Materials covered in Soft Drummer Meet-Up

[blurred]

cool, he might have a funk and blues workshop soon. look out for it

[paradidz]

Hi, alex here...did some simple Steve Gadd stuff that day.

Wanted to paste towgays here but thot might be easier to just show the sequence of bass drum, hi-hat, snare, floor tom:

BD-HH-SD-BD-HH-SD-HH-BD-BD---FT


Glad that i learnt some cool stuff from all you experienced/young drummers. Well, i guess nobody can ever stop learning the art of drumming - there're so many things to master! Which is one of the reasons why drumming is fun!

p.s. i want to learn Angry Samba

[blurred]

tht doesn't seem tht simple man hahaha. sounds like a tough groove to get smooth

[plainsman]

thanks all for contributing!!!!!!! well i guess we've run dry for now..... (until the next meetup, that is......)

here's mine stuff covered in the last meetup:

- awareness of tone and pitch
(with reference to an incredibly cheesy morning military bugle wake up-call >.< )

- shapes in drumming

- splitting up rudiments
using it as a bridge to understanding playing patterns

- informal note groupings
for practice (1 to 8 notes, try 3-5-7), and also as means to understanding other drummers' taste/preference in rolls

[marcdadrummer]

Just for everyone peripheral.

Exerpt of cymbal cleaning :

Brilliant finish:

1) pour MR METAL on it and use magiclean cloth to clean it until you see bronze particles on your cloth. FOLLOW THE GROOOVEEE IMPT!!

2) always use clean sides when polishing.

3) use a orange cloth to take away leftover polishing material.

Reapeat step 1) to 3) for a standard brilliant finish.

Traditional finish:

1) Follow step one as mentioned above.

2) Follow step two as mentioned above.

3) same also

4) Use a sabian cymbal cleaner and wipe it off using orange cloth until desired finish is aquired. If no sabian use zildjian or paiste oso can - i think.

5) reapeat steps if necessary.

[plainsman]

its updated FINALLY!!! :lol:

thanks marc for the contributions, i really need help with cymbal cleaning...

[nkf31]

haha i do like my cymbals dirrrty

[Freakae2]

hi. watch out for the paiste cleaner. its a little strong. dont use too much

[marcdadrummer]

Cymbal Cleaning but a little different and safer method:

1) Go to your local wet market or Supermarket store and get yourself small lime - those little green balls that is usually served with mee rebus.

2) Wet your cymbal with tap water - reason being to remove all dust particles on your cymbal and to dilute the lime acid that'll be used later.

3) Once the whole surface (top and bottom) has been covered with water, cut the small lime into half and use one side first and squeeze out those lime while maintaining a circular motion until fully covered the surface. (work on the top surface first)

4) Rub away fingermarks and all those nasty stuff and make sure to repeat step 3 with a few small limes until the desired brilliant/traditional finish is acquired.

5) repeat step 3 on the bottom surface.

6) This critical step is to remove all acids on the cymbal. Pour some shampoo (any brand) onto your cymbal and spread it around going in a circular motion.

7) Make sure everything is covered with the shampoo. wait for like 20 seconds then rinse both sides off with tap water till everything is gone and u can see the cymbal is restored and no more shampoo is left.

8) Use a clean cloth and dry your cymbal.


voila!!! your cymbal is cleaned without the risk of your logos fading... i've tried it on the small scale splashes and it restores it to its formerly brilliant condition.

[ioaka]

i read somewhere tt the longer u let ur cymbals oxydise, the darker they will sound..

i'm've left my zildjian zxt pros alone for like 2 years? cause i feel they sound too clangy.. tho now they look lyk they hav some pigmentation problem, sploches of diff colour an stuff.. haha

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