• Drum Discussion Thread
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[QUOTE=darkrei9n;29557448]Still, they have to get used to that in the first place. I hate to think what the first rehearsals are like.[/QUOTE] They're tough. We went outside to learn drill for our second movement this past weekend. It's almost entirely 4/5 step size. I have one move that's a 6/5, and that's the easiest it gets. It's at 198 bpm, and I'm carrying pearl quads. The snare players have it easy by comparison, haha.
And people say marching band isn't a sport.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;29572675]And people say marching band isn't a sport.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJ_wSSZyK0&feature=related[/media] They don't know shiiiiiit.
I own a 1960's zildjian earth ride cymbal :smug:
New Orchestral midi-prog drum-video if anyones interested. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hycV1tr1Dos[/media]
Just messing around on Sibelius, throwin' notes in the drumline. [media]http://soundcloud.com/xdoode/wip-1[/media] [QUOTE=Funcoot;29565692]For those of you who know, how hard is it to make rack for a WGI indoor group? What should I know how to play?[/QUOTE] If you go to Music City Mystique, I think they would take you easily. They don't cut anyone from the group if you don't make whatever instrument you wanted. I think as long as you can read music fairly well and have a grip on the auxiliary percussion instruments that rack uses (cowbells, suspended cymbals, world percussion, and sometimes small bell or chime parts.), you could get it.
MCM doesn't make cuts? Huh, I didn't know that.
[QUOTE=bltsponge;29602031]MCM doesn't make cuts? Huh, I didn't know that.[/QUOTE] Yeah, the guy I take private drum lessons from was with them for three years. He said that if you don't make the line, they always ask what else you're good at so they can put you on something else, like rack or you could even move props on or cook. I wouldn't mind - hey, if they win you get a medal too!
[QUOTE=bltsponge;29602031]MCM doesn't make cuts? Huh, I didn't know that.[/QUOTE] I don't really think that specifically in pit there are very many cuts. Personally I don't see many people who find that much appeal in pit. I personally don't like playing in pit. I hate keyboard percussion, don't know why but I do.
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;29602771]I don't really think that specifically in pit there are very many cuts. Personally I don't see many people who find that much appeal in pit. I personally don't like playing in pit. I hate keyboard percussion, don't know why but I do.[/QUOTE] I like all percussion. Even though I'm not very good at mallets, I still think they are pretty cool. You should check out this high school. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj7mVceFZ-o[/media]
she's hot [editline]4th May 2011[/editline] both of them [editline]4th May 2011[/editline] i'm their age deal with it
[QUOTE=Gabe Newell;29603071]she's hot [editline]4th May 2011[/editline] both of them [editline]4th May 2011[/editline] i'm their age deal with it[/QUOTE] They look like they're having fun. Wait thats a freaking high school? Their pit is bigger than my school's indoor percussion ensemble...
OK, I might be picking up a drum set from a fellow college student and I want to also pick up a book. What would be the best book for a beginner drummer to have?
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;29603145]They look like they're having fun. Wait thats a freaking high school? Their pit is bigger than my school's indoor percussion ensemble...[/QUOTE] They don't have a drumline in the indoor season. They are percussion concert world class. What's your school's name?
Great Mills High School, we had indoor and everything, we spent 3 months learning parts only to not have a concert because no one took it seriously. Was really fucking annoying. We only practiced one a week, so if we had a issue with a part we had to wait the entire week to ask our percussion guy what to do. Than there was the freaking dumbasses who joined a sport. If you join Indoor, your first fucking priority better be Indoor, you're not there so you can go, oh I can't go because I have a basketball practice. We started practicing for Indoor like 3 weeks before winter sports even started. I managed to find a video of parade band at our parade last Friday. Also caught us while we were playing our marching tune. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1U5rT69sT0&feature=related[/media] We enter at an hour twenty. You can't hear the snares because while there are two snares. The other guy doesn't play loud enough. So its hard to play over the entire band.
[QUOTE=DuCT;29603321]OK, I might be picking up a drum set from a fellow college student and I want to also pick up a book. What would be the best book for a beginner drummer to have?[/QUOTE] The New Breed by Gary Chester is the book i learned my entire base from, it's great. Real time drums level 1 is good to start with too.
Well, I went ahead and bought the set from the guy. $70 dollars for all of it. Bass Drum (will most likely need a new head) Snare 2 rack mounted toms 1 floor tom Hi-hat other assorted cymbals, two of which are slightly cracked. Will hopefully have pictures on Saturday. I am extremely pumped. [QUOTE=BassB;29618892]The New Breed by Gary Chester is the book i learned my entire base from, it's great. Real time drums level 1 is good to start with too.[/QUOTE] I'll be sure to check those out. I also ordered [url=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0769233708]this book[/url] from Amazon.
does it say anywhere what series and brand of cymbals it is. and above all the series and brand of the drums themself. you have a complete set, basically everything you need to get started, you should be fine for now.
[QUOTE=BassB;29619542]does it say anywhere what series and brand of cymbals it is. and above all the series and brand of the drums themself. you have a complete set, basically everything you need to get started, you should be fine for now.[/QUOTE] The drums themselves are Peavy's, but I can't remember what brand the symbols are. But hey, $70 bucks is a pretty good deal. [editline]4th May 2011[/editline] EDIT: Just ordered The New Breed. Awesome.
dont be me like me yo practice basic techniques and get them down before you start learning songs. as soon as you get your technique down start building chops.
[QUOTE=gerbile5;29621266]dont be me like me yo practice basic techniques and get them down before you start learning songs. as soon as you get your technique down start building chops.[/QUOTE] Oh trust me, I will. Of course, it kinda helps that I did snare for a little bit.
I'm creating a new practice schedule for myself. I plan on auditioning for a WGI group come winter, and I want to make either snare or tenors. So I plan on spending a minimum of 4 hours everyday practicing. I just need to allocate time within that time frame for practice. I plan on spending at least 30 minutes on warm ups. An hour on rudiments, another 30 minutes on hybrid rudiments. Just need to know how to allocate the rest.
[QUOTE=DuCT;29621727]Oh trust me, I will. Of course, it kinda helps that I did snare for a little bit.[/QUOTE] good good i made the mistake of going in by learning a song first. it probably gave me a good start on learning basic beats, but gave me a bad start on technique. and of course i then neglected chop practice till about February and just started practicing recently. i started playing last june granted, pushing my right hand while playing the ostinato on fast songs really helped develop a really nice sort of "double stroke" type technique, with more wrist action. if you get into it, first thing you have to do, after replacing your heads, is buy a new set of hats and minimum one crash i found my ZBT hat in my closet, gave it a wack. lets just say, after using xs20's since febuaryish, i almost cried at how bad it sounds I highly recommend the xs20 line. it gives an extremely excellent sound that fits in well with the AAX series of cymbals (but for a bit on the cheaper side)
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;29621790]I'm creating a new practice schedule for myself. I plan on auditioning for a WGI group come winter, and I want to make either snare or tenors. So I plan on spending a minimum of 4 hours everyday practicing. I just need to allocate time within that time frame for practice. I plan on spending at least 30 minutes on warm ups. An hour on rudiments, another 30 minutes on hybrid rudiments. Just need to know how to allocate the rest.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.jaredoleary.com/Drumline_Sheet_Music.html[/url]
[QUOTE=Gabe Newell;29622353][url]http://www.jaredoleary.com/Drumline_Sheet_Music.html[/url][/QUOTE] This is a good site for transcriptions. [url]http://www.snarescience.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2628[/url] Got on my practice pad and hacked through the third movement of my high school's indoor show - not much warming up beforehand :downs:. Was too lazy to go find my invader so I just grabbed my old faithful gum rubber pad that was near my desk. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUy65Lrr_RU[/media] You get a nice angle of my left hand slice.
What grade are you in
[QUOTE=Gabe Newell;29623006]What grade are you in[/QUOTE] 11, why?
[QUOTE=MonkeyFun;29622473]This is a good site for transcriptions. [url]http://www.snarescience.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2628[/url] Got on my practice pad and hacked through the third movement of my high school's indoor show - not much warming up beforehand :downs:. Was too lazy to go find my invader so I just grabbed my old faithful gum rubber pad that was near my desk. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUy65Lrr_RU[/media] You get a nice angle of my left hand slice.[/QUOTE] Play more from the wrist on your traditional grip hand. When you put your arm into it any rolls you do will have a tendency to fall out of time because you are using a entirely different hand motion. When you play from the wrist, all you have to do to play a roll in time is loosen the fulcrum a tiny bit and just let the stick bounce.
Don't you love the feeling when you finally make something sound and look good? I just had a session where I finally made my rolls sound flowy, and not all stiff and robotic. It felt so good, because they sounded just like mg section leaders rolls. And my sticks weren't all over the place. :D
[QUOTE=darkrei9n;29623452]Play more from the wrist on your traditional grip hand. When you put your arm into it any rolls you do will have a tendency to fall out of time because you are using a entirely different hand motion. When you play from the wrist, all you have to do to play a roll in time is loosen the fulcrum a tiny bit and just let the stick bounce.[/QUOTE] Yeah I know, I get criticized on that a lot. How does everything else sound?
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