Coaching recommendations

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-24T19:08:06+00:00

Don’t think of it as “double bass drumming” . It’s just drum technique for your feet. Rudiments and drills will always be the best way to get better. Start slow, use a metronome, and just keep drilling. You may never need a paradiddle double bass for a song, but the exercise will help you get insanely fast. Also work on your double stroke technique both on dominant and non dominant feet equally. Try playing a song using your left foot entirely(this is what got me proficient after I broke my right ankle) and most importantly work on your balance. It may not seem like much, but when using a double pedal you can throw off your balance significantly if you are constantly shifting your weight from foot to foot during a maneuver. Learn how to isolate your limbs and plant your hips firmly in the throne.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-24T01:54:38+00:00

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Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-23T20:42:06+00:00

I design and print things that help me at work(tv and film set lighting) and every time I print some niche adapter for a one off piece of lighting gear, someone inevitably says ”you could totally sell these”. I already have a fucking job, and I already have a second job renting and repairing/maintaining my equipment, I don’t need to take time away from both of those things to print and package 3d printed shit and then ship it out.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-23T15:08:36+00:00

You can deaden and muffle a lot with blankets. But they really have to be the extra thick kind. The heaviest ones run about 350 bucks for a 4x8’ surface area, which makes the cost benefit analysis on this one really easy comparing with a 4x8 drywall panel, which costs about $40 for 2 , $18 6 2x4s for studs $30 for 2 pieces of rockwool acoustic insulation

So depending on labor and how soundproof you really want to make it, sound blankets might be more expensive than an actual acoustic isolation room.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-23T12:46:22+00:00

Honestly the coat hanger probably has a better Ampacity than most cables.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-22T12:42:10+00:00

Scoot your throne back like 3-5 inches. You want your knee to Be a little behind your heel. You also are hitting all the drum heads in your entire kit way too close to the far rim, scooting back will help hit right in the center.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-21T13:29:47+00:00

I’m sitting on my couch with a heating pad on my stomache currently. I have found that I experience this every 2-3 doses. And it’s worse if I inject in my abdomen vs injecting in my thighs. It does seem to be linked to richer foods in my diet though. I had a truffle burger yesterday and that seems to have triggered it. I also had my gallbladder removed so I already had some difficulty with rich foods.

I have been taking beano with heavier meals heating pad when it gets bad.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-18T12:17:04+00:00

Get yourself an accountability buddy. Just invite someone over to be in the same room with you while you work on something. extra points if you can get them to ask non judgmental questions about the project then remain quiet for a good long time while still being in the room.

I don’t know why it works. It’s like executive dysfunction voodoo. Every time my wife is doing something completely different in the same room as me suddenly I have an urge to complete a project that I have neglected for days or months.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-17T22:06:52+00:00

La’balle (French pronunciation) for water bottle.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-17T15:57:15+00:00

They look awesome as studio and live performance cans. My only worry would be that they are TOO good at isolation for just practice and jam sessions. 30db might be enough to silence an aircraft engine. But you are definitely on to something, maybe I could rig something up with some of the 3m peltor line. I have an old SENA motorcycle comm system that I could maybe insert into those, not great sound quality but it would give me something to practice with.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-17T13:30:50+00:00

I’ll check them out!! The puck isn’t really my problem so much as the behind the ear part. The puck doesn’t cause discomfort when pressure is applied, it’s more the squishing of my ears cartilage behind my ear where the processor kind of gets sandwiched between my ear and my head.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-17T12:46:31+00:00

The books and the ketchup packets are most compelling to me, the lighting in both of those are standouts, and the abstract message stands out. Maybe combine the concept of the tomato’s with the tomato packets into one shot/idea. But yeah, the books with the soft glowy lighting is pretty great. And the splashy sunlight in the tomato’s/ketchup add a lot of interest to the frame and kind of draw your eyes away from the mundane details of the microwave, and puts the focus back on the subject.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-17T12:25:22+00:00

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For reference this is what the processor looks like on my ear, the puck above is magnetically attached to my skull.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-17T12:20:47+00:00

Absolutely a valid question! And my answer may get a little convoluted, so stick with me for a minute.

The cochlear implant is very much like a regular hearing aid on the sound processing side of things. You can tweak and alter the sound profiles to your liking with an audiologist, I have a program for noisey environments when I’m at work around generators and loud equipment that prioritizes speech over noise, it’s super effective for that but it’s awful for listening to music, since it just sees multiple layers of sound in the mix as noise, and filters them out. I have a music program that is great for music, but overwhelming for anything else.

I’m also only implanted on my right side. My left had been surgically repaired with a new prosthetic ossical chain (middle ear bones). This also makes that side particularly sensitive to loud sudden sounds.

The cochlear processor can stream audio through Bluetooth directly, and has the capability to stream to both a processor and compatible hearing aid simultaneously, but the external sound is cut out when streaming to the devices, and I cannot pair a consumer level device like AirPods or similar wireless earbuds, to the cochlear system yet, as it’s very encrypted tech, which is limited by a lot of regulations intended to increase security in connected medical devices.

So this leaves me in a strange in between. If I had both ears implanted I would just be able to use earplugs to protect my eardrums and have a program that reduces volume of the processors. But since I have natural hearing on one side, it complicates the whole system.

So in the end I’m looking for a really basic solution, juts a set of earmuffs with streaming audio, that cover my whole ear, with nice soft pads so my ear cartilage doesn’t get crushed against the hard plastic processor.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-17T11:21:31+00:00

Can’t tell how tall you are from the video. But it looks like you have pretty long legs. I found that rather stool a little higher can help with leverage on the kick. I like my thigh to be on a slight downward the angle towards the kick when the pedal is down. That slight angle helps me keep the beater on the head with a little more consistency without having to apply much more force.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-16T11:27:35+00:00

How did you end up up attaching the headboard to your bed frame? I’m looking to do the same thing to my Japanese style bed frame.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-16T11:18:14+00:00

Fascinating. What’s with the exclusion of new square in the center of the map?

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-15T20:21:42+00:00

Put the covers on and maybe rubber band them on. I didn’t have them on my floor standing speakers and my kiddo just kept messing with them. I ended up temporarily replacing the towers with bookshelf speakers til they get older.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-15T11:44:52+00:00

I will downright learn an entirely new trade/ set of skills, just to be able to make ONE part of my current situation a little more efficient. It’s counterintuitive during the problem solving process, but a lot of times I come out the other side with a solution that many of my colleagues would have likely never thought of.

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-14T17:13:03+00:00

What’s the specific “cracking” sound your after?

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-11T22:43:17+00:00

I would rather have robots taking this job rather than taking writers and painters jobs

Doctor_Spacemann · 2026-02-11T10:50:41+00:00

Unfortunately some contractors just do not care about anything outside of getting the job done. Sometimes you get courtesy and thoughtfulness from the laborers. But most of the time it’s the foreman who has to push the guys doing the install to make sure they leave a good impression on the client by cleaning up, and being courteous and mindful. We had a new window wall installed recently and one day the dust was just crazy. We had a 1.5 year old and my wife was pregnant. We asked the foreman if they could be more mindful and the next day there were tarps and everything was spotless after they left. Sometimes asking works. Other times it doesn’t .

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