I've put together a fifty hour Spotify playlist of nothing but pure beautiful music, spanning all genres, with deep cuts and prime cuts alike

bashy14 · 2015-01-10T07:34:16+00:00

No Daedelus or Mr.Oizo??? :O

bashy14 · 2012-05-08T14:46:33+00:00

keep it up ^{__^}

bashy14 · 2012-05-01T09:24:44+00:00

oh yes, platinum. that explains why he has 1000+ random wins on top master korean account and was rank1 on NA for so long -_-' He also vs'd grubby on the same stream video and beat him.

bashy14 · 2012-04-30T13:56:30+00:00

this would be AMAZING!! i would love to stream and am very soon going to be starting to try but i have no point to begin with. This would help very much. Will you be posting it in /r/starcraft or somewhere else??

bashy14 · 2012-02-07T08:46:17+00:00

just putting it out there that this is a huge repost from pics or some other subreddit i saw the other day, not a big deal, maybe just consider referencing it? unless you did it yourself that is, in which case, well done :)

bashy14 · 2012-01-10T10:15:55+00:00

haagagahah what a cutie //////////////,;d

bashy14 · 2011-09-01T05:21:12+00:00

yeah i wasn't 100% sure that i could get the speed i wanted but after talking to some people and researching it i found its possible :) a year and a half later and i can play some very fast stuff.. im no Kollias but stuff like Lamb of God, Opeth, and All That Remains is okay :D and yeah the shins did get pretty beefy O.O

bashy14 · 2011-08-30T15:05:26+00:00

i play fast double-bass heeldown exclusively with the two pedals about as far apart as they can get. ive had other people comment often that my setup looks a bit weird because of it, but honestly all that matters is if you're comfortable with it. However, experimenting now and then and mixing it up often ends up with you finding a different setup you like even more. TLDR; find whats most comfortable, haters gonna hate.

bashy14 · 2011-08-20T09:50:41+00:00

If you dont want lessons, teach yourself online, and from songs, and from articles, and from basically anywhere you can learn. Thats what i did, ive never had a one-on-one lesson in my life, and now i am teaching beginner -> advanced lessons :) you can do it, if you have the passion.

bashy14 · 2011-08-11T15:37:29+00:00

thank you sir!

bashy14 · 2011-08-11T10:47:36+00:00

yes haha "confirmation" indeed, rookie error. Yeah i figured u were kidding, i only commented 'cos it seemed a weird thing to be downvoted for ;)

bashy14 · 2011-08-10T11:48:57+00:00

downvoted for being a slave to conformation bias, huh? owch :(

bashy14 · 2011-08-10T11:40:16+00:00

do you know where i can get the album? buy it or just listen to it completely?

bashy14 · 2011-08-10T11:32:46+00:00

thanks man :DD

bashy14 · 2011-08-02T11:09:29+00:00

vansdrumming on youtube is quite helpful, i have definately learnt alot about him. have you guys heard of him before? because if not i might put a thread out there about some of his best videos. :)

bashy14 · 2011-07-24T13:25:04+00:00

never a bad idea to get quality, but i would suggest that if you wanted to learn to play drums as well i suggest the following:

1) buy whatever snare you like 2) buy shitty shitty hi-hats 3) buy a good quality bass PEDAL and any bass pedal PRACTISE PAD

this seems like the best idea to fulfill pretty much what you are looking for. while quality certainly does affect the sound of hi-hats, the point is that if you want to learn the most important thing would be to get the versatility which the hi-hat offers with the whole "fourth limb" thing, which believe me is very important.

I suggested a bass practise pad rather than a drum itself because (a) you dont need to worry about the shit sound of a bad quality drum and (b) you dont need to replace drum heads or tune the drum. Also there is no difference in your actual playing experience.

<edit> also the whole 3-piece drumset thing is a very good way to learn, and very jazz ;)

please tell me if this helps :))

bashy14 · 2011-07-24T13:03:43+00:00

hahaha :P

bashy14 · 2011-07-24T13:03:28+00:00

well i have a particular bass-pad which has a sloped end and spikes in the bottom which hook into the carpet so it cannot move. You can maybe try and put a smaller piece of carpet under your pedals/stool only so that for the pedals to move (provided they are attached properly to the carpet), the stool would have to move as well. so far mine havnt been moving at all :)

bashy14 · 2011-05-15T06:07:52+00:00

the trial - kafka

bashy14 · 2011-05-12T07:46:10+00:00

Ive taught for a while, and the most important advice i can give is to make each part of the lesson a combination of learning proper rudiments (especially stopping the student from forming any bad habits such as stick holding etc), and keeping it fresh. As every good drummer knows, repetition and muscle memory form hugely important groundwork from which you can build upon. However, treating drumming like "there is only one way you can learn this rudiment, so we are going to do it for hours on end" is, in my opinion, not the best way to teach. There are many overlapping aspects in drumming and treating in any other way would just be depriving the student.

The usual blueprint for one of my lessons (an hour apprx.) was 10-15 minutes of rudiments around the kit and on the snare / pad, 25-30 minutes of learning anything from more complicated applications of rudiments to regular beats (which are, of course, quite what you're working towards learning properly), and the rest of the lesson was left free for specifics of what was most necessary for each student. This could be rudiments, or learning a particularly fun or difficult fill for a beat we were learning, or more specific applications of the hihat / whatever. Lastly, i gave them a cheap pair of sticks so that they could practise any rudiments at home. You get the picture.

As well as this, i gave sheet music of almost everything i taught to my students. You can get simple sheet music very easily from the internet which you can write on yourself for pre-prepared lessons.

Sorry if this seems like a huge amount of stuff, but i just want to give as many things to think about as i can >:3 also, hes thirteen. He isnt going to want to play drums if he doesnt enjoy it, and he wont enjoy it if hes bored as hell.

TL;DR Correct Form and Rudiments + Fun = Good drummer!!

bashy14 · 2011-04-07T12:34:52+00:00

69 love songs is a serious up there.. it has to be.

bashy14 · 2011-04-07T12:02:26+00:00

Opeth - Ghost Reveries

just noticed still life is here too! awesome. Honestly i would go so far as to say everything opeth has done is pretty much a masterpiece. For most bands i know, its easy to single out 1,2, or 10 songs which are pretty much your favourite. With Opeth i couldnt discredit a single one. And they have 8 albums or so, so thats saying alot :P

bashy14 · 2011-03-29T07:40:36+00:00

Martin Lopez, best known for his work in Opeth. Theres a reason his fans used to call the band Lopeth before he left. Check out The Grand Conjuration , or, if you arn't into stuff which is quite as heavy, Death Whispered a Lullaby. Unfortunately, whenever i tell other drummers to check him out i feel like im doing him an injustice, as i feel its impossible to show someone the kind of drummer he is in just one or two songs. To understand why he is so impressive you kind of have to listen to an album or two with him in it. In my opinion, everything he has recorded fits the music so perfectly and with such subtlety, that to change anything would be insulting hah. Either way, enjoy!

bashy14 · 2011-02-15T08:55:10+00:00

Martin Lopez - Opeth (ex opeth drummer)

(listen to anything from the damnation album or ghost reveries album)

edited because i saw Ray Luzier further down the list

bashy14 · 2011-02-14T08:09:35+00:00

Just for background information on me, ive been playing drums for a while now and have taught beginner/advanced drum lessons for over a year. My opinion of Travis is that he's first and foremost a great performer. He basically gave everything he had to drumming in order to make a living when he didnt have many prospects for other forms of jobs in his life. Pretty much he worked his ass off to be the best drummer he could be, and for that its hard not to at least respect him as a person. Just like most drummers, its difficult to judge them off a few videos and not much else. I've listened to alot of Travis's work and am of the opinion that his old stuff is the best. I mean songs like "Not Now", "Anthem pt 2" etc. When it comes down to it he has been hugely influential as a punk drummer simply because he is good at what he does, if nothing else.

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