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I like the play with heel up and heel down. If you are having a lot of problems, try rearranging you seat, maybe it is too low. A little trick I do sometimes is to play barefoot ;)...but it might be...

wood hoops all the way!

Thanks for the advice! I appreciate...I am just going to the do the samething I have been doing for go with my ear NVM anything about tuning to a major or minor scale!!!...Guitarists man...can drive...

Hey it's been a while since I've posted something...
I have a question for you all.......

So I am about to record in a few days, my guitarist always harps on me to tune my skins. I know I can...

Its really simple to convert the floor tom to a bass. I have a 16" floor tom I use for my kick drum depending on the show. Pearl sells a pretty simple kit that raises the ft and it comes with some...

I havent gotten around to it yet........tooo much fourth of july! hahahaha...Now I am using Sabian AAX which I am enjoying! thanks for the advice...keep you all posted

Cool I think I am going with the bell...I am still not sure what to do with the other one, yeah I played around with it too as a crash and it just doesn't sound good....ZBT hats are big heavy...

I got cracked ZBT hi hats....bummer but whatever...here are my ideas,

cut em down and make 10 0 8 in mini hats
cut one down just to the bell and then make the other ozone crash...
or make a 8...

I do some choruses, some lalalas, but never anything lead

I mean sounds like you are playing generally rock...all pretty much in 4/4 patterns. Why don't you change up musical style, get into some jazz maybe..and if you really want to change things up try...

sweet! I can't wait to get em in the mail, any day now! I will let you guys know what they are like! thanks!

Hey so I was bidding on line for Zildjian A customs very used and got them for 95 bucks...but......the owner of the hi hats emailed me today to tell me they had a crack in them, so she sent me her...

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Yeah it way different. My girlfriend is a singer song writer, and we play a lot of duets...It all depends on what you want to do.

I always bring my snare and a hi hat...I have a little...

Man for price range I have been also checking out the sonor black mamba...its a pretty looking little snare 13 x 7 something a bit different as well, and it is more in my price range, I am going to...

Thanks for the link! really really helpful...yeah I have made it out to two different guitar centers to bang on some snares...I was really digging the black panthers I was playing, one was steel the...

Hey I am in the market to buy a new snare :icon_eek: and I am looking at all the different woods, maple, birch...I am not really sure how they change the sounds of the drum..So if anyone could give...

I mean eating a healthy diet is pretty much a good way to go for everything in life. I think good for drumming, is taking care of your wrists...stretching, warming up before playing (I like to do...

sweet guys, thanks for all the answers! For me I like a pretty small set up 4 piece normally but I also like to have a nice cymbal selection as well as some other percussion instruments with me...
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Last night I went to a show and there was a drummer with a huge gnarly gretcsh set, loads of istanbul cymbals, sounded awesome, but I think the guy was too focused on his stuff more than his playing....

Question on snares....how about hoops? anyone have any prefrences, personally I have never played anything with wooden hoops before....anyone have any suggestions, I am also in the market for a new...

I would suggest maybe going with 7-As, hot rod sticks work as well....but they are different, you dont get nearly the same amount of control and bounce as you get with some normal sticks....but just...

nice, thanks for the advice, I might just be able to rig something together....any advice on some heads for the tom?

Hey everyone, this is my first post....So I have been playing a lot of shows recently...I don't have a car, and I am getting sick of bringing my 20'' bass drum around with me. I don't have what it...