[realscotch]

 FourPieceMetal, on 07 February 2012 - 01:08 PM, said:

Hey, guys. I played my snare drum yesterday. First time I got real practice into a drum in about 4-5 months. And, I noticed that I think I do buzz rolls OKAY, but I'm not great at them. What do you do when you want to play a buzz roll? Just wanna make sure I'm not doing anything wrong when trying a buzz roll.

Just punch in drums- buzz roll, and you will have your choice of tutorials.

[Timmy]

This is a good buzz roll video ~ My link

[FourPieceMetal]

I'm starting to get worried about whether pr not my drums are out of shape. I know, I'm probably getting annoying with this, but I'd rather knowingly have an okay, ordeformed kit, than UNknowingly have a deformed kit. I was tuning my tom, and I noticed that it wobbles a bit. I heard that if you moved a drum on a flat surface, and it wobbled, it would be a sign that my drum is possibly warped. And, to make matters worse, when I flip the tom upside down (reso head facing up) It seemingly wobbles even more. My rims were on, so, IDK if it is just an un-flat surface, or small bumps in the metal part of the rims. But, the surfaces I put my drums on are very flat, and I don't notice any 'prebuilt' parts of the rims that would make my drums wobble. I just can't stand the thought hat my drums might be warped. I would measure without the heads and hardware, but then I'd need to re-tune, and THAT'S hard enough to deal with. lol. So, any help is appreciated. TY

FPM

This post has been edited by FourPieceMetal: 21 February 2012 - 09:17 AM

[FourPieceMetal]

Hey guys. Well, I guess my double bass is gonna be bad for a while. I have a good left leg, but a terrible right leg. My left leg can do stuff at like 180-190 just fine, but my right leg is struggling to do 145. . . WTH???!!! I used to be able to do 210 bpm with both legs, without getting tired! Now my right leg wants to give up at 150? BTW, it's not my coordination that's gotten worse. It's my strength/durability. I guess it's back to my old DB exercise. . . Repetitive doubles on the same foot, increasing the bpm by 5 every time I'm done. Any other tips?

Just a word of advice for any aspiring drummers: Practice sucks, but it's worth it. And don't give up just because your right is more developed than your left, or vice versa. Keep practicing, and you'll get there.

This post has been edited by FourPieceMetal: 28 February 2012 - 08:44 AM

[FourPieceMetal]

I was messing around with my kit, cuz it's getting warmer again. But, I can't find the 'sweet spot' for my ride cymbal. If I put it where it won't hit my mounted tom, and block my floor tom, then the ride is too far away. But, if I put it so that it's not against the mounted tom, then it covers over my floor tom, or vice versa. Where do YOU put your ride, and what position is it sitting in (i.e tilted so that the top is facing you, sitting flat, or whatever. I can't put the ride between the two floor toms, cuz that's where my china is. . . lol. I can't win!

This post has been edited by FourPieceMetal: 08 March 2012 - 05:40 PM

[LlLDrummerBoy]

FourPieceMetal, on 08 March 2012 - 05:39 PM, said:

I was messing around with my kit, cuz it's getting warmer again. But, I can't find the 'sweet spot' for my ride cymbal. If I put it where it won't hit my mounted tom, and block my floor tom, then the ride is too far away. But, if I put it so that it's not against the mounted tom, then it covers over my floor tom, or vice versa. Where do YOU put your ride, and what position is it sitting in (i.e tilted so that the top is facing you, sitting flat, or whatever. I can't put the ride between the two floor toms, cuz that's where my china is. . . lol. I can't win!

I only have one mounted tom so i keep my ride perfectly flat over the bass drum like a lot jazz drummers do. Can you move your mounted toms over so you have room to do this or no?

[TheYonderGod]

I have mine right here -


It's over my floor tom a little bit but I don't crash it or hit it very hard so it works.

[FourPieceMetal]

Dang. . . I spent so much time worrying about bearing edges, roundness, and tuning, that I forgot how much fun it was to just run out into the shed, sit down, and drum for 2 hours! I am going to try and stop worrying about the condition of the drums, and start worrying more about the fun I have playing them. Had I spent those two hours tuning and measuring, I wouldn't have messed around with a new beat. I'm not really sure what it is, though. The way I think of it is a 7/4 beat that transitions instantly into a 9/4 beat. . . I'll try and write it here as best I can.


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I do that pretty smushed together. So it feels like it should be 8/8 or 4/4. My question is SHOULD IT? I count it like I did above. I coordinate it better if I count it as a 7/4-9/4 beat.

[Timmy]

 FourPieceMetal, on 10 March 2012 - 04:43 PM, said:

Dang. . . I spent so much time worrying about bearing edges, roundness, and tuning, that I forgot how much fun it was to just run out into the shed, sit down, and drum for 2 hours! I am going to try and stop worrying about the condition of the drums, and start worrying more about the fun I have playing them. Had I spent those two hours tuning and measuring, I wouldn't have messed around with a new beat. I'm not really sure what it is, though. The way I think of it is a 7/4 beat that transitions instantly into a 9/4 beat. . . I'll try and write it here as best I can.


1234567

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K23KS67

K2K4KS789

I do that pretty smushed together. So it feels like it should be 8/8 or 4/4. My question is SHOULD IT? I count it like I did above. I coordinate it better if I count it as a 7/4-9/4 beat.

Not sure if I am understanding correctly, but it looks to me like 16ths in 4/4 time:

Beat 1: K . . K
Beat 2: S . . K
Beat 3: . K . K
Beat 4: S . . .

That is how I read it.

Edit: Of course it really depends on where you feel the pulse and which beats you play stronger or softer.

This post has been edited by Timmy: 11 March 2012 - 06:49 AM

[FourPieceMetal]

 Timmy, on 11 March 2012 - 05:13 AM, said:

Not sure if I am understanding correctly, but it looks to me like 16ths in 4/4 time:

Beat 1: K . . K
Beat 2: S . . K
Beat 3: . K . K
Beat 4: S . . .

That is how I read it.

Edit: Of course it really depends on where you feel the pulse and which beats you play stronger or softer.

That's exactly how I played it. It gave it kind of a 'verse' feel. But, I cooridnated it better if I thought of it as a 7/4-9/4 transition beat. I guess it's like you said; It depends on how you feel the beat.

[FourPieceMetal]

I practiced speeding up my right leg for about 30 mins. WOW! I don't think I've ever gotten more exercise out of my right leg ever. I just don't get it. My left leg does double bass at high speeds almost effortlessly, up to like 215 bpm. But, my right leg is stuck at being good at 180, and I practiced right leg only up to 200 bpm. . . But, I notice a difference already, and I (somehow) had fun with the exercise, and I think that's what matters.

[FourPieceMetal]

Got a new snare drum head. I went on looking for a floor tom head, and came out with a really nice Remo Coated Emperor for the snare. I tuned it up (to the best of my ability. . . it's not perfect) and then proceeded to test its sound. At first it had a bit too much ring in it, and the e-ring muffled it too much. But, I stuck a moongel on the edge of the drum, and it sounds great! Certainly a head I'd recommend for anything like rock, or metal. I would've stuck with my old evans head, but that thing was getting worn out really fast.

On another note, IDK why, but my best improv on drumming comes late at night. Went out at 9:00 to drum for an hour, and I messed around with playing my 8" tom alot, because through my headphones it sounded like a decent 'reggae snare'! WTH? I don't know where I got that idea, but for some reason, I couldn't stop playing the 8 tom like it was a snare. If you ever do that, though, do more rimshots. Hitting it directly sounds okay, but those rimshots, weirdly enough, make it sound like a reggae/latin snare.

[FourPieceMetal]

Don't you just hate it when your double pedal's right pedal's entire lower part of its tension rig loosens and falls off? Don't you hate it when that happens, and due to it not hapening for a very long time, you can't remember where all the small parts go?

I hate that.

This post has been edited by FourPieceMetal: 25 April 2012 - 11:15 AM