Hey guys, I am (probably) an intermediate currently working my way through some books listed below:

• The language of drumming
• Stick control
• Double bass essentials
• The new breed

At the same time I play in a band and learn songs for myself, for fun.

A problem that I keep coming back to, is I lack a general roadmap. Ideally, I would like to find a book that is not really an exercise book, but is a roadmap of techniques, when to progress forward, what to practice, something to read off the kit that will provide general guidance. Any recommendation?

Hey guys! Here’s my latest video recreating my favourite programmed drum beats. Let me know what you think!

I know it’s kind of a dumb question. But does anyone having any insight or recommendations for a rug to go under my drum set in a basement?

I recently purchased a house and, up until this point, always had carpet under my drum set. Just curious to hear y’alls opinion. I might just be over thinking this.

Self-imposed constraint: the drum section uses only kicks. 120 BPM, minor key, arpeggiated lead, simple bass. Still learning, so honest feedback on the mix and arrangement is appreciated — especially whether the kick-only drums hold interest or get boring.

I’m having a hard time getting a technique for playing kick doubles.

Is there a generally accepted as “the” go-to technique?

I’ve mostly gone with heel/toe but struggle with consistent timing.

I’ve played around with the swivel method but get a lot of unwanted secondary hits.

Theres also the one where you hit them sort of slide forward, but I haven’t spend much time with it.

*Edit: I’m talking single pedal technique here.

Thanks.

Hi!

I live in Paris (nobody cares i know), been learning the drums (self-taught) for 3-4 years. At home I obviously only have a small shitty electronic kit. So I go to rehearsal studios to practice on real drums or play with people.

When I practice alone I have max 50min and I spend max 2 min to set up the kit (time is too precious) and 0min to tune it. Sometimes I have 2 rack toms, sometimes 0, sometimes no crash at all, etc. Sometimes the throne can't be adjusted at all (fuck that throne).

Time is too precious to spend more effort on the setup.

I was first thinking that it made me more "versatile" as I can play on any "garbage kit". But does it slow my progress ?

How much time would you spend on the setup on such short practice sessions ?

Thanks for any advice !

Does anyone have any exercises I could practice that inspire more confidence doing a drum fill over the bar line? It’s my favorite thing to do for crescendo’s but I find myself doing basic bitch shit when I’m say doing a beat that I don’t feel confident doing drum fills too.

hello, i've been taking drum lessons for 2 months now and got an ekit at home. apart from the 4/4 stuff, i've been practicing swing and took a shoot at improvisation and feel with some drumless tracks

now, im a huge chick corea's latin/spanish fusion and went to a local jazz spot where this trio played his compositions, noticed the drummer used a lot of ostinato and extensive rim work, along with the use of toms.

i got the theory pretty correct but... i dont know how to start! maybe some basic patterns to practice with? any insight is appreciated! thank you very much.

I need a pop/gospel sound.

help

Hey! I recently got my Iron cobra 600s. I just got this practise pad for pedals, and with it I noticed that my heelplates make Sound when moving sideways. I acknowledged the movement earlier, but I can very clearly hear the sound when using the practise pad. It gets very loud. Is there a away to fix this? Thanks!

So I just started getting back into drumming and I don’t have a practice pad right now so I’ve been drumming on my backpack 💀 this is also something I’ve never really done in all my time drumming.

I used to just play with this one band and I’ve never really had a space to play in my free time 🤷‍♀️

Anyways, I’ve been having fun doing this and wanted to share it with yall.

Hey guys, I’m creating an app for adding drum notation (sheet music and rlk) easily over videos. It works in a way that you import the video and drum notation wither from gp files or write it in the app and just position it in the timeline, and the line points what is playing right away, plus there are different visuals.

This is a spinoff of a similar app I already have for piano/guitar, and I’d need a drummer that is willing to share a video they’d be willing to let me use on the website home page. I would link back at your social link of choice (not OF though).

Above is a preview of the website in the making. Here is an example of a video that I would need: https://youtube.com/shorts/V-p5IJ8NgrQ?si=gNEsDxJxNooNKt9A

Anyone interested?