Recent content by penko

hi guys, kinda curious and need some recommendations, where are you guys taking your lessons and how do u feel bout them? :)

hi guys, anyone have any ideas where can i rent a simple 5 piece drum set for like a half day, with throne and a simple crash, ride and hit hat? thanks :D

hi guys, i have got a bt of problem here with playing the open hi hats, they seems to be the loudest part of the whole drum set, maybe because they are played continuously even the crash, china are not as loud. I find my left ear drums very damaged by it, is there any way to reduce its volume...

hi, i need some recommendations for a metronome, preferably a loud one which i can still hear even when i am on my earplugs, with louds echos of drums. budjet sould be less than 120 dollars, thanks

hello guys, got a question here. XD How do you guys count 32 notes? like for 16th notes we count, 1 e n a etc, what about 32th notes? Or is it to fast to be counted -.- i see some drums beats with 8 notes as the basic beat, but when it goes into fill, its 32th notes XD

hi guys any one have any techniques of playing the hi-hat single hand-ly fast and longer? my right hand seems to get quite tired after like 12 bars at 200 to bmp. Do you guyshit the side of the hi-hat with the neck of the stick or use the head to hit the top of it making use of the rebound?

http://www.homestead.com/playsmart/pedals.html Is this a new type of bass pedal? what do you guys think of this? Perosnality i find it pretty energy saving, no need to life whole leg. Like that also can play faster i guess

hello, Does any of you guys playing single bass drum have this problem? I played drums almost everyday for half a year, but recently i find that my right leg muscle is quite bigger than my left leg, in term of strenght too. Sometimes when walking also feel not balance XD Sometiems even almost...

hello, guys, need some opinions on the $250 lazer practice pad at ranking sports. As i need to work in the day, my acoustic set can only be played during weekends XD Is the set good? like silent enough for even mignight playing and the feel of the pads and stuff thanks a lot man :D

yo drummers! anyone have any recommendations for techniques to do fast rolling? I eamn those continuous hits rolls not the 2 sticks bouncing to one sound marching roll XD

hello guys, i have bit of problem for my acoustic guitar everytime remove my fingers of the strings from the fretboard, it always causes the string to vibrate a little and produce a note of the string. If there anyway to solve this problem?

hello guys, got a question here to ask.. is there any methods to adjust the angle of the hithat pedal? my hithat pedal is currently at a overhigh angle (i personally think) and it causes quite a bit of overstrain at the ankle when i play open and close hithat. i am using the carlos standard...

hello guys, any of you guys are using isolation headphones? my drumset is in a enclosed area, hence when played the sound of it is very very loud, and i had to play with ear plugs on everytime. Is there any isolation headphones which could cut down the loudness of the drums, and yet enable...

Just a casual question, what the lenght of the sticks you guys use? why do some rock drummers use sticks that are exceptionally long XD mine is about 40cm only XD

hi i am a new drummer to this forum XD just learn drum for about 2 months XD got a question here, i often seen other drummers tapping their left leg on the hi hat in a constant beat when they play (though the hit hat is not palyed at all). May i know is there any purpose of this?