WeirdAl

I'd say I am quite picky. Any drums I buy must have a satin finish or else I'm not interested. Not really a fan of playing the house kits at the tunnels etc as they don't sound even nearly like I want it to and so quite often I take my own. As for tuning, I like everything tuned really low and don't use moon gell or anything like that All my heads are Evans (except for the Bass Drum Reso) as I like how open and lively they sound and the coating endurance is pretty good. Had Aquarian's on for a bit and really liked them but recorded they sounded quite dull. The heads I use at the moment are: Snare batter - Coated G1 Snare reso - Hazy 300 Toms batter - Coated G2 Toms reso - Clear G1 Bass batter - EMAD Coated (I ended up not using the foam rings so might get an EQ4 Coated next time) Bass reso - Aquarian Regulator

Wow a gear thread for drummers! I never thought I'd see the day Drums: Mapex Black Panther 14"x5.5" Traditional Maple Snare drum (Satin Black with gold hardware) PDP MXR kit (Satin Cherry to Black fade) 24"x18" bass drum 12"x9" rack tom 14"x12" and 16"x14" floor toms Cymbals Paiste 14" Signature Dark Crisp Hats Paiste 22" 2002 Ride Sabian 18" AAXplosion Crash Sabian 18" AAX Dark Crash Stagg 8" & 10" DH Splashes Hardware All Yamaha except for Tama Iron Cobra Flexi Glide bass pedal and Pearl Roadster throne Others Vater 5A sticks Protection Racket bags Also have a Roland TD3 electric kit in my flat's living room and currently residing at a friend's house is my old Yamaha Stage Custom with a random assortment of cymbals.

Zildjian.com - en-US The link pretty much sums up how to hit them. If you aim straight for the centre when you hit them then they're not going to last very long. Aim an inch or 2 off centre (more or less depending on the size of cymbal) and they'll last a lot longer as you're not pushing them where they can't go. The flatter you can get them the better but you don't want them perfectly flat and really high so you would angle them more the higher you go. It's all down to personal preference really. I have mine reasonably low and almost flat. I used to have them really high and almost flat but it was too much like hard work

Check out the Paiste PST3 and PST5 series. Very reasonably priced and very reasonable sounding. It saddens me that nowhere up here stocks anything other than Zildjian. The Zildjian ZXT and ZHT respectively are probably the closest you'll get to them but I don't rate any of Zildjian's non-pro lines to be honest

Absolutely amazing

My thoughts exactly. I don't think I've ever looked forward to an album more than this one

I am in complete agreement with Stripey on this. There are so many great bands out there that get completely ignored by everyone simply because the reviewers at (for example) NME haven't been paid by the industry to rave about them. The marketing people behind it all are ruthlessly clever I'll give them that, but there comes a point when you have to say "that's enough" and hopefully one day people will listen. In the mean time cd collections will continue to expand with cd's that will be listened to for a week or 2 and then never again. And when it comes to quality control, the internet might not have any but you've got a far better chance of finding good quality music on the net. The reason is simply because of something else that the internet doesn't have; creative control. As for the original topic, I've heard way more people say that they think Nirvana are over-rated than I've heard say that they were the best band of all time. It would seem to me then that the only reason they are over-rated is because everyone thinks they are? o_O

What's that got to do with the price of fish?

Yeh. They'll even let you in if you're blatantly 15!!! o_O

Haha just had a read of this. Pretty crazy. I haven't had much trouble from the bouncers at Exo though I've been warned a few times for falling asleep which in somewhere as loud as Exo is quite a feat!! [rant] So yeh, on that note, the thing I don't like about Exodus is that it is far too loud. The speakers are straining and conversation is difficult at best. It's just too loud for the size of room and what comes out of the speakers is seriously distorted to the point of being unrecognisable noise. It becomes slightly more tollerable when wearing proffesional ear plugs but you shouldn't have to do that in a club!! o_O [/rant]

I got the MXR last year and I absolutely love it. This year I got a Paiste 2002 22" Ride ... amazing!!

So basically you like it but don't want to admit it? jk I think it's quite cool and definately a breath of fresh air from the current musical trend in the UK which is definately lacking new ideas and seriously needing some so from me

Boing

I think what he's trying to say is people who are going to take it seriously and not have to leave cause their mummy won't let them stay out late on a school night Exceptions do of course occur. 2 of the best and most dedicated guitarists I ever met were under 18.

My thoughts exactly

A few tips ... The first is checking out http://www.onlinedrummer.com as it's packed with really useful information and lessons. Also, listen to music and play along to what you hear. If in doubt, http://www.mxtabs.net has just about every drum tab you could ever need. Hope this helps

That's not nessesarily what I'm after. I am looking to go out and enjoy myself but I'm afraid I haven't had a good night in Exodus in a very long time. The presence of women is just an added bonus that Exodus doesn't have. Friday though was quite good but only because I don't remember much of it

Well ok I take that back about the pop punk and emo cos I'm normally pretty hammered and don't really know what's being played except that it's not really what I would listen to ... but seriously, what is Moshulu like?

The music in Exodus really is going downhill. It used to be so good but now they just play total pish all night ... and there are never any nice (single) girls there either So the question I have is, where else is good in Aberdeen for a night out?

Was so chuffed to see MX back up and running. I taught myself to play drums using MXtabs which made life much easier until I could actually hear what was going on in the songs. I still find it useful as I still like to have a tab to learn from and can't always be bothered to write one out.

My first gig with Parity's Fall which was also my first ever gig. Was so good when we broke into the first song and the nerves that had been through the guitar intro dissappeared instantly.