Matt, Since this thread has started, I've recently been seeing new names and "hello, new here..." threads popping up, so maybe your inquiry "kick started" the...
Right now i have a drum set that is a cheaper type ( Gammon ) and for the bass drum i have put a bed sheet inside to help take some of the ringing sound out....
I have been trying to find a website to where i can get sheet music for playing drums to music from rock groups. Like the group heart or any other group for...
There is only so much that you can do with cheaper drums, but don't think you have to settle. To remove ring, try a double-ply drum head. Or try drumheads with...
http://www.percussionmusic.com has a play along section that has books with what you are asking for. My Mother says it is the best site on the web, and since I...
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Go down to your music store and buy something called moon gel. It's little piece of of a plastic like gel that you can place on the batter head near the edge...
Hi Al, Another thing that might be creating ring and my be the problem might be how you are tuning the drums. Also what kind of drum heads, top and bottom are...
... toms to help in making a better sound? lol i know one way to fix this problem is to buy better toms. But can't afford that right now. ... Sometimes it's...
I'm sure someone's already mentioned this... but Moon Gels or "snare snot" works great for the problem you're talking about. I'll put a couple on my lower...
The thing about cheaper drums is they tend to have cheaper heads on them. While Moon Gels and other dampening might help, nothing is going to help as much as...
I've used many different types of drumheads and the best I have ever bought are Evans EC2. They do make the lower quality toms sound better, but they'll never ...
Hi, Just wanted to stop in and thank everyone that replyed to my questions about sheet music and about ways to solve my problems with my tom toms. I will check...
CD reviews: Ken Serio's 'Moment' is serious jazz Sunday, December 30, 2007 'Live ... in the Moment' Ken Serio, et al. (Tripping Tree) "Live ... in the Moment"...
Ok, so when us drummers begin playing, when we get our first kits we all have a picture in our minds as to what we'd like ourselves to turn out like right? So...
I suppose I expected I would be playing in some Alternative/Punk/Rock band, with huge mosh pits in front of me, recording albums, and selling merch from the...
Has anybody noticed the popularity of the funk instrumental, "The Chicken"? The "drummersworld" website has versions by the following drummers: Dave DiCenso...
... Alternative/Punk/Rock band, with huge mosh pits in front of me, recording albums, and selling merch from the back of an Econoline. All for pennies per day....
Like other member's that have posted here, I also took a long break between stopping and playing again (about 25 year's ). I have played just a single kick for...
Al, Chances are very good that the drums you hear on those CD's probably sounded more like yours (if you were standing next to them), than what you're hearing...
Shrek, I'm going through this process myself, and I had an instructor who wasn't exactly helpful (not that he didn't want to, but was unable to explain how to...
... break ... played ... began to ... really ... double ... practiced ... I ... play " ... in ... In my humble opinion, it may be a little more tiring to...
Marv Peck <marvpeck@...> wrote: "And if you have a hard time hearing and matching the tones when tuning, run down to your local music store and buy a...
Shrek, You're never too old to learn ANYTHING. Just as always, it depends on how much work you want to put into it. ...but hey, no one said you HAD to be...
Thanks Steph. I think....5 year's huh? Wow that's a long time, but hey everything good takes awhile. I am not looking to play Heavy Metal. It doesn't do...
... hearing and matching the tones when tuning, run down to your local music store and buy a drum dial!" ... That doesn't mean march down and buy one now,...
Hey thanks for all your suggestions. I will see how this works as well. AL gundorps <gundorps@...> wrote: Al, Chances are very good that the drums you...