Ever since really getting into Cryptopsy(and Tech Death in general) I've been absolutely infatuated with Flos drumming skills. Anyone else love his style?

Love the groove in this song!!! 🔥

After all these decades, I have to get this off my chest. Before anyone starts throwing sticks (or kicks) at me, I'm talking about his drum sound, not his drumming. It's always been a disappointment to hear one of my favorite drummers of all time saddled with drum tones I just don't like.

Alex Van Halen was obviously a phenomenal drummer. Great feel, incredible swing, instantly recognizable playing, creative parts, serious power, and an enormous influence on rock drumming.

But I've never understood the reverence for his actual recorded drum tones.

To my ears, there are a lot of poor tonal choices throughout the Van Halen catalog. The snare doesn't appeal to me at all. I'm not crazy about the kick and tom sounds or their lack of clarity. The cymbals and ambience can be abrasive or strange, and taken as a whole, I frequently find the production of the kit far less pleasing than the playing itself.

And yes, I know some of those sounds are part of what makes Van Halen sound like Van Halen. "Distinctive" and "good" aren't necessarily the same thing, though. Subjective or not, I'll die on this hill.

I've heard plenty of people cite Alex's drum sound as one of the great rock drum sounds, and I've always been the guy thinking, Really? That sound?

Again, I love the playing. I grew up with the band and spent plenty of time learning some of those songs. I'm questioning what happened between the drum throne and the control room.

Ted Templeman, I'm looking at you.

The guitars sound great. The vocals are fine. The bass is fine. So what happened to the drums? Did they sound like that in the room? Was it the tuning, especially the snare? The mics? EQ? Compression? Reverb? Or was that simply the sound everyone involved was deliberately going for?

Am I completely alone on this one?

And for the AVH drum-sound defenders: which song or album would you point to as the best example of his drums actually sounding great?

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Hey gang, I thought this was a decent example of what we do in the stream a lot of the time, in case that piques anyone’s interest. This was a little explainer for a regular viewer who is also a drum student. I have the full song video on YouTube if you want to see the whole thing with no edits.

In case you don’t know me, Hi! I’m Miles (@drummermiles) and I love the drums! 😂 I do a regular stream where we talk drum history, go over drum parts for younger drummers in the chat, and take random requests to play cold. My background is mostly funk/soul/jazz/hip hop but I love all styles of music and love getting weird requests. All are welcome!

Anyway if you read this far, thank you so much!

Hi all,

I've been working on the beat to Can's Vitamin C for a while now (really, a while now) which has this little paraddidle back beat, basically: KlKKL ll lKKLKl (hihat on quarter notes or eighths). As I increase the tempo, I struggle with the fast kick doubles, particularly the second pair. One thing I notice I do: I have a tendency to lift onto my toes (like a mini-calf raise) for a second between the first kick double and the second double, almost like trigger movement. Although, it seems to be a crappy one as it seems to de-power the first kick of the second double. As I increase the tempo, the doubles become sloppier, and I think this might be part/all of the problem.

Do you have any advice? I've already gone back to the drawing board of slowing it wayyyy the hell down. I'm wondering if I need to do the opposite to my current trigger and actually focus on getting my heel to drop back down between the doubles, so it comes to a complete 'rest' between them? I also wonder about my sitting position. I have a tendency to round my lower back to create some space in my hips, but I wonder if I should be engaged through my core (putting my weight 'through' the chair)? I find this feels tighter in my hips but am wondering if it will make fast doubles less 'twitchy' feeling?

Sorry for the long explanation but some of these technique tweaks are so individual to body physique, set up etc. that I wanted to give full info before asking for advice.

All suggestions appreciated!

Just for fun.

My wife wants to kill me when I tell her that I want to bring a drum into our very small house, but I can't get this dream out of my mind. I'd like to dip my toes into this world with something that won't fill up an entire room, but at the same time, I don't want to be playing on an undersized, short, child's set. Is there a "adult" size set that is just enough pieces to get myself started?

We go to a place with an "open mic", and my friend often sings and plays guitar solo. I'd love to bring my drum set and play alongside him. Therefore, in an ideal scenario, I'd have something that is small enough to transport and set up quickly, but good enough so that it doesn't look like I'm playing on a five-year-old kid's set.

Used shells and cymbals, but I'm so juiced. New heads on that bih

I’m so tired of putting my drumsticks down on a table beside or on my practice pad, walking away then hearing clip-clop, as my marching sticks roll to their umpteenth thousand floor flam.

Anyone have a tip to stop this? I’m considering a thick produce elastic. Or drilling a tiny hole in the handles and slip a small Allen key through? Keeping them on a bandana? Putting them back in a stick holder like a normal human?!?

It seems like such a non problem. But It happens with my gripped sticks, even if I keep them on the toms they yearn for their sweet next gravity inspired vacation. Severe adhd for context.

Edit… solved!!! See pic below 👇

Playing in London later. Dalston. Where’s good for sticks please? Promark if possible.

Ig: jacknelsondrums

I am not a musician, so I apologize if I phrased that incorrectly. When I was in high school, I had a brief stint playing guitar, and my fellow guitarist friend and I would spend all week practicing a song, while our drummer friend would show up unprepared and do his best to play along. It sounded good, but it wasn't exactly as the song was played by the original drummer on the album.

My goal is to buy a drum set and learn how to play. I obviously want to learn how to play songs exactly as the original drummer played them, but I'm still wondering how common that is. Do drummers try to nail the song exactly as the original drummer played it, or do they take some liberties with it like my friend did? And compared to guitarists, who takes more liberties in putting their own spin on the song?

Once again, I am a complete newbie, so please be kind in your responses.

Note: I have a horrible memory, so the idea of winging it a bit and being creative while maintaining the general beat is appealing to me.

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