10 Drum Hacks 

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As a performer and drumming instructor myself, I thought that he did a terrific job here. A lot of fun ideas. My fav was marking the head for the sweet spot for the rim click. The only thing that I would do differently is to use the butt end of the stick for a more resonate "block" sound. But-- this does not take away from this great, cleverly put-together, very helpful video. Superb job!

The password one is brilliant

How to remove sharpie from drum heads xD

Subscribed just for the inverted old head trick. Bravo.

I want to say "this is the stuff I did in high school and college," but I STILL do these things. Drums are a weird thing. It's like a shitty car.

Favorite was “Save your hoops with stick sleeve.” Love all the fun stuff you post for drum nerds! Great job Dave!

Drumstick Wood Grain Positioning: Real Simple, but never 'cross sticked' my mind.

This is pretty smart. I like it. 👍

The cross-stick one is actually quite genius...

Awesome vid! My favourites were marking the snare head for cross sticking, password rudiments, and playing with the grain of the stick vertical! All great tips, thanks!

Dude! My favorite was the hi-hat storage trick!

Awesome!!! The snare ring is always the first thing I go to!!

excellent video! no time wasting introduction.....and my fave hack is the snare head sitting on the batter head🤙

This is great ! Loved the vertical/horizontal stick position, never thought about that !

The HH rod saving hack was awesome!! Been playing 50 years and never thought of it. Thanks you!

That snare with the old head on top sounds rrrrrrrrad.

I loved the super nice drum head cut out for the snare! BRILLIANT and at no cost!

Instead of moon gel, I use window gel decorations.

all were brillant. love the reusing the old skins or rivits hack. 💜💜💜💜

Thanks a lot bro i really need this I had an issue about my cymbals and don't know what to do until i saw your vids thank you

When the caption “cheap and easy cymbal rivets” appeared above a Byzance cymbal, I was shocked in horror of what was to come. Dear god I was praying the cymbal wouldn’t be destroyed

Congrats on 100,000 man. Can’t wait till you hit 1 million

I remember watching this video in middle school (circa 2016)! This video got me drawn to your channel!!

Hi-hat rod storage was my favorite. Using the clutch to secure it was genius.

Good work, I'll try some of these! For making the snare tighter, I used an old silencer pad and cut the middle out. It seems to work really well!

If you have for example 10, 12, 14 kit. You could make "o-rings" out of one single 14" head...

I had 2 favorites. Folded drum stick sleeve to protect bass hoop, and chain material for sizzle. The homemade O ring is a great one, but I had thought of that a while back.

i like the cross-stick one, i'll be using that this weekend at my gig, thanks for the tip !!

that hi hat hack so simple but blew my mind

I loved this video thank you for the tips!! the old drum head to muffle the sound is totally going to be my next thing to try out. thanks again

Lots of great tips here and great video!

Such a good video! They were all so useable, My favourite hack was probably the saving your hoops one. Need to go back in time now.

I loved all the hacks my teacher taught me. Good to learn the one about wood stick grain.

Best to use the butt end of the stick for cross stick imo. Fatter sound and bigger sweet spot range.

Very helpful and practical video! Thank you, sir!

Dude the video was very helpful, you've earned another subscriber. Cheers from Dominican Republic. :D

All of them dude!! Nice work!!

really really nice work man!! thankss

For the cymbal rivet idea: ceiling fan chain sounds the closest to actual rivets (that I've found). Give it a shot! I use a paper clip to string it to the cymbal post. Great channel keep it up!

The new one about passwords is awesome! Never thought of anyhing like that! Much appreciated, mate, keep it up!

drumstick sleeve hack was awesome!

Thank you for this. This was actually really cool

I never thought of saveing the kick hoop. Sonor kick drums comes with a plastic stripe on the hoop for that. But now i have a tip for drummer friends! Thanks and keep coming with videos! I like that kind of stuff!

Good stuff, thanks for the effort to demo them all! Although I have to say that I think it's practically impossible to get good cross stick sound without flipping the stick around. With butt end up you get much beefier and more projective sound.

I just bought a used Pearl Rhythm Traveler drum set today so this video (along with your restoration vids) will be extremely helpful in the next coming days.

Great idea for a great stick click sound everytime!

The final one was my favorite. Gonna have to try that out

That fat snare sound trick is something I've been looking for for a long time. Cheers for that.

The Horizontal wood grain is a life saver for me.... wow thanks for sharing this video

Some of these are new to me...awsome

Hey man, AWESOME video, thanks a bunch passing on your knowledge

I'm loving the hihat storage idea!! Cheers, man 👍🏼

Love this song. I love birocratic, that dude rules

Thanks for great tips!

Cool man! My favorite hack: the hi hat storage, great! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

love the vids. keep up the good work...

My favorite hack is coming to your videos for dope music. Good shit dude.

I liked the paper on the snare, hadn't thought of that!

Subscribed. I also watched snare drum muffling. Your a big help!

Great ideas.. And some very tasty background music I must say.

This channel is a lifesaver.

Wonderful ideas bro, thank you! Grettings from Mexico! (y)

I like that high hat trick! Pretty ingenious.

I "invented" the cutup head for damping back in the 90's. You can lighten it up more with a hole punch tool, and it almost floats. Love all the cool tips, man.

high-hat saver advice was pretty amazing!

Last example was the coolest!

I rarely comment on how to vids, but love your stuff. Nicely produced and always very informative. Sub for life here!

Hi, great ideas with cheap options and clever results, thanks buddy!

I used an old dog tag chain and it worked perfectly! Thanks Dave!

Thanks for the vid's. Helped me swith a few things. Cheers!

PERFECT CROSS STICK.. :) THANK YOU DUDE!

The phat snare must not be overlooked. Nobody wants the St Anger sound.

I’ve watched this tooooo many times I don’t regret it

Cool ideas and solutions!

Do you have a hack which persuades parents to let you but drums?

FAVES- the cross stick mark and the Cabasa chain. :^) Good vid!

Dude...the music in this video is awesome!

The hihat stand hack blew my mind! Thank you very much! So much space saved!

I didn't know about the stick grain stuff. Thanks!

That hi-hat storage trick is good. The rod on mine doesn't have a locking ring in the other end, but I still take the top tube off the hi-hat stand and use the clutch to somewhat keep it from falling out. It's worked good thus far, in a hardware bag.

You should be called "The drum scientist". Amazing stuff, thanks!!!!!

My favorite hack was the one with the hi-hat storage

I like how the video before this one was "How to remove Sharpie from a drum head." Guess you needed your own tutorial after making this video!

the hihat trick is just pure genious!

The hi-hat storage was my #1 fav

Muito bom amigo, coisas simples que faz toda diferença!!!

I've never played drums, or planned on playing them. Why am I watching this? Good hacks, though, I could see these being beneficial for the people who do play them.

Awesome, I think the diy fat snare ''hack'' was pretty neat :D

This is awesome!

DIY o rings are like the best drum hack ever, they make the toms and the snare sound so much better. Forget moon gel

I have one for you. With the trend to mount the 12 or 13 tom on a snare stand I tend to remove the tom mount. As a cover plate I use kitchen laminate / formica samples. Sometimes you need to search for the right size but they can be drilled and sprayed.

There were multiple times throughout this video where I had to ask myself WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT BEFORE!?!? Thanks for posting!

wow this is really helpful thanks! 😀

the hi-hat rod hack :>) Awesome!

amazing ride with chain!))))))) i love it)

the toilet chain was rad. I've got a ton of those. thanks

Another great use for old snare heads is to cut them into strips and use them for replacement snare straps. I think my favorite was the hi-hat rod trick.

Very cool and informative

I'm a beginner and those hacks were awesome! Thanks by the way :)