Crazy Texas Drummer School - founding pre-order is open
The Street Drummer Masterclass
Watch at your own pace and keep it for good - then, if you want Brian live, join Crazy Texas Drummer School for one 90-minute call with him every month.
Honest status. This is a pre-order for a recorded course that is being filmed now. The founding price holds until the first release, and you can have your money back at any point before it lands, for any reason or none.
Crazy Texas Drummer School is the name the teaching side runs under. Today that is Brian.
Two things you can buy
The course, and the room it lives in
The Street Drummer Masterclass (recorded course)
$199$399
Every lesson filmed and yours to keep, at the price it will never be again.
Every lesson, recorded, yours to keep · Lifetime access to the v1 library and updates
Crazy Texas Drummer school membership
$29
per month
Ninety minutes with Brian, live, every month - and you keep the recordings.
One 90-minute live video session a month: Brian plays, talks, answers your questions · Recordings of every session · First look at new lessons · Cancel any time
The Street Drummer Masterclass (recorded course)
- Every lesson, recorded, yours to keep
- Lifetime access to the v1 library and updates
Private lessons are booked separately, at lesson prices - they are here.
Crazy Texas Drummer school membership
- One 90-minute live video session a month: Brian plays, talks, answers your questions
- Recordings of every session
- First look at new lessons
- Cancel any time
Status: launching with the course. Monthly billing moves to cards when Stripe is live. Until then it is the first month on Venmo and you cancel by telling him.
What is inside
27 filmed lessons, 118 finished minutes
Start here
24 minutes
- Welcome: what this is and how to use it (3 min)
- Why I play every day (5 min)
- Three drummers on one stage (4 min)
- How people actually learn (5 min)
- The order I teach in, and why (4 min)
- Your first 30 days (3 min)
In tune
33 minutes
- They have to be tuned all the time (3 min)
- Even tension rods: the one rule (6 min)
- The tap test, rod by rod (4 min)
- Resonant versus batter (6 min)
- Wrong on purpose: the A/B (4 min)
- Drum key versus drum dial (4 min)
- Tuning the snare (6 min)
Liveable
9 minutes
- Quiet it: towels, tape, cardboard (5 min)
- Quiet it: mesh heads, low-volume cymbals, electronic kits (4 min)
The first hour
27 minutes
- Sit down: throne, grip, sticks (4 min)
- The rock beat, slow (5 min)
- The rock beat at tempo, and what breaks (4 min)
- The rock beat in a song (3 min)
- The reggaeton beat, slow (5 min)
- The reggaeton beat at tempo (3 min)
- Headphones and your favourite song (3 min)
Playing in public
25 minutes
- Why I busk (4 min)
- Tips: the moment a person decides (5 min)
- The drumhead Venmo (6 min)
- Reading a pitch before you unpack (6 min)
- Load in, play, load out (4 min)
“The most important beats in the world, the most popular beats.”
Who this is for
Yes, if
- You have a kit, or access to one, and you can practise on your own schedule
- You can play a little, or nothing at all, and you want a real starting order rather than a hundred videos
- You are outside Austin and cannot get to a park on a Saturday
No, if
- You want a library to browse and nothing more. There are cheaper and bigger ones, and we would rather you bought those
- You want Brian live, every week, watching you work. The course is recorded; that ongoing contact is what the Crazy Texas Drummer School membership is for
- You want Brian to look at your playing one to one. That is a lesson, or the monthly school call - it is not in the recorded course.
How pre-ordering works
Take a founding place
You send the form, you get a booking reference, and you pay Brian on Venmo with that reference in the note. It is a Venmo payment straight to him, not a card checkout, and nothing about your payment is stored on this site.
- Full refund any time before the course is released, for any reason or none.
- Refunds go back by Venmo, by hand, from Brian.
- Brian replies within 24 to 48 hours.
The guarantee, in plain words
Full refund, any time before the recordings are released, for any reason or none. You do not have to explain it.
There is no payment plan yet. Instalments arrive with card payments, and nobody is going to hand-administer them in the meantime.
Reserve your place
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Later
What the full library grows into
The Masterclass is the first slice of a much larger plan. These are the headline counts of the full catalogue, not a promise of dates.
Nothing in the catalogue is filmed until the tier it belongs to has taken money. Founding buyers hear about each release first, and nothing already published is ever moved behind a paywall.
Questions
Before you pre-order
When can I start?
As soon as you've paid. The lessons are being filmed now and released as soon as they're ready. Founding buyers keep the $199 price until release and get access first.
Do I keep the recordings?
Yes, all of them. They are yours to keep, not a rental.
Is this live, or can I watch on my own schedule?
It's a recorded course - watch anytime, at your own pace. The only live component in this offer is the optional $29/month membership call, once a month.
Is it too basic for me, or too advanced?
It starts from nothing and it is built around the beats that carry the most music. If you already play well and want a specific technique fixed, email first - that is a private lesson, priced separately, not this course.
Do I need a kit at home?
You need something to play and something to film a minute of video on. An electronic kit is fine. A practice pad is not enough for the submission video.
What happened to the tier with private lessons bundled in?
It's dropped. The course is recorded-only at $399, founding $199, and private one-to-one time is booked and priced separately, not bundled into the course.
Should I get the membership too?
If you want Brian live every month, answering questions in real time - yes. If you just want the lessons, the course alone is the whole product.
Why is it $199 now and $399 later?
Because the first group is buying something that has not been delivered yet, and they are taking a real risk on that. It has never sold at any other price, and there is no crossed-out number anywhere on this page.
How does paying work?
You pay Brian directly on Venmo. After the form you get a booking reference that looks like CTD-4KJ2, and a button that opens Venmo with the amount and that reference on it - and the reference printed large on screen with a copy button, so you can type it in yourself if Venmo does not prefill. Send it, and he matches the payment to your booking in seconds. This is a Venmo payment to Brian with a reference on it - not a card checkout, and nothing is stored on this site.
What if he never confirms?
Full refund on Venmo. If Brian has not confirmed your time by text within 24 hours of your payment, the money comes straight back. That promise applies to every prepaid item on this site.
I do not use Venmo. What then?
Say so in the form and he will sort it out with you directly. Card payments are being set up and will appear on this page when they are working.
Does this site take a cut?
No. There is no processor, no platform fee and no middleman. The money goes straight into Brian's own Venmo account.
What happens to the details I put in the form?
They go to Brian by email so he can reply to you, and they are stored privately. They are never sold, never shared with anyone else, and never used to advertise anything to you elsewhere.
Not ready? Get told when the recordings are released.
One email when the course is out, and one when the membership opens. Nothing else, one click to stop.