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Thanks for the question and for watching! Absolutely, they work great. Remo Fiberskyn Diplomats or Ambassadors work well too. They don't hold up well for heavy hitting Rock or Funk. For Jazz combos and Big Band, they're awesome. Here are a couple of affiliate links to both. Thanks so much in advance for supporting my channel and keep swinging my friend! 1. Evans Calftone: amzn.to/3Y2twdc 2. Remo Fiberskyn Diplomat: amzn.to/3ScBA7f

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Thanks Ron nice comment. I'm glad you enjoyed. I tend to tune my Jazz drums a little lower than most cats because I like a beefier sound. Keep swinging my friend!

Thanks so much for the kind words and for watching! It's funny, that you're the second person to mention that I'm doing some Krupa-isms. He's not one of my influential drummers but probably his style influenced someone else that I'm influenced by. He is after all one of the most important drummers for all of us. Keep swinging my friend!

@@jazzdrumschool It's the rim shot. Krupa did his with the top third of the stick and it's got more overtones then a traditional, full body rimshot. We all do them, Gene just got the name first.

Thanks very much! It's "Girl Talk" by Neal Hefti. We're doing it as a Samba/Bossa thing. A really nice way to play it and the first time I've played it in this style. Keep swinging my friend!

Thanks very much for the kind words. Keep at it and if you ever want to add Jazz drumming to your playing, I hope you'll check out Jazz Drum School: jazzdrumschool.com/ Keep grooving 🤙

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed and if you ever need a hand with your Jazz Drumming, I'd love to help you out at Jazz Drum School: jazzdrumschool.com/ Keep swinging my friend🤙

Thanks for sharing and for your kind words! I'm sad to hear about the bad reviews. That's the first negative feedback I've heard about the Pearl Midtown. My kit has none of those issues and is still going strong. Are they making them differently now?

I have seen 2 bad reviews and dont really know if produktion quality has changed ? I' m gonna go with your opinion and thousands of others of the Midtown Kit. I do have the ludwig breakbeats on the table up against the Midtown as well ,but i do like the portability and the bags especially made for the Midtown Kit as you showed as well 😊 I have played on a breakbeats set and they sound amazing too😊

Thanks for the question! Unfortunately, ride cymbals and hi-hats are the most expensive cymbals of the bunch. I would suggest, finding one second hand to get that price range. Used instrument shops, pawn shops, ebay, craigslist, etc...I hope that helps and keep swinging 🤙

Wow! Now that is one of the highest compliments I've ever received. Thanks so much and keep swinging my friend🤙

Evan thanks so much for the kind words and I'd love to give you a hand with your drumming at Jazz Drum School. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about the courses or yourJazz drumming. I'm here to help. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks always my friend 🤙

Thanks for the kind words and keep swinging my friend 🤙

They are fun! Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks for sharing your journey and I too am glad your hearing is intact. I'm glad you found your ear plug solution and yes, I hope drummers will see this and protect their ears. Have a swinging great day my friend 🤙

Thanks and have a swinging great day my friend 🤙

Thanks so much Caloob and keep swinging my friend 🤙

Drew! It's always awesome to hear from you! In the examples at the beginning I'm playing just straight 32nd notes starting on counts 1, 4 and 3. I hope that helps and I hope we can connect again someday soon buddy 🤙

Thanks for watching and for the question! I next the floor tom inside my kick drum. I have to remove one of the floor tom leg mounts but it's not really that much of a hassle for me. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks for sharing your experience here! That's great news. Maybe Evans inspired them to change their design? In any case, I too have noticed lately that Remo heads are not as tedious to tune any more. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Great! Please do give it a try! The Shorts format cut off the floor tom sticking and some notes I shared on the screen. Here is the full version: czcams.com/video/SwyZjGxJ_xs/video.html If you ever need a hand with your Jazz drumming, I'd love to help you out at Jazz Drum School: jazzdrumschool.com/ This one's from my Jazz Drum Fills Course. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

@@jazzdrumschool Thank you! Love the videos and keep up the good work! 😁

That's awesome! Keep at it. Make those triplets the backbone of your Jazz Swing playing and you can't go wrong. If you ever need a hand with your Jazz drumming, I'd love to help you out at Jazz Drum School: jazzdrumschool.com/ Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks for sharing DJ! Great idea. I didn't even know these exist. Here's an affiliate link folk if you want to check them out. As always, thanks so much for supporting the channel: amzn.to/4cZMJAC The guage looks pretty thick. It says it's great for playing louder with brushes. Do you use them just for practice or for playing Jazz at gigs as well? They remind me of the old Jeff Hamilton signature Regal Tip brushes. Is it that the beads on the ends of the wires, move more smoothly over the mesh texture? Thanks again for sharing 🤙

Thanks so much and keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks always my friend 🤙

He made a video on it once ! He was on his way to a gig and his equipment flew of and it chipped the cymbal hope this helps !

Thanks for the question, kind words and for watching my friend! Here is the video Phillip is referring to below: czcams.com/video/CJuXOMKdE7k/video.html Keep swinging 🤙

Thanks Phillip for chiming in my friend 🤙

Yes! I love how he would lead us to the edge of the time have us float for a bit and then pull us back to Earth. Truly incredible. Thanks for commenting and for sharing. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks for the comment and for watching! They're actually a 14" combo. I have a Constantinople on the top and a K Custom Dry on the bottom. Both are top hats. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks for sharing your expertise Davie! Always helpful to have more solutions!

@@jazzdrumschool wouldn’t need to use the kit with a riser. Might have to adjust the top Tom though

Hey now that's a great idea! I never thought of it. I bet it would sound more solid than the snare drums that come with compact kits these days. Give it a try and let us know!

Yes indeed! Try those out on the kit and let me know how it goes!

Tony thanks so much for your kind words and for watching! I'm so glad you're enjoying. It makes me happy when drummers like you enjoy my lessons. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Glad you enjoyed and keep swinging my friend 🤙

Yes, absolutely! Subdivide those triplets. Thanks for watching and the comment. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks for watching and for the question! It's my Crescent Hammertone 22" Ride cymbal with 2 rivets. Keep swinging my friend 🤙

Thanks always for sharing. It takes a breadth of experience to write your comment. I'm sure that all of the people you play with today are satisfied musicians!

@@jazzdrumschool I was fortunate enough to grow up in a rural area with a large destination resort which provided the opportunity for me to play in a rich and varied environment and different size venues. My main contact and lead musician took me aside when I was much younger during a break to reassure me that I was doing everything right. I didn't know how he knew that I was distressed, so I asked him why he said this. He kindly said, "You're a metronome and your time is perfect. The bass player is dragging and you have to keep pulling him." I responded, "Thank God! I thought it was me. I didn't know what was going on but I was in agony." He was a wonderful person and loaned me a tuxedo because I didn't own one. When I had it cleaned and tried to return it to him, he said, "No, it's yours. You earned it." These are the moments that stick with you when you respect those who can teach you and care for you. It's over 40 years later now, but it seems like yesterday.

Thanks so much for sharing your expertise and for watching! In my Brazilian drumming course at Jazz Drum School: jazzdrumschool.com/course/bossa-nova-drum-beats I do talk about the difference between how it’s written in Brazil and how we write it in a Jazz drumming context. I also demonstrate about how it’s really felt in 2/4 even though we often see it written in 4/4 in the world of Jazz. Again thanks so much for sharing and for the kind words too! Keep swinging those beats my friend🤙

Thank you so much for watching, for your kind comment and tip ❤️ If you ever need a hand with your Jazz drumming I’d Love to help you out at Jazz Drum School: jazzdrumschool.com/ Keep swinging my friend🤙

Many thanks again my friend 🤙

Rich thanks for your wonderful positive comments! I'm so happy you are enjoying my lessons here at the CZcams channel! I remember you sharing about your kit and I get what you're saying about the snare drum. That seems to be the weakest link in these smaller kits. I might suggest you using a Remo Coated Ambassador or Evans G1 for the snare to get more out of it. You'll also have to tune it a bit higher than you would 14" snare because it resonates best a higher frequency. Then use a 10" Remo Diplomat Fiberskyn or Evans Calftone and a Remo 13" Ambassador Fiberskyn or Evans Calftone. What are you using for the kick drum batter and resonant heads? The snare drum I'm playing is a Sakae 14x7 inch African Bubinga snare. Regarding tuning, I usually tune my snare drum a major 2nd higher than the rack tom and the rack tom and floor tom about a perfect 4th or 5th apart. This gives me many options melodically. For the toms resonant head I actually just have the factory Remo clear single-ply heads. I'd absolutely love to see you at Jazz Drum School Rich and my course are all one-time payment for lifetime access. I have almost 300 students now from over 27 countries and many of them are learning exactly how you do. They just take their time and check in with me when they have questions or want to share their progress: jazzdrumschool.com/ Thanks again and keep swinging my friend🤙

@@jazzdrumschool thank you for replying Von, yes so, I mainly have always used coated amb both sides of Tom and ps3 for bd. But when I got this little kit I changed it up a little. Kept the CA for batter Tom’s. Clears on reso. And put couple CA on bd with a small pc of felt taped. Just enough to calm the overtones down. I started with 2 felt strips but found still to muffled prob because of the diameter of the bass drum. It’s pretty good. Warm enough with a little punch. Nice sustain. If I end up changing anything I will try what you suggested. I used a calftone once back couple years ago and I’m not a hard hitter i play a bit like you , and the the film came apart. I was always intrigued with the fiberskyn. Boy they’re not cheap! I’ll have to save some money put it aside for diff heads down the line. I’m just getting things squared away with tunings on these. I’m about 90% way there. Last one I have to work with is the 13” ft. Most of time I go with equal tunings in both sides of Tom’s. I may have to tame this one down a little bit and lower the tension. I’m into your Tom sound completely!! Got nice high Tom and nice low Tom. All you really need for this type of stuff. I had ft up high very melodic but I think after hearing yours last night I’m going to bring it down a notch or 2. Later today I may go on your online school check it and see if it’s something I can do, far as snare I have a few snares. Couple 14” a 13” and a 7x12 mapex that’s fabulous you can tune that thing low or high it’s great maple drum. It fits with the size configuration kind of far as space within the small kit. However I did check out some sakea snares online from Japan I could order one. There not bubinga that’s big bucks. You got a beautiful drum there with that. I think the maple 12” has some really really great tone tuned to an A or just below. Normally I go with a G on 14” snare. This is turning into too much here lol. I’ll end it with a big thank you and I’m so glad I found you. From what it looks like, you live in Japan?? If so , wow!! That’s awesome if so. Well I’ll end it here my friend. Hopefully talk soon. God bless you bro.

@@jazzdrumschool I’m buying a tshirt. I noticed it says slimmer fit in small caption. I’m ordering xl hope it fits! Love all the sayings on them. If it fits I’ll come back for more. Alwsys looking for a good tshirt and can’t go wrong with a drum T😊

@@jazzdrumschool thought ide say a few more things I e already made a bunch of comments, I know I mentioned before I started out with private lessons when I was 10-11. I did that for awhile. Funny how we can recall things over 40 yrs ago , so I would come to my lesson on Saturday mornings I’ll never forget such good memories of going to that music store for lessons. I should add something , so my mom paid for the lessons it was 5$ for a half hour. He always went over a little bit with me I’ll never forget him. But I started with a drum book how to play rock and roll drums. I got to a point at that age that I was reading pretty well. He taught me same grip technique, I’m surprised a little bit looking back that he did not have me play jazz style , he was also a guitar player , I don’t have that book anymore but I always wanted to get a copy of it. I found one a few years ago if you can believe that and I opened it and I thought I played that? It was somewhat involved. I knew most of it but some of it I was thinking I don’t remember how to read this or that. It was wild looking at this new copy it was a thril Von to me, so over the years I still attended private but as a family we moved often I won’t get into that, but the lessons got less and less , my step dad started a family gospel group , I played drums my 2 brothers played guitar and piano and my step dad played and sang. We actually all sang , crazy huh, step dad became a pastor and we started a church from our home then a building , we continued to play as a family group traveling thru out New England playing at churches and other types of functions like a boy scout thing and we went into a local prison Von, imagine that as a 12 yr old! Brought my pearl drums in there too. Our home was in Connecticut, so this continued for many years. Fast forward I’m now 56 almost 57 I don’t read much except that I picked up the famous blue and white book syncopation which I’m sure you know of, I thumb through that and practice my pad work. As much as I can and I like that. So I thought I would share a bit of my story with you. Hope it wasn’t boring for you. My life is quite fascinating with the music portion of it. So yes I love drums. And I love the challenge of learning new things. That’s why I’m thrilled to have found you. See what happens Von. Let you go with that. Have a great Sunday

@@jazzdrumschool Von can you figure this out for me please. If my snare is A , with what you told me , what would my high Tom be? (10”). And then what would my floor Tom be (13)”. And far as bass drum I’m keeping it where that’s at. I like the overall feel and tone / sound. It’s a little on lower side. You can feel free to tell me where that should be relative to your whole set. I looked it up to see if I could figure it out , as I mentioned I’m a little slow. I guess if someone sat down with me and taught me the scale and helped me understand them I would get it. But for now can you help me ? A 14” snare I keep at G. The 12” one I have at around A. I don’t really want to go any higher than that. Currently my 10” is around a D. But I explained what I need help with. Just the major 2nd from snare to high Tom. Then the 4th or 5th. I just don’t get this part. Is D ok ? With the snare at an A?