semester we will be covering level 1 and 2. To maximize your performance, I can only accept 50 drummers per  level – 100 drummers in total. I want to be dedicated to all of you, get most of each of you and guide you through your drumming journey as I was guided at Berklee.   

Every day from Monday to Thursday we will have 30 minutes of live streaming lessons. Than we have Q and A session. Monday and Wednesday are reserved for level 1, Tuesday and Thursday are for level 2. 

If you skip live lesson, don’t worry. You will be able to watch it any time as many times you want during the semester.

 

At the and of the semester, if you want to get to the next level, you will have a video exam that you have to pass. 

Level 1 Sylabus

  • Holding the sticks. Should you play matched or left hand traditional grip?
  • What are 4 most important strokes and how to play tham correctly
  • 3 hand motions on the drum set for changeing  perception about orcestration 
  • How to develop effortless playing of single and double stroke rolls on the drum set
  • 2 mistakes every drummer do and how to avoid them
  • Assigement for the next week
  • Q and A
  • 5 Preliminar exercizes before you put your feet on pedals
  • History of the rock music
  • How to develop rock 
  • History of the rock music
  • How to develop rock 
  • History of the rock music
  • How to develop rock 
  • History of the rock music
  • How to develop rock 
  • History of the rock music
  • How to develop rock 
  • History of the rock music
  • How to develop rock 

Drum Lab 1 Sylabus

  • Do you really need the drum set to master the time and groove?
  • Time and groove from your inner prospective 
  • How to fire the groove inside your body before you sit on the drum set
  • Transfering the groove from your soul to the drums
  • What time is it exercize
  • Q and A
  • How many letters do you use in your alphabet?
  • How to voice notated rhythm
  •  
 

Drum Lab 1 Sylabus

After completion the full program, you will MASTER:

Technique

Time/Groove

Reading

Dynamics

Articulation

Rhythmic Feel

Improvisation/Vocabulary

Coordination

Musicianship

Stylistic interpretation

Expression

Rhythmic Accuracy

Improvisation/Soloing

Form/Phrasing

You are going to ADVANCE your:

400 snimljenih lekcija sada je besplatan bonus vredan 210 eura! Izvolite 🙂

TECHNIQUE

U ovom modulu razvićete svoju tehniku od početnog do naprednog nivoa. 32 lekcije u okviru 9 kurseva detaljno objašnjavaju šta tačno treba da radite da biste u rukama imali moć.

TEHNIKA I ORKESTRACIJA

Sada ćemo sve što smo naučili u prvom modulu orkestrirati na bubnjevima. Pogađate li šta to znači? Znači da ćete svirati prilično ubitačne fraze koje ćete uskoro primenjivati na svirkama u svojim solima.

RUDIMENTS

Došao je momenat da svoju tehniku podignete na svetski nivo, bukvalno. Upamtite da ne postoji bolji način za razvijanje tehnike od sviranja rudimenata na pravi način. Uživajte u narednih 40 lekcija.

KOORDINACIJA I ODVAJANJE

Sledi 200 lekcija, najboljih koncepta izvedenih iz najznačajnije bubnjarske knjige ikad napisane – Stick Control. Dobićete beskonačan broj opcija za ritmove, prelaze i sola u bilo kom muzičkom stilu.

FILLS

I meni se malo zavrtelo u glavi, pa sam rekao da sam svirao grupe po 5, u stvari sam svirao grupe po 4. Sve u svemu, pored ovih prelaza na koje će svi odlepiti kada ih odsvirate, čeka vas još mnogo toga.

DOUBLE BASS DRUMING

U ovom kursu dobijate koncepte koje sam naučio od Dave Dicensa i Roda Morgenstein-a, bubnjara Dixie Drags-a. Ovladaćete duplom pedalom korak po korak. steći ćete tehniku, kontrolu i urnebesnu brzinu

BRAZILSKI RITMOVI

Samba, Bossa Nova i Baiao su 3 najvažnija muzička pravca u Brazilu. Naučićete koje tačno gruvove treba da svirate u odnosu na muzičku situaciju u kojoj se nađete + Batucadu – autentičnu karnevalsku Sambu.

AFRO-KUBANSKI RITMOVI

Švedski sto Afro-kubanskih ritmova: Son clave, Rumba clave, Bembe, Mambo, Songo, Rumba Guanguanco, Mozambique, Merengue, Cha-cha-cha. Zamislite šta ćete sve svirati posle ovog kursa.

NEPARNI RITMOVI

3/4, 5/4, 5/8, 7/8, 9/8, 11/8…..27/8, 29/8. Pored svih ovih ritmova, naučićete još nešto mnogo vrednije. To je način razmišljanja, što znači da ćete saznati kako da sami kreirate svoje neparne ritmove.  

POLIRITMIJE

Mike Mangini – Dream Theater i Kenwood Dennard, kome je sam Gary Chaffee bio profesor, su mi na Berkliju predavali poliritmije. U ovom kursu znanje stečeno od njih prenosim na vas. Uživajte.

POLIMETRIJE

Znate li zašto su vam potrebne polimetrije? Vidite, ako želite da zvučite totalno drugačije od ostalih, ovo je oblast koja daje neograničene mogućnosti za unikatnost. Naučićete da razmišljate polimetrijski.

METRIČKE MODULACIJE

Šta su metričke modulacije? Koje vrste metričkih modulacija postoje? Kako da njima ovladate i kada da ih svirate? Odgovore na sva prethodna pitanja naći ćete u ovom detaljnom kursu koji je pred vama.

ROCK

Ovaj kurs prilagodjen je bubnjarima na početnom nivou. Čak iako nikada do sada niste seli za bubnjeve, moći ćete sa lakoćom da pratite lekcije i počnete da svirate svoje prve pesme na bubnjevima.

FUNK

Kurs za bubnjare srednjeg nivoa koji žele da se uopznaju sa Funk gruvovima. Lekcije su veoma sistematične i daće vam sve što je potrebno za razvijanje funk koordinacije i sviranje ove muzike.

FUSION

Veoma napredan kurs, koji se nadovezuje na sve što ste do sada naučili. Daću vam veoma moćne koncepte koji će učiniti da zvučite kao najveći svetski bubnjari.

JAZZ

Jazz je muzički stil zahvaljujući kom je nastao set bubnjeva kakav danas sviramo. Obavezno prođite ovaj kurs, jer ćete dobiti nepresušni izvor muzikalnih ideja za sve oblasti vezane za vaše sviranje. 

SHUFFLE

Shuffle, half time suffle, jazz shuffle samo su neke od lekcija koje se nalaze u okviru ovog kursa. Vi koji budete želeli više, dobijate bonus koncepte koji će vam omogućiti da svirate shuffle na visokom nivou.

JUNGLE DRUM AND BASS

Za sve vas koji volite Jungle drum and bass evo jednog sistematičnog kursa u kom ću vam pokazati koncepte za razvijanje ovih urnebesno brzih gruvova. Ciljani tempo nam je 160 – 185 bpm.

You will also get all these bonuses for FREE

Polyrhythms - Crash course

Metric modulations - Crash Course

Rhythmic Ear training - Crash Course

Playing in odd time signatures - Crash Course

Master your drummer personality - Crash Course

Bonuses apply to students who completed first 30 days

Možda se pitate da li je zaista moguće učiti bubnjeve online, evo pogledajte šta kažu polaznici:

Branko Popović je čovjek koji otvara nove vidike! Ovo su definitivno najbolje i najozbiljnije lekcije! Na svjetskom nivou, a pri tom na našem jeziku. Preporučio bih svim bubnjarima.
Dragan Čupeljić
Banja Luka
Lekcije su sjajne, razumljive i detaljno objašnjene. Branko je fantastičan profesor i drugar prije svega. Uvijek je dostupan za objašnjenje nejasnoća. Preporuka za sve bubnjare. Prijavite se, nećete se pokajati!
Igor Amidžić
Čelinac
Andrej Barać
Pula
Imao sam sreću upoznati Branka i steći pravog prijatelja. Kroz njegove lekcije otkrio sam novu dimenziju i pristup tehnici sviranja, ali i bubnjevima općenito. O njegovim lekcijama mogu reći da su vrhunske i svjetske, a dostupne svima nama na istoku Europe! Svakome bih preporučio da posjeti ovaj edukativni web site, jer lekcije svakome mogu pomoći i unaprijediti znanje, pod vodstvom svjetskog stručnjaka i glazbenika Branka. Ukratko, ono što nudi Branko je "... svjetski, a naše!!!"
Marijan Jovičić
Osijek
Neko sam ko je imao sreće da upozna Branka lično i da stekne takvog prijatelja. Kod njega sam naučio prve lekcije o bubnjevima koje su mi pomogle da shvatim šta su bubanjevi i kako se sviraju. O njegovim lekcijama mogu reći da su vrhunske i svetske, a dostupne svima nama na teritoriji Srbije i drugih bivših SFRJ država! Svakome bih preporučio da poseti ovaj sajt, jer lekcije svakome mogu pomoći i svako ce pronaći deo za sebe. Sta više reći nego: Svetsko, a NAŠE!!!!
Marko Janković
Valjevo
Mihael Bumba
Zagreb
Luka Kolak
Osijek
Ivan Pavlović
Valjevo
Sa velikim zadovoljstvom pratim online lekcije Branka Popovića. Način na koji ovaj sjajni umetnik-muzičar prenosi svoje znanje čini učenje inspirativnim i zanimljivim. Preporučio bih svima bez obzira na godine i nivo muzičkog obrazovanja.
Željko Vitorović
Valjevo
Branko i njegov bubnjarski institut su zaista nešto posebno i jedinstveno na ovim prostorima. O njegovom muzičkom umijeću je nepotrebno pisati… Ono sto mene posebno fascinira je njegov način prenošenja znanja i sa koliko strpljenja to radi. Najiskrenije bih preporučio svakom bubnjaru, i ne samo bubnjarima.
Davor Bendelja
Banja Luka
Perfekcija! Cijeli život mi je uprevo to trebalo! Lagano pojašnjeno, lagano pokazano uz nonstop podrške! No, došlo je do problema! Djeca (4 i 6 god) su mi se skroz zarazila Bubnjarskim institutom, da su mi oduzeli praktice pad i neprekidno traže da im upalim online lekcije! Najbolja škola bubnja (a i pedagogije) od svih kojih sam vidio!
Slobodan Kos
Zadar
Branka znam godinama i smatram se njegovim učenikom od momenta kada smo se upoznali. Kroz online lekcije ćete vrlo brzo spoznati gde ste, što se tiče sviranja bubnjeva, a isto tako brzo i šta je to što vam je potrebno da budete kompletan bubnjar. Sadržaj lekcija i način na koji su objašnjene će vam promeniti pogled na sviranje bubnjeva i saznaćete stvari o kojima niste ni sanjali. Suvišno je reći da preporučujem svima!
Nebojša Aradski
Beograd

Nekoliko utisaka u video formatu:

If you are a beginner and you want to get best concepts and build your drumming step by step to the professional level   

If you play for a years, you feel that you deserve to be better and you don’t know how to make it work

If you are a professional and you want to level up your drumming to the world class level 

Apply today for this program

Do isteka ove ponude sa popustom od 75% ostalo je još:

Dana
Sati
Minuta
Sekundi

ONLINE DRUMMERS ACADEMY

SPRING SEMESTER
$5460
$ 980
  • 2 courses for the price of one - value $1960
  • PDF files of the material we work on
  • Live comunication during the lessons + Q & A
  • 120 days of support in closed fb group
  • Polyrhythms crash course - value $500
  • Metric modulations crash course - value $500
  • Rhythmic ear training crash course - value $500
  • Master your drummer personality course - value $1000
  • Playing in odd time signatures Crash course - value $1000
  • Knowledge that I got at Berklee from the late greats
    Ralph Peterson and Kim Plainfield - PRICELESS

BUBNJARSKI INSTITUT - BASIC

ZA PRISTUP DO 31.8.2022.
200
149 ili 18 000 dinara za uplate iz Srbije
  • 180 dana online lekcija uživo - do 15. jula, pratite uživo.
  • 180 dana online lekcija uživo - do 15. jula. Gledate snimke posle streaminga.
  • Pristup svim ranije snimljenim lekcijama 24/7 - Bonus vredan 210 eura.
  • Komunikacija tokom lekcija uživo
  • Podrška u zatvorenoj grupi na Facebooku
  • PDF fajlovi materijala koji radimo
  • Predavanja gostujućih profesora

BUBNJARSKI INSTITUT - PRO

ZA PRISTUP DO 31.8.2022.
400
299 ili 36 000 dinara za uplate iz Srbije
  • 180 dana online lekcija uživo - do 15. jula, pratite uživo.
  • 180 dana online lekcija uživo - do 15. jula. Gledate snimke posle streaminga.
  • Pristup svim ranije snimljenim lekcijama 24/7 - Bonus vredan 210 eura.
  • Komunikacija tokom lekcija uživo
  • Podrška u zatvorenoj grupi na Facebooku
  • PDF fajlovi materijala koji radimo
  • Predavanja gostujućih profesora
  • Još 19 mesta po ceni od 299e, potom 400e

If this program is not the best you have ever enrolled in, please contact me within 30 days, and I will gladly refund you money

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