How to Play the Drums Like Roger Taylor

World-class drummer Roger Taylor is an intelligent, multi-talented man. Even though he was involved with a band during his school years, he was a high achiever and started to pursue a career in dentistry. Music lured him away from college and into professional bands. Taylor writes songs and sings as well as play drums, guitar and other instruments.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

1. Pound on your mom's upturned pans with a knitting needle to begin drumming like Roger Taylor. He also found a snare drum and received a hi-hat, bass and tom-tom; later Roger purchased a Zildjian crash symbol and another tom-tom.

2. Join a band as the drummer. In 1965, Roger joined Johnny Quale and the Reactions; they won the battle of the bands Rock and Rhythm Championship in 1966.

3. Move to other bands to keep your drum career on track. Roger joined Queen in 1968 and experienced huge success, and then in 1988 he formed another hit band called Cross.

4. Use an involuntary opening of the hi-hat on every back beat for rhythm emphasis to create your own sound. Taylor enjoys playing timpani solos during his live shows.

5. Play a variety of musical styles to drum like Roger Taylor. His drumming styles include speed metal, progressive rock, rockabilly and more.

6. Excel in the drumming world to play the drums like Roger Taylor. He was named most influential drummer in the 1970's, the 74th greatest rock drummer out of 100 in "Rolling Stone" magazine and voted the eighth greatest drummer in classic rock history in the Planet Rock Radio poll of 2005.