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This is a snippet my dad got of my rendition of Fuel by Metallica. My drum teacher puts on these expos around 4 times a year. This was my first one. I was super nervous but it was really fun too. Kit isn’t mine by the way, it’s my drum teacher’s.

Hi everyone. So I’m currently using a Simmons Titan 50. I have the expansion pack on it. But I have in my possession an extra tom and I know it has the potential to be split, but I don’t know how with the module I have and I don’t know what cables I’d need.
It’d be super appreciated if I could get some recommendations on how to do this.

If any other pictures are needed for advice I’ll put them in the comments.

I’d just like to add some details to this. I’m 17 and have been playing for about a year and some change. But I’ve been getting lessons for about 2 months. My teacher about a month ago gave me the challenge of learning a song for a recital. I picked fuel, and I learned it roughly through tabs. Then he said I should try and make it my own. I realized that recording is a lot harder than playing normally. I tend to overplay when I’m alone and it shows. When I’m infront of my teacher or others I tend to keep it simple and more consistent.

Anyways sorry for yapping so much. Should’ve used a metronome. Hope everyone enjoys my little doodle of a cover.

I used SSD-5 Free and GarageBand. Tried mixing it to the album by memory. It kinda sounds like Lamb of God too. Any recommendations on how to get it closer?

Do you think they’ll go in chronological order with Garage Inc or go through studio albums first with St Anger?

Just got my Evans patch. It’s the black nylon one. Before I start using it, I’d like to know whether the plastic side of felt side of my beater will be better for it.

I’m currently looking for a patch for my Simmons KP20 kick pad. I’ve was going to go with evans double bass patch, but I don’t whether the Clear plastic or black nylon. Does it make a difference? Will one work better than the other? Just to add, I have Tama beaters with both a plastic and felt side.

-Edit, to clarify. It’s a mesh head and using plastic side of the beater.

These are my five favorite albums covers from the 80s. I’d love to see what everyone else’s favorites are.

Might do 90s at a later date.

I’ve got this Simmons kick drum and this DANMAR double metal kick I’ve been holding on to. I don’t have an acoustic kit at the moment. And I was wondering if it’d be a bad idea to put this on my kick, because I don’t want to just waste it. At the moment I’ve just been covering it with a towel so it won’t get damaged, and have debated adding this DANMAR piece to it.