Anyone here play the drums?

[VonMessa]

I'm gonna try and start learning how to play the drums too!  I have a strong gut feeling that a drum set with be my big Christmas present this year! (along with Call of Duty 5  ). Pearl and TAMA sets are the best you can get from what I hear. I never really could read music (probably why I was so bad at Music Class), so I guess I'll just have to self-teach myself somehow. I already know how to keep pretty decent rhythm and beat just by watching my favorite drummers  . (also by practicing on everything in the house)

  Fellow Drummer!

Learn to read!!

I can't stress that enough if you want to be ahead of most of the competition for auditions.  I fought it for years, but finally got tired of auditioning for session work and being beaten by guys that could pick up a score, read it, and play it.  You don't always know what you will be playing, and may not have heard it before.

[Speed55]

Oh, and definitely by a metronome. You don't know how how quickly playing out of time can turn a good song to crap. From a guitarist point of view it's almost as bad as playing out of tune.
  Good luck with your new hobby.

[zuii]

best cymbals in the biz, but they cost some big change, maybe for later reference



http://www.bosphoruscymbals.com/


AND Definitely get a metronome, im tired of killing drummers that cant play in time. my basement is FULL.



zuii

[sluggish]

My good friend and drummer in my band uses a Pearl Export kit.  He uses all Zuijian brass and DW pedals and stands.  This is a guy that takes great pride in what his kit sounds like.  Drums can get very expensive even starting with a budget kit like an Export.  The Export DOES have maple shells and can sound great with the right heads and the proper tuning.  Where you're really going to spend the cash is on the brass and hardware.

I think a Pearl Export would be a great starting point onto which you won't feel silly putting top end hardware if you decide to stick with it.

[Anodizer]

Gotta disagree about the Zildgians.  Plenty of sound, just don't buy the cheap stuff.




I've owned a Pearl set for years......maybe no the "best", but it has been holding up to the rigors of the road.

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Also know a guy who is pretty good on the drums.  He comes into my wife's chiropractic office once a week   

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It really boils down to taste, and the ability to set your kit up and tune it.  I have played many different kits and each one sounds different.  Even the same kit can sound completely differently when set up for playing live (reinforced or un-reinforced) as opposed to in the studio.

Hey, that first picture: Is that what you play out in(the enclosure)?  Or is that in the studio?

[Anodizer]

Learn to read!!

I can't stress that enough if you want to be ahead of most of the competition for auditions.  I fought it for years, but finally got tired of auditioning for session work and being beaten by guys that could pick up a score, read it, and play it.  You don't always know what you will be playing, and may not have heard it before.

I totally agree..  I taught myself to sight-read over 10 years ago and it has only made me more competent in a situation where I don't know what I'm getting in to...

[Anodizer]

Oh, and definitely by a metronome. You don't know how how quickly playing out of time can turn a good song to crap. From a guitarist point of view it's almost as bad as playing out of tune.
  Good luck with your new hobby.

Yep...  In my opinion, timing is much more important than technical aptitude when it comes to drumming.. 
Timing and understanding different time signatures really pays off in the end.. 
I would much rather have someone on drums that had rock solid timing as opposed to flashy fills and loads of un-needed double bass work...

[Spikes]

Learn to read!!

I can't stress that enough if you want to be ahead of most of the competition for auditions.  I fought it for years, but finally got tired of auditioning for session work and being beaten by guys that could pick up a score, read it, and play it.  You don't always know what you will be playing, and may not have heard it before.

+1 on that one.

[VonMessa]

Hey, that first picture: Is that what you play out in(the enclosure)?  Or is that in the studio?

That is actually at a local church where I was the sound engineer AND the drummer (48 channel board 50 feet from stage    )   I wore a pedometer for a few Sunday's and it averaged at 9 miles.  I remedied that by conscripting and teaching some "volunteers" to run the mix on weekends that I had to play.

http://branchcreek.org/

I will swear by the enclosure from now on, if possible.  Using the Aviom in-ear monitor system, one can completely isolate the drums for better reinforcement (no wash from stage sound), and you can get very precise with the gate/compressor without it clipping or having and contamination from the other drums/cymbals.

To pamper the "purist" guys I hung a Rhode stereo mic from the joists in the middle of the seating area and hooked that into the board, and subsequently, the Aviom.  That eliminated the complaints of "I don't have any ambient, or "room" sound."

[B17Skull12]

get new heads for the kit.  That is my advice, but other than that you sound like your good.  Maybe get a better bass pedal.

[sluggish]

That is actually at a local church where I was the sound engineer AND the drummer (48 channel board 50 feet from stage    )   I wore a pedometer for a few Sunday's and it averaged at 9 miles.  I remedied that by conscripting and teaching some "volunteers" to run the mix on weekends that I had to play.

http://branchcreek.org/

I will swear by the enclosure from now on, if possible.  Using the Aviom in-ear monitor system, one can completely isolate the drums for better reinforcement (no wash from stage sound), and you can get very precise with the gate/compressor without it clipping or having and contamination from the other drums/cymbals.

To pamper the "purist" guys I hung a Rhode stereo mic from the joists in the middle of the seating area and hooked that into the board, and subsequently, the Aviom.  That eliminated the complaints of "I don't have any ambient, or "room" sound."

Sounds like your church has a very large collection plate...

[VonMessa]

I wouldn't know anymore.............