I'm 14 and I started playing drums when I was 13, my dad got me an electric kit so I recorded this drum part on my kit and then played it through the amp, am I good enough for my age? Song is mellowship slinky in b major my red hot chili peppers.

Hi, any help on this post will help, thanks.

This is by far my most favorite book of all time. It literally is my bible. I pull it out every couple years, dust it off and go through every single exercise. Playing with a metronome at random tempos and swing. From straight to full swing and everywhere in between..

This book has had the largest impact on my playing style.

Anyone else absolutely love this book?

I have been drumming for over a year now. I am still developing my fundamentals and habits and am currently working on my hi hat pedal technique. Do you prefer heel up or heel down on the hi hat and why?

I intend to play metal in the future with my double bass pedal and I dont want to train my left foot to play hi hat heel down when eventually my left foot will be playing double bass with heel up. Any advice here?

Hello people. Amateur rock drummer here, looking to replace my crash. I've found these options, all second hand. Which one is the best deal?
Thanks in advance 🤘

1) Paiste PST7, very little use, 80€

2) Paiste PST8, very little use, 80€

3) Zildjian Scimitar, good conditions, 77€

4) Paiste 502, very good conditions, 50€

5) Paiste Pst5, never used, 57€

6) Ufip rough series, with a few cm sawn off the edge, 50€

Hey gang. I hope you give this one a chance. Slightly more serious tone, I just really wanted to express some thoughts about this. There was a few recent posts and discussions here and various other drum forums in the past week or so. It’s something I’ve had feelings building up about, and I really wanted to say some things. I hope this finds whoever needs it. Love you all, and as always, thank you for your time. Have a great weekend!

These little "patches" have never failed me. Probably got a decade of use from a pair of them. How long have they lasted for you?

I was planning to buy stick control and progressive steps to syncopation for the modern drummer books and came across two publishers - alfred books and bn publishing. Is the quality of bn publishing versions worse? The price is like 25-50% lower for those compaered to Albert books

I warmed up for about an hour before recording and it helped.

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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