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So, the 14 year old man child is apparantly fairly good at music stuff at school, both on the keyboard and the drums. Of course I had a mate when I was his age that could drum and I always wanted to learn.

Enter a mid life crisis, ebay and 3 pints of Guinness!!

I now own a drum kit for the princly sum of £41 that's good enough to have a bash, ie cheap entry and if we both get bored, not too much spent. :cool::cool:

HOWEVER, now what is the question?

Im sussing out where to put it, how to reduce the noise / soundproofing :lol: etc but Im wondering if any drummers have any advice on learning the drums :thinking::thinking:

I mean ya cannae just start bashing them and copying songs can ye? :cuckoo:
 
Have a couple of lessons to learn the basic beats and then you can start copying songs, no such thing as drum lessons when I started 40 years ago, I just picked it up, I do a bit of teaching now, as regards soundproofing/noise reduction, move away from your neighbours,this is the only place I've lived where I can practice without fear of disturbing anyone, you can get pads to put on the drums but they are not very satisfying to play on, I can't stress enough developing the ability to play quietly, you don't have to bash all the time, good luck.
 
The absolute b******s whose house backs onto ours put their son's drumkit in the shed at the bottom of their garden! :bang:

Whence we discovered that the more he practiced, the worse he got! :(

It was Nod who had the best idea how do deal with the little darling. Flick a couple of fag butts over the fence to land by the door of his teenaged den! :whistling:
 
In these days of the internet, there's no end of tutorials on YouTube and suchlike that'll cost you nothing.

I'm not a drummer per se, I'm a guitarist that was shown how to do an 8 beat in 1991, and then was allowed access to a drum kit twice a week for a couple of years.

Playing along to records, is the way to go. You don't have to play along accurately, just to develop your sense of timing, and to be able to do a fill and come back in on the beat.
 
The trouble with sound deadening pads, is they can actually hinder your progress and put you off learning.


Part of learning is controlling the rebound of the stick, and pads pretty much stop that dead. I'd recommend getting some mesh heads to put in place of the standard heads.. You can then practice as much you want and you get close to the correct feel of a normal skin.

I'd also second the electric kit route if you do find yourself getting into it. I've been all electric for about 6 years now, I currently have a hybrid TD20 pad set with a custom made 14 inch snare, and a TD9 module running MIDI through a laptop and using the addictive drummer VST. I have hundreds of different kits at my disposal, and best of, I make no noise!
 
taff63 said:
Only 3 pints of Guinness should be ashamed of yourself pfft lightweight go in corner and learn intro to led zeps rock n roll
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LOL, well it was on an empty stomach and I may have been a little economical with the facts :D:D:D
 
strumstrum said:
Well a parradiddley flamady do :)

get some silencing mats, they should help... I would love an acoustic kit at home.. if you get into it look at leccy kits I have Roland TD1 and Alesis DM10 Studio kits at home and they are superb.
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Yeah have already been thinking of leccy kits lol but I don't want to jump in with them just yet :-) Sound deadening pads are an option though that I'll be looking into as well as the mesh heads mentioned below.

TCR4x4 said:
The trouble with sound deadening pads, is they can actually hinder your progress and put you off learning.


Part of learning is controlling the rebound of the stick, and pads pretty much stop that dead. I'd recommend getting some mesh heads to put in place of the standard heads.. You can then practice as much you want and you get close to the correct feel of a normal skin.

I'd also second the electric kit route if you do find yourself getting into it. I've been all electric for about 6 years now, I currently have a hybrid TD20 pad set with a custom made 14 inch snare, and a TD9 module running MIDI through a laptop and using the addictive drummer VST. I have hundreds of different kits at my disposal, and best of, I make no noise!
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Aye I have read that the deadening pads can have that effect :-/ and I'll do some more research on them vs mesh heads. As for the electric route it's probably the ultimate option for a no noise set but a bit cost prohibitive currently.
 
Put a big thick blanket in the bass drum to help reduced that . It tends to be the bass that gets to everyone . Also if you have the kit in a room that you watch tv or listen to music remember to loosen the snare or it will start to vibrate on certain noise partials and start to annoy you ;)
 
BigJohn said:
Put a big thick blanket in the bass drum to help reduced that . It tends to be the bass that gets to everyone . Also if you have the kit in a room that you watch tv or listen to music remember to loosen the snare or it will start to vibrate on certain noise partials and start to annoy you ;)
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Defiantly put a big pillow in the base drum, I've been playing for around 8 years (stopped now due to noise complains and general issues it causes)

Get silencing pads, they are a must. Drums are fairly easy to learn, you just need to either

1) Learn how to read music
or
2) Learn from watching videos / listening to songs

I was self taught it just takes patients.

Once you learn that most beats are in 4/ths 8/ths and 16/ths it's fairly easy to learn :thumbs:

If you need any help pm me! :wave:
 
EllisM said:
Defiantly put a big pillow in the base drum, I've been playing for around 8 years (stopped now due to noise complains and general issues it causes)

Get silencing pads, they are a must. Drums are fairly easy to learn, you just need to either

1) Learn how to read music
or
2) Learn from watching videos / listening to songs

I was self taught it just takes patients.

Once you learn that most beats are in 4/ths 8/ths and 16/ths it's fairly easy to learn :thumbs:

If you need any help pm me! :wave:
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*Edit* Ensure you know how to grip a stick correctly, only hold the stick with your thumb and your index finger (side of finger) too allow the stick too bounce freely, otherwise it will just sound like your trying to kill the drum skin :naughty: and learn slowly, as you would with any instrument, you wouldn't pick up a guitar for the first time and learn through the fire and the flames now would you :cuckoo: play the beat you're trying to learn 100x's slower and pick up speed gradually, otherwise you'll sound like a one man with an anger problem! ;)

So apprently clicked quote not edit -.- sorry....
 
EllisM said:
Defiantly put a big pillow in the base drum, I've been playing for around 8 years (stopped now due to noise complains and general issues it causes)

Get silencing pads, they are a must. Drums are fairly easy to learn, you just need to either

1) Learn how to read music
or
2) Learn from watching videos / listening to songs

I was self taught it just takes patients.

Once you learn that most beats are in 4/ths 8/ths and 16/ths it's fairly easy to learn :thumbs:

If you need any help pm me! :wave:
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Playing for 8 years, but can't spell bass drum. ;-)

I've been playing for about 20 years and still stand by my comments RE silencing pads. Unless the technology has drastically changed since I last used them, they are more a hindrance than a help. Of course if you have no option, its better than nothing, but mesh pads are far more realistic, and even quieter than silencing pads.

Or you could do what my old drum tutor did, and use tea towels.... That knocked the soul out of any drum, may aswell used a cardboard box.
 
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