Drum Discussion Thread v2: rlrrlrll - General

Since the old thread was deleted, I made a new one. Discuss drums and drumming! Gonna buy me a HHX O-zone crash soon. Gonna be awesome!

Getting ready to order a Zildjian Oriental China in 18". I've never owned a China. Any special way to hit it?

There are three major ways to hit a china. One of them is with the neck of the stick with the bell inverted so the cymbal appears to be upside down on the flange, the other like a normal crash hit with the china the same way, and the third is normal crash hit with the cymbal right side up. If there are any others I cannot think of any. When you mount the china upside down it tends to give it a trashier sound, you get more white noise in my opinion.

I only have one crash ride and i play in a Metal band, im a total badass. I have no money for more :(

Don't need a big kit for metal, Chris Pennie used a tiny kit for Dillinger Escape Plan and blew everyone away

R.i.p my old thread, it thrived :'( Also that kit posted right at the end of the old thread was luscious

I've been playing drums for almost 6 years. I still haven't found anyone to jam with :saddowns:

oh didn't notice the old one got closed/ gotta get my band back on track, we haven't played together in far too long

[QUOTE=Joppari;30160048]I've been playing drums for almost 6 years. I still haven't found anyone to jam with :saddowns:[/QUOTE] did you actually look try posting an ad on a community bulletin board. (thats kinda what lars ulrich did in 1981 and look where it got him)

I've been building on to an old kit for a couple months. I have a 22 inch kick drum with 2-heads and a mic hole 14 inch snare with Evans Genera 16 inch floor tom 13 inch Paiste twenty high hats 16 and 14 inch Paiste twenty crash cymbals 20 inch Paiste dark energy ride cymbals and some bell cymbal that has no brand on it whatsoever.

thats pretty sick. post pics of it. you could probably develop a pretty rad style on a kit like that

shit, those are some nice cymbals, i'd kill for that ride

whats a good 9 piece kit for metal\rock styles? (i can't acutally find any complete 9 piece kits) i see alot of 8's on Mus friend but no 9's the 9 piece is my ultimate goal for a kit in life

9 piece is overkill. you're better off buying a 5 piece decent kit than a 9 piece musicians friend crap set. quality over quantity. also it's really hard to find a kit that doesn't fit metal and rock, any kit with emperors over ambassadors can be used for those genres. i've said it before and i'll say it again, buy second hand, for the price of a new 9 piece costum paint job -omg so cool guys look at this- Pearl Forum, you can get an amazing 5 piece Pearl Masters that is used but will still last you a lifetime. you shouldn't look at a kit as if it's a number of drums, they have to fit together, it all has to make sense. 9 piece kits don't. and really, a number of drums as ultimate goal? really?

[QUOTE=Joppari;30160048]I've been playing drums for almost 6 years. I still haven't found anyone to jam with :saddowns:[/QUOTE] i cam jam with youu :v:

[QUOTE=Yur|ko;30197932]i cam jam with youu :v:[/QUOTE] We all can jam together!

[QUOTE=BassB;30195955]. and really, a number of drums as ultimate goal? [/QUOTE] after getting my technique, speed, and general playing style down, yes. im fond of both 4 piece (snare rack floor bass) and 9 piece (4 rack, 2 floor, snare, 2 bass)

so i was wandering with a bro of mine in the woods looking for a tree to build a tree house in when i found a piece of a car exhaust. i brought it home and hit it with a stick and it sounds P cool (plus two different tones depeding on whether i hit the end or the middle {very different tones}). but how the fuck do i mount it to my kit? im thinkin duct tape

Maybe drill some holes in it, and mount it on some kind of stand.

duct tape is fine for something like that i guess. but welding some kind of nut or drilling a threaded hole in it is probably the best, so you can put it on a stand.

Hopefully getting a pair pf Speed Cobras for my birthday, I'd also kill for a 20" Dream bliss crash ride..

[QUOTE=BassB;30255711]duct tape is fine for something like that i guess. but welding some kind of nut or drilling a threaded hole in it is probably the best, so you can put it on a stand.[/QUOTE] ended up bending some piece of metal and duct taping it between my toms. sounds pretty good also some fucker yelled at my grandmother to get me to stop playing today.... at 2pm what a dick

Have any other drummers here had experience with online session drumming or looked into it at all? It seems like a good way to make money out of your skills and I was going thinking of trying to get into it, but it's a big starting investment for me for potentially no return.

[QUOTE=gerbile5;30263792]ended up bending some piece of metal and duct taping it between my toms. sounds pretty good also some fucker yelled at my grandmother to get me to stop playing today.... at 2pm what a dick[/QUOTE] maybe because you were hitting a piece of exhaust pipe v:v:v

I haven't been able to play drums for like 2 weeks. I left my stick bag with the band at their graduation rehearsal, and I never got a chance to get it back because I actually graduated.

I've scrapped the idea of buying an O-zone crash, so instead, I've ordered a 18' Omni crash. Can't wait! Got it for cheap, since a friend of mine recently got a job at a music-store.

FINALLY got my free 8" tom after 9 months of waiting... Here's a little update on the set. Sorry for the lousy pic quality: [img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/246772_10150617228425427_524815426_18991466_2679502_n.jpg[/img]

fucking 3 racks awesome i love racks [editline]10th June 2011[/editline] [media]http://soundcloud.com/robneal17/short-and-terrible-drum-solo[/media] heres some absolutely awful drum solo i did to end a cover of a song i was doing. off time, sloppy and really bland. but i thought ide share anyway

[QUOTE=ragawaga;30159480]R.i.p my old thread, it thrived :'( Also that kit posted right at the end of the old thread was luscious[/QUOTE] Thanks :D I still need help with my little problem if anyone can share a word of advice. Copypasta from the old thread: "I need a little help from someone who's maybe had the same problem I'm having now. So..I've had my drum set for almost 3 months now. My drum set is located in the basement of our house. It's currently summer break for me and I'd like to play my drum set during the day whenever I'd like. But I really can't because my dad works at the house in his office(which is directly above the basement). It's not that my drumming bothers him, it's just whenever he has an important call he has no way to signal for me to stop drumming. So I'm basically asking what the best way to dampen the sound of my drums is. Also, bonus 3D picture of my drum set: [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3460/5773219032_153578d864_z.jpg[/img] "

Gonna play my first concert with the blues and this weekend. Gonna be awesome. Too bad my Omni hasn't arrived yet. I'd like to try it in a blues-setting.