Yes, I've always wanted my BD to sound like the whole drum kit

I usually put a toddler in my kick to muffle it

Jared is very passionate. he's been in almost all the videos from day one. And he has a very bright personality.. just wanted to say i love drumeo.

Do the towels of different colors affect the sound in different ways?

Simon Phillips uses this same muffling technique minus the resonant towel. This is how I muffle my bass drum and it sounds great!👍

Wow, right to the point, short, simple, best video I have seen for a while.

I created my own custom muffled bass drum head by placing weather strip foam air sealer tape around the inside edge of the drum head. Worked absolutely perfect and it saved me 50 bucks ! I used it on my fiberskyn single ply head.

Great sound, man. And great groove!! Super funky. Thanks so much for posting.

Just wanted to say thank you for this video. Just bought my first drumset, used this technique and I love it!

I think I’m definitely going to use this technique! Thanks for the video and info!.

Nice video. I really like this kind of videos with tips for my drums. Have a nice day!

Thank you gerald folk for the video on muffling the bass drum head its so very helpful

your drum set sounds so perfect!!

Been struggling with this. Thanks for the video! I play in a punk rock band and the kick is very constant. I’m usually nowhere near muffled enough or way too much. I hope this get me closer to where I want to be.

So many ways to go about it. Simon Phillips has a neat technique he’s been using for a while, and it’s evolved over time. It went from rolled up towels against the heads to no resonant head and a blanket with a paint can sitting on it.

Good video. Thanks. I use an Evans HQ on the batter side and small towel on reso side. Works well for me.

That sounds beautiful!! Round and big. Nice

That sounded amazing!!!!!!! That’s exactly the sound I want!!!

Awesome and practical, Jared. Cheers! Wondering if you could please share the breakdown of that groove you played afterwards?

Great tip . It worked with My MIJ drum fantastic with original heads. I roll my towels triangle for more drum paddle control.

Thank you! It works great!

The tradicional and most effective way to do it, like all drummers have done for years.

I like that sound and it does sound good threw my bose ear buds. I use pillows like that but think ima try towels rolled up . Im always experimenting . Thanks J

Wow it sounds amazing!!!!

I use acoustic panels cut in half and place them on the head of the bass drum. I release the other part of the drum, without the resonant head. Gracias por tus aportes colega!

Sounds perfect!

That was just Genius, i could not believe on what i was hearing after this two towels technique, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!

Great tip! Thanks!

nice groove at the end there!!!

Yes this works great and I use it for my studio kit that never goes anywhere. But if you are a gigging drummer, the second you pack this drum in a case, pack in car, drive to gig, unload and setup your kit, the towels are completely a mess inside the kick and you'll need to pull off a head and re-do everything again. Not practical until you solve for affixing the towels so they never move in transit.

Thank you Jared!

Cymbals sounds very good!

Thanks for noting the personal preference option. The nature of the heads I'm using provide enough muffling for me. I use no other muffling. this provides me with a dynamic range as opposed to a uniform and may I say monotonous "thump".

Nicely done

This has helped my BD very much 🙏

I've never muffled my bass drum before - my kit has the original resonant head and no porthole, so will try exactly what you've done here ... thanks. 😎

Thats so good

Sounds amazing...

That sound is perfect.

thanks this video helped so much

Always admired ur foot action. Any videos on foot and hand coordination?

This guys pretty cool I like his videos very informative

Thank u so much jared

Sounds Great.... giving it a shot right now!!

tqvm Jared...good

I love putting a pillow in it I took off the head the beater hits because I needed to retune it anyway it was tuned way too high and once I put that pillow in it sounded amazing

Thank You, Jared, Juan Here. Thank you so much for the video. I just trowed a couple of t-shirts and it sounds okay. I really didn't know what I was doing, And this method wll be better. I let you know how the Bass will sound.

H thanks Jarad thanks for helping me finally fix that awful sound my bass drum had, it finally has that great deep sound. thanks for your great vidoes..Gary from Perth West Austtralia

Great!

Great! What Evans is on that great snare sound?

I ordered a pack of sound dampening panels (the soft, 1' square kind) and glued them to the inside of the drum, filling only the bottom half of the kit from head to head. I did have to cut a few of them down to make sure they fit with just 1/2" of overhang on the sides so the heads press them in a bit when I put them back on. Since the panels I got were more mid range absorption, I can leave it as is for a slightly more open "rock" sound, or I can then add a towel and press it against the batter head for a much "tighter" sound. Using less towel and more of the soft panels I noticed it tends to leave the lows alone more. I also tune my resonant head looser than my batter head. On top of that I use wooden beaters, so it's a very nice, even and natural "metal" sounding tone that still sounds fairly deep. For my current rock band, since we lean a bit toward the metal sound, this is a perfect setup for our overall mix. The bass drum has enough attack that cuts through the mix and enough depth to punch through the bass guitar. The sound is very consistent from hands to feet, too, because with both top and bottom I am using wood on drum heads. I haven't found a better muffling method in the 26 years I've been playing. Thanks for uploading consistently great content. Love your channel and your insights.

I’d also augment muffling by purchasing the roll of window weather stripping from a hardware store. It’s got the adhesive on it and you can cut it to your desired length and then stick it right on.

Thank You So Much, I love my slingerland bass drum 1970.

So that's how to muffle the bass better. This is great!

Yeah this good I have to do this

Great video and great sound. That’s exactly the sound. I’m looking for. No offense, but the towels move if you move your drums a lot , I’m experimenting with shredded newspaper that will always fall to the bottom third of the drum . Thoughts?

Nice!

A Hollywood by Meazzi a vintage kit from the roaring 60's in Italy, bravi! ;-P

Simon Philips Style, I like it!

Very good muffling bass drum

Question Jared. How to you keep the towels in place while transporting the drums?

Ha Ha that takes me back! Thank God for port holes👌

Just curious if that live interview of the hip-hop drummer a few weeks ago is going to be put on Drumeo's KZfaq channel. I missed the live feed and was hoping it would be on here. Thanks

I use two different methods: first method, 2 Evans EQ Pads inside mine, barely touching the batter and reso heads. The second method I'll use: two felt strips, one on the inside of each head, and an EQ pad in the middle not touching either head, to help with sound as well as provide a spot for a Shure Beta91A if a venue uses that mic. Both options I use a porthole, and both heads are NOT premuffled. For me this gets the maximum amount of attack with minimal resonance (but doesn't kill all resonance).

Just here for bearded Jared

Great! Having a go at this today. I think when I have to buy a new bass drum resonant (I think they should have a logo on them saying "Front toward enemy" 😉) I'll get one with a hole in it. Well, I'll look into it. I mean I'll look into the whole hole-vs-no-hole aspects, not I'll look into the hole. But having a hole would make this one less, or easier job to do because the reso head won't need removing to get them adjusted nicely each time the kit's been moved. Right, let's see which two towels my wife won't notice go missing...

I use the DW Pillow which is a stretched out H shape. Basically it does the same thing as our boi Jared shows us the towels do in the video. But it doesn’t cover as much of the head as the towels. However it does have the Velcro attachments for the shell. Which hold it in place. With both the batter and resonant heads I tend to keep a “snug” feel on them. Just a little past getting the wrinkles out. So it’s probably a very similar sound to his kick drum. Minus the part where it’s a completely different shell lol.

Old school baby!

Can and would you recommend using a bed sheet to muffle drum heads?

I take old lazyboy foam and cut what i need love your program 👏👏👏👏🥁🥁🥁🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

I'm not gonna lie, i really liked the wide open sound of the bass drum at the start

I like your muffle idea, what if I have to transport my bass drum? What would be the best way to make sure the towels will not move during transport?

Nice

0:03 no 0:12 of course. The first sound seems like John Bonham bass drum.

I muffle it the exact same way... But... I did not know the trick of letting the towel halfway out before mounting the reso head back on. Thanks for sharing.

In a previous video you used an Evans EQ Pad, is this 2 towel method superior to the EQ pad or is this a “use what you’ve got” kind of a method?

when I use this kind of muffling towel near the beating head always moves to the center of a drum and doesn't touch the head anymore. Very often it falls and 2 edges just lie on the bottom of a bass drum. Thats why I decided to use evans EQ pad system and all problems went away.

Y used the foam from old cushions? Is that ok? I think it sounds good

How do you guys feel about the Evan's eq pad for muffling?

3:45 that snare sounddddd

Use an Evans E-mad or an Aquarian super kick 2 on the batter side and the E-mad ebony resonate with a port, and that will give you perfection.

I prefer the old school style with felt on the kicker side and a one ply one front of the bass drum so when you play the foot pedal it opens up and you can feel it. Boom 💥🥁

What are the shell dimensions of that kit? 18", 10", 12", 14" ... ?

I like that sound different kind of music you got to use different sounds but that's perfect it has resonant not too much if there's too much resident it's hard to play fast cuz it just sounds like a bunch of noise

Nice sound! Would it be handy, for transport to gigs, to lock the towels with duck tape inside the bass drum?

Would love to know the mic's used... Great tip though.

Muffling sounds great; gaffe tape to hold in place. But, what is that snare you're playing? Incredible.

Is that works on all bass drums do ı need your bass drum

Are those timbales off to the left of your snare? 🙂

does the snare loose tension at the last playing, or does he hit it diferently?

Will taping the towels stop them moving around?

I muffled with a similar way my bass drum but Ι put it only touched in the main head and I didn't do the same with the back head..I understand that there will be a quite difference so I will set a towel on the back side of the bass too !!

What about when your moving the bass drum from gig to gig then how do you make sure it’s muffled on either side?

Can you do this to the Toms as well?

What size bass drum is this

I got a used drum set and it had a pillow in the bass drum.

I just shoved some sheets n blankets through my port and just filled the lower portion. Good for me! 👍

How can I record the drums with my computer?

No mumbo jumbo. Always down to the precise point and subject matter immediately.

It works i tried everything till i seen this video ……. It worked