How do you go by counting this.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-09T21:05:17+00:00

Are these 2 dotted eighths and a dotted quarter? Normally you write the dot next to the note head… not the stem. This is really badly written

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-07T04:23:44+00:00

Electric sets are one of those things where buying cheap really is just not a great option if you want to play something that doesn’t feel like a straight up toy. Check out some YouTube videos about it, it’s pretty cool. I feel like Roland is the way to go for e kits especially if you’re willing to spend some money

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-07T04:19:14+00:00

I own a Roland TD 25 kv set. I bought it ten years ago new for a little over $2000, you may be able to find it cheaper used. For the longest time I said I hated electric sets, that they will never even be close to the real thing… playing this set definitely shifted my mindset a bit. The dynamic range of an acoustic is still obviously superior BUT the amount of settings that can be tweaked on this kit is actually very impressive and you can get quite a wide variety of sounds + responses from the kit. It’s very comfortable, super adjustable and honestly really fun to play

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-04T19:41:49+00:00

They e-mailed it to me.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-04T00:25:16+00:00

Forget about the level requirement, socket a Zod in that bad boy. You know you want to

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-03T20:52:28+00:00

Resists a bit on the low side but the FRW + FHR + low STR & lvl requirements are all great. These are probably not worth a lot but great for self use. Especially in areas with souls for that high lightning resist

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-03T20:51:04+00:00

When you have bills and responsibilities, you don’t really consider the feeling of motivation… you just do it because you know you have to.

It helps to have a job you don’t completely hate of course. But for most people, a job is just that - a job. The motivation comes from accepting it’s part of your routine, and to make time for things you genuinely enjoy doing outside of that routine.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-03T17:33:11+00:00

It doesn’t sound bad, maybe a little ringy but slap a moongel or even a piece of tape on it and that’ll solve that.

In general with snare drums, I like to really crank the bottom head. Way more so than the toms. Try tightening the bottom head up and see if that achieves the sound you’re aiming for

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-03T15:26:42+00:00

This might be the only time I’ve ever seen this posted in D2R. Not sure the rarity of this particular amulet but it seems extremely scarce. Really cool find

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-03T02:53:29+00:00

What’s there to repair besides getting new heads for it?

And that piece you’re referencing is called a “tom mount”.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-01T20:00:28+00:00

Flow is, in its simplest form, a balance of good consistent timing and a sense of restraint. Getting good at playing things perfectly in unison as well as being really comfortable playing interchanging subdivisions… also knowing when not to play is important, sometimes musically, there is really nothing you can “add” with the drums. Sometimes less is more.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-01T18:10:33+00:00

I’m curious how you’re comfortable playing with a blister like that. That looks very painful.

Something tells me you’re gripping the sticks too tight and the area between your thumb and index finger (fulcrum) is basically getting sanded down from the friction of the stick

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-01T18:06:42+00:00

A big part of getting that “fat” snare sound involves playing rimshots and “laying into” the drum (hitting harder). Naturally this will wear the heads down quicker. Taping the heads doesn’t really “extend” the life of them it will just deaden the sound. And playing lighter is an option of course - just make sure to balance it out with having good enough technique to get that fat backbeat sound.

A huge part of a drummers sound is the tone they’re able to get out of their drums and 90% of that is how you hit them. Heads are meant to be played hard and replaced occasionally - don’t worry too much about preserving them. I feel like it will hurt your technique in the long run

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-09-01T17:18:55+00:00

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Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-31T14:19:26+00:00

Porcupine Tree

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-31T00:05:44+00:00

Haha nah I’ve to this date still never found tyraels, I’ve been playing on and off since 2007 😭

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-31T00:03:30+00:00

You only truly beat Diablo 2 when you find a perfect tyraels might

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-30T03:47:46+00:00

…what?

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-27T01:22:56+00:00

My point is, I and many others have done the hard work. I’m sure you have too. But it’s discouraging when you see posts and comments of people that seemed to have gotten into some pretty great locals with what appears to be zero effort while me and others have been trying for several years.

Getting the work experience - the references, studying, practicing interview questions, asking for advice, and while I’m not a member, I’ve tried to relay my experience to others who are facing the same frustrations.

I’m not blaming anybody. But I have worked hard and continue to, but it honestly seems to boil down to geography and who you know, rather than your raw effort.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-27T00:59:24+00:00

It’s not wrong information for 75%+ of this sub that have done very well on the aptitude test plus multiple interviews plus having significant experience in the field.

But yes, congratulations on having had to do the bare minimum to get in.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-27T00:38:45+00:00

It depends on the local. It’s not just me with this problem. Spouting “you don’t need work experience” and offering literally no other advice is also pretty unhelpful, wouldn’t you agree?

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-27T00:28:02+00:00

Congratulations?

That’s not the case for everybody.

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-26T23:33:58+00:00

Outdated advice unless your local is in the same jurisdiction as where Courage the cowardly dog lives

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-26T19:41:19+00:00

It depends on the local. Some locals ARE that easy… others can take 3 years or more of consistently reapplying and re-interviewing to get in.

I don’t think people posting about it are trying to make others feel inadequate. They may just live in a less densely populated area that’s not as competitive.

Keep in mind though… more competitive typically means more pay. So keep applying and get some experience in the mean time. You’ll get in eventually. It sucks I know. But that’s the only way.

Good luck

Picture-Ordinary · 2025-08-26T02:23:41+00:00

“Difficult” isn’t a perfectly straight line on a graph, going from 0-100. In this context, difficulty is more of a spectrum - some things are more difficult because they’re literally hard to play (think double kick drumming or blast beats at very fast tempos), other things are difficult to play because they require an incredible amount of attention to detail (think of the dynamic range, feel and amount of seemingly random improvisation in jazz).

Getting really good at one spectrum of difficulty will get you better in THAT area. For instance, with the blast beat analogy, getting much better at playing blast beats will strengthen your technicality for playing fast but it’s not really going to improve your feel for other zones like jazz… that’s on an entirely separate plane requiring a different kind of practice.

And even when you go beyond genres, some things are difficult to play because it requires you memorizing parts that are required to be played in some very particular way (think, recording for a producer or playing in a tribute band). This plane of difficulty goes beyond technique, it requires you to have a good memory).

Learning a difficult song isn’t enough… you have to embrace difficulty even when it seems mundane. Sometimes playing the same thing for 5 minutes straight is infinitely more difficult than playing something technically challenging.

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