"the quickest way to boredom with our instruments is an ignorance, misunderstanding, or lack of understanding about what they're actually capable of" is a really beautiful way to articulate a complex issue a lot of us face. thanks for this one!
Many of the tutorials here remind me of when I was young with my new kit. I'm self taught. Never a lesson, or any advice as to set up, from 1968 until I started using a P.C. and found YT about 7 years ago. So it was roughly 49 years of trial and error. Then one day I found this channel and it was confirmation time. I was pretty happy with myself when I saw that alot of what they show us I had actually figured out for myself. I was blessed with musical talent that ran through generations of my mom's side of the family. So it came easy. My only advice to anyone who cares would be, take whatever anyone tells you with a grain of salt. You can do this by yourself, just be patient. Anyone who tells you that you're not a real drummer because you've never had a lesson, or that you set your cymbal stands up different than they do, or blah, blah, blah, aren't helping any. There's a lot to be learned on YT, and don't shy away from asking questions of other players. It also helps to have parents that let you bash away at the house without screaming at you to stop all the racket. 🥁
Great thoughts! Switching from an e-kit to a drumset has been a challenge to get the sounds I like. This channel was the key to all of it, and it's all because it opens up your eyes: there really are no rules!
While I do have a tendency to shoot for a certain sound for each drum on my kit, I am much more confident in trying different sounds and being able to get back to my desired sound. Thanks for all your useful and helpful videos over the years. 🥁❤️
My sonic preference involves having one of my 4 toms sound like a cartoon pogo stick. A nice BOING to peak a listeners attention when transitioning from the racks to the floor. Hey, it works for me. 🤙😝
Always great stuff! You got me with the snare! And some great sounds from it... however... i feel like i need to build a snare out of Maccaroni now...hmmm
Great video, i just sold a Pearl Ultrcast Aluminium and got a Tama starphonic alu, with the money, never could get it sounding the way i liked. The Tama is a different beast though, but i definitely agree with everything you said in this video Cody, very well articulated, and well thought out
I've got two main snares, a vintage WFL 6.5x14 3 ply and a vintage Ludwig 4x14 2-piece brass shell. And it took me ages to find what I like on those two drums. But after tons of experimenting, I basically never find any snares that would do something these won't do just as well. They cover like the full range of tones and sounds within the jazz genre I play. But it took time and patience and often the drums that are the hardest to figure out end up sounding the best
I acquire them, by the dozens…but I keep them all. I’m NOT selling. I let the grandkids decide what to do with them after I’m gone In the mean time I’ll start at one end of the racks, play one for a week, experiment with it’s capabilities, then move on to the next It beings me joy!
The analogies are killing me. I just picked up the drums for the first time in like 15 years and I, in fact, do feel like a toddler trying to open a bank account.
I worked with an Italian and learned some truth in the cliche, he brought a massive tupperware box of pasta and eat nothing else at work. It took a few months before I got to know him and one day he let me try some of this pasta he made with a small hand tool at home. It wasn't anything fancy, very basic, just a few spoons of olive oil, a couple of spoons of tomato sauce with a pinch of salt and pepper to mix in this huge box of pasta. Taste the pasta not the sauce was the key. I wasn't crazy about it but hey, less is more is a good philosophy overall 😂.
I took my Ludwig accent shells and fixed the bearing edges on both sides of every shell upon finding out none of them were true they sound like a different set now
Have you guys ever done a snare video where you only do adjustments on the bottom head only and do comparisons? If you have, can you send me a link because I can't find one. If you don't, it would be nice if you did. Most drum videos on UA-cam only deal with the top head. Nobody does a demonstration of the effects of the sound of the snare drum when using different tensions on the bottom head.
Snare side head doesn't need to be as tight as it will go but I don't think I have ever got a nice snare response with the snare side below 300 Hz lug freq
Hi. A little clickbaity and repetitive considering other episodes. OK, I got that there are no recipes and experimentation is the best way to get answers... But at the same time some of us don't have time or resources to do it, so at least some guidance to narrow the search would be appreciated, and not only Yoda-like advices. Cheers!
I bought a new snare drum earlier this year and I went through a period of anxiety where I thought "Cody and Ben are going to be disappointed with me!" In my defense, I wanted something the weighed less so I didn't have to carry so much to gigs. I'm getting to old to be hauling a 15 pound snare drum on my back.
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Your channel about tuning drums is like a philosophy we can apply to all of life.
Bingo!
Pasta analogies and drum stuff. I knew I came to the right place.
"the quickest way to boredom with our instruments is an ignorance, misunderstanding, or lack of understanding about what they're actually capable of" is a really beautiful way to articulate a complex issue a lot of us face. thanks for this one!
Many of the tutorials here remind me of when I was young with my new kit. I'm self taught. Never a lesson, or any advice as to set up, from 1968 until I started using a P.C. and found YT about 7 years ago. So it was roughly 49 years of trial and error. Then one day I found this channel and it was confirmation time. I was pretty happy with myself when I saw that alot of what they show us I had actually figured out for myself. I was blessed with musical talent that ran through generations of my mom's side of the family. So it came easy. My only advice to anyone who cares would be, take whatever anyone tells you with a grain of salt. You can do this by yourself, just be patient. Anyone who tells you that you're not a real drummer because you've never had a lesson, or that you set your cymbal stands up different than they do, or blah, blah, blah, aren't helping any. There's a lot to be learned on YT, and don't shy away from asking questions of other players. It also helps to have parents that let you bash away at the house without screaming at you to stop all the racket. 🥁
I’m Italian, I’m a drummer and I love it.
That batter head sounds really great on that snare drum!
Great thoughts! Switching from an e-kit to a drumset has been a challenge to get the sounds I like. This channel was the key to all of it, and it's all because it opens up your eyes: there really are no rules!
I went through the same challenge, new heads and learn how to tune
I think this is the second time I've heard Cody talk about pasta where drums are concerned. Love it
We’re big fans of cooking analogies!
@@SoundsLikeADrum as a chef for twenty years, mainly in Italian, I totally approve :)
Love it!
While I do have a tendency to shoot for a certain sound for each drum on my kit, I am much more confident in trying different sounds and being able to get back to my desired sound. Thanks for all your useful and helpful videos over the years. 🥁❤️
Ok so I've followed your instructions Cody : the pasta is sitting nicely between the reso and the batter. Sounds like a plum. Now what?
Now it gets serious- we need to talk sauce…
Thanks for the video. I need it this advice 5 snares ago 😬
My sonic preference involves having one of my 4 toms sound like a cartoon pogo stick. A nice BOING to peak a listeners attention when transitioning from the racks to the floor. Hey, it works for me. 🤙😝
That‘s why i prefer e Pizza…and it also fits prrfectly on a Snare Drum,best there are slices already cut…bon Appetit !
Here here! Fantastic! Thank you!
Always great stuff! You got me with the snare! And some great sounds from it... however... i feel like i need to build a snare out of Maccaroni now...hmmm
Great video, i just sold a Pearl Ultrcast Aluminium and got a Tama starphonic alu, with the money, never could get it sounding the way i liked. The Tama is a different beast though, but i definitely agree with everything you said in this video Cody, very well articulated, and well thought out
I've got two main snares, a vintage WFL 6.5x14 3 ply and a vintage Ludwig 4x14 2-piece brass shell. And it took me ages to find what I like on those two drums. But after tons of experimenting, I basically never find any snares that would do something these won't do just as well. They cover like the full range of tones and sounds within the jazz genre I play. But it took time and patience and often the drums that are the hardest to figure out end up sounding the best
Kudos to you for putting in the work and discovering what works well with those drums and makes you happy!
2:06 - So to get the right sound we just need to cook our snare for the right length of time. Got it. 😜
I acquire them, by the dozens…but I keep them all. I’m NOT selling. I let the grandkids decide what to do with them after I’m gone
In the mean time I’ll start at one end of the racks, play one for a week, experiment with it’s capabilities, then move on to the next
It beings me joy!
The analogies are killing me. I just picked up the drums for the first time in like 15 years and I, in fact, do feel like a toddler trying to open a bank account.
I worked with an Italian and learned some truth in the cliche, he brought a massive tupperware box of pasta and eat nothing else at work. It took a few months before I got to know him and one day he let me try some of this pasta he made with a small hand tool at home. It wasn't anything fancy, very basic, just a few spoons of olive oil, a couple of spoons of tomato sauce with a pinch of salt and pepper to mix in this huge box of pasta. Taste the pasta not the sauce was the key.
I wasn't crazy about it but hey,
less is more is a good philosophy overall 😂.
This is a great video, thank you!! I use DrumDial!!
I took my Ludwig accent shells and fixed the bearing edges on both sides of every shell upon finding out none of them were true they sound like a different set now
Super duper. You are so sensible :D We all need to do the work instead of buying stuff. I'm going to cancel my eBay account immediately 🤣
You guys should play different kits than the Pearl kit on this channel.
Come for the advice on drum sounds. Stay for the pasta analogies about life. ✌️
Just do what I do..put on the head, put the rim on, and don't tighten the lugs AT ALL. that's how u really make a snare sound phat
Have you guys ever done a snare video where you only do adjustments on the bottom head only and do comparisons? If you have, can you send me a link because I can't find one. If you don't, it would be nice if you did. Most drum videos on UA-cam only deal with the top head. Nobody does a demonstration of the effects of the sound of the snare drum when using different tensions on the bottom head.
Love the bank account analogy lmao
Snare side head doesn't need to be as tight as it will go but I don't think I have ever got a nice snare response with the snare side below 300 Hz lug freq
i like drums
Mind sounds super sharp dead center
So learning Perdue shuffle or fool in the rain isn’t a good practice I couldn’t play it before and I almost can now
When I was 4 years old. "I didn't say I want a drink of water! I want to open a bank account."
Great takeaway 😉
Hello from Italy, I ate too much pasta today, I want gelatto analogies
I love this channel but what is that snare head? Sound pretty weird imo.
I bought a new Yamaha footpedal and it life a lot easier I must say
Pasta 🤌
Hold on, just going to the shops to get some pasta.
What kind?
@@SoundsLikeADrum There's more than one kind?!
Wet and dry, right? But then you wet the drys, then dry the wets, repeat, etc.
…it’s a process.
Hi. A little clickbaity and repetitive considering other episodes. OK, I got that there are no recipes and experimentation is the best way to get answers... But at the same time some of us don't have time or resources to do it, so at least some guidance to narrow the search would be appreciated, and not only Yoda-like advices. Cheers!
Does this mean I don't really need 16 snare drums? 🤣🤣
I bought a new snare drum earlier this year and I went through a period of anxiety where I thought "Cody and Ben are going to be disappointed with me!" In my defense, I wanted something the weighed less so I didn't have to carry so much to gigs. I'm getting to old to be hauling a 15 pound snare drum on my back.