Drummers

[Grumma]

Haha cool.

Well I'll redo One cos I did a pretty crummy job before up until the guitar solo

[Neo]

hey what kind of double kicks do you have? I remember you said once but i forget.

[Grumma]

Eliminators

[Grumma]

These (or similar)

https://www.billyhydemusic.com.au/photos/4/1384.jpg

[Grumma]

Double kicks much? (http://media.putfile.com/Drums-Trivium)

[Grumma]

Man Richard Christy is friggin insane!!!!!!!!!!!!

A little bit about the man:
Apart from having played in 2 of the most widely recognised bands in heavy metal (Death and Iced Earth) and being recognised as one of the best drummers in the field of double bass drumming he's also a stand up comedian!

His practice routine -
I built up my foot stamina and speed by using a timer and a metronome combined with 20 pound ankle weights (10 pounds apiece). I would set the timer for 20 minutes and I would set the metronome at the highest comfortable speed that I could play consistent double bass at, usually around 200 beats per minute. I would then play double bass for a minute straight at that speed and every minute after that I would increase the metronome speed by 5 beats per minute until I couldn't play anymore, usually 10 to 15 minutes straight. Then I would take the ankle weights off and practice to Morbid Angel, Death, Malevolent Creation and other super fast bands that would help build up my foot speed by practicing to them.

Click Here to see him go toe-to-toe with Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQNw4nbG69s)

A song he did with Iced Earth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTtKDaY6mdU)

[Neo]

edit. nevermind I answered my own question. !

[Grumma]

haha awsome :p

[Johnny_Wah]

Oh geez. The second I saw "Dream Theatre" I knew I was in for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooong clip.

But it's only 7 minutes,

[Grumma]

Oh geez. The second I saw "Dream Theatre" I knew I was in for a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooong clip.

But it's only 7 minutes,

It was pretty cool, you probably wouldn't have noticed but they played heaps of old Metal songs like King Diamond's "welcome home"

[Grumma]

Me mucking around with a medley of songs (http://media.putfile.com/MetalMedleyTake1)

In order they are:
Hallowed Be Thy Name (Iron Maiden)
Disciple (Slayer)
Ember To Inferno (Trivium)
Enter Sandman (Metallica)
Attila (Iced Earth)
Nightcrawler (Judas Priest)
For Whom The Bell Tolls (Metallica)
A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation (Trivium)
and then a song I'm working on

[Grumma]

The timeless Offspring classic
Gone Away (http://media.putfile.com/Drums-Gone-Away)

[Grumma]

Holy Shit :eek:

Grant Collins is even more of a freakshow than I ever imagined!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUYm-8Xx4D0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu52BsNOdDc

The second vid he plays a snare solo with his feet :confused:

[gaby2121]

Once I had drums. well I still have them. but everytime you play them for more then 5 hours they roll away:D
It's really ghetto. and funny. and the cymbals bent! ohh what a great deal I got.

[Grumma]

They roll away?

:confused:

*edit*

Oh yeah, at Tafe I should be able to figure out how to make my own triggers and also weld myself a tom rack :cool:

[Julian]

You're my hero

[Grumma]

Pretty good explanation of gravity snare rolls
http://youtube.com/watch?v=P2Z7eksx4ck
(even if it is in Swedish lol)

[Neo]

Sweedish people speak funny :p

but I have no sound on this shit box computer so it doesn't really apply here. poo

[Grumma]

Get sound THEN watch it :p

Kinda useless without lol

[Neo]

hello peeps. I just got an el-cheapo electric drum kit. no more neighbours complaining at 2 am :D

https://www.billyhydemusic.com.au/shop/index.cfm?action=view&id=5053
https://www.billyhydemusic.com.au/photos/4/medium-5053.jpg

I had a good ol' jam on it while the guy was helping out someone else and it sounds pretty good. got nothing on the $12,000 Roland I first went to have a look at :p though it is well designed. it makes diff sounds on the different parts of the cymbals and snare you can do rim shots, and also you can mute the cymbals! it took me a while to realise haha. my mum was talking to me as i hit the crash and i went to mute it just out of habbit but it didn't and so I was like dammit, but then i did it once again accidentally though and it stopped ringing and i was like WOW! how cool.

it didnt fit in my car though so I'll have to get a truck and pick it up tomorrow.

[Grumma]

pull it apart to get it in your car?

I was considering getting an e-kit but to get as many pieces as I wanted would be too expensive

[Neo]

nah it was all in a box and the back part of the frame apparently doesn't come apart :p it boggles the mind to think of a drum kit in a box.

the only thing i dont like is that they dont make cowbells for it! I'm trying to hunt down extra tom pads for this brand but I doubt they exist

[Grumma]

wont need that specific brand - just need ones that work with the software lol.
just hack the mainframe!

[Neo]

I don't think I know how to! :p meh its just to jam on while keeping everyone else happy so I don't really need a whole bunch of shit on it

plus I have a new student I will be starting to teach drums next week so I can use this kit on my computer to drum out the music and it'll write it itself and I can print it :) pretty cool

[deano1337]

shit yeah that looks mad.. no point gettin the hell expenso ones.. just waste of money. and the good thing about electro ones you got like differnt themes or wat ever so youve actully got like 10 drumkits in one

[Neo]

I found where the cowbell tone is :D haha theres some pretty weird sounds on there they even have one that goes *boing* haha

[Kacky]

I've had a couple drum lessons here and there, nothing too complex. The other day while hanging out in the music room, the teacher just kinda put me on the spot and told me to do a certain beat, and I kept speeding up/down or stopping in the middle. I haven't played with other students before, so it was a freakin' out a little. :p He told me I was doing alright though, so yay!

[Deadcat Kaye]

I've never had drum lessons...and I can only keep 1 REALLY basic beat just coz i've listened to the drums in lots of songs :cool:

[Neo]

I've never had lessons either. drumming comes naturally to me. I felt like playing one day so I got a kit and just started playing. I learn by listening to music and I just know how to play it all of a sudden :p once I stopped playing for 2 years because I started playing guitar and then when I picked up again I was so much better because I had changed the styles of music I listened to in that time. I think its cool that way cos if I know the song really well I automatically know the drums too :D

[Grumma]

Best drummer on YouTube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-kgg4oPf7E

[Neo]

He has big guns. but that was pretty good!

[Ape Face]

so um...my band needs a drummer...:rolleyes:

[Grumma]

He has big guns. but that was pretty good!

He does Ticks and Leeches pretty well too.
Slightly different but still awsome

[WHITE FALCON]

he's not the best but pretty fucking good
he doesnt the do snare rolls properly before the solo!
its funny how he has a light show in his room
and his kit is electric except the cymbals (actually i think they're electric too)

[Neo]

the lights were hilarious, but yeah it was pretty good. although I reckon I could do better ;) my kit is not large enough though

[Grumma]

he's not the best but pretty fucking good
he doesnt the do snare rolls properly before the solo!
its funny how he has a light show in his room
and his kit is electric except the cymbals (actually i think they're electric too)

He doesn't play any of the songs exactly how they are. Deliberately changes them slightly

[b_urself]

so um...my band needs a drummer...:rolleyes:

i'll drum for your band.

[Beat Poet]

I'm a sticksman, I've been playing for nine years and in bands for the last seven. You can check out my band's latest EP at http://www.myspace.com/thisismyhonesty - we're all real chuffed with it and after playing on scores of tunes, I feel those are the best four drum tracks I've done yet!

http://www.geocities.com/honestypics/small_MG_9460.jpg

[WHITE FALCON]

this guy is fucking amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxGsk3dTxhM

and so is this guy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxGsk3dTxhM

and this cover lol omg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY10qiOod4Y&feature=related

[Grumma]

Last one kicked the ass out of the other 2 (one)

[deano1337]

hey!!

does anyone know how to re-enforece a bass drum so people can jump off it.
ive been told not to do it because it will ruin my drums and bend the bass drum.
how do the rockstar people do it?

[Ben reed]

drummers dont exist where i live

[WHITE FALCON]

must be a awesome band you're in :p

[Neo]

the spring in my kick pedal has snapped for the second time. I think I am too hardcore for my kit. lol

:p

[damo0945]

to the tune of too sexy for my...?

[WHITE FALCON]

o0o0o
that song reminds me of...
actually never mind :)

[Fritz]

hey!!

does anyone know how to re-enforece a bass drum so people can jump off it.
ive been told not to do it because it will ruin my drums and bend the bass drum.
how do the rockstar people do it?

as long as you dont have a terrible terrible terrible kit, you can put your weight on a kick drum with no problems...

Bend the bass drum ??? LLLOOOOLLL

It will either break or not break. 75% of bass drums I think would not break

[Neo]

unless the wood is really thin. like my old one. hahaha...

[deano1337]

pearl export ok then?

[Fritz]

pearl anything would be fine :)

[skitzo12]

so...
what types of drumsticks do guys here use?
i currently use vic firth American hickorys 7a's, a natural tip, ther $25 a pair from billy hyde music.
but im contemplating getting 5a's, 7a's are just a bit thin at times.

[Neo]

I use 5B's. no specific brand. I prefer nylon tips, but on my electric kit I use wood tips.

oh and for your interest, the number is how long the stick is. the letter is how thick it is ;)

[mel_bound]

I like 5a wood tips, again no specific brand, nylons piss me off for some reason. I think because once I was playing once and a nylon tip just snapped off while I was playing something (not particularly hard or anything either!). I also like their sound on cymbals better.

[Shadow]

5A's and B's are the bomb, except I seem to have come into posession of some jazz sticks (the number and letter has faded off) and since i'm all out of my normal sticks i'm stuck using these light, thin drumsticks. :p

I still have all my broken sticks in a box... might take a photo sometime.

[skitzo12]

I use 5B's. no specific brand. I prefer nylon tips, but on my electric kit I use wood tips.

oh and for your interest, the number is how long the stick is. the letter is how thick it is ;)
interesting
i didn't actually know that, but then there a bit inconsistent (that iv'e found)
i mean i have different lngth 7a's
oh jazz sticks are wicked, that generally what the 7a's are and the nylon tip falling off is why i don't use them much.

nylons tend produce a crisp clearer sound, but then i don't think they work as well for using the crash.
but maybe im just wildly over thinking it all.

[Shadow]

Yeah, they were / are 7A's, with nylon tips. They don't have much life left in them though, I've been playing through White Noise (the album) almost daily with them. :p

[konkelo]

Another drummer signs in! I've played drums for 7 years now and also taken drum lessons for 7 years too. I play drums in two bands at the moment. I have Tama Swingstar 80's kit and I've had it since I started playing. Got to take a fresh picture of it later because I've changed my cymbal setup a bit since my last pic of them. I currently use Paiste, Zildjian and Meinl cymb

so...
what types of drumsticks do guys here use?

I recently bought Balbex G5A sticks and I really like them. You people should check out that brand if it's available there where you live. Very good prize and very good sticks. It's relavitely new brand and I guess not very much known. I also use (like I guess most of the drummers around the world) Vic Firth sticks (5A or 5B) too.

[deano1337]

no question, vic firth, 5A, and either hickory or maple.. both awesome. and wood tip.
does anyone know how to re-enforce a kick drum so people can jump of them.. ive heard sooo many people say dont do it because it will bend the shells and the hoops, but is thier anyway of reenforcing it yourself?

[KillingInTheNameOf]

Mould some extra metal around it?

*shrugs shoulders*

[Neo]

interesting
i didn't actually know that, but then there a bit inconsistent (that iv'e found)
i mean i have different lngth 7a's
oh jazz sticks are wicked, that generally what the 7a's are and the nylon tip falling off is why i don't use them much.

nylons tend produce a crisp clearer sound, but then i don't think they work as well for using the crash.
but maybe im just wildly over thinking it all.
I think it's all up to the brand in the end of how long or thick they make them, but all the sizes are in relation to the other ones of the same type i guess. of course the cheap ones are gonna be all retarded :laugh:

I now realise why they gave me a whole bunch of cheap free ones with my electric kit >.< my vic firth 5B's broke the darn thing. but then all the cheap ones kept snapping. I just can't win! :wacko:

in other news. I think I am in love with these shells:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8978/76877597.jpg

that would be awesome with 2 or maybe even 3 rack toms :wub:

dunno which cymbals I'd get for it yet.

[KillingInTheNameOf]

AAX-plosions!

[Big J.G]

I finally got my self a drum kit after playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band drums for so long.

It seems its true, it gives you a real kick start in learning the drums. I'm alot better at drums than I am guitar.

I need to get my pedal stuck to the ground, the bloody thing keeps moving. But the kit is awesome.

[Craigels]

Has anyone here played a Gretsch drum kit? What are they like?
I was talking to my friend and he said that he heard they weren't very good. I'm not a drummer, I'm just curious.

[damo0945]

My friend has them, it's a fusion kit so they kinda aren't right for him, but they sound pretty good to me, despite being tuned a fair way down

[konkelo]

Never tried one but I've heared that they're pretty good.

I bought myself a new ride cymbal couple of weeks ago :devil: Meinl Byzance 20" medium ride, sounds awesome. Finally got rid of my old brass Meinl ride... :o

[WhitefalconTLE44]

I have a gretsch kit, I just play for fun, i don't know anything technical, but I like it. it was cheap, yet it sounds real nice, to me at least.

[KillingInTheNameOf]

I finally got my self a drum kit after playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band drums for so long.

It seems its true, it gives you a real kick start in learning the drums. I'm alot better at drums than I am guitar.

I need to get my pedal stuck to the ground, the bloody thing keeps moving. But the kit is awesome.

Your pedal should clamp onto the bass drum

[konkelo]

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=59646697

Recorded a drum cover of Second Solution today! Check it out. It has some little mistakes here and there, but don't let them bother you. It's recorded with only two microphones. I had to upload it to Myspace because YouTube started whining about copyrights and it didn't allow me to have the original audio track in it. But anyway, check it out!

[WHITE FALCON]

thats fucking good man!
sounds great too.
real tight. keep it up!!!

PS take a bit of low out of the kick drum mic. its a bit boxy.

[Neo]

Your pedal should clamp onto the bass drum
ROFL.

what he said

[Ben reed]

that was a great cover!
do you mind posting the original audio of just your drums so i can use it as a backing track to practice with?

[konkelo]

that was a great cover!
do you mind posting the original audio of just your drums so i can use it as a backing track to practice with?

Thanks! Otherwise yes of course, but I recorded it so that the music and my drums were recorded to same file :( So I don't have the separate audio of my drums only (except the audio which camera recorded).

[Ben reed]

oh ok thats alright, but once again great job!

[Craigels]

That was heaps good! Well done.

[deano1337]

good stuff mate.. makes me want to do some now.. what mics did you use? a condenser and a bass drum mic? annnd what is your first crash? sounds mint

[konkelo]

good stuff mate.. makes me want to do some now.. what mics did you use? a condenser and a bass drum mic? annnd what is your first crash? sounds mint

Thanks man! I used AKG C1000 condenser mic as overhead and AKG D112 for bass drum. I was about to use something for the snare too, but surprise surprise I forgot to take the cable for it :D The smaller crash (which is on the right side when looked the set in the front) is 16" Paiste Sound Formula crash, the one in the left (from the front of the set) is 18" Paiste Alpha crash. I also use the ride quite much for crash, and that is Meinl's Byzance ride.

I've been thinking of doing some more TLE tracks on drums. Maybe Pictures in the Mirror or something from White Noise :)

[WHITE FALCON]

do it! assadasd