I find it hard to play on a 5 piece set already after getting accustomed to the 6 piece on an ImperialStar. Drop to 4 piece I lagi  .

Wouldn't you guys feel that a 4 piece is too limited? Like ^ said you'll require more creativity.

Isaac you guys look quite young. I would say around 19 or so? I'm personally in a band too but I've only played 3 gigs so far. And that's in the span of a year or so . Not much things like this in Ipoh I guess. There was a live band club around my area recently but it was shut down due to lack of business(Also that particular lot is known to be haunted).
The only live band club I've seen which is quite successful is a Jazz bistro nearby my area too. Played there once. Not suited for our type of music due to the setup and size of the place + the mics gain was too low. I'm not the drummer for my band though

If you get a chance, try a four-piece setup, you'll be surprised at how much fun you can have. And it will help in your playing if you decide to revert back to larger setups.

More is less, except for cymbals...

Brass is more durable than bronze. Even with bronze cymbals, you shouldn't be cracking it if you have the proper habit/technique. So if you can crack a brass cymbal... well... :S

Isaac, you can experiment with 'curves' and 'split-toning' to bring up your images.
No flash was used and the shutter speed was set too low in most of the images.
Up the ISO settings. Since you are gonna convert to B&W in your final image, grain should not be an issue.
Just do not over sharpen the final image.


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Rocket Science behind photo-shoot of drums



Btw, HAPPY Birthday Isaac!!! (IINM it's yours today...oh such a special day)

Wow...you guys so hardcore till need wear shoes to drum


I bare foot all the way

Happy Birthday Isaac!! 
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But still really can't decide on the cymbals 

Happy birthday isaac . I usually wear my pair of LeBron 9 if I'm playing outside. Basketball shoes lol.

Guys. Just curious. What do u guys think about Ludwig drums? Anyone carrying it in Malaysia?

From that angle looks like resting but not really resting lah...

^

Eh I thought when record the sound engineer will do it?

Any bandless drummers here?

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Added on December 27, 2012, 10:50 pm
A good player doesn't need a good sound engineer.

But even if you have a bad player, a good sound engineer can fix everything. Lol. Sad but true.

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Added on December 27, 2012, 10:51 pm
Picture aint working brah.

I never haf sound engineer b4.. do they even exist in malaysia?

Like usually play raw.. Unless u guys mean do recording?

Lay down what kinda tracks? I think I can hear my drum gear complaining about being kept on silent display for toooooo long

can i try? hehehe

Wanna try too but this I got SPM

sifu. how to tune the drums? snare, toms, bass. watched a lot of video in youtube but still cannot find the tone.

does anybody here knows rorstroller from OLX? he sell drum quite cheap..
but dunno if it is a scam or not..

I have a snare tuning question/problem. I can't seem to eliminate the "boomy" sound. Me and my wife have tried tightening and loosening the lugs for the batter head but there is still that slight boomy sound associated with toms.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

10 months? 

But honestly speaking, does the drum head you use actually affect the accent, quality and audible decible of the drum? My set came with Evans heads. But it's also slightly out of tuned for reasons unknown. And as far as my sister or I know, there isn't a drum tuner in ipoh.

Kind of shaky in terms of wanting to explore how to tune it myself and wouldn't i need a drum dial?

Nice to hear that your wife goes for drum lessons Perhaps you can post a video of you jamming with her.