I just broke a new stick after only around 8 good half-hour sessions of playing. I used to have a pair of drumsticks that lasted me months! 3 or 4! I have always been using Vic Firth sticks, the only difference is that instead of using 5A I'm using 5B. It's hard to believe that that is the reason they are breaking more.
Back when my sticks lasted forever I used "poor technique", as some people on a different drum forum told me, so I've been trying to use the correct one ever since, and it seems like my sticks are breaking faster.
Here's a video in which I was using my original technique and my seemingly invincible set of drumsticks
Watching that video again I see that I was pretty tame, I hit stuff harder now usually, does it make THAT much of a difference though? Why wouldn't you be able to hit drums hard?
So these are the factors I can think of that are causing this: Playing more aggressively, 5A to 5B sticks or using a technique unnatural to me. What do you guys think? It wasn't just a "faulty" stick I think because recently my sticks have been breaking and this one was just unacceptable. I can't pay $10 for a pair of sticks if they'll break in a week.
Back when my sticks lasted forever I used "poor technique", as some people on a different drum forum told me, so I've been trying to use the correct one ever since, and it seems like my sticks are breaking faster.
Here's a video in which I was using my original technique and my seemingly invincible set of drumsticks
Watching that video again I see that I was pretty tame, I hit stuff harder now usually, does it make THAT much of a difference though? Why wouldn't you be able to hit drums hard?
So these are the factors I can think of that are causing this: Playing more aggressively, 5A to 5B sticks or using a technique unnatural to me. What do you guys think? It wasn't just a "faulty" stick I think because recently my sticks have been breaking and this one was just unacceptable. I can't pay $10 for a pair of sticks if they'll break in a week.