Any Aspiring or Amateur Drummers Out There?
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I've taken up the "hobby" mainly as a fun keep-the-brain-neurons-sharp activity, as I don't do crosswords or sudoku. Syncing up 4 appendages has to be good for the brain, right?
Due to Covid, I'm usually stuck practicing on my own. More often using online resources (or with the occasional guitarist friend, which is the most enjoyable) rather than playing along with albums.
Got any favorite you tube recommendations for drumless tracks, bass accompanying tracks or tutorials or teachers you really like?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: cultivate kindness
I do crosswords. Fuck sudoku.
I do crosswords. Fuck sudoku.
I see a lot of guitar players on the Reddit live-streaming service that play over guitar loops. Maybe something like that would work? Seems like there's lots of videos out there.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
^ yep there's a ton of drum
^ yep there's a ton of drum vids out there. I find them randomly, so wondering if anyone has recommendations for especially useful ones. I often end up with funky bass solos to play along with, but they vary in quality.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Briank
>>I do crosswords. Fuck
>>I do crosswords. Fuck sudoku.
Ditto!
A buddy of mine puts his drum stuff on YouTube. I think you'll get some ideas on how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/user/ledfootjoe/featured
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Highnote
This will keep you busy for a
This will keep you busy for a while.
https://youtu.be/B1IQj83NCgI
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Ken D.
Tolerant neighbors are
Tolerant neighbors are essential for any aspiring drummer.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
While I don't consider myself
While I don't consider myself a drummer but a guy who plays the drums, I have played them most of my life and there is no question that a good session of noise making on a kit will help both physical & mental sharpness. Plus, you don't have to be any good at all to have fun playing the drums, I recommend it to everyone.
I have never been able to get into real practicing, or even warming up with rudiments and drills, I just like to flail away to records or the radio, so I've never gotten that good and it takes me three times as long to get better, but DAMN it's fun.
Like that video posted above, there are multitudes of that kind of thing, and all of it helps, but there is nothing better than playing with other people. That's how you get better and learn how to be a drummer.
For 15 years I rented a room in a practice studio that was 24/7 access, and that was glorious as a place I could go after shows or any time day or night, and also have others come in to jam. After retiring I couldn't afford it anymore so now my kit is set up in my living room and I just can't let go like I used to because I don't want my neighbors to burn my house down. Plus, I usually really get the urge late at night. I'm planning on getting an electronic kit so I can flail away at night. It will be better than nothing but it won't be nearly as satisfying.
As for videos or on-line lesson type deals, I really like Tommy Igoe's stuff. He's got tons of it on line and he's a good teacher, as well as a FLAMING good Buddy Rich style drummer (he plays with a great band at Yoshi's Oakland about once a month). When I do some of his warm up drills it REALLY makes a difference, but I'm lazy and usually cut it short and go right to jamming along with a CD.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Alan R
Thankfully I'm set up in a 60
Thankfully I'm set up in a 60's paneled cinder block suburban basement facing the woods. And mainly only play during the day.
I have a basic kit. I scored it from Goodwill at the start of Covid and supplemented with stuff from the local drum store. It took about a year to get the basics and ergonomics down.
I can do steady rhythm. I'd make a pretty good metronome. (I'm from the "If you can say it -- the beat -- you can play it" school.) I'm trying to take it to the next level and play more melodically.
When I get the occasional chance to play with another musician, I can use my buddy's set with every bell and whistle. But I've only played along with a guitarist and loops, not a bass player. I don't know how to really play any songs so to speak. I can fake it if I know it, but my memory for when-to-play-what sucks. Dead tunes are ingrained, of course. I don't know any music theory. But out of every 20 minute jam there's a decent 3-4 minutes of flowstate that sounds pretty good!
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Lance minimum goad Newberry
Here's Tommy Igoe's basic
Here's Tommy Igoe's basic warmup routine. It's good and not difficult. If it is then this is a good place to start, it won't take long to tap along and figure out how to do the moves (those nine-stroke double rolls always seem to get me though).
You get to rolling through that (and then the faster versions) you'll find everything else you do will come easier & better.
BTW, that's Igoe's voice but not him playing in the video.
There's tons of other good stuff on youtube as well, but most everything decent I've found is practice/rudiment type stuff - which is actually what's most important to getting better.
I haven't found much drumless music track type stuff that's much fun to play with. In that case I prefer to just jam with some good music. (Take a good puff and jam along with a good live In Memory of Elizabeth Reed, or at least as far as you can get. THAT'S a frickin' workout!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQQp99u2kzg
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Do you prefer the Frenc grip?
Do you prefer the French grip?
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: Splintered custie
My favorite teacher.......
My favorite teacher.......
https://www.youtube.com/c/RobBeatdownBrown
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: An organ grinder’s tune
old neighbor sounded like
old neighbor sounded like rocks in a dryer.
glad that dude is gone.
always wanted a set as a kid. never tried until a year or 2 ago with friends. seems my high hat and bass feet are switched...i;m a goofball.
Top of Page Bottom of Page PermalinkFull Name: MeditateontheQ
^^^ always wanted a set too:
^^^ always wanted a set too: My parents finally caved in on my request for drum lessons, but when we arrived to the local music store to sign up, the director strongly suggested I take 2 years of piano first...did that for enough years to take the jazz improv class and never went back to drums... and don't play piano anymore, either, LOL.