I found the drums really hard on medium, but I've only played it once and I play real drums. But then I put it on expert as a joke and I did amazing. I think it's because on expert it's basically hitting the real notes on the drums. I cant do easy but on expert Im amazing lol.
I found the drums easier on the harder lvls too. Like you said, it's closer to hitting the 'real' notes - especially with the foot. The easier lvls where the kick is sparse instead of driving and consistent, throw me right off.
Through the Fire and Flames is actually the easiest song in the game. I'm not joking, I beat the Devil Went Down to Georgia today on expert. Can anyone else beat that? The downloaded one for X-Box, not the boss battle.
HOLY SHIT! well done man, im still working on expert, i just cant seem to pass tier 7, though sonce i use custom songs on my PC version, im quite awesome on some of the songs but yea, GH3 is an AWESOME!!!!!!!!! game, i still play it almost everyday, so addictive