How to learn basic things about drums ...

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Originally posted by Needle201:
well, he bought the expensive gear first, so he might as well learn the stuff on it...
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Not sure I agree here... its kinda like saying you've got a 1200cc Moterbike so you might aswel get on it and try and keep your balance....One pull too many on the throttle and it could be tears b4 bedtime.

so let me get this straight. you think now that he has the equipment he SHOULDN'T use it? i'm not sure, since i'm pretty new to this, but how are using an expensive drum machine and riding a 1200cc motorcycle at all related?

i skipped "MSpaint", and dove straight into photoshop, and all my body parts are still intact...

..double submit. my bad.

yea i bought my mpc without previous knowledge of using this equipment or anything like this or using programs like cubase n shit but i bought this shit so i could learn on it. this is what people who buy the mpc without anyknowledge r gonna do weather people like it or not, people buy da mpc so they can make beats and if u dont have a clue how to go about it but u spent dat money on an mpc u know they is serious about music, people dont just spend out all dat money on an mpc if there not gonna put there all into making beats. ive had mine for like 3 months n i aint all dat but i been puttin in mad reading and learning asking questions all sorts of shit im starting to use cubase aswell now and soon enough ima be bangin out some hot ish.

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I have to say I'm one of those cats that had tons of music theory, played in bands for years, played jazz guitar, learned some basic drumming, keyboards, bass, etc., always educated myself. When I bought my first sampler (ASR-X) playing beats was not a problem. All I had to do was learn how to master the OS (which was a bytch on the ASR). When I bought the MPC2000XL, I took it out of the box, read a few paragraphs from the manual, sampled drum part from an Erykah Badu song, created a program and was banging out my first beat within 2 hours (no BS). There is something to be said for having a strong background in music theory and constantly educating yourself. Never stop learning!