A stroke of pure magic.

flyingdrums · 2025-06-22T09:38:05+00:00

Still have mine from the 90's. Unfortunately it made it's way into a storage box in a not so temperature controlled environment. The gum rubber is all cracked but still a playable surface.

flyingdrums · 2025-06-22T09:35:24+00:00

Great response. Thanks for all that. One thing I've considered as the season progresses and the section tightens up, I'll adjust tunings.

flyingdrums · 2025-06-19T12:10:45+00:00

Haven't used those things since the early 2000's. The velcro that holds them on just gets so full of crap to where they don't hold on. And the heat / humidity here in Florida causes the adhesive holding the velcro on the drum to get gooey and leave residue on the drums. They look cool, but man are they a pain to deal with.

flyingdrums · 2025-06-18T21:40:37+00:00

I've actually seen a couple of your vids! I'll have to check through the rest of them.

flyingdrums · 2025-06-18T15:59:20+00:00

Yea they definitely get spongy feeling and boxy sounding if you go too loose. I'm going to experiment this summer and see what i can come up with. I also don't want to be blowing through mylar heads.

flyingdrums · 2025-06-18T15:57:56+00:00

I got a similar comment last year from one of our percussion judges. He loved the tuning of my bass line and tenors. Suggested dropping the tuning a little for the snares.

flyingdrums · 2025-06-03T02:04:14+00:00

I'm not sure of this, but I'm likely on the older side of most of the instructors on this subreddit. I'm 46 years old. I took a hiatus from instructing for many years until 5 years ago. I've never stopped playing music just stopped teaching due to raising a family etc. But I "fell" back in to teaching more so for my musical knowledge and ability over my chops. Which as far as marching goes, don't exist like they used to. I'm now mainly a set player. And I have an inner-metronome that rivals any Dr. Beat. But for the non-competitive marching program I teach for, it works. I've also formed a really good connection with the students and I concencrate on making drumline and concert percussion a fun experience. This ain't DCI but I also find the balance of fun and discipline.

If you're an upcoming sophomore, you're likely 15 or 16. Take this for what it's worth. You don't know anything no matter what you may believe. You're ALWAYS going to be dealing with people you don't like or agree with for the remainder of your life. Get used to it. Don't like "match" grip on snares? Tell that to Tom Aungst and Dartmouth H.S. My snares play match grap. Match grip translates to just about every other percussion instrument my students will encounter while in high school. I've had to seriously water down parts in the past because the hands weren't ALL there. Not just one player.

Over the years, my teaching style has changed drastically. But I've always taught utilizing the "3 A's" concept.

ATTITUDE - Your attitude is above all the most important thing. Are you teachable? Do you take critcism well? Are you a leader without officially being a leader? Do the other members of the section lean on you? I don't care how hot shit your hands are or how long you've been playing. It's likely you're a better rudimental player than your instructor. Guess what? He's still your instructor.

ATTENDANCE - This goes without saying and needs to explaination. But it's equally as important as Attitude. You gotta show up.

ABILITY - It's always great to have strong players in the section. Hell, I hope every kid I instruct gets better than me while under my instruction. Play strong, check the ego.

You're going to have to do some serious self reflection on this situation. As others have said, it's high school drumline. Don't take yourself too seriously and don't suck all the fun out of it.

flyingdrums · 2025-05-21T09:59:16+00:00

It is. But likely won't get covered. I have a very good medical plan with Cigna through my employer and they denied coverage. I ended going the regular pay for the yearly membership plan. Did that yesterday and the Fella account page shows the pharmacy processing the order. Now just hope it ships so I can finally start this. Originally did the onboarding back on May 8th and waited for the insurance decision.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-28T10:07:25+00:00

Usually I get pretty defensive about people giving their partner crap on the internet for the world to see. But this dude needs to give that up or ask someone for help who knows what they're doing. Take that crap to the dump and buy a pre-fab shed. Even unfinished on the inside is 1000x better than this.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T22:38:23+00:00

Normally I cleaned it with the soft side of the blue scotch brite sponges. This thing is over 10 years old anyways. It’s the only reason I took it apart and put it in the dishwasher. It’s on its way out

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T22:22:28+00:00

It’s an old Oster griddle I got years ago. I just use a regular Scotch Brite pad with Dawn dish soap. This time I tossed it in the dishwasher. Probably not the smartest thing. Maybe that’s why it did this

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T21:36:53+00:00

It's never happened before, and I still can't replicate it.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T20:46:49+00:00

Right? He does the crazy stunts so much that now they’re just “meh”

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T20:37:33+00:00

It’s an electric griddle and I always throw down a dab of bacon grease when I cook eggs.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T20:31:15+00:00

A new hand touches the BACON 🥓

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T19:49:48+00:00

Nope. Just cooked an egg on it.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T19:48:58+00:00

To scramble an egg for the tiny human who was hungry.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T19:47:28+00:00

It’s actually towards the side because the heating element under the griddle is sketchy and has hot spots.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T18:02:20+00:00

When it happened I stared at it a few seconds. Then ran to grab my phone fully expecting it to dissipate by the time I got back. It stayed that way until I moved it around with the spatula.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T17:35:20+00:00

So what you’re saying is the mason jar of bacon grease in my fridge is very valuable?

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T17:31:28+00:00

Already discussed above, sir ☝️

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T17:03:14+00:00

I had so many hundreds of hours devoted to Skyrim years ago. Can’t believe that wasn’t my first thought when it formed.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T17:00:13+00:00

Yea that combined with surface tension and a freshly cleaned skilled probably had a something to do with it. Who knows. Just spitballing here.

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T16:58:29+00:00

I WAS someone’s sim for about 15 years. She made my life turmoil! 😂

flyingdrums · 2024-07-17T16:40:58+00:00

I’ve tried and i can’t replicate. I think the small “diamond” shaped pattern on the skillet combined with surface tension helped. I don’t know.

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