[QUOTE=lnfx;24699163]The bell looks pretty flat, you could cut it out and it'd become a rather unique sounding splash[/QUOTE]
Do this.
Record it :colbert: please!
My new toms made it! They sound wonderful, I'm gonna have to spend the next few days moving them around though, cause current setup won't work. I had to move my floor tom and even than it still wont work where it is.
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Make that about 3 minutes, awesome toms now have a more awesome place. Only issue is that if I go down through all my toms I have to start with the news ones because they are tuned higher. Than go to through the old ones.
Only place I could think of to post this.
Our marching band has a 60/70s themed show, so the percussion clinician's wife went ahead and made wraps for the snares.
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You can see the put vinyl's on the basses too. :D
And in case anyone really cares, the clinician was a clinician for the Blue Coats Drum Corps.
^that's pretty neat
[QUOTE=Meidrex;24783125]I'm starting to learn drums, first lesson is on Tuesday.
My friend gave me his drumsticks a few years back, never used them. BUT NOW I AM!
Also are wooden 8D drumsticks any good?[/QUOTE]
All about how they feel in your hand. Also, remember to practice your snare rudiments, might seem simple and boring but with practice comes speed and eventually coordination comes in.
[QUOTE=Meidrex;24783386]Those are the ones my friend gave me. They seem pretty solid, been banging all kinds of shit with them.[/QUOTE]
Well if you feel they suit you, then by all means use them. If they feel uncomfortable, or you'd like a different weight or something though, I'd recommend heading to your nearest music/drum store and trying out a bunch of different gauged sticks. I settled on 5B personally.
I'm fucked if my sticks finally wear out on me. I don't know their size, the letters are worn off from 2 years of use.
Mine never had numbers on them, the cardboard holder did, but other than that they were just plain ol' wood
[QUOTE=Meidrex;24783125]I'm starting to learn drums, first lesson is on Tuesday.
My friend gave me his drumsticks a few years back, never used them. BUT NOW I AM!
Also are wooden 8D drumsticks any good?[/QUOTE]
try diffrent sticks till u find ones that feel right
like i cant play with hevay sticks i need lighter ones
and one of my friends cant stand to play with my sticks there just to light for him
so really its just what u fell better playing with
I personally play with heavy sticks. Not as heavy as my concert sticks but still sort of heavy. They're just slightly smaller than SD1 generals (The pair I have is for solo ensemble and are for playing in concerts) and have nylon tips compared to wood. Love them.
On another note, I'm beginning to get the hang of the heel toe technique, I need to practice it a lot more. It hurts my ankle if I do it in rapid succession. But its the only way to get that feel where you hit the bass drum twice than the snare or toms than the bass drum again, when done slow it sounds meh. When you do it fast enough though it sounds really powerful. Other than getting double bass.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;24785964]On another note, I'm beginning to get the hang of the heel toe technique, I need to practice it a lot more. It hurts my ankle if I do it in rapid succession. But its the only way to get that feel where you hit the bass drum twice than the snare or toms than the bass drum again, when done slow it sounds meh. When you do it fast enough though it sounds really powerful. Other than getting double bass.[/QUOTE]
cry now, laugh later is the ethos with heel toe for me. It was so difficult for me to get right originally, but now I'm so much faster on my bassdrum, which feels damn good
Oh I keep pushing, my drum instructor gave me some advice for what to practice. Just keep playing, and when you find something that needs work, keep working on it. It may hurt at first but the only way to get better is to push yourself.
I started with playing heel-toe doubles, but soon switched to heel up. I personally think it's easier to controll and faster. That, and I had to play with my socks, which always got ripped up by the chain. Probably a bit easier with longboards though.
Ordered some moon gel from Amazon of all places. Probably going to be my last musical purchase for a few months.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;24784526]I'm fucked if my sticks finally wear out on me. I don't know their size, the letters are worn off from 2 years of use.[/QUOTE]
Just take one of the sticks to a shop and compare them to the others? Also how come they have lasted for two years? I've had like 6 pairs in a year.
..Depends how often you play? Maybe he's a soft hitter?
[QUOTE=Irma;24799084]Just take one of the sticks to a shop and compare them to the others? Also how come they have lasted for two years? I've had like 6 pairs in a year.[/QUOTE]
In the first so year I didn't play much, this year however they're getting torn apart. I'm also a soft hitter. I'm not playing live, I don't have a reason to be loud.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;24820940]In the first so year I didn't play much, this year however they're getting torn apart. I'm also a soft hitter. I'm not playing live, I don't have a reason to be loud.[/QUOTE]
I haven't played live either, but when playing you should play like you would be playing live. It's great practice.
Sounds like a great way to wear down my sticks. I'm not part of a band, I don't have much reason to play loud.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;24822951]Sounds like a great way to wear down my sticks. I'm not part of a band, I don't have much reason to play loud.[/QUOTE]
What a bullshit excuse. You don't have to be in a band to play with confidence.
Fuck playing at a certain volume just for sticks. Even if you hit super fucking hard, you can make sticks last a while. Just don't hit the rims all the time, and don't hit the cymbals super harshly on a weird angle with the stick.
You can transfer massive amounts of energy from a stick to a cymbal without fucking up the stick, if you use a proper stroke.
[QUOTE=stupid10er;24829919]What a bullshit excuse. You don't have to be in a band to play with confidence.[/QUOTE]
What's wrong with playing softly? I play softly but confidently.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;24822951]Sounds like a great way to wear down my sticks. I'm not part of a band, I don't have much reason to play loud.[/QUOTE]
You know sticks aren't really that expensive...
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[QUOTE=Eluveitie;24836812]What's wrong with playing softly? I play softly but confidently.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but there's a gap between playing softly and playing-so-softly-no-one-can-even-hear-the-drums. Also, again, you should play like you would be playing live. You might say "there's hardly any chance that I will play live ever", but if a chance comes and you haven't practiced live playing you will get exhausted really fast because you have to play harder to make the drums be heard better.
But ofcourse it depends what kind of music are you playing with them. But you should also try playing hard if you have only played softly.
Practice on playing everything as softly as you can, but also as hard as you can. It's called developing dynamics.
Get to practice guys!
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyQv5HfBPzw&feature=related[/media]
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;24836812]What's wrong with playing softly? I play softly but confidently.[/QUOTE]
You should practice as you would play in a performance. Playing "not-softly" doesn't mean loud, but playing softly as your main dynamic gets you no where.
What is Facepunch's drummer's opinion on Brann Dailor?[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGuwr1v08o[/media]
[QUOTE=stupid10er;24851435]You should practice as you would play in a performance. Playing "not-softly" doesn't mean loud, but playing softly as your main dynamic gets you no where.[/QUOTE]
Playing sofly is my first choice, but I can play loud if I want to.
Playing at one dynamic is a bad choice musically, period.
It's just like eating steak every day for the rest of your life. Yeah, good at first, but it gets old.
Dynamic [b]contrast[/b] is one of the keys to a good musical performance.
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[QUOTE=Irma;24837746]Yeah, but there's a gap between playing softly and playing-so-softly-no-one-can-even-hear-the-drums. Also, again, you should play like you would be playing live. You might say "there's hardly any chance that I will play live ever", but if a chance comes and you haven't practiced live playing you will get exhausted really fast because you have to play harder to make the drums be heard better.
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I'm sorry, but this makes for the most annoying drummer ever.
I don't care how soft you're hitting those drums. You are ALWAYS heard. If I can hear a single snare drummer or single bass drummer over 100 horn players playing fortissimo, I can hear a drummer beating away like hell at a drumset trying to get over a measily 100watt amp. And unless if you're playing an arena, a 100watt amp is suitable for any performance. Percussion is the EASIEST series of instruments to be heard on. You can be playing piano(dynamic term for softly) and be heard over a full ensemble playing fortissimo. And yes, the same thing works for a traditional rock band.
And before anyone tries to say, "this isn't marching band, band nerd." The same thing applies, and I've played guitar in a band before. I know what I'm talking about.
Drummers in rock bands are ALWAYS the ones playing too loud. It is a band, not a competition to be heard. You know that douche bag lead guitarist who always cranks his amp up waaaay to loud. Yeah, if a drummer isn't careful, they do the same thing.
To be put simply. The most annoying drummer is a drummer who doesn't play within the ensemble. I'd rather have a shitty drummer in a band who can only play in the pocket than a show off any day, cause the first and foremost duty of a drummer is to work with the bass player and to maintain and drive the pulse of the tempo, then the fancy stuff is the second priority.
Yeah, hope I didn't piss anyone off, but any good drummer will agree and know how to stay within the ensemble and then stand out when it is their time to shine. I'm not saying drumming should be boring, it should be the funnest instrument to be honest, but some people need to learn to control themselves, cause if you don't, you're only doing a disservice to your band mates.
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