{"id":21557,"date":"2020-01-21T09:26:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T17:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=21557"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:05:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:05:31","slug":"25-drum-hacks-anyone-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/25-drum-hacks-anyone-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Drum Hacks Anyone Can Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/evJlAm5da5c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever showed up to a gig and realized you needed to fix or replace something last minute? How can you make do with what you have? Master of drum-related problem solving, David Raouf, probably has a solution.<\/p>\n<p>You may know David as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNQQY5Ro8Lk6gssOQSSDcfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rdavidr<\/a> on YouTube. His popular channel features drum hacks, alterations and restorations, cool drum gadgets, and anything else he can get his hands on. A bona fide drumming handyman!<\/p>\n<p>David came to Drumeo to film courses on tuning and drum maintenance\/repair, as well as his brand new show for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drumeo Edge<\/a> members (called &#8216;DIY Drum Experiments&#8217;). As if that wasn&#8217;t enough, he also shared 25 hacks any drummer can do, which you&#8217;ll learn in this video!<\/p>\n<p>Whether he&#8217;s modifying sounds with broken cymbals or using graffiti remover to dissolve logos on drum heads, David has a tip for almost anything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Index:<\/strong><br \/>\n0:00 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Mono\/Poly&#8221; by Alex Ball Music<br \/>\n4:00 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n6:45 &#8211; 1) Cutting a bass drum porthole<br \/>\n7:40 &#8211; 2) Removing logos<br \/>\n8:28 &#8211; 3) Drumstick pliers<br \/>\n8:52 &#8211; 4) Matching sticks<br \/>\n9:23 &#8211; 5) Firmer brushes<br \/>\n9:53 &#8211; 6) More cymbal felts<br \/>\n10:14 &#8211; 7) Drum key drill bit<br \/>\n11:07 &#8211; 8) Custom hi-hat stand<br \/>\n13:01 &#8211; 9) Hard to soft beater<br \/>\n13:32 &#8211; 10) Cheaper locking tuners<br \/>\n14:34 &#8211; 11) Perfect cross-stick every time<br \/>\n15:18 &#8211; 12) Easy snare muffle<br \/>\n15:54 &#8211; 13) Getting a triggered kick sound<br \/>\n16:20 &#8211; 14) Protect your bass drum hoop<br \/>\n16:54 &#8211; 15) No cable rattle<br \/>\n17:39 &#8211; 16) Stop bass drum from sliding without rug<br \/>\n18:12 &#8211; 17) Increased tom resonance<br \/>\n18:55 &#8211; 18) Easy access sticks<br \/>\n19:24 &#8211; 19) DIY stick holder<br \/>\n19:56 &#8211; 20) Quick setup drum rug<br \/>\n20:16 &#8211; 21) Reuse old cymbals<br \/>\n20:53 &#8211; 22) Easy cymbal sizzle<br \/>\n21:30 &#8211; 23) DIY cymbal sleeve<br \/>\n22:25 &#8211; 24) Hi-hat stand protector<br \/>\n23:25 &#8211; 25) Securing a small practice pad<br \/>\n25:34 &#8211; Demonstration and explanation<br \/>\n28:40 &#8211; How to increase tom resonance with a practice pad<br \/>\n30:10 &#8211; DIY drum experiments (new Drumeo show!)<br \/>\n34:38 &#8211; &#8220;Futures&#8221; by TJ Hartmann<\/p>\n<p><strong>About David:<\/strong><br \/>\nDavid Raouf is the creator of the YouTube channel &#8216;rdavidr&#8217;. His channel marries his love of percussion with his skills as a tradesman, by building, creating, and repurposing second hand percussion instruments. When he&#8217;s not posting videos featuring unique drum hacks, he&#8217;s recording bands and artists from his home studio or making hip-hop beats, play-along tracks, and sample libraries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow David:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNQQY5Ro8Lk6gssOQSSDcfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/davidraouf\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Raouf, aka rdavidr on YouTube, is here to give you 25 drum hacks you can try yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":21729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038,4020],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drummers","category-full-lessons","category-gear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21557"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36034,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21557\/revisions\/36034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}