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Originally Posted by StickBreaker16  I got the Sabian B8 cymbal set. I asked for them for christmas because they were beginner cheap, although I am not a beginner. The B8 Rock pack sound way better than Zildjian ZBTs...for some reason Zildjian is not my style. Anything higher than the B8 Pro series is pretty damn expensive. You said you want a fast crash cymbal. Thats not one of the basic cymbals, so its not a neccessity. The fast crash will bring you in the high hundreds to even higher. A cheap splash will go about 50 to 100. The reason, imo, why you see a lot of cymbals is either A) It is a lot more easy to add cymbals than it is to add drums so it makes your set look bigger. or B) Your style of music requires a lot of variety, like Dream Theater.
For foot training, I dont have some regimen that I study off of. I just listen to a lot of music and hear what the pros do and I take down what I should learn. When im not at my set I just tap my feet as equally as I can. Like single stroke 8th notes just tapping my toes or heels on the floor. It actually does build up stamina and a sense of rhythm. |
Great reply. Thank you for speaking up.
I'm not too woried about price in the long run, but there is ultimately a decision about how long it will take for me to get my kit to produce a decent enough sound to make me more excited to play it. That's kind of why I'm looking in the budget cymbals. I should have the sound I need, I just need something quick so I don't save up for three months for one cymbal. I'd rather play and be happy for three months in the meantime then sell the cymbal I don't enjoy anymore to get some more hardware I enjoy much more afterwards. At least I'll have a complete set in the meantime. It's hard to keep positive about your drum kit when you've only got an 11-year-old Scimitar rock/ride, lol.
Foot training... That's excellent advice, and is what I've been doing for months now, but it's only making me sloppier when I get to my kit. The tapping on the floor uses a different range of motion that the pedal requires, so I find that I can only do fast beats with heel up positions, and I'm trying to avoid that (IMO it's kind of like cheating, but I guess if you make the sound that's all that matters).
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