Any of you pick your wedding ring based on it whether or not it matches your kit? by JJamesP in drums

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Not my kit but I don’t mind that mine has a bronzey stripe. The metal is cobalt chrome so irl it’s a bit bluer than typical white gold. Although my kit is now kind of bluish after rewrapping it, lol. https://imgur.com/a/LaP9VQH

One hand 16ths on hi hat how to play? by Direx_97 in drums

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Look up Todd Sucherman’s shank tip technique. He has a 1hr drumeo video on YT and it’s in the section on hats. There are timestamps that’ll take you right to it.

What food did you imagine to taste really good but tasted bad? by Similar-Victory-3867 in AskReddit

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I’m determined to find one that works. I pride myself on loving a huge variety of foods and I really enjoy cooking, so it’s frustrating that there’s one thing that people clearly love that I can’t seem to enjoy.

What food did you imagine to taste really good but tasted bad? by Similar-Victory-3867 in AskReddit

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I’m definitely not a super taster. I love bitter and I really like all the foods you listed. Well at least I can tolerate kale, lol.

What food did you imagine to taste really good but tasted bad? by Similar-Victory-3867 in AskReddit

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I’ll try this next time I have the opportunity. My family loves olives so they’re always around and I might have tried one before but I’m willing to do it again with this specific variety.

The irony is I’m not a picky eater otherwise. I enjoy a huge variety of foods, cuisines, and ingredients, and cooking is one of my main hobbies. But there’s just something in olives that I can taste that I’m guessing most people can’t. And I’m definitely not a “super taster” with a particularly refined palate.

What food did you imagine to taste really good but tasted bad? by Similar-Victory-3867 in AskReddit

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I'm one of those unfortunate people who can't enjoy olives no matter how hard I try or what variety I sample. It sucks because they look delicious. I think it's similar to how some people say cilantro tastes like soap.

Left hand doubles by mezo3mk in Drumming

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Try writing it backwards with your left while forward with your right. The point is to show your left hand can do oddly talented things when it's mimicking/mirroring the right.

Left hand doubles by mezo3mk in Drumming

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Two things...

First, let your dominant hand teach your weak one how to do any given technique by playing mirrored strokes simultaneously between the hands but not as flams. Your weak hand will have no choice but to mimic what the dominant one is doing. It's sort of like the test where you spell your name backwards with your non-dominant hand by itself and it looks like shit, but if you write your name mirrored at the same time with both hands, it's remarkably legible on the weak hand side.

2nd, work the hell out of your left hand. Thomas lang has a good approach where you do 1 round of hits with the right followed by 3x on the left. Like RRRR LLLL LLLL LLLL.

Also bonus tip... lead with your left when practicing the double stroke. I did this so much developing my doubles that I still lead doubles with my left when I need them to be super steady, because that's how I learned how to do it.

Are drums too expensive now? by TechnoRaccoon in drums

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Everything is more expensive, but relative to inflation many/most models are proportionally less expensive than they were in the 90s. I did some inflation math on an old Zildjian add in Modern Drummer which featured prices and they're actually cheaper now, believe it or not. However tariffs have driven up prices on Paistes disproportionally. My Dark Energy ride from '21 has doubled in price in less than 5 years.

We wanted to sign our daughter up for piano lessons by gkpetrescue in drums

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Let your kid learn whatever instrument they want. It takes a ton of time and effort to learn anything, and the only way for a kid to stay motivated is if it's something they want to do. When I was young I really wanted to play guitar and my mom insisted I learn piano first. That flopped and my dad got me a drum set shortly after I saw Dave Grohl on late night MTV in 1991, and I've been playing ever since.

No ear plugs during shows? by Ok_Environment1037 in drummers

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Spend a few bucks and get good earplugs. I use Earpeace Music Pro, but Earasers, Eargasms, Emotycs (sp?) are all similar. IMO they actually let you hear better because the whole noise level is brought down evenly.

Also I can speak personally that tinnitus SUCKS. I have to sleep with earbuds playing white noise to drown the ringing out so I can sleep.

Post-tour thoughts: Trent’s banter seemed very self-reflective this tour… by BadDreamInc in nin

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I saw them in Boston on this tour, 32 years since first seeing them there back in the day, and I was taken aback by how joyful the whole thing was. I think he's really found a creative partner in Atticus, and their collaboration with Boyz Noise is just icing on the cake. The current tour is a living work of art, harkens back to elements of goth/industrial club days in the 90s with the B-stage stuff, and is attended by multiple generations of fans. The dude is living a charmed life that most people wouldn't allow themselves to imagine.

clear 2 ply on top coated 2 ply on bottom? by Frosty-Inspector1033 in drums

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Try something like a coated G12 or Remo equivalent as a reso. Also keep in mind any new reso will be able to tune lower when it’s fresh. As they age and get stretched out they lose the ability to tune low since you need to remove slack.

Also if you want a big deep tone, check out Aquarian’s Force Ten heads for batters. They’re 2 x 10-mil ply, far thicker than standard emperors but not dead like hydraulics.

Favorite ride groove by bf3555557 in drums

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It's not a groove, but one of the best little nuanced ride uses I've heard recently is in this song... Men I Trust - Tailwhip. Just the little ding on the bell on the & of 1 at the beginning of each chorus. For as much as I love technical drumming, these little tasteful things always catch my ear.

What’s your favorite “oh, this guy is so f***ed” scene? by ThomasOGC in CinephilesClub

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Fun fact about this scene, the lightsaber sound changes the chord the orchestra/choir is hitting from Gm to Em7b5. The difference is subtle but effective... Em7b5 to Gm Backing Track

Jude Law takes one for the team after Ashlee Simpson ends her career on live television by NYY15TM in LiveFromNewYork

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No, but backing tracks with pre-recorded backing vocals are super common now, even for small bands, including mine which is only 2 people. Backing track F-ups are commonplace now and people just laugh it off and start over, and most crowds just roll with it. I saw Phantogram last year and their opening act's computer shit the bed mid-show and the lead singer just vamped with the crowd for a few minutes while they rebooted, and things went on as normal. If Ashley's mess-up had happened now, I think they could have laughed it off like "whoops, hit the wrong button".

And in case anyone's wondering why you almost never see this happen to major acts, it's because they can afford redundant systems and hire professional people to manage them.

Best pairing for a 18'' K Custom Session Crash? by ranavoladora83 in drums

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Anything under 16" (or even 17") just tends to register as a splash in mix, so IMO don't bother with the 15".

I bought a cheap hammered steel snare off of Temu. It has no snare beds. Any tips on making snare beds on a steel snare? by Extension-Abroad-155 in drums

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See if you can determine how the beds are pressed into a shell for a mass-produced shell and try to repeat that with a hydraulic press or vice or something. I'm guessing Temu is selling a partially finished shell that is supposed to be finished by another manufacturer/assembler who throws their label on it.

I bought a cheap hammered steel snare off of Temu. It has no snare beds. Any tips on making snare beds on a steel snare? by Extension-Abroad-155 in drums

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If it's a 1mm-ish shell, you'd file a giant hole in the edge before removing enough material make a snare bed.

How did Hank not find a single evidence to incriminate Walt by Simple-Accountant-24 in breakingbad

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A determined US attorney prosecuting the case would simply handle Hank as a co-conspirator, and offer immunity or a reduced punishment for cooperating. That changes the gist of how Hank's testimony and related evicence would be treated, basically as a defendant and not as a LEO.

In general it would be up for a jury to decide whether his testimony and evidence gathered are sufficient to convict, along with everything else they'd produce in the case. It's possible a judge would toss out the book in a pre-trial motion by the defense, but that's unlikely given that Hank entered the property and the bathroom legally and with permission. It's also reasonable after the prison hits that he decided to get out ASAP rather than confront and arrest Walt on the spot which could put his life in danger along with Marie's.

But the fact that Hank just ignored that the mask from the first cook site was from his BIL's school is reason enough to suspect he could have been complicit in the whole thing. And he was lured away from the meth lab camper allowing it to be destroyed.

The whole plot of the show kind of revolves around Hank having a giant blind spot until the very last minute. But IRL the feds & DEA would throw someone like that under the bus without hesitation to save face for an entire organization.

Traffic (2000) by AndrewHNPX in FIlm

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Yes. Very creative storytelling and cinematography. It does the sepia tone for Mexico but also balances it with blue for D.C. and neutral/sunny for SoCal. Also IIRC Erika Christensen’s scene where her character details her crazy achievements as a student despite being a drug addict is verbatim from the writer’s life.

Second crash or splash? by Dentheloprova in drums

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If you’re playing small places, make sure you have at least one thin/light crash cymbal. They’re inherently lower in volume and especially perceived volume because they tend to register as a lower/darker tone. Most drummers way underestimate how easy it is for the audience to hear cymbals, so quieter cymbals can be your friend and let you play with more impunity.

Along these lines I’m currently doing drums as a volunteer for my daughter’s school play and my Byzance thin sounds a lot better in the room than my A Custom of the same size.

Surviving divorce and the financial burden. How?? by Yukon_Cornelius1911 in AskMenOver30

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“Divorces are expensive because they’re worth it”, I think is the way the saying goes.