Any drummers out there?

Been playing since i was 15 (23 now) and play Ludwig/Sabian gear. My old man used to play back in the day and got me into it. We used to jam along with Ginger Baker and John Bonham (RIP) with the headphones on. There is nothing more stress relieving than bashing the **** out of the drums after a day of work and school. The only thing is that i live in an apartment now and the kit is at my Moms. Been meaning to look into an electronic set and going to start some research soon.

Cheers!

 

Drummer here as well. Took lessons for 5 years starting at 6 years old. All-in-all, I've been playing for 16 years (I'm 22, now). I played all through high school (with the exception of my senior year) as well as been apart of a couple of rock bands. Also did percussion for a black gospel group.

I currently have a Pacific kit....flat black with Zyldjian Avedis A cymbals. I'm not able to play because I live in an apartment, but I am looking for a place to play locally.

My parents are musicians (dad's a keyboardist/pianist/saxophone-player...my mom sings). I was handed a set of drumsticks when I was three and couldn't forget about them.

As RMK stated, drums are the only instrument where you can hammer the crap out of them, and still make decent music. Better stress reliever than a punching bag.

Hands down, the best electronic drumset is the Roland V-drum(s). However, you will find many drawbacks to an electric set. As cool as it is to be able to completely control your volume with a simple twist of the knob, and the variety of sounds that you can produce, I think you'll find that an acoustic set is far more expressive. Also, I personally have had wrist problems with the V-drums. I played on a V-drum set for 4 years at my church (playing 2-3 times a week) and my wrists started hurting quite badly and became weak after prolonged playing (upwards of 45 minutes or more). I never had that problem with acoustic drums.

You might look into a brand called SpaceMuffins. Check out http://www.boomtheory.com . I used to own a set. Very cool idea. You would get a close-to-real feeling kit that looked real, just with the benefits of volume control via the "brain". Real cymbals would normally be used, but the pad cymbals could also be plugged in.

If you are looking to piece together your own electronic kit, go with an Alesis brain. I'm not sure what their latest model is, but IMO they are the best.

Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you. Or, if you just want to bounce ideas off someone, I'd be happy to help. Best of luck to ya, man.

 

Started playing since in high school with an additional three years of private drum playing instruction. Parents bought a 'generic' drum set when I was in high school. The kit had no label of any kind on it, that's why I say it was generic. It best resembled Ringo Star's set in the early days of the Beatles. I outfited it with new skins to help improve the sound some. Later down the road when I started earning real money, I bought into the electric kit. I had Pearl pads, 6 pc Zildjians and an Alesis D4. I built my own speakers (JBL SR4732X inspired) to boot. What I liked best about the electrics was that I didn't have to hit them as hard to make more volume, didn't have to tune them in hot/cold weather, compact for easy transportation and sounded like perfect studio drums every time. Perfomed for friends backyard parties many times and enjoyed every moment!
As I became more involved with work, my drumming time had to take back seat. I sold the kit, but kept the speakers. I drum when ever I come across a friends kit, still have my sticks. My last recent performance was last year for a local event called "Weekend Warriors". Musicians that haven't played for a while are thrown together to come up with 5 songs and play before a local cocktail lounge. It's always fun to play again.

 

Does retired drummer count?

Played professionally in the mid to late 70's. The bands I was in never made that last step to the real money. Came close twice, but the bands imploded with drug or dedication issues.

Played Ludwig exclusively. Double bass set-up, Zildjian cymbals, until I saw a set of Zicko's. They were just monsters. Huge sound and incredible presence. Spent two years paying for them. Other drummers would stand with their mouths hanging open when I went after them. They would rock a room without mics.

Influences were varied. Carmine Appice was my idol. If you have never heard him with Beck and Bogart doing Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" you have never heard drums. ZZ Top's Frank Beard is the master of less is more. Ian Pace with Deep Purple was a big influence, Neal Peart is a god, and the great Buddy Rich set the standard.

I still miss playing sometimes, but reality persuaded me that I was never going to be the next John Bonham so I chose a career in "not music".

 

I played Jazz Band my junior year of high school. We won several awards (Lord knows it wasn't because of the drummer ). For jazz, keep things light and simple. Little-to-no bass drum (usually with cymbal crashes....but those are quite few and far between). That year of jazz band was the biggest learning experience for me, as far as drumming is concerned. If you can master jazz....you're a drummer worth having.

 

my uncle's a great musician and he taught me the guitar, the keyboards, and the drums. too bad it's just the drums i picked up. i was about 8-10 at that time.

back durin my high skool years, i used to go jamming quite a bit. don't really have the time tho now.

 

Nice to see so many drummers! Sweet!

Me? Classically trained drummer/percussionist since 1974, did some tour/studio stuff in the 80's, now just play for fun. Influences include Bill Bruford, Neil Peart, Billy Cobham, Stewart Copland, Steve Gadd, Jeff Pacaro, Dave Weckl, and many others.

Prefer the more melodic side with touch/feel/groove versus the fast n' furious explosive. Nothing against explosive mind you, it comes in handy to release anger in a constructive way

The 26 rudiments... its not just whats for breakfast anymore

LRLL RLRR LRLL RLRR

 

IM NOT A DRUMMER BUT......

MY ROOMATE FOR 2 YEARS IN COLLEGE WAS DAVE WECKL

HE WAS GREAT IN THE LATE 70S AND STILL IS TODAY

I STILL TALK TO HIM AFTER 25 YRS OR SO.............

 

I have been playing since 1978 and have a 10 piece Pearl DLX series double bass w/ mostly Zildjian cymbals (along with Paiste Rude ride & Paiste Sound Edge hi-hats). Agree w/ ETM that rudiments are essential, practice them daily, even for 5-10 minutes and it will help you tremendously. I keep a drumstick in my car all the time and hit triplets with one hand on my padded steering wheel (the bounce is very much like a drum head), then do them w/ the other hand. One of my teachers was Tim Froncsek who used to play with Woody Hermann (for those of you old Jazz fans).

 

Im an axe man. But I bought a cheap drum kit 1 year ago to have a bang on. I have since fitted Remo oil filled skins and bought a double kick pedal and a few symbols here and there. Still a cheap kit, but its fun to bang on. Also fun when friends come over for a jam now.
Im ok at it, but will keep to playing the guitar I think.

 

I've not seen the above quote about Frank Beard ever before on any of the web boards I've been reading for years now (including this one). However, I have to agree 100% that Frank Beard is the master of Less is More.

I've been playing for 31 years (started when I was 7 - joined my first band when I was 13 - ruined my hearing when I was 13.5). I've been in my current band for 14 years now and have been using Roland electronics exclusively for all 14 years. I've been in a band continuously since age 13.

I've had wrist, upper arm and knee damage from those damn PD-7 pads. 6 years ago I switched to all V-Drum pads with good success in eliminating stress/injury. All of my Roland gear has held up exceptionally well, gig after gig for year after year.

I've got a 1986 9 piece Tama accoustic kit that has been collecting dust for 14 years now... I suck as a drummer, but it's been a fun 30+ years gigging and I've seen more stuff over the years that could make up several books...

Thanks for letting me participate.

Jay
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Awesome!!

 

I've been out of it for a while, but back in the early 90s I did actually get paid a few times. Just bought a cheap acoustic/electric set to screw around with and regrow the skills

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I wish I had kept my early 60s Gretsch set that I had back then
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It's more of a hobby, never took it seriously. I have a 5 piece tama rocksstar custom, twin iron cobra and all zildjian cymbals. vic firth 5b nylon. had a fair amount of money saved up in middle school and just decided to take up drumming one day. so it's probably been about 10 years or so.

major influences are danny carey of tool, travis barker of blink-182, joey jordison of slipknot and chris hornbrook of poison the well. out of all of them, danny carey completely blows my mind everytime i hear him or see him play.

 

Jay

Welcome to F-Chat.

Great photo!

I admire you for sticking to it. I wish I had kept the faith.

Keep living the dream!!

 

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

Tico Torres!! my fav rock drummer.

 

Fantastic snare solo here.....

http://www.break.com/index/ivan_pacheco_drumming_solo.html

 

Stop motion
http://www.zappinternet.com/?video=fodCyoDmiV

 

Animusic inspired by Neil Pert.

YYZ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-2fKi9Zu5o