Drum advice

[clydebiggs]

Not exactly newbie but feel this question is.
I do singer songwriter stuff...all audio...guitars bass and vocals.

But forever drums have been a bummer for me....used drag and drop loops.....

I end up hunting drum pattern thatvI can fit my song to. Stifles creativity ...and fun.
Like I want the drums to follow me...not find something that fits and make it work....

I know jack about drums...so sorting through samples sets exausting

Having some fun with micing a cajon.....

Wondering about fingerdrums and something like the Yamaha dd 75....seen them for years. Even if learning curve it seems they could add some real feel maybe.

Any hel appreciated....

 

[Slouching Raymond]

I had one of these:

It was crap.
With a Cajon you have a real instrument to play dynamically on.
Or maybe congas too, they are not too loud. I got into them.
Unless you have a space where you can beat hell out of a full drum kit, hand percussion is a good way to go.

 

[clydebiggs]

Helful thanks
yea looking at congas.

 

[GuitarGrater]

CAn you play drums at all? COuld you get a used electronnic drum kit? I'm not sure how good the cheap ones are, but in terms of making your own beats it's probably better than nothing. If they sound thin and cheap then there are many ways to improve this in your recording software of choice

 

[Papanate]

Not exactly newbie but feel this question is.
I do singer songwriter stuff...all audio...guitars bass and vocals.

But forever drums have been a bummer for me....used drag and drop loops.....

I end up hunting drum pattern thatvI can fit my song to. Stifles creativity ...and fun.
Like I want the drums to follow me...not find something that fits and make it work....

I know jack about drums...so sorting through samples sets exausting

Having some fun with micing a cajon.....

Wondering about fingerdrums and something like the Yamaha dd 75....seen them for years. Even if learning curve it seems they could add some real feel maybe.

Any hel appreciated....

I’ve on occasion used Bandlab - its pretty fast and the drums are adequate.

 

[PorterhouseMusic]

Many moons ago.... like 10,000 moons ago.... I used to tap drum beats in with my fingers using the Roland R70. At first I wasn't very proficient - but after sticking with it and doing it for a while I got pretty good. I've still got that R70 - it works like the day it was new. But yeah.... just tossing out another idea.

 

[clydebiggs]

Have grandson very good and getting better with cajon...
looking at number of options...make some cool cajon kits