Recently came across a 2nd hand 2002 20" ride for €239.99 and figured I'd ask here in case some kind strangers had some good advice.

I know the pictures aren't great but there was no cracks visible, few smudges but nothing a quick clean wouldn't fix, bell seems to be in perfect condition too.

I'm currently playing a full set of Pst7 heavies and want to stick with paiste so I think it's a logical step and could save a handy €120 compared with the price for a brand new one. Any thought on the price/deal or how it would fit into my current set up would be much appreciated!

I went to a drum store today to try some clap stacks, particularly the Istanbul one. They had a meinl one, the Istanbul one and a boshporous black pearl one. I didn’t love the meinl one but the Istanbul and bosphorous ones and head to head right now. The issue is that there are no videos on it anywhere or reviews of any sort. I’ve got my videos that I took but nothing else and was wondering if anyone had any personal reviews/experiences or knew somewhere that I could find some

Cover I posted last week. Let me know if there are any songs you want to be make videos for!

My old Pipe band snare tutor (RIP Billy Stevenson) gave me these drumsticks about 10 years ago.

He wasn't sure how old they were, or even where he originally got them from.

The sticks feel like thornwood but I can't be certain. They vibrate a lot when used on a drum pad. Super steep taper along the whole stick. The base is at least 25mm diameter (I can measure if it helps). I don't really want to try them on a drum (especially a pipe band snare) since I don't want to risk them breaking.

If anyone has any theories I would love to hear them.

Thanks everyone. Keep on drumming!

I’ve been drumming for 6 years and I’m curious what other drummers struggle with. Could be physical stuff like wrist or hand pain, practice space, staying motivated, getting better, gear, anything. What’s the one problem you’ve tried to fix and still haven’t? And what have you tried so far?

Is there a difference on how I roll if the roll starts with a half note and what do I play on that little 16th note? This is a solo that’s all about diddles and rolls

Hey everyone,

My band are looking for a drummer.

We are influenced by bands such as The Smiths, Durutti Column, early New Order, The Drums, early The Strokes, PJ Harvey, early Morrissey, The La's, The Fall, Iceage, The Cure and other bands.

The project consists of myself (vocalist), guitarist and a bassist at the moment. We've recorded some rough scratch demos of songs that we can send you. We all have experience writing songs and playing in bands. We are committed to having fun writing songs, recording and playing shows.

We have been rehearsing weekly in Deptford so far.

Get in touch if you're interested. If you can’t direct message me, leave a comment and I will message you. Please have recordings or a video of you playing.

Before summer this year, I received feedback for a university drum exam in which my teacher recommended working on moving the effort from my shoulders and elbows to my wrists to help with finger control/generally more controlled strokes (the rest of the exam went well despite this \o/ ).

I tried working on this over summer, but I think I’ve got some issues (or just difficulties) with loosening up my wrists which I feel have been really holding me back from developing control and speed.

This was most noticeable in the last few weeks when I took a few lessons on brushes and we identified that I’m still moving from my elbows and struggling to accent pressing the brush shoulder down into the snare. I also tend to notice going about day-to-day life that I’m often pretty tense, or rather not very loose.

Can anyone share what’s worked for them in trying to shift the effort from elbow to wrists? I’m hoping there isn’t a deeper physical issue here and it’s just a case of loosening up

Hey yall! Im applying to college rn and im looking for some songs that people think would be good to submit for an arts portfolio. Im leaning more toward jazz stuff, but any recommendations are welcome, still got some time to learn some of the stuff but if anyone has any suggestions/ tips that would be greatly appreciated! Thanks guys!

Continuing off the last time I posted. I have an SM57 (snare), Beta 52a (kick) and got 2 AKG C1000s' (overheads? or room). For toms (3 rack, 2 floors) I was looking at the AKG drum set session 1, I could use the 4 P4 for the 10", 12", 13" and 16" and the P2 for the 18". I'm not sure about the sound though. Suggestions? Thoughts? Thank you.

I've been playing drums for around 6 years, and it is my biggest passion and I'm always trying to get better every day, recently I've had the nag to learn to ways of Jazz Fusion, I've listened to Jazz fusion for a couple years and I love it, my favorite band that I've found so far has been "Soil & "PIMP" SESSIONS", I love their more crazy songs such as basically everything off of their Plant Pimp album, I really want to learn how to play these songs and this style, but I have no idea how to really start because I'm mostly a rock/indie drummer among some other genres.

If anybody who plays this style (or anyone for that matter) has any tips, recommendations, or advice, I'm open ears to it all.

I play electronic drums for fun and exercise. Over the years I have developed problems with my left foot both to its arch and metatarsals.

I don't think drums are the cause but I think it contributes.

So I am looking for advice on protecting my foot and not aggravating my injury.

Thanks

nothing here. just a question

Hi guys, i want to buy some cymbals for metal, let’s say a 14” hihat, 17,18” crashes and a 20” ride, i already have a china, what would you suggest, i was thinking maybe mainl classic dark cymbal set?

has anyone tried to put a tambourine on a drum bass mount instead of a cowbell? does it ring when hitting the bass drum or is it fine? cause it’s a very comfortable position, but i’m worried it would ring at every bass drum hit

Hello, anyone here records/recorded with their Alesis Nitro Mesh kit, preferably on windows? I currently record using focusrite scarlett solo and it's not satisfactory.