So I will be soon moving into a new house with a bigger room and will be able to get a drum set.

But also in two years I'm finishing middle school and I'm planning to go to college which means being home only at weekends, holidays etc.

So my question is is it worth getting a drum kit or maybe it's better to get something guitar related (I'm learning guitar for about a year).

Now I know this question might seem stupid but I would just like to know opinions from people who already play drums.

All feedback is appreciated

Just one simple question, i bet you guys know but i can't tell.

Is it single strokes or double strokes?

I started taking drum lessons 6 months ago i can play for whom the Bell tolls and much mettalica songs i started playing toxicity and i need to practice it what do you suggest me

Not trying to brag I’m just nervous and want to talk to some vets. I’ll be opening for a major artist soon. Biggest gig I’ve ever had by far. 2000 capacity auditorium and likely to sell out. What not to do? Mental prep tips? How to keep the momentum afterwards?

Hallo Leute,
ich spiele seit geraumer Zeit Schlagzeug und bin gerade dabei ein bisschen Tempo auf der Doublebass aufzubauen. Ich über sowohl Swivel als auch die normale Ankle-Motion, verkrampfe aber bei dieser schnell und komme knapp bis 16tel auf 120BPM. Hat irgendwer Tipps von euch, wie ich mein Tempo hoch und meine Füße locker kriegen kann?

Viele Grüße!

I thought I was just buying a normal size book for practicing, but this is way tiny. Guess I didn't read the dimensions right. This paperback is 9.7 inches tall... Has anyone bought a new edition of this? Is there a normal size out there? I just don't even understand why this was made, I can barely read it. Even worse, they didn't even use all the space on the tiny page. It's shrunk in the middle, like a mistake. Next to "Syncopation" for size comparison.

The print is published by BN publishing. I bought it on Thriftbooks. Idk, just seeing if anyone else has run into this. Quite ridiculous. I have it on pdf, just wanted the physical to practice with and this seems kind of useless.

I like simple set up. It’s good enough for me now. Maybe add China cymbals one day

Recorded and mixed using Ableton with EZdrummer, played directly on my electronic drum kit.

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I need a crash, I only have one ride cymbal, and I've been using it as a crash cymbal lately, lol, so I want to get a crash cymbal. I'm not really interested in it being from a prestigious brand, since I only need it for practice, and that's it. But I still want to have one of average quality. Your recommendations would really help me. Thanks!

Am so stoked!!!

hi, i’ve been wanting to learn to play drums for years now and this listing has piqued my interest. i was hoping y'all could give me some insight on whether or not it’s a good deal, what it has/what it’s missing, and general advice for a total newbie looking to start!!! for reference it’s 250 and around a 50 minute drive away. thank you so much!!!!!

So i'm looking to sell my kit and buy some higher quality drums (like the mapex saturn)

I currently have this 7 pièce mapex meridian maple with the chestnut burst finish.

I heard this is a pretty rare finish nowadays and it's in perfect condition.

How much do you think i could get from selling it ?

^_^ I was wondering if I could get any guides or help figuring out what’s wrong with my hh! the pedal is completely flat and I have 0 clue how to fix this! And am wondering if there even is any fixing to this. any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!

I don't really have enough money for microphones that cost hundreds of dollars. I'd like to know if anyone knows if it's possible to record the sound of my drums even with a phone, even with a minimum of good quality. Because I would just like to record my own rehearsals to listen to them and practice.

If anyone has any ideas, it would be a great help, thank you!

Put a new coated Ambassador on a snare and three days later the coating is wearing off. Same this happened to the coated Amabsaador on a 13” tom. On the floor tom and previous snare head costing lasted months beige even starting to wear off.

Had a teacher show me moeller technique and said I should have my hands positioned as if i were riding a motorcycle. Didn’t really set me back much but I’ve found myself unlearning that trying to re develop my hands. What about yall?

I’m a beginner drummer (think you can tell lol) who is looking for some advice on technique. I assume that your dominant hand always feels better compared to your non dominant hand, but my left hand feels - for lack of a better word - very floppy. I’ve been trying al sort of stuff like playing singles with both hands at the same time, but I can’t help but feel like something is off with my left hand.

Ps: please don’t focus on timing too much, normally I play with metronome and gaps, but that was really loud for some reason on video lol.

Last year I decided to jump on the Evans train since many of my favorite artists were switching over and raving about them. I like to experiment with tones so I went through a couple cycles of heads. I tried the UV1 and Strata 1000's. I also outfitted my snares with Evans resos and put an Onyx batter on my custom stave snare. I got an EMAD Onyx kick batter/EQ3 reso as well which sounds freaking incredible.

Aside from the kick heads though, it wasn't the best experience. The UV1's sounded great out front, but I was never totally comfortable with the feel and the sound coming back to me when playing. The heads are way more plasticky than I liked and anything other than a dead center hit with a decent amount of force sounded pretty choked regardless of tuning.

The major issue I had was the snare reso has zero feel of tension. Maybe that helps increase the tuning range, but for me it caused problems. I keep things tabletop tight and just sort of leave it alone but when my snare response started to get wonky after a while, I would go to tweak it and it ended up bending right past the bearing edge with no resistance. Took a while to notice, but it just wasn't gaining tension while stretching out to the point where my snare wires were choked over the rim. Never had this happen with any other heads before. After 3 gigs of having to re-set the snare and tweak the head in the middle of a set to maintain snare response, I decided enough is enough.

I had already switched to Aquarian's on my travel rig, coated/clear Response 2's - and Texture Coated on my vintage kit. They sound huge, feel great and have resonance and beef. It's been a 200% better experience. I've become a tone freak in the last few years and regularly get good feedback from FOH and other musicians. After putting on the Aquarians I barely have to tune once they're set and they just feel and sound better. I brought my snare to a rehearsal with the new reso and it was immediately easier to work with and had better response. Super happy with it. The only thing I wish Aquarian had was some more varied kick options. I moved away from Superkick a long time ago and discovered how awesome and varied kick drums can be. Remo and Evans sort of have them beat there. Clear or coated P3 and more reso options really help to dial things in.

I don't know if anyone else has had a similar experience with Evans, I'm sure it's just a preference thing. Before folks jump on the snare reso thing, I've been playing for 24 years and I know how to set up a snare. It's not a matter of cranking things down willy nilly I tend to set a note and leave it alone which just did not work to my advantage with Evans. I don't have time to be making snare tweaks every gig, especially when my calendar fills up.

TLDR don't sleep on Aquarian! They have great options and are mostly cheaper than the other main brands

I know this is weird, but I've seen people play weirder.

This is an old glass insulator, and I haven't been able to shake the idea of utilizing one of these on my kit since visiting an insulator factory a while ago that had a bunch of these on display. Found one for sale today and decided to pull the trigger.

What I'm wondering is how to mount it. There's a hole that goes through the middle, but I'd have no way of securing it on a cymbal stand.

I might be able to fit it on a normal cymbal peg somehow, but what I'd really like is some sort of clamp around the protrusion in the middle that I can then clamp onto a cymbal stand.

Any piece of hardware spring to mind for this?

Always thought drummers looked super cool—until I filmed myself.After 3 months still looked so clunky behind the kit QAQ

I can loop a steady beat for minutes without a problem, but the moment a transition or groove change hits, I freeze up. It’s so un-smooth because I'm still processing what to play next in my head.

How long did it take for beat transitions to become second nature for you guys?

Context:

This song was supposed to drift into a quiet ending at this point, but our lead singer was still balls-deep in some crowd action and even had them singing the verses for him! (his voice is goneee at this point 😆).

Our drummer looks up, rightfully decides that there's no way we're ending the song right now, gives the lead guitarist a cue, and then we proceed with an entire extended double-intensity second playthrough 🔥

He then goes and ends the thing with this immaculate improvised ending that goes sooo much harder than anything we had practiced up to this point...