The Drum Buzz

I’ve been trying to think of the right video to create as my first video on The Drum Buzz.  I had tons of thoughts, most of which I had already seen well done by other people.  Thought of instructional videos on technique, tuning, maintaining, and the like all crossed my mind.  None of these seemed good enough for my first video post.

As luck would have it one day, instead of having a normal rehearsal my band was going to work on our new music video.  I had grabbed my video camera to use as a backup or secondary camera and while driving the thought came to me.  I wanted to give my readers an inside look on how my band, an indie band with some technological knowledge, creates music videos.

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Last week I read an interesting article posted on the paradiddler about “neighbor syndrome” and how to try to keep peace with those who live around you while playing drums and it brought back a lot of memories of garage rehearsals at my parents house when I was growing up.

I was fortunate enough to have great parents that understood my addiction to playing drums and even luckier to have neighbors that didn’t mind the drumming or the band practices as long as it wasn’t too early in the morning or late at night.  Hell, sometimes they would come over just to check out the band.

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Maybe it’s not your ability or your nerves… it could be the way you have your drums positioned.  Are they setup to match your body?  If not, you could be doing yourself a huge disservice.  It’s always a good idea to re-evaluate your setup every once in a while also.

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When scouring through the internet(s) great websites for drummers seem almost few and far between.  I’ve got a growing collection of RSS feeds that I use when researching articles for this website and for my own personal interest, but I wanted to share with all of you what I consider to be some of the best resources for drummers available on the web.  This is collection of websites and youtube pages that I use to find information and inspiration.

I hope that this page will make it into your bookmarks so that you will be able to jump to these great sites easily.  If you have or know of a website for drummers or another great drumming resource that I missed – please let me know in the comments.

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After I learned to play drums all over again I knew I had to get my chops back up to par.  I practiced exercises and rudiments as much as possible on a pillow or practice pad.

However, it always bored the living crap out of me…..

the constant Boop Beep Beep Beep of the metronome, RLRRLRLLRLRRLRLL, RLRLRRLRLRLL

- It all began to look and sound the same.

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Photo By KD Drums (kddrums.com)

You’ve changed the heads, you know it’s not your ear, and the lugs are fine – But the damn thing keeps going out of tune!  This might not actually be your fault.  If you’ve tried everything you can think of, it is possible that you might just have a defective drum (or drums) – meaning, the bearing edges might be bad.

So how can you tell if your bearing edges are bad – well, you could take them to a drum builder to be re-cut… but that could be expensive and a hassle if you’re not anywhere close to a builder.  The easier alternative is to try out RecordingHacks.com for a great way to test the bearing edges yourself (even if you don’t’ have a perfectly flat surface).

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