Hi drummers,

I love learning from books instead of videos. I want to get into double bass a bit, so what's the best book you've used to learn it? Either a songbook, theory book or solos.

Tia!

I'm primarily a guitarist, using a 12-inch practice pad to develop timing, internal pulse and subdivisions. Currently working on sixteenth notes, and I'm genuinely enjoying percussion practice.

I live in a rented flat, so a full acoustic drum kit isn't practical. I also own a cajon, but playing it feels unnatural and sometimes causes shoulder discomfort.

I'm considering two additions:

1. A standalone snare to explore real drum dynamics, accents, ghost notes and rudiments.

2. A kick pedal alongside my existing practice pad, so I can maintain the main beat with my foot while playing eighths, sixteenths and fills with my hands.

Or should I simply continue with my practice pad and save the money?

I'm not aiming to become a professional drummer. My main goal is improving rhythm and groove for guitar, although I've started enjoying percussion independently.

Would a kick pedal + practice pad be a useful setup for developing coordination? Or would a real snare offer more value?

TAMA Woodwork is affordable here in my location or perl short fuse 10x4.5 or 3.5

There’s so much energy and none of it is wasted

Set these up in our rehearsal space yesterday and holy f..k, do they look amazing with stage lighting! 😍

plus in red sparkle, the same wrap as Keith moon had :3

Not flawless, but definitely one of my best takes! Sorry about the quiet kick drum

Do I need some specific or my iem’s what do the trick?

what's the difference between EXTREME 5A and 5A? My boyfriend uses 5A and I wanted to buy him stuff for his drum kit for our wokeiversary but I accidentally got EXTREME 5A !!!

Is there a big difference ? So much that I should buy more?

Edit: Thank you drum kingdom I appreciate this wisdom

I’ve never been a visual artist but, I watched the method of a street spray paint artist and was really inspired. This is my first piece. It’s held up for 4months without chipping. Anyone else done their own art?

Estou preocupado com a forma que toco. Minha baquetas ficam com muitas marcas de pratos, e desgastam muito a ponta. Porém a marca do rimshot não aparece de forma alguma. Vejo que os bateristas em geral afundam a baqueta por causa do rimshot, e não tem marcas de pratos na baqueta. O que está errado?

I want to keep my ride cymbal where it is right now. Im currently running a 10 and 16 Tom configuration right now but I have a 12 and 13 as well. So if you were in my situation with you go offset 10 12 16 or 1 up 2 down with 10 13 16? ​

So it’s my schools first time using live pit musicians for a production and they asked me to be they’re drumset player for the event (woohoo), but when i got the music i noticed some things just dont make any sense to me. Looking for some enlightenment on if these are mistakes in the score or just how theatre kids do it.

Image 1: i know cymbals go above the staff but ive never heard of under it, and the triplet marks are all in the wrong places.

Image 2: the X used for the cymbal is more like a double sharp than an X does this mean anything different?

Image 3: I know some people can do crazy drags but thats inhuman does this mean anything different? I thought maybe just “play super fuckin quick” but i might be wrong

Image 4+5: Is this maybe just a way to notate to fill? Or a cue.

Image 6: I have no clue what technique an X inside of a circle is but it ahows up a butt ton. I would assume open but it uses the “+ o” system all over.

Image 7: just note heads without the stems and not in line with the snare at all is it just another kick? I would say mistake but it shows up all over and in many other songs

I've been working on my Drumeo lessons with a few breaks here and there. I still don't have a real kit. Other shit keeps putting it off. But my practice pad kit is serving me well. I'm 9 months into this journey.

The song is a Drumeo-original song designed to incorporate the stuff I learned in the Drumeo Method course, "Modern Rock & Pop Drumming."

I recently got a new external mic for my video camera. The built-in camera mic gets overwhelmed with the cymbals and clipped the audio in previous videos. The new mic is MUCH better!

Keep in mind that I'm playing non-musical practice pads along with the song (and you can also hear the original drums on the track, too). So, the practice pads sound like... practice pads. But the important thing is learning how to execute the groove, fills, and crashes in time. And the "Super Practice Pad Kit" is working quite well in that regard. Hitting the ride bell notes consistently was / is a challenge. The bell is not very big on this Zildjian L80 low-volume cymbal.

I always find fills, crashes, and transitions to be a challenge. So, I had to practice them a LOT with this song.

An interesting thing I noticed... With the new external mic, my practice pad "notes" are much more clearly audible. And I'm playing over the full backing track with original drums also audible. So, if I'm out of time with instructor Aaron's playing, it will be very noticeable!

Here goes nothin'!

I personally love busta rhymes wheel of fortune, rosanna of course, and grapevine fires by death cab as my top 3!

He's most well known for his work in Paramore, HalfNoise and solo projects. I was relistening to early Paramore albums the other day and was impressed by the drumming work. Imagine learning that Zac was 13-14 years old when recording the drums for their debut! Crazy talented. He's one of the reasons I decided to pick up the instrument in the first place. What are your thoughts on him as a drummer/musician?

This is my practice kit that has silent stroke heads on it. After 2+ years of use the snare head mesh started to separate from the hoop. So I took my snare head off to change it out and I notice these marks all over the drum. They are really ground in there, I can get some of it off by wiping but a lot of it is going to be hard to get off and im not sure if im even going to be able to get it all off.

Is it from overtightening? I did keep cranking the silentstroke head really tight.