[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/ZWcX6aIRQTQ

Just some more messing around.

[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/ffrIiw9T7js

Some really bad double bass playing. Can't just mess with them for a hour every week or so.

[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/wQvnGa-fI-A

Just more stuff.

[FourPieceMetal]

If you want to ever make a cover, just do what I do, and film yourself on camera playing to a song. I put the song I'm covering on my iPod, then I put noise canceling 'earbud-type' headphones in my ear, and if that's not loud enough (the drumming still drowns out the music) Then I put a pair of large ear mufflers on. And they're not the soft ones you wear to keep your ears warm at night. I'm taking the mufflers you wear when you're about to rev up a chainsaw. Yes, if you need those you may look silly on camera. But, IYAM, I'd rather put on a good show, and look strange, than look strange, and play out of time. If you DO want to save up the money for mics and mixers and such, then you could do that too, but just know that a decent camera will get the job done for 80-200 dollars, whereas mics and mixers could cost up to 2000 dollars, and that's not even if you're going for top of the line mics and mixers. So, I'd use your camera until you got the money for the microphones and the mixer you wanted.

[Kikunan]

 FourPieceMetal, on 05 February 2012 - 06:55 AM, said:

If you want to ever make a cover, just do what I do, and film yourself on camera playing to a song. I put the song I'm covering on my iPod, then I put noise canceling 'earbud-type' headphones in my ear, and if that's not loud enough (the drumming still drowns out the music) Then I put a pair of large ear mufflers on. And they're not the soft ones you wear to keep your ears warm at night. I'm taking the mufflers you wear when you're about to rev up a chainsaw. Yes, if you need those you may look silly on camera. But, IYAM, I'd rather put on a good show, and look strange, than look strange, and play out of time. If you DO want to save up the money for mics and mixers and such, then you could do that too, but just know that a decent camera will get the job done for 80-200 dollars, whereas mics and mixers could cost up to 2000 dollars, and that's not even if you're going for top of the line mics and mixers. So, I'd use your camera until you got the money for the microphones and the mixer you wanted.

You could also just find a kid in your neighborhood who owns rockband and steal the mics from that LOL thats what I record with.

[FourPieceMetal]

 Kikunan, on 05 February 2012 - 07:08 AM, said:

You could also just find a kid in your neighborhood who owns rockband and steal the mics from that LOL thats what I record with.

OH YEAH! Forgot to mention that! Everything he said (except for the stealing them from your neighbors part) is true. And, a nice touch is the rockband microphone is a usb mic, so no mixer needed. Now, wether or not you could plug in multiple mics and record each individual drum in your set, IDK. I'd imagine you could buy like a multi-USB plugin thing for your computer, but IDK. I'd imagine with no extra add-ons, you could plug in and record with maybe 2 or three mics at the same time. It'd be best with three, though. Cuz, then you could record your snare, your BD, and one for overheads.

[realscotch]

I have a Behringer Xenyx 1204 USB mixer and a set of Cad mikes. I also bought a HP DV6 laptop. I have Audacity downloaded on my PC and laptop.

I haven't messed with it but once because, to be honest, I'm in a relationship that's ending after almost 20 years and I'm making a move to Charlotte, NC as soon as I get down there and buy a house.

I've practiced maybe 3 times in the last month, and have too much going on to mess with the other things.

Once everything gets settled, then I can start the process of making some covers.

[Poco Askew]

 realscotch, on 05 February 2012 - 12:38 PM, said:

I'm in a relationship that's ending after almost 20 years

Sorry to hear it, RS. That kind of stuff is a real killer.

[realscotch]

 Poco Askew, on 05 February 2012 - 01:03 PM, said:

Sorry to hear it, RS. That kind of stuff is a real killer.

Poco, my friend, you have no idea how hard this is.

[Poco Askew]

 realscotch, on 05 February 2012 - 02:00 PM, said:

Poco, my friend, you have no idea how hard this is.

Unfortunately, I probably do....

[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/GOerfhF9rIU

Some good, some bad, like almost knocking my snare over.

[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/apO6PZpqXV4

Some different stuff from a different angle.

Bad mistake at the end.

[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/BZ3epXScAdc


How not to play double bass.

[realscotch]

[media]http://youtu.be/GqfXQJkepqc

Just some more screwing around, with a slightly different set-up.

[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/X-6mjCuDzpk

Sometimes I think I do better when I don't play for a while.

[einarabelc5]

 realscotch, on 12 March 2012 - 10:31 PM, said:

http://youtu.be/X-6mjCuDzpk

Sometimes I think I do better when I don't play for a while.

This is a wild guess but might that be because you're too hard on yourself?

I know it happened to me and guitar. But a while, not a loooong while.

[realscotch]

 einarabelc5, on 13 March 2012 - 02:58 PM, said:

This is a wild guess but might that be because you're too hard on yourself?

I know it happened to me and guitar. But a while, not a loooong while.

I have always been hard on myself. I have a low tolerance for sloppy playing, which I'm doing more of.

Can't do much about it as I get older, but, I don't have to like it.

[einarabelc5]

 realscotch, on 13 March 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:

I have always been hard on myself. I have a low tolerance for sloppy playing, which I'm doing more of.

Can't do much about it as I get older, but, I don't have to like it.

I meant, maybe thinking about playing sloppy is hindering your playing because it's distracting you from playing? The more you play the more you think about playing sloppy, the sloppier you play?

Maybe?

[realscotch]

 einarabelc5, on 13 March 2012 - 04:08 PM, said:

I meant, maybe thinking about playing sloppy is hindering your playing because it's distracting you from playing? The more you play the more you think about playing sloppy, the sloppier you play?

Maybe?

I understand what you are saying, and if I were younger, I'd have to consider it.

The stone cold truth is that it's just my body showing it's age. I have to take pills for my heart, it's nothing serious, but they will make me a little tired. Arthritis in my left wrist and elbow doesn't help.

My brain thinks my body is as fast as it was 20 years ago and my body is saying no it isn't.

I'm not complaining about it, I don't like it, but I accept it as a fact. It will happen to all of us.

My friend has bad arthritis and can barely play. I can still play at a fairly high level, albeit with more mistakes than I care to make, but I can still play and get around the set. If I were to slow down from a hundred MPH to 90 MPH, I wouldn't make the dumb mistakes that I do, but, as you have probably noticed, I'm a stubborn b******, so I try to hit 110 MPH and deal with the mistakes.

If I had to stop tomorrow, I could look back and see that I had a ball, I got to play drums for a living and not all that many drummers get to say that.

[realscotch]

http://youtu.be/pDbLx4G3olQ

Some more stuff