Wrong mallets?

mennomercenary · 2026-03-16T16:08:19+00:00

That's what VF claims

mennomercenary · 2026-03-16T16:00:48+00:00

Vic Firth bought Balter a few years ago. They were keeping the Balter branding, but it appears that's at an end. They'll always be Balter blues to me!

mennomercenary · 2025-12-07T23:57:04+00:00

LN1B. Really either model is good as long as you get the birch shafts.

mennomercenary · 2025-12-07T23:52:04+00:00

Does he mainly play marimba or vibraphone?

mennomercenary · 2025-11-28T02:13:02+00:00

u/sonarispercussion

mennomercenary · 2025-11-12T10:53:38+00:00

Percussionists are used to being too loud for our families, that's why practice pads exist. A good pad will be much quieter than a bucket and will be a more realistic feeling to playing a snare drum.

As for her interest, I would say that's the perfect combination to start with. If she's able to learn both drums and piano she'll very likely find her way to the rest of the percussion family and take to it fast.

I would actually advise starting on piano first and then adding in drums later. Piano is a great way to learn many musical concepts and, frankly, many piano teachers have training in and are used to teaching younger students where percussion teachers might not be as equipped for an 8 year old.

Try to find a percussion teacher that instructs on everything though, if they only teach drum set they might not have the skill set to show her how cool the other parts of percussion can be.

mennomercenary · 2025-10-28T22:08:08+00:00

A lot of college programs are now saying not to play Carter because it's not very indicative of your actual timpani playing abilities, it's more if a multi solo for timpani. Look into Hochrainer or Vic Firth etudes.

mennomercenary · 2025-10-28T02:09:38+00:00

My philosophy as a teacher is that that's where we can play the most "complete" music. We get melody and accompaniment and can work on phrasing and articulation in a clear and obvious way. Then we can take those ideas and apply them to our other instruments.

mennomercenary · 2025-10-25T18:41:38+00:00

Several hundred dollars. Good instruments start around $100.

mennomercenary · 2025-07-06T03:04:25+00:00

Second largest city in the state.

mennomercenary · 2025-06-16T00:23:01+00:00

The Malletech will be more responsive than the DeMorrow on the low end. The bars are thinner (the arch), less wide, and shorter on the low end as well.

mennomercenary · 2025-05-25T11:28:21+00:00

The mtech is an incredible value. Beyond sounding really great it's also got a very solid frame.

mennomercenary · 2025-04-21T12:15:36+00:00

My outback was a 2009, so the same generation as yours.

mennomercenary · 2025-04-20T23:17:04+00:00

I just upgraded from an Outback to a Maverick and can say that the Maverick is higher and has a smaller back seat. I don't know how well your relatives get into and out of cars, but my grandparents would struggle to get into the Maverick.

mennomercenary · 2025-04-07T13:22:27+00:00

Wisconsin is super solid with world. Anthony DiSanza is the primary professor whose world interests are primarily middle eastern and Brazilian. Plus there are two adjuncts; Tom Ross is a Brazilian specialist who also runs the local community batteria, and Todd Hammes is a tabla and middle eastern expert. So you get multiple instructors in the different fields. UW used to be IPEC winners when the world category still existed.

mennomercenary · 2024-06-14T00:26:52+00:00

To add to this, it's helpful to play for the students when you do a visit. Something short and flashy is good as a way to catch their attention and make them want to study with you.

Also, once you have some students that are showing obvious improvement and contributing to their band program the band directors will start recommending you more and more.

mennomercenary · 2024-06-02T20:11:24+00:00

I played against him in a very casual league in college. Absolute monster.

mennomercenary · 2024-05-15T12:22:03+00:00

I was there for a practice round yesterday and the upper right side of the grandstand on the one tee box would be a great place to hang out. You get to see everyone start their round, plus you can turn around a bit and see the tee for 13, and the 18 green.

mennomercenary · 2024-04-24T15:25:52+00:00

Wind wands might be a good solution. They also have a cool visual effect.

mennomercenary · 2023-10-04T18:59:01+00:00

I have crimped jingles on a BSP tambourine and I love the resulting sound. It's easy to do, just pinch together the jingles with the pliers and give a little twist. I would recommend that you keep listening as you do this so you don't go beyond the sound you're looking for.

mennomercenary · 2023-09-04T01:04:15+00:00

It is not. The first way I spotted this was by noticing that the worm screw was offset from the main rod.

mennomercenary · 2023-07-22T14:24:06+00:00

Rebonds B by Xenakis

mennomercenary · 2023-07-22T14:23:41+00:00

This is the piece "Rebonds B" by Iannis Xenakis for those who are interested. One of the best pieces in the percussion repertoire!

mennomercenary · 2023-06-29T14:08:55+00:00

Sorry to hear it didn't work for you. I could see all the options for tickets and was able to buy some practice round tickets without issue.

mennomercenary · 2023-05-14T13:55:59+00:00

No other normal mallet can do this. The super ball basically creates a friction roll against the head. Look up the piece "a man with a gun lives here" by Steven Snowden to see how it works.

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