Beyond Two-Four

The Internet is a wealth of information–too much, in fact. Aside from the usual Google (or other search engine) searches for free online drum content–videos, tips, lessons, gear and so on–there are other places where decent drumming reference material can be found.

 For example: Go to Google books and search for various drum terms: drums, drumming, drum hardware, etc. You likely won’t get complete books, but there’s enough there to get a good idea of what’s available in the online world … for free.

There’s absolutely no reason buy new drums, with few exceptions. Snares, auxillery products, sticks and so on all fall into the “it’s probably a good idea to buy new” category. Cymbals, on the other hand, are said to be better with age. I agree and tend to scour the used cymbals section of Ebay. I recently added a third crash to my setup, it is an 18-inch Zildjian that’s been sitting my my cymbal case for years and was barely used. It sounds harsh compared with my battered A Zildjians, which sing nicely. Give it a year or two, and it will be up to par with the others. I’ll continue to buy my cymbals used.

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