Daniel Bernard
Pastor,
Drummer,
Content Creator
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The course
Linear fills, built from the ground up
Three video lessons with PDF guides. Each one is a building block; together they give you a system for writing your own fills.
Available now
3 Building Blocks for Linear Drum Fills
Timing, pattern, and placement. Learn the three ideas behind every linear fill that sits right in the pocket, then use them to build fills that fit the songs you actually play on Sunday.
Lessons
All lessons now available on Patreon.
Join for free and get immediate access to many free lessons. Paid tiers unlock the full library, with new lessons every month, from gospel fills and linear chops to the grooves I play on Sunday.
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Daniel's Drum Newsletter
Gear, reviews, videos, all things drums and production. Three years running, hundreds of drummers reading. New issues land in your inbox, no algorithm required.
From Daniel's Drum Newsletter
Articles
May 23, 2025The Best Drum Mics On The Market?
Earthworks DK7 Gen 2 Drum Kit Microphone System
Apr 30, 2025Daniel Bernard's Drum Gear
An overview of the gear I use, most of the time, for my drum videos
Jan 28, 2025Drum triggers on your church kit!
Two simple ways to make it work
Jan 16, 20251 Microphone that can replace 5?
Universal Audio Standard Series mics with Hemisphere Modeling
Dec 18, 20245 mics any drummer would love!
Just in time for Christmas
Sep 28, 2024My favorite budget-friendly drumset
The Mapex Armory
Mar 26, 2024High, low, this snare slaps: Sonor Kompressor Brass 6.5" x 14"
Including an unreleased YouTube video
Dec 16, 2023Last Minute Christmas Gifts for Drummers
The 2023 list
Sep 13, 202310 things that helped me prepare to play in front of 34,000 people at NAYC
North American Youth Congress was an incredible experience
Aug 1, 2023A quick breakdown of my drum setup for NAYC23
Kit, cymbals, and how it all came together
Jul 5, 2023Ludwig Snare Giveaway + Sweetwater Gearfest
I hope you win this snare, and boy did I have a blast at Gearfest
Mar 30, 2023All my SNARES!
A walk through every snare on the shelf
Mar 30, 2023What I was using when I started recording drums!
The very first issue
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Gear & sponsors
What I play, and who I work with
Reviews that come from a working drummer, not a spec sheet.
Everything I review gets played on real Sundays and real stages. My audience is drummers and content creators who buy the gear they see used well, and I'm a Paiste cymbals artist.
Subscriber and view counts updated September 2026; reach figures from the 2025 sponsorship kit.
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Nice to meet you
It started with a promise to a kid.
Hey, my name is Daniel Bernard, and I'm a husband, father, drummer, and content creator. My online musical career began as a promise to a kid to upload a video explaining a drum fill. That one video turned into a YouTube channel with over 218,000 subscribers and more than 39 million views.
My mission is to teach, train, and inspire musicians of all ages to play and showcase the drums with excellence and passion, and to help them pursue their own passion for content creation and photography and videography.
I'm a Paiste cymbals artist, and you can find me playing at church conferences around the US, teaching online drum classes, or speaking at my local church, First Church Sterling Heights, where I serve as Senior Pastor.
Contact
Say hello.
Questions about a lesson, a booking, or a sponsorship? Send a note and I'll get back to you within a few days, or email dkbdrums@gmail.com.
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