Drum Audit (noun) -
An objective, criteria-based evaluation of a drummer’s performance conducted through systematic analysis of technique, timing, coordination, posture, musical execution, and more.
What is a Drum Audit?
DrumAudit.com provides professional digital drum assessments for drummers who want clear, objective feedback on their playing. By submitting a video performance, drummers can receive a detailed evaluation of 60+ metrics, including their timing, technique, posture, coordination, musicality, and more, using a structured scoring rubric similar to marching band adjudication sheets.
Don’t reinforce bad habits just because the staff has bigger fires to put out at rehearsal!
Whether you play drumset, marching percussion, or are preparing for an audition, a drum audit helps identify strengths, highlight areas for improvement, and provide focused guidance to help drummers perform with greater control, consistency, and confidence.
How Drum Audits Work
For the same cost of your pre-rehearsal latte, you can receive a deliciously detailed performance report on your drumming! In a typical rehearsal, instructors are responsible for an entire ensemble, so broad blanket feedback often comes in quick bursts between reps. Drum Audit gives you the opportunity to take out the microscope and get a focused evaluation of your own playing.Submit a video or audio file and receive a structured assessment of 60+ metrics using a judging-style rubric designed to help drummers improve!
• Step 1 – Submit Your Performance
Upload a video or audio recording of your drumming through our secure submission form.• Step 2 – Receive Your Drum Audit
Your performance is evaluated using a structured rubric covering timing, technique, posture, coordination, musicality, and more!• Step 3 – Improve Your Playing
Use your personalized feedback report to identify strengths and focus your practice more effectively.
(If you want to chart real progress, submit another video later in the season and see your improvements documented in black and white.)
The Drum Audit Pricing
Drum Audit is designed to make professional drum performance feedback affordable and accessible to any drummer. Whether you're preparing for auditions, improving your marching percussion technique, or refining your drumset playing, you can receive structured, individualized feedback without the cost of private lessons.
(All evaluations are performed by an experienced WGI certified marching percussion judge using a structured performance rubric.)
Video Submission - Tier 1 - Written Drum Audit Report:
$5.99
Receive a detailed PDF performance report evaluating your playing across the Drum Audit 60+ metric rubric. Your report includes scoring for each category along with custom written feedback explaining your strengths and areas for improvement.Includes:
• Full DrumAudit scoring report PDF
• Category-by-category evaluation
• Custom written feedback notes
Video Submission - Tier 2 - Written Report + Audio Commentary:
$12.99
This tier includes everything in Tier 1, plus personalized audio commentary discussing your performance in more detail. Audio feedback allows for a deeper explanation of technique, timing, and musical decisions in real-time that may be harder to communicate in writing alone.Includes:
• Full DrumAudit scoring report PDF
• Category-by-category evaluation
• Custom written feedback
• PLUS personalized audio commentary
Video Submission - Tier 3 - Written Report + Full Video Response:
$24.99
The most comprehensive option. In addition to the written Drum Audit report, you’ll receive a personalized video response reviewing your performance and explaining feedback visually. This allows for demonstrations, visual explanations of technique, and a more in-depth breakdown of your playing.Includes:
• Full DrumAudit scoring report PDF
• Category-by-category evaluation
• Custom written feedback
• PLUS personalized video response with commentary
Audio-Only Submissions:
Audio submissions are available at a reduced rate from the standard price. Because visual elements such as posture, stick technique, and body movement cannot be evaluated without video, audio-only submissions are assessed using approximately half of the Drum Audit performance metrics, focusing primarily on timing, rhythm accuracy, musicality, and sound quality.Audio Tier 1: $4.99 | Audio Tier 2: $9.99 | Audio Tier 3: $19.99
About Your Auditor
My name is Patrick Blakley, and I have been performing and teaching percussion for more than three decades. I currently serve as a music judge for competitive marching circuits in seven states and am a certified percussion judge with Winterguard International. My drumline exercise and warmup method book has been used by more than 200 schools in 43 states, as well as by groups in Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Europe.I'm also the author of two marching percussion instructional books, along with a marching band themed novel and a children’s book about the marching arts!Join hundreds of other students who have already fine-tuned their drumming through focused evaluation and clear, actionable feedback developed over my 30+ years of teaching. My students have gone on to march with top DCI and DCA drum corps, WGI World Class drumlines, and performed drumset for Billboard Top 100 Artists!Learn even more at PatrickBlakley.com
Questions? Contact Us!
Drum Audit is designed to make professional drum performance feedback affordable and accessible to any drummer. Whether you're preparing for auditions, improving your marching percussion technique, or refining your drumset playing, you can receive structured, individualized feedback without the cost of private lessons. If you have any questions about our process or your results, please don't hesitate to reach out![email protected]
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