Drums

Here's my DIY substitute for Puresound Custom Pro type snare wire strap:

Lanyard around a cut-up metal straw, and zip ties thru the straw to lock them in place.

Holds up well!

Is there something like ultimate-guitar but for drums? Where do you get free sheet-music for a beginner drummer to explore and learn from?

Has anyone here tot any experience with the WTS drums? I'm in the market for a new set of shells and although I'm usually a TAMA guy, these shells look like a blast to play around with. The Sweetwater demo and Sounds Like A Drum coverage on YouTube look and sound promising.

Hi all, I'm trying to get into drumming, but a problem I've run into in the past is that most stools are too short for me (I'm in the range of 6', not gonna give a definitive number on the Internet)

The other issue is that I'm broke as hell but desperate for a proper hobby, so I'm hoping for something in the range of $50 or less.

Thanks for your time!

Has anyone purchased the alesis strata core yet? It looks very compelling for the price, but I've read some reviews that the module has been freezing and crashing.

Rock Band is 17 years old today!

I wrote about how I set up an electronic drum kit and YARG to relive the fun. There are a lot of tips to fix the timing issues and get straight to drumming.

i find when i do it at least recreationally it invokes the same feelings of exercise, of a sort, that sort of runner's high feeling, especially when you actually play and know you're killing the part.

if i try to work on a part, i don't, because i feel like a total fraud for even trying it. like, it feels dumb and kooky versus extremely cool and suave on a real kit (to those with the eyes to see...) which prevents me from wanting to do it for too long.

but i legitimately think it could help because it's many of the arm motions, at least arm/wrist wise, and hands if you use sticks.

Hi, I have been drumming for 16 years now and I was pretty much self taught. Recently, I have been teaching a friend to play and she's made good progress. She learned how to play boulevard of 'broken dreams' and 'seven nation army' and can play along with the songs pretty well. Now She wants to learn 'come as you are' by nirvana. This song is pretty complicated compared to what we have been playing, and she's been struggling with the intro beat but can now play it at tempo. The problem is when she tries to play along with the song, she gets all mixed up and can't play the first beat. We've done several things to try and help her, such as: slowing down the song and playing the beat without the song but to a metronome. She can do both of those but can't play along to the song at the normal tempo.

I'm just wondering if there's another way to help her play with the song. This is my first time teaching and I don't know what is the best way to teach these things or if there is one.

Picked up a cheap clock kit and threw it on a high-hat.

Percussionist, and somewhat-of-a-drummer here. I'm looking for some quality, but not bank-breaking microphone recommendations.

I do play the kit, but I play the cajon and congas more often. I've got all the sound gear I need already, just lacking the mics.

I'd love to hear your recommendations! Thanks!