Quote:Hey, NWo---how is your arm doing????
Hi GW thanks for asking. Well if I was measuring pain out of 10 when I wrote that post I would say I was on an 8 to 9. Today it is sore again, but I would say maybe a 3, and has been down to a 1 to 2. I have maybe played the drums for an hour or so a day for maybe 5 straight days, so that is not too bad. I am using really light sticks (7A`s) which apparently are good for Jazz (hmmm nice, smooth), but that seems to have helped so far - so maybe it was just the 5B`s were too much for my arms to cope with??
Well done with your gig btw - always nice to get up and play for an audience, and not mess up either!!
(06-06-2012 11:47 AM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:Hey, NWo---how is your arm doing????
Hi GW thanks for asking. Well if I was measuring pain out of 10 when I wrote that post I would say I was on an 8 to 9. Today it is sore again, but I would say maybe a 3, and has been down to a 1 to 2. I have maybe played the drums for an hour or so a day for maybe 5 straight days, so that is not too bad. I am using really light sticks (7A`s) which apparently are good for Jazz (hmmm nice, smooth), but that seems to have helped so far - so maybe it was just the 5B`s were too much for my arms to cope with??
Well done with your gig btw - always nice to get up and play for an audience, and not mess up either!!
Perhaps you might try maple sticks...they are lighter than the usual hickory. I love the feel of maple sticks..you can get more thickness at the same weight (or just end up with a lighter weight for the same profile).
I hope you continue to get better. I know what arm/shoulder pain can be like.
Quote:Perhaps you might try maple sticks...they are lighter than the usual hickory. I love the feel of maple sticks..you can get more thickness at the same weight (or just end up with a lighter weight for the same profile).
I hope you continue to get better. I know what arm/shoulder pain can be like.
Hi Nung - I went to take a look what wood they are made from (didn`t know - not much of a technician am I??) and they are Japanese Oak so I suppose these would be pretty heavy and hard? I will see if I can find some maple sticks and maybe try a 5A.
I wondered whether it might be a trapped nerve or something like that - I suppose eventually it will mean a trip to the Docs, but my experience of them is "oh just stop that and it will be fine". My brother is a massive mountain bike fan and loves and lives for cycling - and he was suffering with some injury the other day, and I said "why not lay off it for a day or so" even although I know I would not accept that in drumming.
(06-06-2012 12:38 PM)NWoBHM Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:Perhaps you might try maple sticks...they are lighter than the usual hickory. I love the feel of maple sticks..you can get more thickness at the same weight (or just end up with a lighter weight for the same profile).
I hope you continue to get better. I know what arm/shoulder pain can be like.
Hi Nung - I went to take a look what wood they are made from (didn`t know - not much of a technician am I??) and they are Japanese Oak so I suppose these would be pretty heavy and hard? I will see if I can find some maple sticks and maybe try a 5A.
I wondered whether it might be a trapped nerve or something like that - I suppose eventually it will mean a trip to the Docs, but my experience of them is "oh just stop that and it will be fine". My brother is a massive mountain bike fan and loves and lives for cycling - and he was suffering with some injury the other day, and I said "why not lay off it for a day or so" even although I know I would not accept that in drumming.
Yup, those oak sticks are sturdy and transmit quite a bit of stress to your arm. Maple can be a bit hard to find sometimes but it is worth the effort. A break in playing can often be a good thing. Better to take a short break to avoid a LONG PROBLEM.
At practice the other night, all they had were oak 5B's (I don't have anything but tympani sticks). I never liked hickory---I think they're too light. I may have to look for maple sticks, although the oaks weren't bad.
The kit I played was a Tama 5 piece with Sabian cymbals. All I've ever played was my Leedy-Ludwig with Zildjian cymbals. I do like the Sabians...
So here's a little survey:
Nylon tips or wood tips????
I prefer nylon, as the sound remains consistent. It seems you get more wear out of the sticks, rather than getting mushy as they wear out with wood tips. Plus, I like the sound on the cymbals. And you say....?
onebad--the powers that be are going to have me play a real gig in a couple of weeks. If there's a video, I'll post it (maybe
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(06-07-2012 09:04 PM)Gungawoman Wrote: [ -> ]At practice the other night, all they had were oak 5B's (I don't have anything but tympani sticks). I never liked hickory---I think they're too light. I may have to look for maple sticks, although the oaks weren't bad.
The kit I played was a Tama 5 piece with Sabian cymbals. All I've ever played was my Leedy-Ludwig with Zildjian cymbals. I do like the Sabians...
So here's a little survey:
Nylon tips or wood tips????
I prefer nylon, as the sound remains consistent. It seems you get more wear out of the sticks, rather than getting mushy as they wear out with wood tips. Plus, I like the sound on the cymbals. And you say....?
onebad--the powers that be are going to have me play a real gig in a couple of weeks. If there's a video, I'll post it (maybe )
Nah, WOOD tips all the way for this fellow! I just prefer the more natural sound of wood. Sure, wood tips wear and thus are "inconsistent." Yes, plastic holds up longer and is "consistent." But, to me, using plastic for those reasons alone is like choosing artifical vanilla flavoring because it is consistent. Consistently bad! Now, if one chooses plastic tips because one prefers the SOUND that results, well, GREAT! But I like more of a jazzy sound. Methinks that if you want that classic rock ride cymbal PING for eighth notes (think Van Halen or Foreigner) than plastic is king. But, I want to sound more like Billy Bruford or Elvin Jones.
I have been wood tip for most of my 35 years or so drumming. I dabbled a bit with nylon tips, and from memory quite liked them, but wood is all I use now. Although pain up again today, and I am really wondering how much longer I will be doing this.
A mate mentioned a biker mate of ours who has one of these super fast sports bikes, and due to the riding position is now having trouble changing gear because of stress in his left hand. Old age, is a right b*tch aint it?
(06-08-2012 08:03 AM)onebad70ss Wrote: [ -> ] (06-07-2012 09:04 PM)Gungawoman Wrote: [ -> ]onebad--the powers that be are going to have me play a real gig in a couple of weeks. If there's a video, I'll post it (maybe )
Make you a deal...
I'll trade you one Chevelle video for one drumming video...
- If I can ever get the file from the kid across the road that
took it... - 
Haha! How can I say "no" to that????
Blimey - I was just reading the Sunday papers over here and looking at the "This Week`s entertainment releases" in the Mail on Sunday "Live" magazine, where at number 6 they mention CD, "Clockwork Angels" - by the Polka Trio (well they didn`t say Polka Trio but you know what I mean).
And the review went onto say, and I quote -
After nearly 40 years of lengthy musical noodlings and pointlessly extravagant drumming, the Canadian` neo-prog` trio produce, would you believe, a concept album.
It does not say who the "author" of this piece is, as I might be inclined to give him a piece of my mind.
I would love to hear his album, or read his book (assuming I suppose it is a he).