Members Gremson Posted March 2, 2011 Members Share Posted March 2, 2011 Originally Posted by race81 I work on the same thing over and over its called LEFT HAND STUPID................Until I can get my left hand to do what my right hand can all the rest is just useless. Pretty much the same thing here. Lots of {censored} with my left hand. And making my right foot be independent from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kindbeats Posted March 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Originally Posted by Gremson Pretty much the same thing here. Lots of {censored} with my left hand. And making my right foot be independent from it. Hey Gremson, try this exercise out for independence between feet and hands. It should help a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gremson Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks, I saw that when you posted it a while back. It's been useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nklarow Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Been working on not a lot of technique, just getting ready for my first gig back since my broken leg fiasco. The songs we're covering have pretty easy beats, but I'm working on spicing things up a bit so I'll let you know what I'm working on when I figure it out! lol...And, in response to previous question, kick is 22" x 16" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 cocoa/objective-c. .... errr .... well, working on that pays me a lot more than playing drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twosticks Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Practice: about every Weds and maybe Thurs (my days off) for about 2-4 hrs. (Muted drums played wit blaststicks/sound like the drums you heard on MTV Unplugged) Bass: Yamaha Stage Custom 17x22. Last thing on Drums: didn't play tonight, wasn't feeling right earlier. last week and lately I have been playing along with random old CDs that I haven't heard or played with in ages. Last CD was Foreigner's Agent Provacator from 84' with songs "I Want to Know What Love Is" "That Was Yesterday" "Love In Vain" (sidebar) The other day, the shelf that holds an old glass beer pitcher with my Hard Rock sticks and such in it fell and glass broke, so tonight I moved drums and cleaned up all the glass. Some of it had gotten in between the drums rim and edge of the head so I took the rims off, cleaned them off and retightened the toms heads and retuned them. Hopefully I get to practice Thurs night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danrothmusic Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 I have so little time to play that when I do have the chance, I just work on time. I feel the ability to keep good time is the easiest thing to lose, so that's what I focus on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kindbeats Posted March 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Today's Question: What are some of your favorite styles 0f music to play?Oh man, so many. If I had to pick only a few, I would probably go with funk, jazz, brazilian, and afro-cuban.Edit: Damn, I almost forgot freeform/experimental. Probably my favorite out of all of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jenksdrummer Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Rock...and big band era swing/Chicago Blues...the second being what I'd like to do, if I had all the right pieces because I think it'd be VERY successful...just getting over the hump and playing out would be the hard part. The first, being because thats what I like. But, as a drummer, it really doesn't matter what the music is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melvinspeed Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Originally Posted by kindbeats Today's Question: What are some of your favorite styles 0f music to play? Rock, Metal and some Prog. I don't branch out much and I'm {censored}tier drummer because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gremson Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Progressive rock FusionClassicalClassic rock, country rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JakeTheSnake Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 the kind that sounds good, don't care too much about genrebut... because of the band in which I play... I'm kinda partial to indie stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melvinspeed Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Originally Posted by JakeTheSnake the kind that sounds good, don't care too much about genre Oh. Look at the indie rocker and his too cool to care attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members race81 Posted March 3, 2011 Members Share Posted March 3, 2011 Originally Posted by Gremson Progressive rock Fusion Classical Classic rock, country rock This^^^^^and curtain number two alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twosticks Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 Classic Rock, Blues, sometimes cheesy pop or drums with horns stuff, just about anything but speed metal or hardcore rap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 we have one song in our set that was described to me the first time i played is as "think of, like, an old school burlesque gig. something you'd hear at some seedy strip club in hollywood at 3am in 1965."it has this SUPER cool feel, that like total bum-bum-BAH bum-bum-BAH thing. i swear, it's my favorite song in our set by miles and miles. that style is SO fun to play and has so many possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danrothmusic Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 Jazz, punk (but not at the same time)I also really like time sigs like 7/4 or 9/4, but grouped in such a way that it just sounds like you're adding an extra 8th note at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kindbeats Posted March 4, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 Today's Question: How often do you break your sticks?It's extremely rare for me these days. Usually only happens when I'm playing some heavy rock (I use 7A's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melvinspeed Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 Originally Posted by kindbeats Today's Question: How often do you break your sticks? It's extremely rare for me these days. Usually only happens when I'm playing some heavy rock (I use 7A's). Depends. Sometimes I go a week or two without breaking one. Sometimes, like last practice, I broke two. Usually they just shred to the point where the mess they make isn't worth it and I replace 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jenksdrummer Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 Originally Posted by kindbeats Today's Question: How often do you break your sticks?It's extremely rare for me these days. Usually only happens when I'm playing some heavy rock (I use 7A's). I break anywhere from 0 to 6 every time I get behind the kit with my band. I use ProMark 747N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drumstix101 Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 I've had exactly one stick break in the past 3 years. That was a new stick so I assume it was a bad stick. My problem is the tips keep chipping out and they become flat and unuseable. I probably replace my sticks on the average of one or two pair every six weeks or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kmart Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 Break?Rarely. Like many others, I'll wear a pair down until they are useless, and toss them. Or if I pick up a pair that's borderline and happen to get to that point with them while practicing, I may push it beyond usable in the middle of a song, at which point, I generally give it a good solid strike right on the weak point on the rim of my floor tom to snap it in half.Maybe break a stick every couple months otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zildjian@consol Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 I run in spurts, sometimes I can go months without breaking a stick.Then again I broken 6 in one practice.I don't break cymbals or dent heads,but some days I'm the stick terminator.I use Vic Firth extreme 5B's nylon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gremson Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 I used to buy the cheap bricks of stick. First I'd get the cheapest available. I'd break at least one every practice.Then I got a decent priced brick and break one every two to three practices.Then a buddy of mine left a pair of Vic Firth 5Bs at my place a few months ago and I haven't broken one yet.This could have something to do with improving my technique over the past few months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted March 4, 2011 Members Share Posted March 4, 2011 not very often. i'd say a pair will last me a couple months. the wood hoops on the keplinger really do a number on them from rimshots (note to all those that wonder how well my beloved wood hoops hold up - incredibly well), which i do quite a lot of and i have a pretty angular attack on the hats, so the tips get chewed up pretty good as well. that said, i honestly don't even remember the last time i bought a pair of sticks, now that i think about it. maybe sometime in november? usually buy two pair at a time. and, of course, i play some pretty chunky ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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