Members Dark Slide Posted July 18, 2003 Members Share Posted July 18, 2003 I just got some live MP3's of my band up on our website from a show we played on the 28th and I'd be interested in hearing some feedback as far as the drums go. Please note, I have only been playing about 11 months, so keep that in mind before you tear me a new one . http://www.hatredalive.com/Music.html It's live, mistakes and all... I almost missed a snare roll in Bloodline and overcompensated with a way too fast snare roll... Dropped a stick in Eternity in Flames... Accidently cut my bassdrum almost all the way out of the mix in Victims and Faith Corrupted... etc... etc... hehehe. There are some doublestroke rolls on my bass drum in a few of the songs that I wish I could get feedback on, but without triggers they were pretty quiet and got drowned out unfortunately. Anyways, creative feedback would be great. I'm new to drumming and I'm not very confident with my creativity, so I'd love to hear some thoughts. -Dark Slide- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lilpunk3112 Posted July 18, 2003 Members Share Posted July 18, 2003 Wow, that was some crazy ass metal! I am extremely impressed, I can't believe you have only been playing for 11 months. You seem to have it all down (especially the double kick) pretty darn good... I just got a double kick pedal yesterday, so I am hoping I will sound like that in 11 months... (I listened to the Eternity Fire song...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members portnoyfan84 Posted July 18, 2003 Members Share Posted July 18, 2003 No way you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JSimms Posted July 18, 2003 Members Share Posted July 18, 2003 Originally posted by portnoyfan84 No way you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rumblebelly Posted July 18, 2003 Members Share Posted July 18, 2003 11 months? You must be extremely talented and have no life to be able to pull that off at 11 months. The rolls around the kit, and the doublebass all sound nice. Sometimes your timing get's a little off and I think the rolls are excessive. Otherwise, not too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chabo Posted July 18, 2003 Members Share Posted July 18, 2003 Not bad. I hear a few times that you messed up, but it's practically nothing considering how long you've been playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dark Slide Posted July 19, 2003 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2003 First off, thanks for the replies so far. Second, I really have only been playing for 11 months, but I have been playing bass for almost 13 years now and for whatever reason I just seemed to pick the drums up really quick. I said I didn't want to be completely torn apart because I didn't want to be judged next to some of the monster players we have on this site when I haven't been playing anywhere near the amount of time a lot of you have. But I really DO want some criticism. My main thing is that I don't feel very creative. There are a lot of things I can't do yet (Doublestroke rolls with my hands being one that really annoys me ATM) that I wish I could to help my creativity, so if there are some suggestions, I'd love to hear em. For what it's worth, I started on a double bass pedal and it has been an aspect that I have concentrated on because of the music I play. Also, rumblebelly, when you said that the rolls were excessive, were you talking about any song in paticular, or just in general. I jammed as many rolls as I could into the intro and outro of "Still I Smile" because that was just the kind of chaotic feel we were looking for. But that is the kind of criticism I am looking for. We have very few drummers where I am few, and little to none who play metal, so I am really open to feedback. Thanks again -Dark Slide- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carlinhos Posted July 19, 2003 Members Share Posted July 19, 2003 Hey you've got good speed and timing in your drumming =)If you want to be more creative it's very important that you listen to lots of different musical styles like jazz, latino, blues, reggea, funk etc. and try to be inspired by all the good stuff you hear. Many metal drummers are only in to the "heavy" music and that kinda locks your drumming in a pretty stiff mode.If you already do listen to alot of different styles then good, just keep practicing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chabo Posted July 19, 2003 Members Share Posted July 19, 2003 You could even generate more creativity just by listening to a wider variety of metal, and a wider variety of stuff that includes double bass. After all, not just metal drummers use double bass. Listen to some Metallica, some Dream Theater, some Megadeth, even Dave Matthews Band. Anything that you can think of that includes double bass will help you in learning new grooves that you can try in the context of your band. But as Carlinhos said, listening to a wide variety of music is good too. Another thing you can do is pick up "The Encyclopedia of Double Bass Drumming" by Bobby Rondinelli. The exercises in there will help you solidify your playing, and it will introduce you to a very wide variety of beats and fills that you can try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dark Slide Posted July 19, 2003 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2003 Thanks for the name of that book Chabo, I'm going to see about picking that up. As far as listening to other styles of music, I really try to do that a lot. Luckily I am not just into metal and I try to pick stuff up from listening to different music. The problems is that I have a really hard time figuring out what the hell they're doing hehe. I love listening to Danny from Tool, but I have a hard time breaking it down. I know that'll come with time though, just like with bass. So, thanks again for the input. -Dark Slide- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rumblebelly Posted July 21, 2003 Members Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by Dark Slide Also, rumblebelly, when you said that the rolls were excessive, were you talking about any song in paticular, or just in general. I jammed as many rolls as I could into the intro and outro of "Still I Smile" because that was just the kind of chaotic feel we were looking for. But that is the kind of criticism I am looking for. We have very few drummers where I am few, and little to none who play metal, so I am really open to feedback.Thanks again-Dark Slide- Yeah, I was referring to "Still I Smile". If chaos is what you were going for, then that's fine. Try breaking up your stingle stroke rolls a bit to add variety. Sprinkle in quarter notes or 8th notes in your 16th note tom rolls. Learn some rudiments if you haven't already, that'll help you be more creative. I also like to watch drummers at shows and steal their tricks. Try opening the hats in weird places, accents on the snare, ghost notes, diddles. I feel somewhat creatively limited too in my band. We play a lot of punk stuff and much of it is fast, kinda limits your creativity when you are banging away at 170bpm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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