Hello. My friend is giving me a 1000 dollar set of drums for free, so that means I will be the owner of a decent drum set. I have a few questions to ask.
1. How much room should I except these to take up? Preferably in feet.
2. Are drums ok to store in a area which usually takes the temperature of the outside?
3. I found a website called freedrumlesssons.com, is this a good site to use to learn drums from?
4. How long would it take me to learn how to do a drum cover of songs like You Shook Me All Night Long? (I know I will not be doing a great cover in the first day, but I just want to gauge time.)
Many thanks for answers
1)Usually I'm thinking that they're a good 5x4ft size (mine is about that size, its an electric one), if you have a standard kind of kit, with too many attachments.
2)Not the best Idea if its made of wood, but it's less reactive if plastic. Still not a good idea though, keep it inside, and away from doors or windows.
3)I don't usually think online drum lessons are good. I advise just getting an instructor, or just playing and teaching yourself. At one point if you're gettinkg serious, you'll want to have an instructor.
4)How ever long you want. It depends how hard you work, and how much you improve. The song is easier than you think, but still very solid beat keeping song.
Also, you may want to sound proof the room you keep it in. Drum kits are louder than you think.
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Oh.
The area I am storing them is literally the only area I can store them. Will this have a HUGE impact?
And they are not wood as far as I know. They are kind of like that coating.
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Oh and unfortunately sound proofing is not possible. I think I should be good in the daytime though.
It won't have in impact, until long term. You'll start noticing after awhile if you let them in strange climates.
[QUOTE=Meloan;21949705]It won't have in impact, until long term. You'll start noticing after awhile if you let them in strange climates.[/QUOTE]
What do you consider strange? I would say the room gets a max of 96 degrees in the summer, and 20 in the winter.
That would be bad. Do you have air conditioning?
I do. My grandmother doesn't use it in the summer because of the bills it racks up. (That's where the drums will be.)
Anything I can do to prevent damage, such as putting a blanket over them or something?
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Actually now that I think of it, 96 is a little exaggerated. The highest the house thermometer has ever gotten is 85. Is that any better?
You need a stable room temperature, or your heads will stretch and contract too much. Putting a blanket over the kit when not playing is pretty good to keep dust off and sometimes I use my blanket to muffle my drums so I can play at night.
As for those drum lessons, get a real drum teacher, they can actually see what you're doing wrong while that online rubbish can't.
My best advice (how I learned to play) is this: get some click tracks and learn to keep time. From there I was able to play by ear. It wasn't too difficult as I already knew basic music theory from a 5th grade band class. I started sophomore year of high school and I am now a senior, I was able to play most of System of a Down's songs after 5 months or so.
[QUOTE=playelite;21946937]Hello. My friend is giving me a 1000 dollar set of drums for free, so that means I will be the owner of a decent drum set. I have a few questions to ask.
1. How much room should I except these to take up? Preferably in feet.
2. Are drums ok to store in a area which usually takes the temperature of the outside?
3. I found a website called freedrumlesssons.com, is this a good site to use to learn drums from?
4. How long would it take me to learn how to do a drum cover of songs like You Shook Me All Night Long? (I know I will not be doing a great cover in the first day, but I just want to gauge time.)
Many thanks for answers[/QUOTE]
1)6x4 foot I think..
2)Heat changes (eg winter and summer) will probably cause issues with your tuning as the skins/drums expand contract... making your kit sounds weird
3) You'd possibly do better if you just pay for a proper teacher.. but online lessons [B]can[/B] produce good drummers... My friends in a rock band (they're alright) after 6 months of fairly solid online drumming lessons...
4) depends how much time you spend per day..
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1) could be different depending on how many things you have and how you like it set up or whatever..
1. about 6x4, for a standard 5 piece. i'm not too familiar with feet, but try to keep it as roomy as possible, because you need the room to turn your arms in a lot of positions to hit all the drums.
2. temperature generally doesn't affect the drums much, unless you live in an extreme climate. loads of drum sets are build as a rock, of course, try to keep the temprature as constant as possible since it will affect the heads and possibaly wrap (if it isn't laquered.also NEVER play your cymbals when they're cold, store them in bag in a room with constant temperature.
3. i'd suggest buying a practice pad and going to [url=http://drumrudiments.com/]this[/url] website, try to learn some rudiments, it's very benificial to learn those, start out REALLY slow, and work your way up, you cannot do it as fast as the video shows, because that guy goes really fast over time.
freedrumlessons.com seems like an ok site, once you get some rudiments, i'd start out with bass drum patterns while playing a standard rock beat.
Also look for the drum books "The New Breed" and "Real Time Drums" amazing books.
although getting an actual teacher is probably the best thing to do
4. I love playing You Shook Me All Night Long, it's a simple song, but the beat is pretty fast for when you just started out. you could learn a straight cover in a couple of weeks after you started, all i can say is start out SLOW, and gradually work your way up.
BTW what drumset are you getting?
50 and 75 are the min and max temps. If it gets into extremes I can move them.
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Are those temps ok?
thats pretty consistent, you should be around fine, as long as the changes in temprature aren't too fast
now tell me whats the drumset you're getting
1. I think my set is around 6x6 but its a little bigger than standard.
2. Rapid temperature changes are your main concern, if a drum shell goes out of round it's pretty much garbage, though if this is a garage or something at least protected from the elements it should be fine.
3. I highly recommend taking actual private lessons if you plan to keep with it, they make it much easier starting out. For the time being just learn basic sticking pattern and hand technique with very basic things like eight on a hand, then move on to learn rudiments and basic four on the floor rock beats. From there it's pretty easy to self-teach, but having an instructor showing you how to hold and swing the sticks in the beginning is pretty useful.
4. Maybe two months starting out knowing nothing, rough estimate considering there is some degree of natural talent involved, some people just have better rhythm.
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