Tuning Your Bass Drum - Free Drum Lessons

[SuperPandaaaaaa]

i like tutles noo i like pineapples :D

[lassenbaby]

I like turtles.

[sk8rmunky08]

Helllll yea! Speed cobras for the win, And The star pattern never works for ME, Just saying, I do it almost the exact same way he does, I tune it to how I like it.

[MrPokeDrum]

i like turtles too

[fordsucks27]

Wtf you have your entire bed n your bass drum for? Wtf you not tuning in a star pattern for? Wtf am I watching this! I know better then to shove my bedding into my bass drum! I get cold at night for christ sakes!

[TylerNoble22]

That much muffling is stupid. The foam that comes with the emad head is enough. The bigger peice of foam is actually too much.

[TylerNoble22]

Idk why people just dont use marching bass heads. Theyre the perfect heads and are come with an adjustable muffling system.

[girl00tits]

I tried tuning my really shitty bass drum but its not working at all and it is very frusterating, i have no idea how you make yours sound like that...

[WillEyeAmz]

@girl00tits what brand? he's got a dw with the best evans heads on the market...

[HoboNum99]

@freedrumlessons on the tom vid you didnt get a new resonat what is the difference?

[arzymanjan]

hey i was wandering what can you do if you dont have the evans skin whit the exterior plastik thing to put the rims in because my bass drum ressonats a lot.

thanks any way :)

[appletiserdrum1]

@DefienzJust not funny. I've seen on other vids of his with that T-shirt on and it's just not funny.

[Defienz]

@appletiserdrum1 Its pretty funny...come on. ;)

[FreestyleLilWayne]

Please do video on how you record drums mics, micing techniques, and mixing them and maybe list of best studio drum heads.

[subhrendusubho]

Thanks Jared. I am a subscriber to your videos. However I am not a drummer but I have played drums very little during boy scouts.And I was wondering if there is any possible way to learn drum basics without getting a drum sets as they are very expensive for me. If there is please let me know. And about all your videos you rock. You explain yourself so lucidly that is by far the best I have seen. Bye

[TheMegaPaintballer]

i have a emad with my stock resonant head on my mapex, can you put a blanket it in the drum to make it sound better?

[Beckymaylately]

thanks! Your awesome!



[supercar97]

I LIKE TURTLES TOO

[thabestpker5]

Why put on a double pedal, when you're just using one pedal..?

[ChaseSelcer]

Hey Jared (or anyone else who might read this comment) I have a Pearl Masterworks drum kit, very nice. My kick drum is a 22x18, and I have the Emad3 on for the batter head as well. But I have noticed that when I press my kick pedal against the head, not necessarily even kicking, it squeaks. I tried seeding the head, and I know for a fact that my pedal is not what's squeaking. (Pearl Eliminator Demon Drive). Please help! Thanks!

[Dinozzo98]

You like turtles? 

[AaVeck]

HATERS MIGHT BE HATIN

[TheSanderbos]

Hey Jared!

I don't have a resonant drumhead, have you any tips for me to get an awesome sounding bassdrum without a resonant drumhead? I really struggle with it....

thanks!

Sander

[lfreet263]

Nice shirt bro

[bertram7074]

WTF! It sounds awesome. I honestly didn't think it'll sound that good. I want emad..

[cornolinius]

actually you can use your old drum head to make falam slams out of it, just cut out the right size, glue it to the new head and you dont have to spend extra money :P

[thekingnoah]

twist em like a girls nipples

[sharpasknives]

My bass sounds like shit. Do you need mufling for it to sound good?

[ChazzLord]

@sharpasknives experiment with it. Add something makeshift (like a pillow) across the bottom, pressed against the skin, and see how it sounds then.

[sharpasknives]

@ChazzLord il try that. thanks

[drumsticks135]

@sharpasknives If you can tune really well you don't need to, but generally imo some muffling on the kick sounds good. If you have some cash, try the Evans emad as Jared talks about. It has a built-in muffling system. If you can't spend money, throw a pillow in your kick, and experiment with different placements.

[sharpasknives]

@drumsticks135 il check it out. i was thinking of getting new heads anyway. thanks

[91freerider19]

@sharpasknives probably need to tighten it. :) (make sure tension is the same all the way around) :D

[Tajebless]

you could throw that skin this way

[TonyOnDrums92]

what song is that in the backround while u take that heads off

[xpertgamer10]

it would help if you knew how to tighten a head... I would never clockwise tune my $4,000 dw collectors set. if you get ripples, that is why. if you screw up your head or hoops, that is why. treat your dw with respect!

[wiirluvenit]

I wanted to mess with my bass drum and decided to tune mine like yours, I have a new EMAD 2 over an old PS3 with 2 port holes I tuned mine as close as I could to yours and I love the sound I really get a lot of attack and punch I've always been a fan of higher tuned kicks and am use to the feel so I'll probably bring up the tension on the batter head! Thanks a lot Jared!

[PadiPadinski]

Why do you change the resonant head? Just to explain how you tune the new one or is this something you do more often, like 2 times a year or so?

[TheRushDrummer]

you have some balls to not loosen and tighten the rods in a star pattern on a DW kit.

[goldenshowercap]

@TheRushDrummer

I would guess that the star pattern is more relevant on drums tuned with higher tension, keeping the tension in the head even, and the rim to the shell and the rods to the lugs too. The bass drum hsa nothing like the tension of, say, your snare or smaller toms so it's not as critical. I just realised that I go around my bass drum like this but opposites with the rest of my kit.

[ThePotenzaz]

I want to have my bass drum just like chad smith's can you give me some tips ?

[TheGuitarBoy1212]

I like turtles too! XD

[JMPrimeZer0]

Great video love the sound of the bass drum!

[JMPrimeZer0]

throwing your trashes anywhere huh throw you bass drum also...hahaha LOL

[JWuEntertainment]

Is there a reason you don't do the star pattern when tuning?

[Namal23]

Hey Jared, thanks for the video, liked it.

[ikarooz]

Beautiful drums and excellent vids. I like your "old school" tuning techniques and contemporary productions. I think you are thorough,teach without being condescending and are one of the best instructors, online. Props to Victor. THANKS!

[matyviola]

god when he kinda chokes while talking.. make me swallow spittle

[litenmorot]

Great video! Thanks!

[dgarreis]

After your done putting on the heads how high do you like to adjust you legs on the kick drum? I have heard if you bring the bass drum off the ground in front say 1/2-1 inch this helps resonate the head and lets the sound flow away from the ground some?

Your thoughts.

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@dgarreis Bringing the bass drum up off of the ground is essential to getting a full sound on any size bass drum. Now, it doesn't really matter how much you bring it off the ground. Think of a math problem. If one kid answers 7, and another answers 9, and the answer was 6, both kids are wrong; the one who answered 7 isn't "more" right. A bass drum works the same way. The point is to have the drum off of the ground; the extent to which you do this doesn't matter.

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@dgarreis The best technique I've found is to insert your hand underneath the drum, and let the spurs drop down. This will get the drum off of the ground just enough. The good thing is that it also gives the drum a better feel, as the beater is closer to the head.

[SERCHSOS3722]

Now we need a video of how tuning toms!!

[TonyOnDrums92]

hey can u donate your speed cobras to me?:)

[exitoftheend]

Any experienced drummer who know about cymbals please answer this. What is the best kind of all around ride. I play in a heavy punk band but we also play metal. We fool around with Jazz during practice and well it is very ringing (for jazz) and doesnt have the kind of sticking definition i would like. I have a Stagg dh 22in heavy exo ride which is great for fast and loud music but for jazz its not so good. What is a good all around ride I could get that can be played live

[ghilliegoon]

@exitoftheend I love my paiste pulse 357 ride it is great for all around and has a nice tone from the bell sounds great for metal and rock

[drums3874]

I enjoyed how the sound at the end, I wonder what is the name of the band and the song that is playing in the background in some parts of the video, Greetings!!

[kelsomc10]

Thank you for responding to my comment. I appreciate it greatly!

[CRMTOOL]

Have you noticed that the Speed Cobra tends to tighten a little off center?

[NOSFERATUalu]

Drumheads frisbee throwing everywhere xD

[sasjenkyn]

could you do a review of the speed cobras maybe :)?

[SmashPride]

Were is Dean? (:

[brianrooijackers]

@freedrumlessons He guys I have a question I'm a left hand drummer and I wanna buy a double bass pedal,but left hand drummers pedals are more expensive then right hand pedals. So now here is my question can you make a left hand pedal from a right hand pedal ??

maybe you know it I would like to know if it is possible

PS

hope you know what i mean sorry for my bad english

[raosboy]

Hey Jared! I really would like to know where you have brought that pillow thing that you put inside your bass drum?

[ErlendMalvik]

I have a drum set called "sonor". and the things around the bass drum where you "tune" the bass drum, they are very loose, and some og them have falled of... what should i do?

[StickyInADarkBlueCut]

@ErlendMalvik Tighten those bitches up. and then take the ones that fell off and put them back on. Tighten about a quarter turn each lug then test before tightening more, Eventually you will find that perfect sound

[ErlendMalvik]

@StickyInADarkBlueCut tried that, but it is sometimes they fall of when i do it

[TheProphetOfWrath]

I once accidently cut mysel trying to ge one of those rings in there. It felt like a paper cut. : ( Btw, why didn't you do the criss-cross formation while tightening the head? I thought was bad for the wood to do a circle.

[lousama]

Hey, Jared, I don't have the Bass Drum muffler. Approximately how much does the part that rests against the beater side weigh?

[kelsomc10]

Can you do a video about setting the bass pedal tension? Any infomormation would be helpful!

[freedrumlessons]

@kelsomc10 Yes, this has been on my list for awhile, I just haven't gotten around to it. In my Bass Drum Secrets product (search Bass Drum Secrets for more info) I talk more in-depth about that, but I should get something up on here ass-well.

[cornolinius]

@kelsomc10 pedal spring tension depends on you, i like my pedals really lose, but my drum teacher likes them really hard. just try it out, you cant go wrong :p

[chirikin1]

saludos desde mexico muy buenos videos

[chirikin1]

i like cocodrile

[PolarBMD]

i like turtles?

[reddogg850]

Another great video. You should make a video of the sounds of drum sticks, mallets,brushes and things. Peace

[freedrumlessons]

@reddogg850 I have one up. Check out the "Auxillary Drumsticks Video" on my @drumlessonscom channel.

[fiend13eight]

i got some evans g2 drumheads

[freedrumlessons]

@fiend13eight Congrats! They rock!

[luciodrum87]

hi jered I have a phonoassorbent material in my base drum :) and the sound it's very like!

[wowrazzor]

hEMAD.

[UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH7]

Could you make video about different placements and sizes of ports? I want to put one in my bass drum, I just don't know how big or where.

[freedrumlessons]

@UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH7 I would put it on a similar spot to where mine is. That is the industry standard.

[koolBOY8323]

and i like the leather impact pads myself..

[koolBOY8323]

no muffle for me. the emad 2 head was enough.

whats the music playing in the parts where your removing lugs?

[chessdude67]

Link & Cuff...Rocky's Turtles! YO! I did it!

[KaosGate]

Dude, you are a gad! Get your ass over here and tune my retarded drums, NOW !

[freedrumlessons]

@KaosGate Be over in 5 minutes...

[BrightenHite]

dude why all the uploads

[BrylliumDsgns]

@BrightenHite cuz hes a boss

[Therysinx]

@BrightenHite you're really stupid

[BrightenHite]

@Therysinx i know you are really frustrated about your life but please don't put it on the internet :(

[Therysinx]

@BrightenHite what? O.o

[freedrumlessons]

@BrightenHite Why not?

[HIVOLTAGEZzz]

@freedrumlessons Very good information, now I can finally tune my bass drum and toms and the snare, I saw all your tune videos, and almost all of your videos, I learned a lot from them, Thanks a lot! you and your mates made my drumming better and easier... you deserve a thumbs up on your videos. I really like your videos!

[josshlegg]

@BrightenHit Because they are helpful and fun to watch :)

[supdenfoosukka]

holy shit

[JJMR322]

where can I get those plastic rings on the tension rods? a couple of mine broke and dont know where to get them. :S

[supdenfoosukka]

@JJMR322 music stores that sell drums, I'm absolutely sure they have repair kits and spare part kits for sale. Just ask. If not, best bet Home Depot.

[agaen96]

@JJMR322 Ebay :p

[freedrumlessons]

@JJMR322 Check the Gibraltar website. They make a ton of replacement parts.

[acab1922]

I'm waiting to learn how to tune toms from you Jared.

Very useful

[freedrumlessons]

@acab1922 It's coming here! It's already up at our other channel @drumlessonscom

[RogueKovu]

I love the sound of your kick. I got a question though. I play a lot of metal and stuff, and i would like to achieve a nice clicky sound as well as having a good thump. Normally for live performances I keep my kick thumpy and have it miced, and I also run it across my triggering system to achieve that click. It works fine, but its a hassle to mic and trigger a kit; especially when you only have like 10 or so minutes to set up. How can I tune my kick to be clicky and thumpy at the same time?

[BoydLittle]

@RogueKovu get a click pad, from gibraltar. theyre like 10 dollars and they do just that. :D

[freedrumlessons]

@RogueKovu I would experiment with different beaters. Try plastic or wood. Then go with a clear head as you'll get more attack. That's all I can think of right now.

[RogueKovu]

@freedrumlessons thanks for the reply, much appreciated :) Right now I am using the plastic side of the stock beaters from my DW-7000's. Its much better than the felt side. Ill see what kind of beaters and heads my local shop has. Someone mentioned a 'gibraltar clickpad' Have you heard of/used this?

[seamusmceagan]

@RogueKovu Yeah i use vater wood beaters with a remo powerstroke, and an even retro screen on the front, and you get eveything you need. but if you want t more thump i would go with a regular old bleck reso head, i just started using kickports too, look them up, it lowers the frequency of the reso bringing out those sub frequencies drummers are starting more and more to get after.

[RogueKovu]

@seamusmceagan How are wood beaters? I see them all the time but I never thought of buying them. Are they durable? I mean, all my equipment gets a beating from constantly disassembling and transporting and reassembling for shows.

[seamusmceagan]

@RogueKovu yeah dude, one set of wood beaters would last a life time, i've kept the same wood beaters on my axis for 7 years with no case or anything, and i'm a pretty active musician, not a scratch, the only thing separating them from brand new is ink smudge from my eq patch. but yeah man vater wood beaters are great man. they have a nice tack on the head but can still capture those lows with the right head selection. worth checking out

[kanedan123]

@RogueKovu Gibraltar Click Pad, worked for me =)

[ghilliegoon]

@RogueKovu you can get kick pads for your batter head that have metal plates that click together when you play

that will achieve the sound your looking for

[josshlegg]

@RogueKovu Tune it so that it has a nice thump, then buy the Danmar PDKP Patch for your bass drum. It has a sheet of metal on the inside to give you that clicky sound

[ThePsnerds]

I LIKE TURTLES

[Gigadrane]

Jared you should do a video about the different woods and parts i.e Poplar or birch and how they affect sound and like the diffrent lugs for the drums

[freedrumlessons]

@Gigadrane I am not an expert on this sort of stuff, but in the new year (if the world doesn't end in 2012), I'll be filming a series of videos on the different woods for drums and the sound differences. Stay subbed and you'll get it!

[piccolo549]

nice shirt



[nessmalone]

Jared Falk RULES!!!

[BrylliumDsgns]

@nessmalone i beg to differ he RULES AND HE IS AMAZING

[KatiexKIRA]

Would love a video on how to choose the right 1st drum set, or right drums for a beginner! thanks!

[freedrumlessons]

@KatiexKIRA Search "how to choose a drum set on our channel here. We have a 60 minute video out talking about that :)

[KatiexKIRA]

@freedrumlessons its actually not coming up in the search =[

[Gigadrane]

@freedrumlessons uh yeah i type this in and I only got a vid on tuning.....

[KatiexKIRA]

@KatiexKIRA note to self.... check before requesting! lol thanks guys!!!