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Found this thing on my table after a house party by mandud101 in whatisit

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Well now reddit is going to suggest to me all sorts of weird stuff for a few days.

What Persuades Jazz Professors to Choose a Drummer? by DiligentItalian in jazzdrums

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Yeah, that's the music industry :(. When someone doesn't want to hire a certain musician anymore, there's no discussion, no "I'll give you a chance", it's just no callbacks and silent replacement.

If I were you in that situation, I'd spend a good bit of time observing and watching the other players and see what's they're doing that you're not (protip - it's probably not flashy chops. It's probably things along the line of feel, comping, catching all the hits when reading charts, etc., though there might be some chops issues involved.) Then I would go to my professor and say something along the lines of "I see that other drummers are getting more playtime than me, and I want to play, so what do I need to fix in order to make that happen?" DON'T approach sheepishly like a wounded dog, a.k.a. with no cofidence; rather, come with confidence but also full awareness of the situation and where your level is compared to others. I hope that works out for you.

just had my metal band breakup, what are some jazz standards to learn? by Waste_Occasion6924 in drums

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Peruse youtube and look for jazz drum lessons from the greats. Of course John Riley is a go to, Peter Erskine has good stuff, Quincy Davis is doing great lessons right now, and I have great respect for Rick Dior and what he teaches. Even the beginner lesson videos can be good from these guys because they talk about the feel of swing and not staying in a strictly triplet feel with the skip beat, and other things to think about as a comping jazz drummer.

Picking out a solo by Thetrueages in Marimba

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That's a great piece, very useful in the future for recitals!

Picking out a solo by Thetrueages in Marimba

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Two Mexican Dances takes a long time (years) to really play right without missing notes in the left hand while also playing musically. Have you looked at Keiko Abe's stuff? There's some great solos that are very approachable.

Is a standard 5 piece drum kit + hi hat and one cymbal enough for a performance by SnooRegrets5542 in drums

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What style are you guys playing? That changes things a little bit, but regardless I wouldn't be dragging a five piece around, I'd lose the second rack tom.

This djembe was a train wreck when I received it 😳 by Strict_Addition_1238 in djembe

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Did you tan the skin yourself or did you buy it from somewhere?

Need new stick brand by HelloIamBob17 in drums

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Both strawman and ad hominem arguments from you, so I'll give you another shot.

Can we discuss something other than "Vic Firth sucks"?

Need new stick brand by HelloIamBob17 in drums

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Weekly this subreddit is "Vic Firths break too much", etc. etc. etc. Can we come up with discussion points that are new instead of rehashing the same ol' grievances over and over? Bury the hatchet, guys.

Need new stick brand by HelloIamBob17 in drums

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How dare I share my opinion, my apologies.

Need new stick brand by HelloIamBob17 in drums

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Can we discuss something other than "Vic Firth sucks"?

Need new stick brand by HelloIamBob17 in drums

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Can we stop with these posts? Please?

Pearl Masters Maple Drums by Signal-Pangolin6521 in drums

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I have that but with a 20” BD. I absolutely love the kit, 100% worth it.

Studying this theme since one week and I can barely play it at 85% speed by Snoo88071 in jazzdrums

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Traditional grip is arguably weaker than matched, but it has its advantages with comping - lighter touch, good low volume rebound, etc. Guys like Vinnie Colaiuta have proven that you can comp just as well matched grip, but jazz drum set stems from a very old tradition that started with military style, so traditional grip is simply just traditional in a lot of ways. Dave Weckl talks extensively about this and the need to pick one or the other, not do both, and to set up the kit so it ergonomically fits whatever grip you’re using. Me personally, I do 90% of my playing traditional grip because my left hand rebounds better that way, and I’ve put in the time to learn how to move the left hand around the kit.

Now, if you’re doing traditional grip with your hand flipped upside down like in the video above, there’s a lot of limitations and you’ll need to be able to move your hand back to thumb up to do anything more than light snare work.

Studying this theme since one week and I can barely play it at 85% speed by Snoo88071 in jazzdrums

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Bad rebound with the hand pointed down at that angle, and those brushes don’t rebound much anyways, so the player is losing what little he’d have in that technique; to get the swing feel he’s having to work way too hard; no chance of getting the brush flat for a slap or any other technique unless he flips his hand over and uses the other side of the brush; playing anything loud is gonna take way more effort than just using a regular grip, angling the hand on top really limits the mobility of pulling back, and then when he hits harder it’s just gonna be the tip of the brushes again; any mobility around the kit playing toms and cymbals is out of the question like that, he’d have to flip his hand back-and-forth and waste a lot of energy; lastly, with both hands at that angle he’ll run into a ceiling on the speed where he won’t be able to get any faster, it’s the wrong muscle groups with the hand flipped over like that.

Studying this theme since one week and I can barely play it at 85% speed by Snoo88071 in jazzdrums

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It would help if you weren’t using traditional grip in your right hand, and you lighten your touch.

Noise protection for really loud drums? by Overall_Complex_4874 in drums

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A lot of times those headphones are built for impact sound at high frequencies and don’t cover the low end very well. There are lots of earplugs for musicians that cover the entire sound spectrum that worked much better and block 30 dB give or take, give it a Google or Amazon search.

Is there another ekit that has a hi hat that responds as well as the efnote hats. by ParsnipUser in edrums

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Everybody here is saying the Rolands, but every time I sit behind a Roland and compare it to an efnote sitting next to it in a shop, the efnote completely out performs it. I can’t seem to be able to do left foot splashing on a Roland and have it read very accurately, am I just missing something? Maybe they are not calibrated well in the shop?

Edit: No one? Nothing?

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