[Tainojim]

[QUOTE=Praticing with a pillow is great too, I know personally Buddy Rich did it often, by his own admission!
Good Luck
Boom Boom[/QUOTE]

Man, you must be old if you heard it from Buddy himself.

And I thought I was old. Just messing with ya.

[Tainojim]

Originally Posted by DannyMeazell

Sorry but I respectfully disagree about muffling. The only things I muffle is my basses. but barely. Muffling takes the sound of the wood and the resonance away.

I agree, but muffling should really only be used enough to lessen the amount of ringing coming from the drums. I'm a bit old fashion, and I still use the muffler Belt type on my bass drums and the original Richie Rings on the snare.

On the other hand, I remove the muffling for Jazz playing when it's really needed. It seems to put more emphases on the hard beats.