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JesusDoesVegas posted:Thanks. That suitcase drumkit is loving awesome and I'd love to know exactly how you did it! Whiplash was loving amazing as well, I wish I could practice more than I can right now (only drumkit I can really use is a few kilometers away and can't really go and play whenever I want to beyond when my band is rehearsing or at midnight :v)
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I always get so confused when I see drummers who have so much to play on, personally I think two hanging toms and one floortom + 2 crash + 1 ride & hihat (plus snare and kick) is the perfect amount of drums to play on. I haven't played for a very long time though (I think this summer marks my 3rd year of drumming, and my 2nd year of playing in a band as a drummer) so this might change, how long have you've been playing? Speaking of which, I really feel that I should start learning actual rudimentaries, I know paradiddles but beyond that I'm sort of lost. I think I got the proper way of playing (using my wrists and having the stick alongside the arm) and that I got my sitting down, I never get a sore back after band practice (we play 2-3 hours at least). I'm also excercising fairly regularly to keep my body fresh, but beyond that I'm not sure where to look. My city doesn't have any drum teachers so I've only played and played and played with my band/s to learn how to play, so I might have picked up some bad habits along the way even if I might not feel the effect yet.
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May 12, 2015 00:09
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tnimark posted:Perfect for you is the key thing. Yeah I'm not saying it is wrong, I just wonder if the whole getting more stuff to the drums is a thing that happens with time or if it just merely a stylistic choice, like getting effect pedals for your guitar.
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May 12, 2015 00:33
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AARO posted:Listening to the new radiohead album I realized that even their worst songs ever are better than the best songs I've released and that bummed me out a bit. I'm probably never going to "make it" in music. Here's a link to my most recent song. The first song I've recorded since AMSP. Somebody in GBS said "Nice Radiohead cover OP." As if they are the only band on earth who is allowed to make that style of music. Think of all the bands that exist that influence eachother and sound like eachother. Especially older stuff like 60s music there used to be tons of bands that sounded almost identical on certain tracks. Radiohead worked for 7 years before having anything released to the public, they've also worked together for 31 years now. They're also a few people together, who all can chip in and help produce the tracks they've written. Being a solo artist, and literally being just that, one artist making everything means spending a LOT of time figuring out what works, and what doesn't. That means it takes even longer time for you to churn out stuff, whereas Radiohead has 5 individuals and a team of producers, engineers and other people chipping in and perfecting their art. Making it takes persistent work and a LOT of songs, like, hundreds of songs, all of which will probably never ever see the light of day. Writing music that isn't mainstream or close to mainstream means it'll be harder to make it, how much are you promoting yourself? Being able to connect with people in the business and really making a concentrated effort to sell your product (your music) is an art that few people master.
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Jul 9, 2016 20:04
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Duke Chin posted:Sold. EzDrummer 2.0 works flawlessly for me in Reaper. Here's how they sound (with some mixing of course, but it's essentially the same sound) https://soundcloud.com/skriket/01-the-castle
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Feb 24, 2017 16:56
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Telephones posted:gently caress! My apartment office just told me I've gotten multiple noise complaints from my electronic drum kit. I asked if it was the apartment downstairs from me, and they said well we can't tell you but we've actually had multiple complaints (which they didn't tell tell me until I called about a maintenance request, meaning they've been letting the problem fester for at least a week or two). IDGI. I'm wearing headphones, feathering the bass drum, not smashing the sticks. How can anyone hear me? How's your relationship to your neighbors? If it's anywhere near decent or at least not a bad relationship, maybe talking to them and seeing when it would be possible for you to bang the drums and fix your drumming schedule around that.
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Aug 3, 2019 19:40
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timp posted:When you hit a bass drum pedal the force of your foot sends the beater sideways into the bass drum head. Without something to help reduce friction you’ll find your entire bass drum rig scooting forward on you. It’s nearly impossible to fix while playing and also, why should you have to? Rug is absolutely a good thing to have not only for the comfort but also for sound dampening. I usually tie some small role or w/e around my drum seat and tie it to both "pegs" of the bass drum too, that way my butt can anchor the whole kit without having to worry about the bass drum scooting away as you play it. 
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Feb 15, 2021 22:07
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Hearing protection might be a good idea. The guys at the store were very helpful and did a quick tune on them just to get me started so I could play when I got home. I'm going to have to do a lot of reading about that. I went back there yesterday to pick up some of those gel pads that they recommended to put on them to take away some of the sustain(?, I don't know the terminology yet). The bass drum is very loud and needs to be dampened but then I'd have to take the head off so I'm going to have to learn how to tune it before that. What I learned a long time ago was that, tuning the drums by resting your body (not pushing) on the edges and tightening with your fingers will get you a pretty decent way in terms of having them in tune
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