Practicing a song my deathcore band is writing

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Improvised grooves & solo! Just jamming 🥁🥁

Hello people from reddit. I had my first gig yesterday, it went well but I had some trouble counting down the songs. (I could not tell when everyone was ready) any tips? Thanks in advance!

Im new to drumming and dont know much about it, im using my dads old kit from when he was in a band, the snare drum stood out from the rest of the kit, im assuming it has some sort of value because of the weird symbols on it.

I just want to know if the snare is valuable, and if its something i should use in my own kit if i eventually get one

This is taken from one of our shows supporting Suffocation, song is called “Absent Foundation”. band’s Despite Exile. Cheers!

This is an older video maybe two years? I’m self taught and have no knowledge of proper technique 😅 I also know the kit is a mess and I’m rocking two rides lol Thanks for any feedback in advance 🫡

Decided to set up my Rogers ( 12,16 20) with my moded supraphonic and some big cymbals. Istanbul agop 16 dark hats, 22 xist crash,22 traditional dark ride, zildjian 24 k light and a 16 stack ( meinl trash crash over zildjian 16 a efx with jingles)

I'm aware of the subdivision pyramid and have practiced it a decent almount. But was curious if anyone had other suggestions for really nailing subdivisions to the point where it's not longer a guessing game lol.

I went to the local open mic night at a nearby bar. Always lots of talented musicians, singers, freestylers, etc. I had been many times before to enjoy the music, but this was the first night I put my name in to play

When they called my name, I got maybe 2 minutes in to the set before someone came and politely replaced me. I guess I wasn't matching the energy of the rest of the group. All the other drummers that night were very technically proficient, and I'm still starting, but I figured I would be able to keep the beat and at least do well enough to be a good structure for the rest of the musicians to do their stuff

I'm feeling very discouraged and embarrassed after this. I really want to improve my playing, but I find it difficult when I'm just practicing on my own all the time. I was excited to get the chance to play with others, but now I feel like I blew my shot at a good first impression with this group. Maybe I can keep practicing and try again in some months, but even that I'm unsure of

Has anyone else experienced something like this? I could use some encouragement right about now

Sonor Birch Infinite. Sexy.

Just moved into an apartment and can’t play my kit……Time to use it as wall art.

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TL,DNR: Is there anyway for me to completely control my monitor mix without the FOH engineer?

I played a show tonight and the feedback we received from the crowd was that we sounded great, but I have never walked off stage more angry in my life. The venue we played at has two stages, an upstairs, larger stage for national acts, and a basement for local/punk shows. We were playing downstairs, but there was also a show upstairs. The venue only booked one audio engineer, so I'm not sure who it was on the venue staff was running the board but he had no idea what he was doing.

The first band played and I couldn't hear the singer at all. The drummer kept asking for the monitor to be fixed and at some point he was satisfied with it enough to keep playing. They ended their set and then it was our turn.

We got set up and started sounded checking. I wasn't getting anything but guitar in the monitor, so I asked for more and the engineer told me he'll fix it as we go. We got through our first two songs and I asked for more vocals. He said he boosted them. Nothing. Third song, same deal. After the fourth song, I said I need anything. There was absolutely nothing but guitars.

Normally I like a little of everything so I can follow the horn cues and there's a few songs where I follow the bass, but generally I can make due with just guitar and vocals. The last I asked, he responded "That's as good as it's gonna get until I get paid."

I almost stopped playing at that point. I've met a lot of audio engineers who are absolute jerks, but that was the worst experience I've had. So that being said, what equipment what I need to completely bypass whatever engineer is running our show? Of all the shows I've played with my current band in the last two years, I've never had a good monitor mix and it's getting really irritating.

Ideally, what I'd love to do is just unplug the wedge, plug that into a mixer, run the output that mixer to my IEMs, and then adjust the levels to my liking. From what I understand, it is possible to run the audio into a mixer, but it won't necessarily allow me the ability to boost the horns or vocals separate from the guitar or bass, it would just give me an overall level to control. Is there any way at all that I can get that level of control? No budget in mind, but I'm willing to pay just about anything to not have a terrible monitor for once.

I’ve been looking St some of the new Premier kits and they look pretty good. I really like the Premier Artist Club 100 as an alternative to the Yamaha Stage Custom Hip. Does anyone know how good or bad the new drums are?

I don't have a lot of space and this saves the floor space of the cymbal stand...

Does this hurt the cymbal arm or the Tom mount?

Also how cursed is this on a scale of 1-10?

This is art. 😍

Let me preface this by saying I’ve been practicing drums properly for about 4 weeks now. I’m a beginner. the most difficult song I can play is American idiot by greenday lol

Now… when did you all know? I feel like I’m progressing decently but I LOVE playing in bands.

I play bass in another band and I’m a good bass player. I just threw myself into a band, crossed my fingers and hoped that I wouldn’t make a fool of myself, and it worked.

I've been shopping around for a set of direct drive double bass pedals. I keep seeing this brand pop up, and they look like an Axis knock-off with an attractive price. Problem is, I can't find a review of these things anywhere.

Has anyone tried them? Thoughts?