I was jamming on some congas and bongos today in the store, oh my God, it was so fun. I'm really considering purchasing something of that sort.

I wanna be able to play it with my hands, and sticks, is that possible to play a conga with sticks too?

[QUOTE=Double Bass Jim]Fun to go shoot at the range, it's good times.[/QUOTE]


indeed it is. shooting those old western hand guns are insane. a friend of my dads owns some and man those things kick more then a rifle.

Sure weckl plays bongos with sticks all the time :cool:

depends what sticks you get, you can get one that are just that - sticks, with no beads on the end...just two butt ends

also..i dont think anybody cares and i dont think i mentioned it..but it was my birthday the day of the SOAD concert...(saturday) :D

sic, thats a nice little paragraph you got there. I like it.

[QUOTE=styler]depends what sticks you get, you can get one that are just that - sticks, with no beads on the end...just two butt ends

also..i dont think anybody cares and i dont think i mentioned it..but it was my birthday the day of the SOAD concert...(saturday) :D[/QUOTE]


Happy late B-Day.

:cool:

I'm currently looking at the new Remo congas, they seem like a cheap alternative. I didn't check the price of the ones I was playing at the store, I don't know what they were actually.

thanks poppin. i could have added alot more, but i didn't want to make it a big essay, so i stuck with what i wrote down in 5 minutes.

anyone listen to oasis? my friend got me hooked on them, i've been listening to them obsessively for the last few days.

[QUOTE=British Boy]Arrg what be ye talkin your silver tongue about?


Im very very drunk right now.[/QUOTE]

Ok, I slept the night. Now my legs feel funny and my head hurts. Great start of a school day. Luckily I have double music, double PE, then a study period, before english and maths.

Name,s matt, 17 from new brunswick, canada, i have played kit for 6 years, guitar for 2and bass for *ahem* 10 years. i like punk and Acid Jazz, and my idol is pat thetic( of anti-flag). I like to skateboard, drink rye whisky, watch A-Team Re-runs.
I have a Tama Royal star kit (22x20 bass, 12x12 tom, 13x11 tom, 16x16 fllor tom and a 14x6 swingstar snare) with some sweet sabian HHX cymbals

Well I just got my wart on my left hand liquid Nitrogen'd off. Still kinda hurts if I really try and stretch out all my fingers, but I should be good for my drum lesson tonight.

That [FONT=]sh[/FONT]it is around -170 degress.

[QUOTE=Mad Hi-Hatter]Name,s matt, 17 from new brunswick, canada, i have played kit for 6 years, guitar for 2and bass for *ahem* 10 years. i like punk and Acid Jazz, and my idol is pat thetic( of anti-flag). I like to skateboard, drink rye whisky, watch A-Team Re-runs.
I have a Tama Royal star kit (22x20 bass, 12x12 tom, 13x11 tom, 16x16 fllor tom and a 14x6 swingstar snare) with some sweet sabian HHX cymbals[/QUOTE]

where abouts in Newbrunswick?

[QUOTE=Mad Hi-Hatter]Name,s matt, 17 from new brunswick, canada, i have played kit for 6 years, guitar for 2and bass for *ahem* 10 years. i like punk and Acid Jazz, and my idol is pat thetic( of anti-flag). I like to skateboard, drink rye whisky, watch A-Team Re-runs.
I have a Tama Royal star kit (22x20 bass, 12x12 tom, 13x11 tom, 16x16 fllor tom and a 14x6 swingstar snare) with some sweet sabian HHX cymbals[/QUOTE]

OMFG?!? New Brunswick? Is there a White Castle near you? Or even up at Cherry Hill?

[QUOTE=Plan B.]Well I just got my wart on my left hand liquid Nitrogen'd off. Still kinda hurts if I really try and stretch out all my fingers, but I should be good for my drum lesson tonight.

That [FONT=]sh[/FONT]it is around -170 degress.[/QUOTE]

Oh crap that's cold, I need to charge the AC in my truck with some of that stuff.

Haha, I can just imagine.

:lol:

It burns and stings so bad.

[QUOTE=Plan B.]Haha, I can just imagine.

:lol:

It burns and stings so bad.[/QUOTE]

Kind of like that strange rash I have had lately. :eek:

So anyway, I was in the local shop again today. While I picked up a pair of free sticks I browsed around like I always do.

A few things I tried out:

A Mountain Rhythm Congo (I think it was) - it's a hand percussion instrument, so fun to play, when you play the center with the palm of your hand it gives a really low bass sound, and the sides have a higher pitch sound with a lot of ring. This was my favorite of all the hand percussion.

Bosphorus Trash Crash - this mother was a big 20" harsh crash, sounded so good, really warped cymbal though, not even or smooth at all, which added a lot to its sound. Looked like a Stanton Moore signature cymbal, it had his name printed on the bottom. Really liked it for a raw crash cymbal, but it was priced at something like $360 CDN, way to much for me.

Neil Peart 19" China - I love this cymbal, it's the one with the big edge on it, which I found gave it way more wash over the 20" model with a very small flange edge. I'm thinking about getting this one maybe, priced at $180 CDN.

Wuhan 17" crash - now I don't know if this was the "S" series, or their Traditional line, but either way, this baby had so much trash it was unbelievable. It looked very similar to an A series crash, that's why I wasn't expecting the sound that came out of it. I would say it was more on the thicker side of a thin weighed cymbal, but couldn't be more than medium thin. It sounded however like an 18" or 19" trash crash china mother. I would love this thing just for a sweet wild cymbal sound, I wonder what the 18" would sound like.

Paiste 2002 18" Full crash - this cymbal was my favorite out of everything. I wanted to walk away with it today. It was really werid though, I've never seen lathing like the kind on this one. It seemed like it was lathed with the thinnest micro point diamond or something, very small grain texturized all over the cymbal excluding the bell, I can't even explain it. The sound though, so full, they were correct when calling it that. Full, glassy, bright, high, but all very smooth because it was a thin or medium thin. I read retail 3 something for the price, I hope that isn't true, I didn't ask though, so I'm not totally sure. I'm going to find out next time.

^That sounds fun.
Much better than the day I had.

First of all, I walked out the house, and closed the door (With the lock on), then realised I'd left my keys inside. I dropped everything I was carrying and rooted around in my bag for them, but to no avail, So I had to leavce (Otherwise I would have missed the bus).

Then I got to finally play the drums in my music class. Since I am really quite shy, I was a little *embarrassed (despit being behind a huge curtain) as there was someone else in the room with me.
However, today was the first day I've ever tried the Tama 'Iron Cobra' Pedal, and I loved it. It was really light and smooth and I could actually play with my shoes on!

So, the rest of the day winds by, with several enbarrasing things in some classes.
I get home, and then remember I forgot my keys, so I had to run across a park to my friends house to get the spare set. It turned out she didn't have the spare set, so I had to wait until my parents got back.

Not as bad as I made it out to be at the begining of the post, but still pretty crap.

man, today was soooooo boring at school (like always), but apparentally on of my brothers teachers is giving away lightly used drum heads tomorrow, so he said hell try and get me some. :D

[QUOTE=Plan B.]
That [FONT=]sh[/FONT]it is around -170 degress.[/QUOTE]

It'll be way higher than that seeing as every atom stops moving at -270. Assuming your talking in celcius, if not ignore me.

buahaha...i fell asleep in physics today and got chalk thrown at me by the teacher...Didn't get in trouble though.

Probably Fahrenhite. Most this forum is American or British.

Got me some fresh coffee beans, gettin ready to grind :cool:

<3 the new dropkicks album.

[QUOTE=Double Bass Jim]Got me some fresh coffee beans, gettin ready to grind :cool:[/QUOTE]

He's 'coffee cool'

[QUOTE=Plan B.]Well I just got my wart on my left hand liquid Nitrogen'd off. Still kinda hurts if I really try and stretch out all my fingers, but I should be good for my drum lesson tonight.

That [FONT=]sh[/FONT]it is around -170 degress.[/QUOTE]

I just finished reading the chapter in Fight Club where he is talking about how he got the wart on his pecker frozen off when I read that :lol:

For anyone in need of a good laugh, I found this hilarious:

[url]http://www.numanumaye.tk/[/url]

Woo! :D I just set up my drums in my room for the first time ever! Before i've only been able to play them at band practice when we rent out a hall. They're always stacked up in boxes out of the way and I have to practice on a 5 year old CB kit in my garage.

Anyway i just made a little recording of me jamming along to Houses Of The Holy by Led Zep. I'm using brushes and theres clothes on the toms and snare and a pillow inbetween the bass drum batter and beater but it came out not bad regardless.
[url]http://www.thewithdrawals.co.uk/mp3/housesoftheholytrippy.mp3[/url]

[QUOTE=red n black]He's 'coffee cool'[/QUOTE]
Indeed, I live off it :)

I just finished my new PC.

AMD 64 3000 Venice
1g Corsair RAM
Abit AV8 3rd eye mobo
256mb Raedon Sapphire 9550
80g hdd

Just tried Generals and it seems the graphics card isn't working. Man I'm pissed off, it's 22:22 and I have 2 pieces of homework to do and my new PC isn't working.

Dayum dude! That's gotta suck. Are you sure your motherboard supports 256mb cards? Maybe you forgot to uninstall the onboard drivers and there is a driver conflict?