1st time touching a real kit...
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MassageParlour
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Just whack la....no don't whack.. hit them melodically.... have fun like what Mel80 said. Play your favourite song
On the side note:
1) Buy more books and tapes on drumming
2) Go to drum meetups on 20th October 07 at Ulu Pandan CC from 1200 to 5 pm. bring your friends along. see post: http://soft.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?t=37572
3) Introdude your friends to SOFT
4) Come to SOFT Forum and lets discuss abt drum
5) Paste a timetable on the wall, and insert or jot down or slot in some drum practice into your time table, and make sure u can see that time table.
6) Enjoy or ya I forget, buy our Drum Exchange Tee Shirt see post: http://soft.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?t=37245
On the side note:
1) Buy more books and tapes on drumming
2) Go to drum meetups on 20th October 07 at Ulu Pandan CC from 1200 to 5 pm. bring your friends along. see post: http://soft.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?t=37572
3) Introdude your friends to SOFT
4) Come to SOFT Forum and lets discuss abt drum
5) Paste a timetable on the wall, and insert or jot down or slot in some drum practice into your time table, and make sure u can see that time table.
6) Enjoy or ya I forget, buy our Drum Exchange Tee Shirt see post: http://soft.com.sg/forum/showthread.php?t=37245
RudimentalDrummer
Moderator
Bro Warbrain
Come to our Soft's Drum Xchange Singapore monthly meetup (follow-up on this thread)- Bros/Sis there will share with you on this area...Furthermore - You are most welcome to sit on our Kit - and Rock It Bro !.....
Not to worry - everyone starts somewhere - They are a bunch of the nicest people you'll meet...
Cheers!
Come to our Soft's Drum Xchange Singapore monthly meetup (follow-up on this thread)- Bros/Sis there will share with you on this area...Furthermore - You are most welcome to sit on our Kit - and Rock It Bro !.....
Not to worry - everyone starts somewhere - They are a bunch of the nicest people you'll meet...
Cheers!
Freakae2
New member
haha. I remember the first time i had an opportunity to mess around on a kit. I was very blessed cos that first kit was my school's Pearl Masters MMX. very old. still uses i.s.o mounts. thats where i fell in love with the 4/4ply sound. heck they even had a MHX snare drum. Mahagony rocks!
plainsman
New member
the first time i touched a drumkit, the year was 1986, i was in pri 4.. recess was just over, and i sneaked into the music room, where the week before, the teacher had just played and sang "close to you" by the carpenters.
i remembered she was called miss paul, because her parents wanted a son, but got a daughter instead.
i didn't know how close to you could be played with a drumbeat, but i remembered a song on the radio titled "rock me amadeus" by falco
so what i did, when i sat on the drumkit for the very first time, was play 2 eighth notes with a quarter note rest in between, for about several bars. then i ran off back to class.
i remembered she was called miss paul, because her parents wanted a son, but got a daughter instead.
i didn't know how close to you could be played with a drumbeat, but i remembered a song on the radio titled "rock me amadeus" by falco
so what i did, when i sat on the drumkit for the very first time, was play 2 eighth notes with a quarter note rest in between, for about several bars. then i ran off back to class.
...
Actually, earlier this year, i got a pair of vater 5b drumsticks (still have them)
I hit on the phonebook and school textbook but then everytime my family complain, so, my interest to play got lower and lower. Thats why i got a practice pad.
I have been looking around the Drum Meetup thread, but unfortunately i cant make it on the date. And i thought the t-shirt was sold out?
Actually, earlier this year, i got a pair of vater 5b drumsticks (still have them)
I hit on the phonebook and school textbook but then everytime my family complain, so, my interest to play got lower and lower. Thats why i got a practice pad.
I have been looking around the Drum Meetup thread, but unfortunately i cant make it on the date. And i thought the t-shirt was sold out?
vanhelSINGH
New member
My bros been a Big Lars Ulrich fan for ages.. Once he had me looking at so many Music Videos, of So many bands, Cranberries, Blondie, Oasis, whenever the drummer came on the tv screen, especially Lars and Metallica, he would say, See How he Play! nice ah?! id be like Yeaaaaaaaaaah.. tats when i was 11..
when he went off to work, i found a pair of sticks under his pillow! Without hesitation, i took the sticks and started to airdrum like how all the drummers did on TV..
one day, bro said, Throw away the Study Table.. I was like, NOOOOOOO!
that study table was so coool, i used to play all my Spideman and Xmen toys on it..
and one sunday, when i came back from hindi classes, I saw Boxes in the Kitchen!
i was like ?! I ran to the room! where My table used to be, I Saw Our First DrumSet !
Waaaaaaaaaaaaa...... i remember that time, the Godzilla movie just came out
and godzilla had a track called Heroes - by the wallflowers.
and the cranberries and the Corrs were pretty hot at that time..
First i hit all the drums, noticing wat kinda sound each drum produced.
the next thing i know, bro taught me the basic eigth note groove,
And then i was off !
i played the wallflowers song! and got it rite in 2 days.. thank god for ears that could catch beats quickly..
then in 2 weeks, kenna complain..
waarrrraaaauuuu
when he went off to work, i found a pair of sticks under his pillow! Without hesitation, i took the sticks and started to airdrum like how all the drummers did on TV..
one day, bro said, Throw away the Study Table.. I was like, NOOOOOOO!
that study table was so coool, i used to play all my Spideman and Xmen toys on it..
and one sunday, when i came back from hindi classes, I saw Boxes in the Kitchen!
i was like ?! I ran to the room! where My table used to be, I Saw Our First DrumSet !
Waaaaaaaaaaaaa...... i remember that time, the Godzilla movie just came out
and godzilla had a track called Heroes - by the wallflowers.
and the cranberries and the Corrs were pretty hot at that time..
First i hit all the drums, noticing wat kinda sound each drum produced.
the next thing i know, bro taught me the basic eigth note groove,
And then i was off !
i played the wallflowers song! and got it rite in 2 days.. thank god for ears that could catch beats quickly..
then in 2 weeks, kenna complain..
waarrrraaaauuuu
Jugman
New member
first time i sat on a throne, i played something simple. its ok to start off simple along the way, have some earplugs handy, if you know what i mean (winks). some idiots may laugh at you, call you a noob, say that you won't make it. ignore them (thats what the earplugs are for, hehe). you are you're own master. you play what you want and no weakling's gonna mock you. that's how i felt by the way. first time i went jamming, i spent most of the hour playing the bass (i suck at it). it was the second session that i starting improving rapidly on the drums.
so man, it doesn't really matter what song you play on the drums for the first time. who cares anyway.
so. moral of the story: don't eat with your mouth full.
hahaha joking.
but really, don't be provoked by those around you. and like everyone here says, i think, have fun
so man, it doesn't really matter what song you play on the drums for the first time. who cares anyway.
so. moral of the story: don't eat with your mouth full.
hahaha joking.
but really, don't be provoked by those around you. and like everyone here says, i think, have fun
metzalx
New member
A few friends and I were actually pretty big Linkin Park fans in primary school (around 2003/2003?), so we started forming our own imaginary band. For some reason Rob Bourdon caught my eye...
I actually started off on my Maths textbook in 2004, with a pair of sticks (that looked more like those for Chinese drums, they weren't even of the same length) which used to belong to my brother. Went with that for around a year (pointless year, I was having so much trouble playing with those sticks), and finally got my big break...
Community Drumming Festival 2005.
I was playing toms under Dennis Sim (Tama Goh's student, if I'm not wrong, was also at CDF that I first saw Tama Goh), and those sticks (pinewood, i think, used to sell for around $3.50 at Swee Lee) were my first real pair of sticks. I still have them today, sentimental value...I don't dare to play them now because they break like satay sticks.
Afterwhich, armed with these sticks, I moved on to the almighty OFFICE CHAIRS.
Played open-handed on those first before realising there was such a thing called "cross-handed"...The first song I tried to play was Feel Good Inc. by The Gorrillaz. I was having so much trouble...And I bought a pair of Zildjian Tre Cool Signatures, without letting my mum know because she threatened to kill me before lol.
And so, as of 2006, the big year which I touched a drumset for the first time...Fixed a jamming session with my friends...We played Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The experience was a bit unpleasant, because the throne was screwed and I felt like some oversized kid. Legs were bent like 50-degrees compared to recommended value of 90-degrees...Ouch. Crash cymbal was cracked too.
I remember how I was hitting the crash cymbal quite softly, and suddenly I hit it with POWER, and I exclaimed, "Omigod, I just learnt how to crash a cymbal!"
I actually started off on my Maths textbook in 2004, with a pair of sticks (that looked more like those for Chinese drums, they weren't even of the same length) which used to belong to my brother. Went with that for around a year (pointless year, I was having so much trouble playing with those sticks), and finally got my big break...
Community Drumming Festival 2005.
I was playing toms under Dennis Sim (Tama Goh's student, if I'm not wrong, was also at CDF that I first saw Tama Goh
), and those sticks (pinewood, i think, used to sell for around $3.50 at Swee Lee) were my first real pair of sticks. I still have them today, sentimental value...I don't dare to play them now because they break like satay sticks.Afterwhich, armed with these sticks, I moved on to the almighty OFFICE CHAIRS.
Played open-handed on those first before realising there was such a thing called "cross-handed"...The first song I tried to play was Feel Good Inc. by The Gorrillaz. I was having so much trouble...And I bought a pair of Zildjian Tre Cool Signatures, without letting my mum know because she threatened to kill me before lol.
And so, as of 2006, the big year which I touched a drumset for the first time...Fixed a jamming session with my friends...We played Boulevard of Broken Dreams. The experience was a bit unpleasant, because the throne was screwed and I felt like some oversized kid. Legs were bent like 50-degrees compared to recommended value of 90-degrees...Ouch. Crash cymbal was cracked too.
I remember how I was hitting the crash cymbal quite softly, and suddenly I hit it with POWER, and I exclaimed, "Omigod, I just learnt how to crash a cymbal!"
Jugman
New member
lol. i remember my first pair of sticks. it was a lazer i think. very big. i dont know whatsize cos i lost them. heheh they're too huge for me. my sis bought them randomly. i gave her money to get a pair for me (i cant remember why i couldn't get one myself) and she got home with those monsters. lol to be honest, i've never played on a drumset with those sticks. it was used for practice and for practice only.
lesson learned: when buying sticks, get your ass to the shop and choose them yourself.
unless you wanna get a brick online that is. then you have to know by heart which sticks you like best.
http://www.myspace.com/almostanaccidentsg
lesson learned: when buying sticks, get your ass to the shop and choose them yourself.
unless you wanna get a brick online that is. then you have to know by heart which sticks you like best.
http://www.myspace.com/almostanaccidentsg
RudimentalDrummer
Moderator
First Time Playing a Real-Kit - was when I was 15 years old.
I play the Guitar and me and my friends (so call Newly-Form-Band) went to Peace Centre to rent a Studio - We were playing this Song "Walk-Away" - after this song - I put the Guitar down and tells the Drummer my Friend "No - I want to play the Drums" - We quarrel....almost fight there.
Then the Band Propose that if I could play the Drums better in 1 month time - better than my friend the drummer (who is quite new also then) - I can be the Drummer.
I went home - Took out all the Round-Tins and start playing playing them like a 5pcs kit (without a Bass-Drum)...One week later I took up Drumming from an Instructor who only teach me how to do (one type of fill in) ...and after 1 month - The teacher tells me he have nothing to teach me anymore ..... because I was young then (I thought I must be very clever - cut to drum - cause that stupid teacher tells me - I am too clever so he has nothing more to teach me - actually he only have limited knowledge - only later than I realise)...but my Band doid break up - all because of me (and I do feel guilty after that) - - - Juts because I wanna be the Drummer.
After the Band Break up - I bought a Drum-Set (2nd-hand one) by the Brand of Olympic By Premier (it was a 5 pcs kit - Blue Strata) - - It was here that I was always with Keff & his gang of Hippies - all older than me with very long hair (the Crazy Elephant Boss now) - - hahaha (Can't tell you all what we did during the Rock-Era in 70s, but we were young.)
6 mths later I sold my Olympic and bought a Morris from a Ko-Tai Drummer call Ah Au (also 2nd-hand dunno what stupid Brand but in Gold Wrap)...6 mths later - sold it to a Church.
End Of Drumming - - then
I play the Guitar and me and my friends (so call Newly-Form-Band) went to Peace Centre to rent a Studio - We were playing this Song "Walk-Away" - after this song - I put the Guitar down and tells the Drummer my Friend "No - I want to play the Drums" - We quarrel....almost fight there.
Then the Band Propose that if I could play the Drums better in 1 month time - better than my friend the drummer (who is quite new also then) - I can be the Drummer.
I went home - Took out all the Round-Tins and start playing playing them like a 5pcs kit (without a Bass-Drum)...One week later I took up Drumming from an Instructor who only teach me how to do (one type of fill in) ...and after 1 month - The teacher tells me he have nothing to teach me anymore ..... because I was young then (I thought I must be very clever - cut to drum - cause that stupid teacher tells me - I am too clever so he has nothing more to teach me - actually he only have limited knowledge - only later than I realise)...but my Band doid break up - all because of me (and I do feel guilty after that) - - - Juts because I wanna be the Drummer.
After the Band Break up - I bought a Drum-Set (2nd-hand one) by the Brand of Olympic By Premier (it was a 5 pcs kit - Blue Strata) - - It was here that I was always with Keff & his gang of Hippies - all older than me with very long hair (the Crazy Elephant Boss now) - - hahaha (Can't tell you all what we did during the Rock-Era in 70s, but we were young.)
6 mths later I sold my Olympic and bought a Morris from a Ko-Tai Drummer call Ah Au (also 2nd-hand dunno what stupid Brand but in Gold Wrap)...6 mths later - sold it to a Church.
End Of Drumming - - then
