(Part 2) Top products from r/drums

Yeah, the particular album with Oscar Peterson isn't the best for study - as you won't be able to listen to what an experienced jazz drummer would do in those situations - but it is a great practice tool since drumless jazz recordings are so rare. In particular I love "Pennies from Heaven", it's a great mid-tempo swing to jam along with. And if you can work up to up-tempo swing, "I want to be Happy" is a serious workout. 7 minutes of 250 bpm spang-a-lang to really build those chops.

Oh, and if you haven't yet, invest in a copy of the real book and encourage your friends to as well. You can flip to almost any random page and have a great jam sesh. And with a little rehearsal you can gig those tunes as well. Not the most avant-garde stuff, but you've got to start somewhere :) Now go give that ride a good spank for me. Happy jazzing!

TL;DR - It appears I've just about written you a book, lol.

1. Basics - No matter how casually you want to approach learning to play the drums, I think rudiments are always a good idea to learn. Rudiments are basically the foundational patterns for different sorts of drum rolls with your hands and feet. You'll hear rudiments most obviously in marching band music.
   
   Some free sources for rudiments:
   
   http://vicfirth.com/40-essential-rudiments/
   
   www.snarescience.com
   
   Also, imo the book Realistic Rock is a good introduction to playing rock-style drums, and maybe a good introduction to reading rhythmic notation for drum set (not sure about that, I started the book with a pretty decent understanding of how to read music).
   
   
2. Kit (that should be a 2. idk why it isn't)
   
   If you are unsure about sticking with drumming and don't want to spend a lot of money, you can start off with a practice pad and a pair of sticks.
   
   If you want to start off with a full kit, you can buy new or used. A (non-shitty) full drum set with cymbals and hardware is almost certainly going to cost $500 or more.
   
   New: I can personally recommend the Yamaha Stage Custom they are "intermediate" level drums, but sound great and (maybe more importantly) the hardware is some of the best available.
   
   Used: I've seen good deals on ebay, Craigslist, and at local music stores. Depending on your budget, you can get a top quality used drum set for around $1000 dollars, although I wouldn't recommend starting at the top, lol. A used Yamaha Stage Custom is also a good option. I see many Pearl Exports and Tama Rockstars being sold used for cheap, and although these are more "beginner" level models, that doesn't mean they sound bad, especially in a hard rock context.
   
   Note: Much of a drum's sound is dependent upon the drum heads and the tuning. Most drum sets, even cheap ones, can sound pretty good (subjectively) with the right heads, tuning, and (sometimes) muffling. Also realize that trying to closely replicate the kind of drum sounds that tend to be found in heavier rock music is often not realistic. The drums will end up sounding like cardboard boxes from a few feet away, lol.
   
   Good luck with your drumming journey!
   
   Edit: You should also find and use a metronome for much of your practicing.

Yes although it's obviously a different movement. And you have to put in the practice time, but if you can play something with your hands, your brain knows how to play it with your feet, you just have to exercise the muscles so that you can play with speed and control.

If you're struggling (I initially typed that as snuggling) with a rhythm, try playing with your hands and feet at the same time. But be sure to take your hands away at some point to be sure you're still doing the correct movements with your feet and not just covering up your mistakes with your hands.

With the proper practice you can also learn to take the basic principles of independence seen in the Chapin Book and apply them to more complex licks and fills. I know that Marco Minneman's Extreme Interdependence: Drumming Beyond Independence is a great method book for advanced interdependence work.

Practicing rudiments like flam-taps, flam accents, paradiddles, and paradiddlediddles is immensely good for your footwork. You'll see dramatic increases in your speed, technique, and endurance, and you'll be given many more creative options around the set thanks to your new abilities. It will also help you out with mastering more basic double bass stuff like single stroke rolls of varying length or even double stroke rolls (I'm currently working on a weak attempt at triple strokes, but it's still shaky).

Advanced Funk Studies: Creative Patterns for the Advanced Drummer by Rick Latham is really good for changing things up. It move things around like the accent and brings in a lot of syncopation. I'm not a funk drummer so don't think of the book like that, it's exercises to move you out of the square if you know what I mean.

Future Sounds: A Book of Contemporary Drumset Concepts by David Garibaldi is also excellent

I get a lot from Mike Johnson and Steven Taylor off youtube. Both of them have extensive and varying levels of fills and grooves. Taylor I think has more available for free, especially a list of drum fills. But I've used Mike's site and paid for a few months and it was worth it to me.

There's also a book that I can find in many places outside of my old hometown of Buffalo, NY called Groovezilla. The concept of the book is pretty neat. It's got hundreds of grooves but all the right hand work (HH/Ride) ostanatos are on transparencies. You then take those transparecncies and lay them over the pages in the book you're working on. So one might be a HH upbeat ostinato and another is a 16th HH ostinato. My former drum teacher was a student of his (Jim Lesner, author) so he helped beta test the book for him on a lot of things. It's a great book and a secret weapon in my learning. He'll ship the book if you order it from the website, I got mine in under a week. Great guy, even put a post it not with his email address in case I had any questions or wanted to chat with him.


Good luck

Studies have suggested that people who start learning on a digital version of an acoustic instrument are less likely to stick with it.

Pearl Exports are great beginner set. I've still got and play mine that I've had for nearly twenty years. The difference between Standard, New Fusion and Fusion are drum dimensions. If you look at the bottom of that page it has all the details. I'd recommend one of the Fusion kits. If I were buying new I'd probably go for a Fusion kit as I like the smaller 20" bassdrum and 14" floor tom over the 22" bassdrum and 16" floor tom.

If you can play loud but occasionally need to play quiet I would recommend rubber pad mutes that you can throw on your drums and cymbals quickly and easily. I played drums in my dorms for several years without complaints because of those pads, they work.

If you can never play full volume that is when I recommend the mesh heads and low volume cymbals. Since they take a bit to swap out they arent very convenient unless you always need to play low volume.

The Sabian SBR's that come bundled with the Export are entry level. If you have it in your budget to get something higher end I'd recommend it, but you'll be fine with SBR's.

If you are looking to pull the trigger soon, I'd recommend waiting till the next major holiday so you can get a discount. If you go into Guitar Center Easter afternoon those dudes will discount heavy just to move something.

Is it easy to do? Yes. Is it a good idea for the structure and tuning of the heads? Probably not. Like I said, there are other ways to mute your drums aside from using mesh heads. Another redditor suggested simply throwing towels on.

If you're looking for that bouncy feel of a real or mesh head, however, and don't want to risk your normal heads... I would suggest maybe building a practice pad kit. This is an assembly of practice pads arranged like a normal drum set. And it's not that expensive, only difficult to build (unless somebody has made a rack/stand specifically for it recently). This can be very cost efficient however, as practice pads are cheap especially if you get used ones which should be in good shape because they're built to be abused.

So you could buy these: https://www.amazon.com/Tosnail-12-inch-Silent-Drum-Practice/dp/B01FQG9M88/ref=sr_1_5?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1502919371&sr=1-5&keywords=practice%2Bpad&th=1

And have it look like this: https://d1aeri3ty3izns.cloudfront.net/media/20/200743/1200/preview.jpg

That said, it sounds like electronic kit is a good option for you depending on your budget. So you can find a used kit like this: https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/d/electric-drum-set-roland-td-6/6258682324.html

Or a brand new one for a pretty penny like this: https://www.amazon.com/Roland-TD-11KV-S-V-Compact-Electronic-Drum/dp/B00AKQVUSA

Just make sure to get one with mesh heads, not the rubber/plastic heads.

How about spending some time working through a book?

• Stick Control is great for getting your hands to do what you want, but might be a bit boring as /u/virusv2 said.
  
• A Funky Primer is pretty good overview of rock patterns, and will get you comfortable with basic independence of your limbs.
  
  I have been working through both and am enjoying them! Another thing that has really helped me is transcribing drum parts and learning to play them that way. I did this with a Tool song and it was unbelievably illuminating. Really makes you think about what the drummer is doing.
  
  PS: Nice username :P
  

well i assume if you play guitar and keys then you already have a metronome. if not get one, it's the most important thing. also it's good to practice rudiments in the mirror so you can see you're hands. it helps with height consistency.
funky primer is a great book with lots of simple beats to learn that. fun with accents around the drums is also a pretty good one.

First of all, do you really want to use all those mounted toms? I'd probably go for a 2 up 2 down setup at most, and as /u/DarkSodom said, getting rid of the 13" is likely the best solution. I'm going to work on that assupmtion, though if you really wanted to keep the 13" you could just add the price of the single 13" head to the end sum.

• I'd go for this evans fusion pack, with the bonus snare head for $40.95
  
  
• then I'd get a single g2 16" for the floor tom for $12.99.
  
  
• Evans Hazy 300 snare side for $11.69
  
  
• I probably can't do better, than the puresound snare wires you linked, so $22.44.
  
  
• (if you want the single 13" G2, that goes for $11.99)
  
  Those are pretty much the same heads that you were going for, sans the spare 12" and it comes to $88.07 for toms + snare without the 13" ($100.06 with the 13" included, so we save st least 10 bucks right there). That order is all from the same vendor, and way over the free shipping threshold, so no worries there.
  
  For the kick I really have no idea, I don't like pre-muffled heads, so I don't know what compares well with the Superkick2. People seem to like the Evans EMAD2 a lot where I live. Those are about $5 cheaper than the Aquarians, so maybe worth a shot? I'd personally stick to the coated G2 on the kick too.
  
  EDIT: by the way Standard and Fusion is just the name of the pack, they are the same G2 heads, the only difference is the sizes included. I'm not sure if you knew that, if yes, sorry for the superfluous info, it wasn't clear from your post.

Any reason why your teacher is telling you that you have no chance??

For my audition I just played a few drum set grooves (swing, bossa nova, samba, 3/4 swing, and a ballad), sight read a snare drum solo, and sight read a marimba piece. I had already spent a semester in the percussion ensemble (because I originally wanted to be an English major, but after meeting the faculty of both departments I settled on music) so my teacher already knew me and had a good idea of my skill level.

My first semester was mainly rudiments and solos from Cirone's portraits in rhythm. Pretty much snare drum only focusing on building my technique. My next semester I got started on Frank Malabe's Afro-Cuban book and John Riley's Art of Bop Drumming. Beyond that I worked through Riley's Beyond Bop Drumming, Ed Uribe's book on Afro-Cuban drumming, and his book on Brazilian drumming. After that I spent a lot of time working on solo transcriptions, playing pieces that my instructor and I picked out for drums and vibes, jamming with my instructor on vibes or on drum set, and working on pieces that I was writing. By the end at lot of what I was doing was driven by my interests and what I wanted to work on to improve.

As far as the music department as a whole I took your standard history, theory, aural skills, and piano classes, along with tons and tons of ensembles.

I would recommend picking up a copy of the Funky Primer

It spans a huge range of skill set, so it will likely cover your current spot. It has rather enjoyable beats (imo) that are fun to play. Whenever I feel like I am in a rut or haven't picked up a pair of sticks in a while, I go back to it for inspiration.

Nice, man! Sounds like you have an affinity for linear playing. Carter Beauford of Dave Matthews Band is a brilliant linear player. If you are interested, check out the advanced funk studies book on amazon. It's got some gold in it! https://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Funk-Studies-Creative-Patterns/dp/0825825539/ref=pd_sim_74_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0825825539&pd_rd_r=GPWW0EYHE6PMA739CSF8&pd_rd_w=gugi2&pd_rd_wg=zC3Kr&psc=1&refRID=GPWW0EYHE6PMA739CSF8

I'm a newish drummer- been taking lessons and working books for about 3 years now. I still only have an electronic drum kit, I don't gig or anything, but I do jam with some guys from time to time.

My practice routine is as follows- and I do this 3-4 times a week (note, this changes as I master certain lessons):

• Single stroke roll exercise, as spelled out in Drummer's Complete Vocabulary. About 20-30 minutes worth, at the fastest speed I can cleanly do (currently 84bpm, 16ths)
  
• Practice 2-3 rudiments- drags, flams, double stroke roll, whatever, for another 10-15 minutes. I use the same book as the single stroke, above.
  
• Drum Set Warmup excercise, half a page. Drum Set Warm-ups. Great book- I move around the set so much easier. This is a really tough book, keeping everything smooth, but it's paid off so much.
  
• Special weekly lesson. Currently this is practicing 3 different types of paradiddles between hi-hat and snare, opening the hi-hat on the first 16th note. This could also be a couple different beats or something like that. It's slow going right now.
  
  All in all, it lasts about an hour and a half, after which I'll play some, or get on a song, or do some pro-mode Rock Band 3.

Just ordered the PureSound Blaster Series Snare Wire, 20 Strand, 14 Inch from eBay for $17.83 free shipping ($21.32 on Amazon). And I ordered Evans Clear 300 Snare Side Drum Head, 14 Inch from Amazon for $11.69.

Going to thoroughly clean the hardware and shells on all the toms/bass before I order the heads. Will give me motivation to make this thing look nice first :D

These work insanely well and they're cheap.

http://www.amazon.com/SoundOff-Evans-Drum-Mute-Standard/dp/B0007P3528/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416235633&sr=8-2&keywords=evans+drum+mute


Just search by size if you need a different size and they sell them individually as well, but that's a great price for the set. Then I bought some cheap hand towels at Target, cut a hole in the middle and draped them over the cymbals.

The mutes still let the drums have a distinct sound, but very muffled and quite. The towels on the cymbals don't let them ring, but you still get a decent "clank" to let you know you hit it.

All in all...I invested like $25 and unless you're in the room, you can't hear anything....cept maybe a cymbal here and there.

I've got the Drumeo P4 and really enjoy it for practicing. Just keep in mind that two of the regions on the pad are harder/louder than your typical electronic kit pads, so volume may factor in.

As a fellow apartment dweller with budget concerns about electric kits, I was in a similar situation. Just purchased the $300 Alesis Nitro kit and set it up yesterday. It's been pretty solid so far and is well covered in the reviews. I'd recommend giving the Nitro some consideration or hunt for a deal on a used kit.

You're going to hear a bunch of mentions about Stick Control, which is fair. That book is awesome and will totally get you where you want to be.

If you really want to dig a bit further into rudiments though, I'd highly recommend spending a bit of time with the Savage Rudimental Workshop. There are a lot of exercises that expose the basic skeletons of the rudiments as well as a lot of rudimental solos that show how rudiments work in context. Solos are broken up into section by difficulty, so if you're new to that side of things you can work on the easy/intermediate sections and leave the advanced corps style stuff for later. I never hear anyone else talk about it, but I can't recommend this book enough.

Good luck! Conditioning your hands will unlock seemingly unrelated things on the kit and elevate your playing.

1. Transcribing, as others have mentioned. And listening in general. You don't have to get the entire solo; picking out bits and pieces is fine, especially when parts are really complex.
   
   
2. Books. Of the following, I'd say definitely get the first two, then any one of the other three:
   
   4-Way Coordination, so you can do what you want when you want.
   
   All American Drummer, so you can swing that snare like Philly Joe. Also move around the set.
   
   Modern Reading Text in 4/4, because Louie Bellson knows his big band rhythms. Play them across the entire set and sing along. Use rests and busy rhythms to set up the big hits.
   
   Syncopation for All and Syncopated Big Band Figures. More of the big band rhythm stuffs.
   
   
3. Practice soloing. Start with 4s and 8s. Play time for 4, then solo for 4. If you're using the big band books, improvise a solo, then set up 4 bars. Rinse, repeat.
   
   Get really used to 4s and 8s before moving on to longer solos. Try starting with a simple idea and develop it; don't play a bunch of different, random crap for 4 bars: 2-3 beats of a rhythm, and keep working with it. You'll find you can express yourself much better after some practice.
   
   Also, metronome. Always, always the metronome.
   
   
   

Are you familiar with The Real Book? I am in the process of learning it, and instead of just looking up videos that are in tune I am cataloging it for me and you and everybody. Some really nice jazz covers and some not so nice ones. :) Thanks for the feedback it's going to take some time.

Oh man, I have mesh heads on my electronic kit, but I am kind of craving setting my acoustic set back up. A reason for buying my electronic kit was to reduce the noise, but it seems like I can buy

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007P3514/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_img?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2O9QTWKZVO66Q&coliid=I2U8AY8IEJNMZF

and/or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007P3528/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2O9QTWKZVO66Q&coliid=I23QIMXX86KA7E

or maybe some mesh heads. Very exciting. Any recommendations?

I found the Alesis Nitro Kit and the Alesis DM6 for $275 and $300 respectively.

They're slightly less than Amazon price. But there's nothing else under $400 on my local Craigslist and $400 is the max I wanna spend until I know I'm going to stick with it.

Do you have any recommendations on either of those or any others around $300-$400 that will give me the best value?

Have you ever heard of the book - "Realistic Rock"? It's got Carmine Appice's name on it. It's actually a really good book just for getting into reading basic rock grooves. I use it for beginner students, but the book does quickly progress into challenging stuff. There are multiple "ways" you can practice the grooves, so you can really use the book for a while. Here's an Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Realistic-Rock-Book-CDs/dp/0897244869/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506711392&sr=8-1&keywords=realistic+rock+by+carmine+appice

David Garibaldi's Future Sounds is a great groove book. I also like Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials, it's a good introduction to different styles of music, haven't tried Groove Essentials 2.0 so I'm not sure about that one.

http://www.amazon.com/Haskell-Harr-Drum-Method-Orchestra/dp/1423420268
http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Techniques-For-Modern-Drummer/dp/0757995403
http://www.amazon.com/International-Drum-Rudiments-Book-CD/dp/0739013106
http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Realistic-Rock-Drum-Method/dp/0897244869

get these books and read them and you will truly learn to beat smith. starts with the hands first then the feet, then the hands and the feet. i live by these books and remember that slower and more accurate practicing is 1000 times more important that fast and sloppy. get solid and have fun swingin.

http://www.amazon.com/Drum-Tuning-comprehensive-guide-tuning/dp/0964465817
this is a stand by too my man

You should check out The Complete Drummer's Vocabulary as taught by Alan Dawson. Within that is the Rudimental Ritual, which is basically a piece made up of all the rudiments grounded by a samba ostinato on the hi-hat and bass drum. It works coordination, hand speed, and of course rudiments, and when you get into the triplet variations, you get a good intro to playing polyrhythms. Spend a few weeks going back to these basics and it opens up a whole new world to playing. But do it slowly at first so you really work it into your chops.

One of the cool things about the book Stick Control is you can play the exercises with your kick drums. You could even mix it up and split the patterns between your hands and feet to build limb independence. As far as books specifically geared towards building double kick chops Double Bass Drumming by Joe Franco is an excellent pick. https://www.amazon.com/Double-Bass-Drumming-Joe-Franco/dp/0897233662

I found my instructor on Craigslist. which meant there was going to be a good chance I was going to find someone shitty. That wasn't the case though, my instructor graduated with his bachelors of music and he has a great curriculum. Perhaps you could look for a local drum instructor for him?


If it helps, the books I use (I started 6 or so months ago) are: Ultimate Realistic Rock: Drum Method, Fundamental Studies for Snare Drum, and Modern Reading Text in 4/4 For All Instruments. My instructor also prints off rudiments and other drills for me.

There are differences but I get to practice more frequently. Because of this I have made significant improvements in my drumming. Having the kick pedal and high-hat pedal are very nice. I purchased one with the same amount of pieces as my kit to try and simulate it as much as possible. I don’t usually use the headphones because the sound quality it not that great and I find I hit the kick pedal harder.

This is the one I purchased.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0187KO8X4/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1523231219&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=electronic+drum+kit&dpPl=1&dpID=412j-EeCaFL&ref=plSrch

A Funky Primer for the Rock Drummer (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Funky-Primer-Rock-Drummer/dp/0739006630/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318357665&sr=1-1) is a good one.

Also worth a look are the video lessons on mikeslessons.com I find him very helpful!

Ah memories. Yep I started with How to Play rock'n'roll drums, Syncopation and this book way back in the early 90's. Then later on went to Advanced Techniques, Future Sounds and The New Breed for different permutations and limb independence. And 'trying' to pick apart and play Dave Weckl's Island Magic.

Does anyone else remember those drum solos like calypso eclipsed and aint it rich?

The problem with a drumkit that has mesh heads costs upwards of $1500. (Rolands V-Drum cheapest all mesh kit is the TD11KV) which no parent would buy their child starting out with drums. Even used will set you back 800-900 bucks alone (add to that a throne and kick pedal and you're easily in the ballpark of $1000)

You see - when you are a beginner you need mainly to practice on stick technique, tempo keeping, proper hitting and hand coordination. All that you can get from one practice pad. Spending a minimum of $1000 on a used V-Drum to practice the basic fundamentals is kind of a waste. Don't get me wrong - an all-mesh V-Drumkit is awesome (I have one myself) but it's kind of like buying a kid a Hummer when all they need is a bike with support wheels to learn how to bike. It's pretty much overkill and overpriced for its intended purpose.

As for not making little noise - you are incorrect. Even an all-mesh V-drum kit will make significant noise - unless you spend even more money on things such as acoustic noise dampening isolation like the ND-01 costs $100 alone. - Again, I own these myself.

And no - you cannot always sell drum stuff for the intended price. There's never a 100% guarantee you'll be able to sell whatever drum hardware you bought.
I started out with 2 practice pads - one snare and one kick in the late 80's and I ended up continuing playing the drums for over 20 years.

Modern Reading Text in 4/4 for All Instruments by Louis Bellson has been pretty good to me. Starts simple, gets rough.

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Reading-Text-For-Instruments/dp/0769233775

I have an Alesis nitro kit im a beginner as well and it’s pretty cool, you can buy an extra Tom and crash as an add-on and the module has lots of customization, you can find other pages for cheaper, as well as the mesh kit

Play around on Mike's Lessons and look at what changing the notes up does to the drum notes.

This is the book my teacher used when teaching me site reading and improving my timing: Modern Reading Text

Be patient and it will start to make sense!

Two great Afro-cuban books are Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset by Frank Malabe and Afro-Cuban Coordination for Drumset by Maria Martinez.

Malabe's book is a great place to start as it has lots of explanation and history of what you're doing.

Martinez's book has a lot of ways to expand on the stuff you'll learn in Malabe's book. It has much less commentary but many more exercises and ways to pratice the material.

Alesis DM6 is the best kit for under $500. They usually retail at $650-700 but on Amazon, brand new kits are $350.
http://www.amazon.com/Alesis-DM6-Five-Piece-Electronic-Drum/dp/B002C4SM5W

Alesis DM10 is a big upgrade, but on Amazon the kit is $750. I've seen it on ebay for under 500, but they've all sold quickly.
http://www.amazon.com/Alesis-Studio-Six-Piece-Professional-Electronic/dp/B0038YX39U

Would you recommend something like this?

https://www.amazon.com/Roland-TD-11KV-S-V-Compact-Electronic-Drum/dp/B00AKQVUSA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1519290733&sr=1-1&keywords=B00AKQVUSA&linkCode=ll1&tag=kickstartyourdrumming-20&linkId=66db05dd2cb5935d14fe3d591ee96483

​

I've had my eye on it (minus the price of course lol)

that kind of stuff is all feel. the best advice i can give you is to go back and work on some old 70's funk. all this stuff is rooted in that.

also, buy this book and study it every day.
http://www.amazon.com/Funky-Primer-Rock-Drummer-Charles/dp/0739006630

Pyle makes a 57 clone called the PDMic 78. They’re $12 on Amazon right now. They actually sound surprisingly good. A little hotter and more treble-heavy than a 57, but for certain applications, I actually kind of prefer that. You can use them for just about everything, even as overheads. Here is a video on how they sound.

Hey Paradigm84! Guess what. :) I ordered drum sticks and a practice pad. Everything should be here within the next week. I ordered the below items:

1. https://www.amazon.com/Evans-RealFeel-2-Sided-Practice-Pad/dp/B000FMDIXY/ref=sr_1_26_sspa?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1542754328&sr=1-26-spons&keywords=drum+practice+pad&psc=1
   
   
2. https://www.amazon.com/Vic-Firth-American-Classic-Sticks/dp/B0002F741Q/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1542752754&sr=8-5&keywords=5A+drumsticks
   
   Your input helped me in getting this equipment. Thank you!

The Sound of Brushes - Thigpen
http://www.amazon.com/The-Sound-Brushes-Book-CDs/dp/0769294316

Creative Coordination - Copeland
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Coordination-Performing-Drummer-Copeland/dp/0825803861

Advanced Funk Studies - Latham
http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Funk-Studies-Creative-Patterns/dp/0825825539

Big Band Drumming Fill-osophy - http://www.alfred.com/Products/Big-Band-Drumming-Fill-osophy--00-42309.aspx

This is a fantastic book, but I don't think it's necessarily a good starting place for Afro-Cuban rhythms. Work through the Malabe book and at least get started in the Uribe book first.

This is why I almost exclusively play with Hot Rods
or brushes. I'm really self conscious about how loud I play anyways for some reason.

The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary As Taught by Alan Dawson: Go through as much as you can while staring both on right and left hand.

Also, Gary Chester's The New Breed: This is a lifetime lesson type of book. You'll get out of it what you put into it.

You mean like a Vic Firth 5A? You can get them on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vic-Firth-5A-American-Drumsticks/dp/B0002F741Q

These are a few things I have that work well.

http://www.amazon.com/Gibraltar-6608-Heavy-Drum-Throne/dp/B000UJE6UG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1449190231&sr=8-2&keywords=drum+throne

http://www.amazon.com/Stage-DA100-Drum-Stick-Holder/dp/B002RLLD88/ref=pd_sim_267_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41di4iHX-5L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR106%2C160_&refRID=1FVBPY9N4YF9HJVNJQXB

Combine these two depending on whether he uses racks or stands:
http://www.amazon.com/Meinl-Cymbals-HCS8S-Traditional-Splash/dp/B0013O7NVG/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1449190286&sr=1-2&keywords=splash+cymbal

http://www.amazon.com/Cannon-UPCYH-Cymbal-Arm/dp/B000AL39IE/ref=pd_sim_267_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=3196ldsQbhL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=1DNJGY32TG3E644YHFZJ

Hap hap hello there! I am a bot and you linked to Amazon.

This comment contains 1 pricing graph(s)

____

Product 1: The Real Book: Sixth Edition (0634060384)

Imgur pricing graph

||Amazon|3P New|Used|
|--:|:--|:--|:--|
|Cur|$20.22|$20.58|$15.29|
|Hi|$27.50|$22.48|$22.68|
|Lo|$15.39|$1.49|$0.01|
|Avg|$21.84|$20.84|$17.08|

_____

^^I'm ^^a ^^bot. ^^Please ^^PM ^^any ^^bugs

Do all the same exercises you would on your dominant foot. Then, work on exercises involving both. This is a good book for double kick stuff - http://www.amazon.com/Double-Bass-Drumming-Joe-Franco/dp/0897233662

http://www.amazon.com/Alesis-Studio-Six-Piece-Professional-Electronic/dp/B0038YX39U people say that kit is good. you can change out the heads if the mylar doesn't suit you

nice I bought a Roland 11kv-sv last christmas

Pyle-Pro Professional Moving Coil Dynamic Cardioid Unidirectional Vocal Handheld Microphone Includes 15ft XLR Audio Cable to 1/4'' Audio Connection (PDMIC78) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005BSOVRY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_NqE6CbCKGBVTG

I would recommend Garibaldi's Future Sounds.

https://www.amazon.com/Future-Sounds-Contemporary-Drumset-Concepts/dp/0739019120

Alesis DM10 from amazon

> Product Dimensions: 23 x 47 x 12.8 inches ; 70.4 pounds

If you do get the DM10 tell me how you like it because I've also been looking at that kit for a while now and i'm thinking of buying it

Maybe play with Hot Rods or brushes?

Hotrods.

Downsize your set a bunch as well.

Any chance this is good? It gets decent reviews. http://amzn.com/B0038YX39U

Marching snare player here!
I would recommend learning the 40 P.A.S. Rudiments
By Matt Savages Book (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0757902251?pc_redir=1412330082&robot_redir=1)
I know Matt Savage personally and he's a great guy with a lot of experience in marching percussion.
Also buy the book stick control (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1892764040?pc_redir=1413605838&robot_redir=1)
Those two books should get you started with marching percussion because they lay down the basics for everything that you will end up doing.

5b is pretty middle of the road, but I prefer 5as because they are lighter.

Here's my stick of choice:

http://amzn.com/B0002F741Q

Notice that I don't get the nylon tips. I like how they sound on the ride, but I used to have problems with the tips popping off, and the next thing I know I have a ton of little dents in my drum heads.

playing with a bundle of rods

Edit: I’m looking at you promark h rods

$7.40 on amazon if you've got prime, Guitar center has them ~$6.

Shouldn't have to spend more than $9 on a decent pair of all-around sticks.

My teacher, back in the day, got me into this book right before my parents cut of my lessons due to financial issues. I wish I had a few more lessons with him on the book. Maybe I should just dust it off and do it myself now.

I'm really into independence and coordination (of which polyrhythms and polymeters often come into play) so my drumming canon is primarily composed of Gary Chester's New Breed and New Breed II.

Marco Minnemann's Extreme Interdependence is also a spectacular book. It's kind of like applying Stick Control to all of your limbs and pitting them against each other.

I have one very similar to this I bought years ago. It's been great for the price. Not cheap feeling at all, but not super high end either.

http://www.amazon.com/Gibraltar-6608-Heavy-Drum-Throne/dp/B000UJE6UG

http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Book-Sixth-Edition/dp/0634060384/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413845380&sr=8-1&keywords=the+real+jazz+book

melody and chords of jazz standards

Have a look at this.

https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Interdependence-Drumming-Independence-Percussion/dp/0757980546


That book will get you thinking outside the box. And it may fry your brain.

Are you both talking about this? I'm just a beginner drummer so I'm taking notes based on recommendations here too.

You try this one yet?

http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Funk-Studies-Creative-Patterns/dp/0825825539

double bass drumming

get this and work through it (https://www.amazon.com/Double-Bass-Drumming-Joe-Franco/dp/0897233662)

After setting up your DW practice kit, drive your practice Rolls Royce to the music store and buy Realistic Rock.

Under $1000?

Roland V-Drums V-Compact TD-4K2

Alesis DM10 Studio Kit

Yamaha DTX500K Electronic Drum Kit

I'm using a Gibraltar 6608 throne: http://www.amazon.com/Gibraltar-6608-Throne-Moto-Style/dp/B000UJE6UG

It's not too expensive, and very comfortable compared to my previous throne. I've had no problems with it at all.

Watch this video to see how crazy Marco Minnemann's Independence is. He also has a book, though I haven't read it so I don't know how good it is or isn't.

Look, I'm in the wrong place. I'm just browsing popular new on my phone- I don't play drums, but somehow I know this. You can buy silencers off amazon for a couple buckaroos.
https://www.amazon.com/SoundOff-Evans-Drum-Mute-Standard/dp/B0007P3528

It seems lame to me to have an expensive acoustic drum set and then have up mute it, but nothing can capture that feel of an authentic set accurately, so I digress. You do you, man.

Check out this book: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0897245741/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1372842123&sr=1-7&pi=SL75
I haven't got my copy with me, but the source of the half-time shuffle for Fool in the Rain is in it.

If it's a Remo, I wouldn't think it's broken unless you cranked it wayyy too far. Never had a name brand head pull out like that.

Just loosen the whole thing and re-tune it again. Worst case scenario, you'll have to get a new Hazy snare side head...no big deal. Should cost about $11-15.

EDIT: Get this one if it's broken. https://www.amazon.com/Evans-Clear-Snare-Side-Drum/dp/B0002D0H8U/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Evans+Hazy+snare+side&qid=1551264309&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Batter and snare side

Admittedly, I'm playing in an 1800's era mill re-purposed for rehearsal rooms in the chilly Northeast. It gets as cold as Siberia in the winter during the days we're not there to put the space heaters on, and it gets as humid as a tropical forest in the summer. So.... yeah, I realize that's pretty bad (or maybe not necessarily?). But the snare has no cracks in it, and no obvious signs of warping. But of course, I'm no expert and I could be missing something.