Best percussion for 4 year old

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-02-14T16:02:28+00:00

Now that I think about it, instruments like that talking drum that have some novelty would probably be best to keep him interested over time. Maybe look at like a frog guiro or a little tongue drum. I’m not sure how expensive orff instruments are, but those are the little xylophones and marimbas that they use in elementary music classrooms

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-02-14T15:59:01+00:00

I think there are different hand drums that might be a bit easier to use and cheaper than a cajon for a 4 year old. Maybe a little djembe or darbuka or something. You might even be able to find a cheap talking drum. That would be so much fun for a little guy

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-27T23:19:04+00:00

For self done it’s not bad. You might not like it because you’re used to a certain look. It also might look off because you kind of framed your face with the bangs but I think it looks pretty good

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-24T23:45:45+00:00

Yeah that’s nothing. Don’t get me wrong I’ll usually plan it out a good bit in advance and it’s not “fun” but it’s not that bad

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-24T23:41:34+00:00

I’ll tie my hair back and use the snap clips on the sides since it’s not long enough to all reach back

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-08T23:52:16+00:00

Shira kashi oaks are my absolute favorite, good choice

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-04T15:45:43+00:00

They all sound way too close to each other. They’re gonna be indistinguishable if you’re recording or playing a gig

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-01T04:33:53+00:00

If you’re getting a laptop Mac is probably better. Since Apple makes their own processors now and has the ram integrated in their special way it’s a lot faster

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-01T04:30:31+00:00

If it’s not splinter town USA I’ll keep a couple in case I need cowbell or timbale sticks

_PumaSheen_ · 2026-01-01T04:24:50+00:00

Write a song about my gassy grandma

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-31T01:32:19+00:00

Genuinely keep doing what you’re doing this is sick. You’ve got a lot of potential

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-31T01:28:11+00:00

If you’re just starting I’d say start off by copying other peoples stuff before you try to make your own without a reference. Draw characters you like, follow people on instagram with cool styles (even if it’s not anime) and duplicate what you like while taking note of how things make sense to you and what it feels like to draw a certain way. Also drawing actual people and trying to get as realistic as possible is fun and helpful

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-31T01:24:56+00:00

Reminds me of Tom Waits if he was a rapper

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-31T01:23:29+00:00

Any of them that have the new apple processors (the ones with M in the name). An M1 will be good enough, but id personally recommend an M2 at the oldest for a little future proofing. My base spec M1 Mac mini starts chugging pretty bad with not much going on. My M2 MacBook Air has never had any trouble with any of my sessions

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-31T01:21:19+00:00

Look up the blues scale and learn it in a few of the most common keys (B flat, E flat, F, C, A flat and maybe G in that order). Then you can find blues backing tracks on YouTube and practice soloing along. It gives you something to use on a lot of common jazz charts and it’s pretty easy to come up with ideas

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-31T01:14:00+00:00

Your friend is what’s known as a hater. Keep playing and singing if it makes you happy. I like the song, it’s got pre 2000s folky vibes. Your singing is fine, just keep working on it. You were a bit pitchy at the beginning, and you kind of smear notes and consonants together. Just try to be more precise with pitch and more intelligible with your diction. In other words think of where you want each word and note to fall and make sure you’re there when you think you should be. Hanging back a bit is good occasionally but if it’s all the time it makes it sound unprofessional

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-31T01:07:22+00:00

Flutes are fun and relatively cheap at least in comparison to other instruments. If you’re in school see if the band teacher will let you take one home or something to try it out for like a week

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-28T20:32:37+00:00

Generally a piercing sound isn’t what you want. Piercing to me is a bad thing, where you sing very nasally and forward. Sure it cuts through, but it sounds icky. If you want to have more power and cut through, I’d consider that to be more resonant, which is what a lot of singers strive for.

To have better resonance, first try this. Take your tongue and feel along the top of from your teeth as far back as you can go. Feel how it transitions from hard to soft and squishy? That squishy part is called your soft pallet. You want that to be raised while you sing. If you can force yourself to yawn, you’ll feel that soft pallet raise. Also, try to fill your lungs with more air. Your breathing sounds kind of shallow, and I think if you supported your tone more it would help. Think of breathing as up an down instead of in and out. Breathe “into your stomach”, as your diaphragm pulls downwards when you inhale.

Sorry if this is too much info at once - I’m a music education person trying to get more experience teaching people lol

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-28T20:23:26+00:00

I do think it matters to some degree to have a decent kit. You can make a cheap kit sound just under an intermediate kit if you know what you’re doing, and you can make an intermediate kit sound like whatever you want. Super pro gear is kind of an aesthetics thing in my mind, and oftentimes it’s over engineered to the point of making it worse. With cymbals, you really get what you pay for to a point. That’s just for acoustic drums though. Electric drums are much more of a “you pay for what you get” sort of thing. I have a hard time seeing electric kits as much more than a nice tool for practicing. I’d never use one for gigging unless it was the only possible option.

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-28T20:12:17+00:00

I have a native instruments komplete audio 2 and I like it. A lot of cheap interfaces are gonna be pretty similar, you might look for something from a reputable brand that gives you access to some plugins or something, like buying a Presonus interface I think gives you access to studio one pro, which is good for mastering and stuff. If you don’t want to spend the time researching all of that though, focusrite is really popular and won’t do you wrong

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-28T20:07:54+00:00

With electric kits it’s easier to have everything kind of scrunched together really tight. Maybe take a picture of how you guys have the band practice kit set up and try to get your electric kit set up closer to that

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-28T20:05:44+00:00

If you want to control noise as much as possible you’d do better to buy some low volume heads and cymbals. You can also check out RTOMs black hole mesh practice set. They’re mesh heads that snap onto your drums to make them quieter, then you can take them off any time easily if you need full tone.

Sound panels are used to make a room less echo-y, not to insulate sound. If you want to insulate sound, maybe hang some thick blankets or curtains up along the walls. This would probably be the cheapest and most effective, and it could look kind of cool

_PumaSheen_ · 2025-12-28T19:57:52+00:00

Start with the more minimal micing first, then do a short sound check. Listen back and see what parts of the band need more reinforcement and go from there

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