Me playing some drums

[recently364041]

I finally decided to up a vid of me playing the drums. My brother filmed it with so the audio isnt the greatest, and the angle isnt really that good either. You can still get the gist of it tho, and I think it came out good.

Its the first time I recorded anything so in the first coupe minutes theres mistakes.

Let me know what you think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1px7OIJK6Zk

[1adamsara0507]

Your kit looks extremely uncomfortable. Move your toms closer together and put your snare closer to your crotch and flatten it out a little. Other than that, pretty decent job!

[recently364041]

ty for the feedback. Ive been adjusting that set for years now and for some reason that setup is the most comfortable. The faces I make don't have anything to do with anything, I just make them for some reason haha. Ill try out what you said to see if it makes any difference, but for some reason having the drums close and low like that works for me.

[recently364041]

Your kit looks extremely uncomfortable. Move your toms closer together and put your snare closer to your crotch and flatten it out a little. Other than that, pretty decent job!

I just realized what you said with the snare. The one you see is actually a second snare and there is one below it in the position you mentioned. I forgot that you cant see the main one

[RushianSyrinx]

As a result of that second snare, your hi-hat seems to be considerably farther out than it could be to actually be comfortable.

[Lone Star]

Sounds good my friend. What's the latest technique/groove/fill you've been working on?

[recently364041]

Sounds good my friend. What's the latest technique/groove/fill you've been working on?

that last part is what ive been working on actually, but i didn't nail it at all in that recording. Its a triplet pattern that consists of hitting left cymbal, snare twice (first triplet), right cymbal, snare twice (second triplet), and then repeating that all while playing the same pattern on double bass. In that recording my bass hits were off compared to the stuff my hands were doing.

I actually play that pattern at the end of Halloween during the drum solo when my band plays that song.

[akf091]

sounds pretty good man...the one thing that i would say that i tell everyone i teach is that solos don't have to be the busy.....what you don't play is just as important as what you do plat..leave some space....id also suggest some more variation beacuse the it was sort of repetitive other than that good stuff and keep up to good work....on a side note keep your set how your comfortable...every drummer i know has a somewhat different set up because thats what works for them

[RushianSyrinx]

on a side note keep your set how your comfortable...every drummer i know has a somewhat different set up because thats what works for them

Now consider... is that set comfortable because it fits his ergonomics? Or is it comfortable because that's how he's been playing for years? Two different things to consider.

Sit down at your kit and move your arms around the drums as if you were playing a fill...
-Do you feel tension anywhere? If so, where? And why? Is it because you're reaching too far? Is it to hit a drum? Can you rearrange the drum and prevent this?
-Can you reach everything? Do you have to adjust your center of gravity to do so? Lean your body? Can you position it so you don't have to shift yourself?

Just a few things to consider.

Now my recommendation is you remove everything from your kit except your hi-hat, bass and snare. Play like this for a week or two. Jam to stuff and be creative.
After a week or two, add a ride.
Then a floor tom.
And so on and so forth. Build your kit up from the bottom and you'll be amazed at what might happen, just be sure to take your time doing it.

[recently364041]

Now consider... is that set comfortable because it fits his ergonomics? Or is it comfortable because that's how he's been playing for years? Two different things to consider.

Sit down at your kit and move your arms around the drums as if you were playing a fill...
-Do you feel tension anywhere? If so, where? And why? Is it because you're reaching too far? Is it to hit a drum? Can you rearrange the drum and prevent this?
-Can you reach everything? Do you have to adjust your center of gravity to do so? Lean your body? Can you position it so you don't have to shift yourself?

Just a few things to consider.

Now my recommendation is you remove everything from your kit except your hi-hat, bass and snare. Play like this for a week or two. Jam to stuff and be creative.
After a week or two, add a ride.
Then a floor tom.
And so on and so forth. Build your kit up from the bottom and you'll be amazed at what might happen, just be sure to take your time doing it.

thats great advice, and its something ive done before a handful of times. Ive done that more recently a couple times after my band had a show cause my set was already all broken down. I actually really like the setup like Buddy Rich had with the ride in the middle in place of the middle tom. I have all the cymbals close as well as the toms cause I hate reaching too high or too far.

What I really need to do is take a pick from behind the set to show you guys cause it looks way different then on the vid lol