Topic: Is there a cheap alternative to drums? (Read 5928 times)

StaedlerMars · « **on:** 09 Sep 2007, 12:36 »

I want to play the drums but at the moment getting a drumset is a bit above my budget.

Are there any cheap alternatives that let you practice except for going into a music store every saturday?

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #1 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 12:44 »

SeanBateman · « **Reply #2 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 12:50 »

SeanBateman · « **Reply #3 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 12:50 »

SeanBateman · « **Reply #4 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 12:51 »

Hat · « **Reply #5 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 15:49 »

I don't know how long you could practice on that USB drumkit before getting bored of not having a real drumkit to beat the living shit out of, but I guess I just enjoy hitting things.

a pack of wolves · « **Reply #6 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 16:46 »

Quote from: tommydski on 09 Sep 2007, 12:53

There is actually a USB drum kit here.

Looks pretty amazing.

Not bad. Shame it's not midi and only works with the software included but nevertheless, £130 is still far less than even a crap drum kit. Failing that, the pots and pans aren't as silly an idea as you might think. A friend of mine took drum lessons while she saved up to get her first kit, so in order to practice between lessons she set up various things in the right positions. Apparently it worked pretty well.

Johnny C · « **Reply #7 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 17:13 »

come on people

Ernest · « **Reply #8 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 18:09 »

You don't have to be alone, Joe. Hang with me, Joe!

gytaar · « **Reply #9 on:** 09 Sep 2007, 23:29 »

i realized last night that an ashtray played on with a spoon makes a really cool sound...
but acctually its just your imagination that limits what you can use as a drum...

thermodynamics · « **Reply #10 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 01:12 »

AIR DRUMS, MOTHERFUCKER!!!

Luke C · « **Reply #11 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 03:00 »

Bongos?

SusurrusIgnoramus · « **Reply #12 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 11:45 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeVwBJpRl4g

valley_parade · « **Reply #13 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 11:47 »

Beatbox.

hellion · « **Reply #14 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 12:59 »

It's not as cheap as some others posted....Well, It's not really an alternative either.

http://www.americanmusical.com/item--i-ROW-RWD-WR.html

Ernest · « **Reply #15 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 15:39 »

Quote from: tommydski on 10 Sep 2007, 04:50

Quote from: Flaming Ostrich on 09 Sep 2007, 18:09
You don't have to be alone, Joe. Hang with me, Joe!

THE JOE MAN IS BACK.

WELCOME BACK JOE.

WHEN JOE COMES BACK, JOE'S HEAD WILL CRACK

Freezey · « **Reply #16 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 17:26 »

if you're just looking to get drum sounds - percussion for recording and whatnot - you can use a lamp shade for a good bass drum sound. But uh, as for an actual kit to practice on, try some of the stuff thats been listed already I guess. Or you could go the aforementioned Big Black route and pick up the roland, which is like instant cool points.

ThePQ4 · « **Reply #17 on:** 10 Sep 2007, 17:57 »

You could always look in your local paper or something for a used kit. There are also these...drum-pad things that percussionists in my high school band used to practice with, but I'm not really sure what they're called. They're just like these discs w/ a surface that you beat on. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Thrillho · « **Reply #18 on:** 11 Sep 2007, 09:05 »

Electric drum pads will do short term, everything's in the right place that way.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #19 on:** 11 Sep 2007, 15:22 »

The slow club play with a wooden chair and empty bottles.

thepugs · « **Reply #20 on:** 11 Sep 2007, 15:46 »

Drum Pants!

Spinless · « **Reply #21 on:** 11 Sep 2007, 15:52 »

As great as drum pants are, I imagine there is no better makeshift drum set than a toilet seat lid. I would see a band that used toilets as a percussion instrument. Try to imagine what you'd have to do the change the sound of the instrument...

Scrambled Egg Machine · « **Reply #22 on:** 11 Sep 2007, 16:21 »

Use a couple of old 55 gallon steel drums. It's what I play.

Spinless · « **Reply #23 on:** 11 Sep 2007, 16:25 »

THOSE ARE NOT TOILETS ARE THEY? IF THEY ARE NOT TOILETS THEN I AM NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR SUB PAR BANG KIT.

SpookshowBaby · « **Reply #24 on:** 12 Sep 2007, 05:51 »

You could try pvc pipe etc ala Blue Man Group.
Add them to the pots and pans and you could get something really interesting going.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #25 on:** 12 Sep 2007, 05:55 »

I think you should be able to get some great acoustics out of a toilet bowl.

Hang a seat from a rope and it's the new triangle.

It'll probably be pots and pans for now. toilet seat included.

Rhea · « **Reply #26 on:** 12 Sep 2007, 06:48 »

Don't forget trashcans. (Prefferably the metal kind.)

Or you could do what Blue Man Group does and whack on a bunch of PVC piping

EDIT: Oh somebody already mentioned that, I missed it.

valley_parade · « **Reply #27 on:** 12 Sep 2007, 07:33 »

Empty Bottle Bullpen Band!

THESE FORUMS NOW CLOSED (read only)

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