I am making some exercises available at MuseScore. See my profile for more info. You can download them for free in a variety of formats, and since they are just exercises I would recommend a PDF. More will become available, but for now have a look at:
Technical Work
- AMEB Grade 3 Technical Work
- Scales used in AMEB Grade 3 Technical Work (just the scales, without the various patterns used)
I use MuseScore which is more limited, but free, and also Sibelius.
Ear training
This is an oldie but a goodie: Good-Ear is a free ear training site, which takes through chords, intervals and so on. This is interesting if you want to develop your aural skills, and essential if you're auditioning for a tertiary music course as a drummer. Go to www.good-ear.com. Please let me know if you find any other good (and free) ear training sites.
Blank Manuscript
There are a few sites with free blank manusript to print out. Having a manuscript book is still handy but these are good for printing out a few pages when you need them.
- Blank Sheet Music has a range of options, and is pretty simple to use: www.blanksheetmusic.net
- Matthew Hindson's website has 4 basic sheets if you just need something quick and simple: http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/free-blank-manuscript-paper
The following stores have a pretty substantial range of drum products:
- Billy Hydes Drumcraft (now Allans Music): Commonwealth St Surry Hills
- Drummers Dream, Canterbury Rd Belmore
- Optimum Percussion, Burwood Rd Burwood. This is more of an orchestral percussion store, so it's the place to go for orchestral percussion gear but they also have general percussion products, books/resources
- The Drum Shop, Newcastle
Also Engadine Music Centre has some resources and drum products. I go there for books but that's about it, the others have a better range.
