Bassists vs drummers on online forums

[5StringBlues]

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

 

[JimmyM]

Glad you guys are enjoying the thread! Just to answer the one burning question…metal drummers use Ahead aluminum sticks. Ok, not all, but lots do.

 

[Kijuer]

As a drummer myself, I tend to stay away from drummers forums. Too many primadonna. Much, much better and more enjoyable company with bassists!!! I married one for a reason. Fun fact, we NEVER played together in the same band. When I subbed for her drummer back in 2014, she was pregnant and out as well.
On one thing I agree 100% with JimmyM though: drummers GAS is terrible, way more terrible than bassists GAS!!!
Oh anyway this is my drumkit LOL

 

[fishdude101101]

For any of this to be true drummers would have to be able to use a computer

 

[Riff Ranger]

As a drummer myself, I tend to stay away from drummers forums. Too many primadonna. Much, much better and more enjoyable company with bassists!!! I married one for a reason. Fun fact, we NEVER played together in the same band. When I subbed for her drummer back in 2014, she was pregnant and out as well.
On one thing I agree 100% with JimmyM though: drummers GAS is terrible, way more terrible than bassists GAS!!!
Oh anyway this is my drumkit LOL
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Finally: a photograph! I can’t believe it took so long. Here’s my middle kid behind the kit that got me playing bass daily after several years of not so much (the resonant head for the kick did eventually turn up, along with the cowbell, packed away quickly for our COVID move).

 

[drumvsbass]

best snare for metal?

 

[Bass Momma]

Joined a handful of drum forums, and I've noticed a few different things:
---Drum shredders (I call them "stunt drummers" but apparently they think it's a slur and not a compliment) have all the best techniques for people my age to remain as pain-free as possible while still playing as good as we used to. I'm not quite back up to where I used to be, but I'm a whole lot farther along than I would have been without studying what they do to minimize trauma and maximize everything else.....

Can you give any links to those technique discussions, please? That perked my ears up. Thanks.

 

[2tonic]

... I would also say that the online bass community is much friendlier. ..Here....People are very welcoming to new members and give equal weight to other members' opinions regardless of whether they are professional touring musicians or just people who like to jam alone in their bedrooms (um...with the bass, I mean).

That's because bass players are cool.

 

[JimmyM]

Can you give any links to those technique discussions, please? That perked my ears up. Thanks.

Just go to any online forums and there are tons of posts and links.

 

[tothemax]

Recovering from trigger finger surgery (finally back to playing a bit of bass and guitar this week after almost 7 weeks out). But, going stir crazy after the surgery I started working out on the e-kit in my studio (I picked it up a few years ago so it was here for small sessions, practices). Gave me a whole new respect for drummers, it's one thing to bang out a few cool fills. A whole different ball game to keep a steady beat with fills in the proper places. It's a great tool to work on timing and develop a better feel for locking with the drummer. The one thing I can say for sure, you don't want me as your helicopter pilot...
I'll probably keep working on it, just to continue developing better timing. Great post...

 

[pcake]

so.... what kind of sticks do you use?

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steve gadds most of the time
https://vicfirth.zildjian.com/signature-series-steve-gadd.html

 

[JW56789]

Skip all those odds and ends, and if you can't get Sonors, get a good Yamaha Recording set with a good snare.

 

[jimmydean]

Never met a drummer who wasted their time reading forums , too busy practicing and getting all the ladies the singers and guitarist think they can get and bassist wish they could get .

 

[bassically_eli]

The person I take lessons from has had me practice the rhythm studies out of the Belson book for drummers. No harmony or even note changes, just rhythm, but virtually every permutation imaginable. I found it incredibly valuable.

What book is that?

 

[juggahnaught]

Glad you guys are enjoying the thread! Just to answer the one burning question…metal drummers use Ahead aluminum sticks. Ok, not all, but lots do.

I didn't even know that aluminum sticks were a real thing! I might have to start hanging out on drum forums myself. (I'm guessing that they use plastic tips, though to ease cymbal wear.)

As a drummer myself, I tend to stay away from drummers forums. Too many primadonna. Much, much better and more enjoyable company with bassists!!! I married one for a reason. Fun fact, we NEVER played together in the same band. When I subbed for her drummer back in 2014, she was pregnant and out as well.
On one thing I agree 100% with JimmyM though: drummers GAS is terrible, way more terrible than bassists GAS!!!
Oh anyway this is my drumkit LOL
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I like your tom setup. Reminds me a bit of Billy Cobham's approach to his tom setup. If you guys don't watch Drumeo on Youtube, you should - it's an amazing resource and as a bassist I feel like I've learned a lot just by listening to the drummers who interview on that channel. The one with Billy Cobham is "The Art of the Rhythm Section", and I think he does talk about his approach to setting up his toms in that video.

 

[Johnny Fingers]

I can’t pat my head and rub my stomach but I can sing and play a fretted instrument.
Drummers that sing are the best of the best.

 

[JimmyM]

What book is that?

Louis Bellson had a few, but I'm guessing Modern Reading Text in 4/4 since that was a big one for him.

I didn't even know that aluminum sticks were a real thing! I might have to start hanging out on drum forums myself. (I'm guessing that they use plastic tips, though to ease cymbal wear.)

Yep, and they and the covers that go over them are replaceable.

 

[75Ric]

What book is that?

As Jimmy suggested, it's Modern Reading Text in 4/4 by Louis Bellson. It was written for drummers and has no instruction. I'm not sure I would have gotten much out of it without a teacher, but when explained and practiced, it really helped my timing and my reading of rhythm.

 

[Lobster11]

Merry Christmas!

 

[fhm555]

---Drummer GAS is worse than I ever imagined, especially when it comes to snare drums and cymbals…

A drummer I play with occasionally makes his own snare shells. Last time we played together he had a new snare he’d made out of a highly figured maple drawer front from an old chifforobe.