Drums

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!

I've been playing guitar for around 2/3 as long as drums, and it's fun, sure, and I enjoy being musical and creative with it, the relative ease of practicing, and I do feel good after I play.

But it's nothing compared to drums. Drums gives you every bit of that creative flow that other instruments do, plus the intensity and invigoration of a literal workout. It's unparalleled. Going to the actual gym feels like bullshit -- I'm exerting all this energy and getting nothing out of it. With drums, I can push my muscles farther and farther, work up a sweat, and get an emotionally meaningful performance out of it as well.

simply nothing like it

I bought a pair of bongos by impulse while browsing guitar center ($90 discounted to $40). I have never played them. I don't play the drums either. Or percussion. Yeah...

I think I got the tuning right on the hembra, but the macho keeps sounding very flat, as if I'm permanently muting it with the other hand, or if I'm drumming on Tupperware. There's no resonance like in the big one.

I'm afraid to keep on tightening it and ruin the hide. The lug nuts have gotten pretty stiff to turn, harder than the hembra's. Is that normal?

Edit: forgot to mention the pitch is rather dark. I wanted a higher pitch. I understand shell material and construction and head material will limit what tone I can achieve, but it doesn't sound right to me. I was looking to emulate the bright sounds at the intro to Your Latest Trick by Dire Straits (the live version has it).

me at the fills knob when the feels hit