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Suddenly problems with single kick, never happened in the last 10 years of drumming.

Hi there,

sorry in advance for my english, I try my best.
Straight to the point:
I have always played single kick, mostly heavy Metal (Mid Tempo) and Black/Punk (very fast doubles and blasts). I never had any problem with playing two single kicks right after another (you know like the classic 'bum bubum bum bubum....')
A couple of months ago I was recording in the studio and somehow wasnt able to do this beat proberly (at about 160/170 bpm). It sometimes felt like my foot got stuck on the pedal or is suddelny to stupid to do the movement. Since that it happens frequently. I tried with different pedals but it always stayed the same. Also it may be interesting that it mostly happens while playing on the HiHat, on the Ride its largely no problem.

I never hurt my foot in any way and did never feel any pain when this happened.

My questions are:
Has anyone ever experienced something similar? Could this even be medical or maybe something psychological?
Any tips on how to proceed?

I hope this is in the right subreddit.

Cheers!

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I am solely a bedroom guitarist, never been in a band, and have no real experience with or knowledge of drums. I decided to buy a drum sample pack (we sound human) to use for projects that I want to release at some point. The different stems in each kit come pre-labeled to build out quickly but I'm not sure of the "best" or most traditional order to put them in. For example the first kit has 1 intro, 2 prechrous, 2 chorus, 3 verses, 1 breakdown, 1 bridge, and 1 outro sections. Some placements are pretty obvious but I was confused as to where the breakdown and bridge would go. I found the prechorus sounded better before the breakdown and the breakdown sounded best going into the chorus. The bridge sounded off anywhere I put it. I know there are no official "rules" and its difficult to fully know what you would do without being able to hear the different parts but as a drummer how would recommend arrainging these sections. Thanks!

I’ve been playing drums since teen years, I’m quite a bit older now. I’ve tried all sorts of things, from changing grip, to grip tape, dipped sticks, and have dabbled with drum gloves. Most drum gloves fit too tight ( I have fairly large hands and ring size), and I just feel like they take away from the feel. But like I said I’m a bit older now, sometimes over grip, but got much better with that, and have some hand pain. Can anyone recommend a type of glove, could also be a sports glove, that would help, and don’t have the issues with the gloves that are marketed towards drummers. Thanks.

I’ve been playing for about a year and a half and was just looking at some pictures of the notations and stuff and I’m confused is ‘low floor Tom’ and ‘floor Tom’ separate things, they are in different places on the bars on the image. I’ve tried looking it up but I can’t seem to find an answer on google it just comes up with floor tom. If so what is the difference?

I’m very new to drumming and I was listening to this song and I can’t figure out what it is that changes between the chorus and the verse. Is it just the guitars or is the groove changing from 2 and 4 to 1 and 3 or is it something else? It’s beyond my skill but I’m trying to stretch myself a bit

https://youtu.be/6n8g7e7Ahao

Yo!

I'm just wondering what is the best way to learn new styles/genres of drumset playing. I've been a gigging drummer for a while but I'm starting to run into the problem that I don't know a certain clave pattern or a specific Latin groove/feeling. There's so many genres that I don't know and it feels impossible to google a groove that I don't know the name of y'know?

Thanks!

I have always wanted to learn drums, but money has always held me back. Recently I've decided I can't keep waiting and so I'm going to buy a practice pad and drumsticks.

1st question: what practice pad and sticks do you all recommend (particularly for someone who doesn't have a drumset at all, and also has a limited budget)

2nd question: once I have that in where do I even begin? A practice pad lesson series on YouTube would be great but really any direction would be helpful!

Thanks in advance!

I have been practicing doing a one handed roll for several weeks now to no avail. I’ve tried perfecting hand technique, using the rim as a fulcrum point, building upon different time signatures, etc. What seems to happen whenever I try and do a one handed roll/gravity blast is my stick loses bounce and starts rubbing against the drum head and seizes all momentum. Is this an issue of poor finger timing/coordination or am I missing something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8n4PjpEns0

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So old guy here. I inherited a marching snare and was considering learning how to play it. Can’t go back to 6th grade so wondering if it’s too late to pick it up?

Hi guys and girls,

I recently started a YouTube channel where I remove the drums from popular tracks. The whole idea behind it was so my kid could play along but also get to know some of the music I grew up playing to when I started out.

Its been less than a week since I started but I've been uploading 3 tracks a day with the aim to build an extensive library of drum free music. Im open to suggestions if there is anything in particular you would like to see on there.

Let me know what you think and keep on drumming!

Drum Free Music

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I just want a specific practice routine so I don't waste time doing unnecessary things.

https://youtu.be/i5JyWpyYVx4

Love how these drums sound and hit, amazing…

my drum game is really lacking on my tracks and I’d like to achieve something similar, anyone know how to get my drums to sound like this?

As part of my bachelor's project (studying at The Royal Academy of Music in Denmark), I did a focused course over 7 months, where I tried to improve my practicing and daily structure, and it completely changed how I live now. I worked with different theories including the Pomodoro Technique and GTD (Getting Things Done). I thought it could be useful in this subreddit. You can watch the episode on Youtube with video or listen to it on your favorite streaming-service! :)

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David Garibaldi said this beat was the most important beat he ever learned