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Years of Gunk
This is 10+ years of dust and bar gunk from my older drum kit. I should have cleaned these years ago.
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Carter Beauford: Under the Table and Drumming
I can’t believe this is on YouTube. I must have watched this a dozen times on VHS. I recall the VHS coming with a few booklets of drum song and practice patterns. It wasn’t well made and fell apart. I found one of the booklets for purchase online, but I haven’t found a good quality, downloadable PDF […]
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Another streak…
I’ve played drums every day for the past week for at least an hour a day. This used to be the norm, and will be again. Thanks to the reestablished practice kit and—unexpectedly—YouTube, this is the most consistent practice schedule I’ve kept in years.
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Virtual Drums: The Future From the 80’s
I finally got around to setting up my larger electric kit, the V-Drums. I’ve had a very minimal practice kit setup in my office for the past year-or-so, using the Roland TD-12 with 2 of the cheapo rubber pads, one cymbal pad, and the KD-8 kick pad. It was find for basic rudiments, but never quite […]
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How to Tune Your Drums
YouTube is a treasure trove of learning for a drummer. The number of drum-less tracks alone is mind boggling.
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Minimal Acoustic Practice
A semi-quiet practice with just the basics and some Cool Rods, which I eventually abandoned in favor of some really light sticks.