Can't really recommend anything since i've been trained the entire time either with Pearl Eliminators or with Axis Longboards, depends on your foot technique basically
I use heel up for mostly everything on my single if that's what you mean.
Also: I recorded myself playing a live version of blackened, and either the 40 minutes of metronome practice before I recorded it helped more than it should have or I was just nitpicking my recordings and thinking I sucked (I can't actually play disposable heros right though so that's one thing i know.)
dw 3000 are fine, but if you're set on DW's then i'd reccomend the 5000's over it.
personally i'd still pick pearl's eliminators. or perhaps tama's iron cobras.
i've been wanting to check out the speed cobras too for some time, but i don't think they would cut it above the iron cobras. they pop up on ebay all the time in the 100-300 dollar price range depending on the state.
If I just have a metronome playing a moderate speed while I do something like browse the internet, will it help my internel rhythm at all?
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;26635095]I think that would be a bitch to march, eventually it would be to the point where if you moved your knee would bang against the bottom hoop if you tried to move. Although I don't have much experience actually marching with my drum.[/QUOTE]
I mean get a 15 inch diameter snare drum for set.
[QUOTE=gerbile5;26659683]If I just have a metronome playing a moderate speed while I do something like browse the internet, will it help my internel rhythm at all?[/QUOTE]
No, neither does sleeping with a metronome.
[QUOTE=Thaard;26660169]No, neither does sleeping with a metronome.[/QUOTE]
Supposedly it does. Our Indoor Percussion instructor told us that some drum corps do it.
I'm not saying that they still didn't practice.
[editline]12th December 2010[/editline]
[QUOTE=stupid10er;26659977]I mean get a 15 inch diameter snare drum for set.[/QUOTE]
Doh.
[QUOTE=kiezoell;15404110]I like drums more than any other instrument, personally i think they look cooler to play , and if you can play them right it sounds good :D couldn't tell you about prices etc. , don't know that much :([/QUOTE]
its not really about how you look doing something...its in the heart of it...you have to be able to feel the music or else you end up with stupid mainstream idiots trying to "LOOK COOL" as opposed to actually sounding good or knowing the true meaning of what music really is.
Is it weird for my upper arm to be feeling the burn from playing traditional? I'm pretty confident I wasn't moving my arm.
I love Sabian's AAX and XS20 line of cymbals. Great cymbals for a great price imo.
[editline]13th December 2010[/editline]
Also, would it help my practice if I learned a song? I've just been jamming so far for about 9 months and although I've picked up some fills from some songs, the rest I sorta self taught (Yes, I did get a tutor for the first 2 months and then I was sorta left to my own).
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;26675249]Is it weird for my upper arm to be feeling the burn from playing traditional? I'm pretty confident I wasn't moving my arm.[/QUOTE]
Nope, that's normal. Burning means that you're building muscle.
And you should be moving your arm.
[QUOTE=bltsponge;26682801]Nope, that's normal. Burning means that you're building muscle.
And you should be moving your arm.[/QUOTE]
I thought the only time you are supposed to use arm was when you're doing a ridiculous large accent, like the one where you bring your arms all the way up and bring them down.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;26675249]Is it weird for my upper arm to be feeling the burn from playing traditional? I'm pretty confident I wasn't moving my arm.[/QUOTE]
If you feel burn at all that means you are building muscles.
Also as of last night I am the proud owner of a shiny new DW3002 double bass pedal. I don't get to use it till friday though but I did get it.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;26687261]I thought the only time you are supposed to use arm was when you're doing a ridiculous large accent, like the one where you bring your arms all the way up and bring them down.[/QUOTE]
No, almost every stroke should have arm support. Everything from 3" taps to 12" accents should have some degree of arm. The only real exception would be fast singles, which are going to come almost entirely from the wrist and fingers.
Bluestars are a great example: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGzLRB6XM94[/media]
[QUOTE=bltsponge;26695757]No, almost every stroke should have arm support. Everything from 3" taps to 12" accents should have some degree of arm. The only real exception would be fast singles, which are going to come almost entirely from the wrist and fingers.
Bluestars are a great example: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGzLRB6XM94[/media][/QUOTE]
On the tenor closest to the camera why does it look like his drum is smoking?
Star Q burned incense in the lot, because they're fucking awesome like that.
Hopefully after this weekend I'll officially be a member of Star Q...
I'm looking for a kit under 2 grand (AUD). Any suggestions? I'm thinking of getting a kit for maybe 1500 and spending the other 500 or so on a cymbal pack.
pearl masters are great, you could probably get one of those for that money, i wouldn't waste your money on some costum bullshittery. i'd also chcek out the gretch Renown variants, they are awesome for the price, also buying a seperate snare (second hand?)
is really great so you can switch between your sounds, loads of great ludwig snares out there for sometimes under 100 dollars!
also don't screw it up with a cymbal pack, go out there and try out cymbals, professional cymbals are bought and balanced seperatly!
i can't emphasize this enough though, check out second hand! they're not worse just pre played, you can find perfect state ones, with hardware for way less than a shellpack new, though the market in australia might not be that good, you can always try, definatly do.
I would recommend you set your drum budget to around 1000 and cymbal to 1000. Cymbals aren't just a addon to the drum set. They're just as important as the drums. 1000 for both will let you get a pretty good mid level to some small pro kits and 1000 for cymbals will let you get some professional level cymbals without ending up going over budget because you realized that most good cymbals end up around the 300-500 range.
Also, it's better to buy 2-3 good cymbals than 5-6 crappy ones.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;26713521]I would recommend you set your drum budget to around 1000 and cymbal to 1000. Cymbals aren't just a addon to the drum set. They're just as important as the drums. 1000 for both will let you get a pretty good mid level to some small pro kits and 1000 for cymbals will let you get some professional level cymbals without ending up going over budget because you realized that most good cymbals end up around the 300-500 range.[/QUOTE]
I'm looking into replacing my cymbals at the moment. Original spend was probably 2:1 split on drums : cymbals - still have my (budget) sheet cymbals, and know that they don't give me the sound I want now... am thinking of getting some Zildjian A Armands.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;26713521]I would recommend you set your drum budget to around 1000 and cymbal to 1000. [/QUOTE]
Are there any brands/series that I should keep an eye out for?
I don't make recommendations. Sorry. I don't want to end up telling someone to get a Zildjian K and have them end up regretting it because they personally don't like the sound. I recommend you go to a few stores, try out the cymbals, and than make your choices from there.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;26724713]I don't make recommendations. Sorry. I don't want to end up telling someone to get a Zildjian K and have them end up regretting it because they personally don't like the sound. I recommend you go to a few stores, try out the cymbals, and than make your choices from there.[/QUOTE]
word to this, you can get a set of stagg cymbals, but as long as they sound good, that's all that matters.
But don't get staggs
[editline]16th December 2010[/editline]
generally I roll with Sabian and Zildjian, except for my Paiste Hi hat. All my gear is ancient though, it's my dad's kit that I renovated.
Is it normal for bass pedals to put a dent in a stock bass head so easily?
[editline]19th December 2010[/editline]
Also I love doing double bass already even though I just started on it today. I can play very basic parts of some metallica songs but it's a fucking blast to throw it in occasionally and even to practice it.
I don't know, but my bass drum's stock head has a massive dent in it, I'm waiting for it to tear before I replace it though.
[QUOTE=killa101;26791021]Anyone? :3:
[img_thumb]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldhuq2ituA1qfr2eao1_500.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
Is that a man or a woman?
[QUOTE=gerbile5;26789427]Is it normal for bass pedals to put a dent in a stock bass head so easily?[/QUOTE]
nope, you probly just have a shitty bass head. i'm suprised how well my stock bass head has held up though looks like its new and it's taken 2 years of daily use.
[QUOTE=killa101;26791021]Anyone? :3:
[img_thumb]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldhuq2ituA1qfr2eao1_500.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
wow she looks weird and she should be careful she could fall and hurt herself
If she tried to stand on my bass-drum, I'd slap her shit.
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