Hello. I am new to Drummerworld. This is my first post, so I appreciate your patience in advance.
I am 54, started playing drums at age 8. Studied percussion through college. Band, orchestra, stage band, marching band, pit band in college for musicals. Sporadically played some acoustic jazz post college in NYC when I could find people to play with. Studied keyboards for a couple of years in between Raising kids and wife have severely limited my ability/time/place to play since.
I am going to start playing again. I need advice on how to prevent my already damaged hearing from getting worse, a subject I never really addressed in the past. When practicing solo, do you people out there use noise reducing headphones, ear plugs, or what? Second, I would like to be able to play along with a music source (IPOD, CD etc) so that I can actually hear the music source and my drumming at the same time without losing my hearing. (Back in the day, I would just crank my stereo (who calls it a stereo anymore) as loud as possible and blast along in my basement growing up.)
Third, Should I want to actually record my drumming ( I would like to) with decent fidelity, and or also record my drumming along with music ( have seen several people do that and post it on Youtube—not my goal), what do I need to do that?
Finally, I own a 1968 Rogers jazz kit—bass, tom, floor and an early ‘70’s Ludwig chrome snare(all very clean), with original hardware, some of which I find to be less stable than I would like when played hard. Thinking of selling/trading for a new kit. Good or bad idea?
Thanks in advance for your help.
I am 54, started playing drums at age 8. Studied percussion through college. Band, orchestra, stage band, marching band, pit band in college for musicals. Sporadically played some acoustic jazz post college in NYC when I could find people to play with. Studied keyboards for a couple of years in between Raising kids and wife have severely limited my ability/time/place to play since.
I am going to start playing again. I need advice on how to prevent my already damaged hearing from getting worse, a subject I never really addressed in the past. When practicing solo, do you people out there use noise reducing headphones, ear plugs, or what? Second, I would like to be able to play along with a music source (IPOD, CD etc) so that I can actually hear the music source and my drumming at the same time without losing my hearing. (Back in the day, I would just crank my stereo (who calls it a stereo anymore) as loud as possible and blast along in my basement growing up.)
Third, Should I want to actually record my drumming ( I would like to) with decent fidelity, and or also record my drumming along with music ( have seen several people do that and post it on Youtube—not my goal), what do I need to do that?
Finally, I own a 1968 Rogers jazz kit—bass, tom, floor and an early ‘70’s Ludwig chrome snare(all very clean), with original hardware, some of which I find to be less stable than I would like when played hard. Thinking of selling/trading for a new kit. Good or bad idea?
Thanks in advance for your help.