Rock Band

The Pro Drum hardware and game mode are all you need to get started learning the fundamentals of actual drum playing. The concepts of timing and limb independence are for sure present in the core game, but once you spring for the cymbal pack and the kick pedal, you’re effectively playing a real, albeit plastic, drum set and learning skills that you can readily transfer over to a real acoustic drum set. Even better, you learn to play drums by learning the drum parts of some excellent rock and pop songs, and All Star by Smash Mouth. There are things you won’t necessarily get, like technique and dynamics, but Rock Band will more than get you started.