[guss]

Get into moddern art,...(drum stick buildings... AKA idk).

[dnb7]

Ive seen Vater key chains!! what others are there??

	Vater Drumsticks Shop for Vater Drumsticks at Musician's Friend

[guss]

try that with their cymbals

[guss]

I broke a nylon stick tip! I counted 2 flat wooden stick heads(that i could have broke, third i didn't)

[shazaam]

I have to guss =P Just doesn't happen as often as the wood tip chipping.

[guss]

Im going to stick playing with that stick, mabe even switch to nylons for life(I had that stick for 1 year).

[UPSTROKE]

If you break a stick it is most likely that you are playing wrong. Think about what you were doing when the stick broke. If you are breaking sticks a lot--Get another good drummer to watch you play. You-not the stick are doing something wrong.

You should be able to play at any volume in any venue and not break sticks.
check out your playing habits and style. Are you tense when you play?? Do you notice the shoulder of the stick is all frayed from hitting cymbals on the edge??
Is your focus of drumming just on hitting the drum on a downstroke?? Are you letting the stick rebound?? or are you just thinking about the hit?

[guss]

*takes a bow*(only broke 1 stick and one nylon tip, still playing with the broken tiped... glued, i can even tell you where they broke)
I would say...LIGHTS, CAMRAS, ACTION... FILM... (onlky if you want to brag online, Not my cup of tea).

[CJDG]

You could make your own set of wooden chimes... cut them down to different sizes.
chop them up and use them as mulch lol

As far as the breaking sticks comment... I guess the break or not break would depend on a lot of factors. A good set of stick will last me months... but if I switch to a stick with less give they break a lot more easily. A nylon stick has never lasted with me. I know that there are ways I strike the drums that produce sounds in what would probably be considered harsh on the sticks. However after playing drums for 20 years there are specific sounds I get out of hitting the cymbals in different ways or smacking the rim of a drum at different angles. I am aware of cymbal damage from stress on the bell... and there is only one cymbal to my list that I have ever broke. It was a 8" zildj splash. I don't think I have every chewed through a stick so much that it broke... They usually break over time from cross sticking. Good advice though to watch your form or get help...

[jim683]

save your broken sticks and give them out at gigs. This saves having to give away your good sticks to fans. I learned this the hard way once.........