You will miss out learning the art of drum tuning with e-drums, also it maybe more difficult to rimshot and choke cymbals.

Personally I'm an advocate for buying Used drums and then changing the drum heads. Then the money you saved can get better cymbals which are a world of difference from the low end brass cymbals to the better bronze cymbals.
This is interesting. Can't say anything yet as need more time to digest and research what is being presented in the video.

Typically a electronic drum you will hear the drum sample sound from the headphone or speaker out. If it isn't switched on then the sound will be like hitting a practice pad or like hitting cardboard/pillow.

Honestly can't go wrong with Major brands like TAMA, Pearl, Yamaha.

***  Yes, have these 3 brands in mind. But they have so many models. Now thinking of Yamaha Stage Custom 5 pieces. Do they have only 1 Stage Custom model in different colors or Stage Custom models with some differences (wood, design, etc)? Hope only 1 Stage Custom to make my selection easier.


Can't go wrong with A or K Series for Zildjian, Sabian equivalent would be HH and AA series. Avoid planet Z from Zildjian as it is brass. Best if you go to a shop physically to try out and you will know the difference in sound quality.
If you think it is too expensive then get the best cymbals you can afford for Hihats and Ride as this 2 will be used the most in drumming.

***  Noted and thanks. Avoid brass cymbals regardless of the brand? A series prices are scary!

Not too familiar with Istanbul but I heard they make good cymbals too.

Hi there,
Well there is an app called Moises.ai where you upload your favourite tracks and it will then separate the tracks for vocals, guitar, piano,bass, drums and others into a multi track. You can then mute either tracks so that you can turn it into a drumless or bassless,etc and you can play along with it.

Never knew about this thread. This is great.

Most important thing is to get into a comfortable position. It also depends on the music style too. Heavy metal and jazz need different types of position to be effective.

One of the most famous drum fills surprisingly from Phill Collins - In The Air Tonight. I admit he is a great drummer with a great voice.

There's no copyright infringement as it's only for your own personal use unless you paln to upload publicly of your playing then yes, copyright infringement will happen

Generally when i play the typical matched grip, my setup is always symmetrically straight. I usually sit higher with my legs angled slightly downwards. As matched grip is kinda low position grip (around waist/belt height). Also my toms are angled just slightly towards me. This allows almost neutral position of my wrist as i move from snare to rack toms to floor toms.

***  I modified the throne to give an additional 2 inches. Too high, can feel ache in my right leg and back (I play heel down). Modified again and now slightly higher than the original. Not used to heel up which most people say is better for speed and power. Feel my front toms are further away than I want, constrained by Yamaha's toms' support on the kick drum, wish that the support is closer to the drummer. But their YESS design may dictate the tom support location. Dont plan to get tom stands to get the toms closer to me. Guess I will learn with the current tom locations.

For traditional grip, usually i follow the marching snare style where the snare is kinda angled more and then build the toms around that natural angled left hand going round the kit.

*** After many trials, think my mid tom orientation is now 90% OK for me.

These guidelines which i learned from many drummers especially Dave Weckl helps me to be almost water like fluidity in motion when playing.

***  Wah, a sifu here. Are you into rock, jazz, etc? The best drummer you can recommend for me to follow in the web? Thanks.

Well generally heel down, you would sit lower but once you start playing more intricate stuff on the bass drum, that's where heels up becomes more common. Heels down are usually more common in soft to mid level dynamics.

I'm also using playing on Yamahas too. Stage Custom (8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 toms, 14 snare and 22 bass drum, basically full size) and just a basic tom holder on the BD itself. Sometimes it may feel too far, sometimes too close, so it's more of a getting used to your own comfort zone cuz after all it's finite in distance.

Well i'm not a sifu at all, just a serious hobbyist only. There are some really amazing rock drummers out there but I'm mostly into the Jazz Fusion scene where musicality and technicality need to be extremely high.

Hit me up in the PM and we can continue there as well cuz there's a lot to it.