PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS ADVICE. I was big believer of "ear plugs are for babies" and now i have PERMANENT RINGING. If it was just hearing loss that would be one thing, but the never ending ringing is a LOT. Plugs don't make you a worse player. they don't make you a baby. sure, some of the chain smokers will laugh at you in between hacking fits. but better to have clear hearing at 35 and be made fun of a bit at 20. Yes, you will have hearing loss at only 35 without ear protection!!!!!!! this goes even FASTER if you play in a metal band or a jazz band that plays any funk! god i wish i could go back in time and tell my younger self to suck it up, get laughed at by the alcoholic in the band, and wear the plugs. and the trumpet players that wore plugs have perfect hearing still! and they are all professional studio musicians!!

I can not vouch for this enough. I drummed and gigged for far too many years without ear protection and now I have the life long joy of constant ringing thanks to tinnitus. Funny enough when I bought a set of Roland V-Drums so my neighbors would stop calling to police on me for even breathing near my set it actually has an option to emulate the sound of the drums as if you were wearing hearing protection because as you said IT MAKES YOUR DRUMS SOUND BETTER.

and if you play with others, try to get them to wear hearing protection as well. if they don't, try to control your volume.

I use ear plugs and headphones, but my ears still ring, I hope it’s only temporary

@@TAZo-ml6ft I would just try to make sure the earplugs are rated for the excessive noise drums can make. Good rule of thumb is to look for a noise reduction rating (NRR) of at least 10db. Even though you have earplugs in as well it’s still also important to make sure your headphones aren’t too loud as well.

congratulations, now your neighbors hate you

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If you really wanna become the best worst drummer, you gotta start a ska fusion power metal band clearly

@@ChampionOfSkyrim Clearly he needs to be ska fusion progressive power mathcore bluesy industrial folk metal band. Can't waste his talents on simple things.

Cool, good luck! 🙂

yep as an edrum player i agree.

If I recall correctly Roland actually makes some of their own pedals that have built in dampening to the floor which I've heard works pretty well but I've heard mixed things about the quality of them given that they cost dangerously close to a proper Iron Cobra. Best solution if you're handy would be to build (or buy) a drum platform so you're getting the pedal itself off the floor and you're not transferring energy directly into the floor. still won't be silent for your downstairs neighbors but they'll be happier

I've got a good friend whose a drummer that loves his e-kits and when I've gone to his house while he's playing I can hear them from outside the front door. Something as simple as a rug or strategically placed doormats can make a huge difference to help deaden the sound, especially if you've got hard flooring. (eg. Playing in the garage on concrete)

I would like to add that irrespective of what the box may say, -['dad']-; If you can hear finger tips rapping on the pedestal/platform more clearly outside the door than knocking on the naked floor : I should *very* strongly doubt its efficacy at _'sound dampening'_ versus its utility as a _'sound resonator'._

use a double kick and practice blast beats at 3:00 AM to remind your neighbor who's really in charge here.

Yes!!! As someone who sings a lot, this helps tremendously in parts where there is no rhythmic element and that makes keeping a beat to hit the next part super easy!!

that's sounds like a great advice, thanks dude!

Same here. I usually "sing" the patterns out loud when I am practicing something new. Makes it easier to remember patterns and fills if you associate them into specific phrases. For example: I'd phrase a skank beat on double pedals as "do-doda" or a simple snare roll as "tatatatata".

Also start with prog or jazz. They only have 4 letters in their names so it’s easy

This works with any instrument, really. I have played euphonium, tuba, and electric bass. And with all of them, I do something to get in the groove of the music. From tapping a foot to bobbing your head, anything you can do to keep a steady flow will help you.

Thats mostly for jazz- rock's basically the same but its bass snare and hats instead

+ DANKPODS

It's not just the drums, he's got passion for everything.

A lot of this is useful for programming drum loops in drum machines or DAWs too!