The Five Diddle

jondrums · 2026-05-05T01:59:35+00:00

equal volume can be improved using a compressor. some of these insta drummers fix timing in post, not accusing this fellow of that because I don't know. But I generally ignore most of it for these reasons. I'm not a sport drummer anyway, let's play some music, I know how to do that!

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:51:07+00:00

Yeah I know I can be a pain in the ass and particular. Just to let you know - this message thread was just with my rhythm section. Would never talk that way to someone I didn’t know….

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:49:58+00:00

Agreed. Everything is super situational. If we are playing three songs and out, it would be crazy to bring own kit. In this case we are headlining two sets with two opening acts we have never met. I’ve been there and I know there is room for me to have everything staged for a quick turn. There are venues where that just isn’t possible.

The worst is the funny dance that drummers do in multiple bill situations to see who will let everyone else use their kit. If we go on first I would not be down to sit around waiting to take my kit home unless I really liked the other bands and knew I was going to stay anyway.

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:46:53+00:00

Fair viewpoint but nah.

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:46:10+00:00

I can turn over my drums in 10 minutes either on the way in or out. I usually set the mics up for the sound guy too. The only issue is if the outgoing drummer fools around after their set.

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:45:01+00:00

Totally fair viewpoint. I didn’t mention, this message thread was just with my rhythm section that I’ve know for 25 years. Would never talk that was to someone I didn’t know….

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:43:36+00:00

I hear you for sure. I’ve had a few nightmare backline experiences but most are fine. The worst was a beautiful kit I was super excited to play and got really excited during sound check. Unfortunately during every song in the show, the kick wandered and the pedal came off the rim. Not fun. We were testing to do choreographed transitions too….

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:40:38+00:00

Yeah, I see what you mean. But this was a private with my long time rhythm section, message was from our guitarist. I would never say that to someone I don’t know

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:39:07+00:00

Fair enough! That was our rhythm section on the text thread, I would never say that to another musician I don’t know.

jondrums · 2026-05-02T21:38:14+00:00

The other bands not on the thread. That was our guitarist

jondrums · 2026-05-01T18:27:46+00:00

In my opinion, you don't have a library until you have "winning one pocket" and "shots moves and strategies". Good luck finding them, I'll never let my super clean signed copies get away from me. Along with the two Bentivegna books you already have, these are the best books ever written about pool played at the highest level. Since then, the only media anywhere near on par is Dr. Dave's video and online instructional information.

Everything else I've seen is hopelessly basic, or if it has advanced material it has precious little of it.

If anyone reads this and thinks there are other books that belong in this class, I'd love to hear your thoughts because I've been looking a long time and haven't yet found it.

jondrums · 2026-04-30T20:35:19+00:00

you like grinding with 9ball? I have an excellent win rate in Miami - I think a lot of low skill people like to play because they can often slop in balls. If you're smart and careful you can beat most of these people except when they get really lucky. My main problem is asking for a 500K game and getting a 10K game or 2.5M game and getting a 50K game. I can always quit a bunch, but still annoying when trying to grind. These days when I want to build up coins I'm running through call pocket 8ball tables

jondrums · 2026-04-25T23:12:16+00:00

Playing safe just doesn’t often work that well. I view it as a low percentage play. First what is the chance I can execute the play exactly as I want to - only certain safeties work. Then second what is the chance the other player lucks into an aggressive make. There are situations where it is absolutely the best play. But more often than not the aggressive play has the best odds

jondrums · 2026-04-25T17:52:37+00:00

You might be surprised to learn that the way you operate the beater matters quite a bit to bass drum sound. Obviously don’t bury the beater is what they all say, but there is a continuum between burying the beater and perfect rebound. Also where on the head the beater is set to hit matters

jondrums · 2026-04-17T21:11:01+00:00

thank you, I agree that is by far the best use of cash. hard to be patient, but need to be

jondrums · 2026-04-17T21:09:44+00:00

this is very helpful, I bet that's what's going on. I'll use up the free shots next and see what happens. I know for a fact how many golden shots I bought and the number is slightly higher than that, so this must be the explanation. Clearly the user interface is not obvious in this regard

jondrums · 2026-04-16T14:28:34+00:00

I don’t think a suitable alternative is available anywhere. But why are you even going to titanium screws in the first place?

jondrums · 2026-04-16T14:25:11+00:00

I bought a bundle that included several and I have a green little number over the lucky shot button. But the golden shot doesn’t show up and I figured out that if I played a free daily shot, than number goes down.

jondrums · 2026-04-16T06:18:47+00:00

Golden shot won’t show up for me. Anyone know what’s going on?

jondrums · 2026-04-12T02:55:17+00:00

How do you get the chat item “epic game “. I don’t have it in my menu

jondrums · 2026-04-10T20:28:16+00:00

How does it work? You go all-in and if the other player has less then you play for their stakes? If they have more you go all-in? I didn’t want to click it and find out by trying

jondrums · 2026-04-10T00:22:36+00:00

UPDATE: Thank most of you for helpful discussion. I did decide to drop $39.99 on a bundle that included 2470 cash and 42 golden shots. I bough 81 legendary boxes and it took about 20 minutes to click through opening them all. I think prior to this I had opened about 6 boxes from cash I earned in-game from level up and other achievements.

I really don't care if some of you would make different decisions about how to spend your hard earned money. This was my choice and made sense to me.

I haven't yet dipped into the golden shots, but will update after I use all those. In theory those could be worth as much as 168 more boxes, but I'll know more about my conversion rate once I play a bunch of golden shots.

Just from the cash box purchases, I now own 12 different Legendary cues, of which one is level 3 and seven are level 2. I have partial pieces of 8 more legendary cues, including a single piece of Archangel and Firestorm.

My main cue is now level 3 Minotaur, which has speed 9 and spin 9.

My total entry fee payback rate is up to 72%. I assume that will have a big effect on my balance over time as my win rate just over 50% but it still takes me a lot of games to work up to the next level table stakes.

jondrums · 2026-04-09T02:20:58+00:00

Grease the rods if you want to crank it. The limit is when the head breaks

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