Check out how the drum set made out of junk we made turned out on David's channel: th-cam.com/video/J-FhLn0Jflo/w-d-xo.html Last month I drove cross country to hang with THE MAN, Mr. rdavidr. We thought it would be fun to try and make a drum set out of cardboard boxes. And...it actually...came out...ok? Be sure and subscribe to my channel: th-cam.com/users/drummeretc Be sure and subscribe to David's channel: th-cam.com/users/rdavidr Check out the other videos in this collab series here: Making a Low Volume Cymbal?!: th-cam.com/video/dpUEONkWmUo/w-d-xo.html Making a Low Volume Cowbell?!: th-cam.com/video/cEOt8tqB5Ag/w-d-xo.html Leave a comment below letting us know what you think and if you would like to see more videos like this one!
Stephen!!!! I'm still around - I rarely play but I still love it when I can... and the square kit is still a part of my life! Thanks for the mention! :D
Jimmy Rainsford did something like that a while back. Here his video: th-cam.com/video/P8uj_oB3Noc/w-d-xo.html He put triggers on a drum throne and box.
@@3xguysxfightingx He just mic-ed them actually, and used the signals to trigger actual sampled drums, etc. in software (probably pro-tools?). What Steven and David are doing, I think is a lot more intensive, as they're actually using the acoustics of the boxes (and/or cans, in David's case). Getting them to sound like a real kit, is a challenge!😁
Hey dude if your looking for e a nice starter kit the tama super star classic maple drums for under a 1000 bucks and Yamaha has the stage custom there made of birchwood with hardware for under 1000 and if you have a bank card you can get on a payment plan from ams com or zzounds. Com good luck don't go crazy cause it's really easy to go overboard I think you could get either one of these kits for like 60 100 bucks a month for like 6,8,,12 months depending on how many months you want to pay look into it if I had to save for all my gear it wouldn't happen cause life dose
@@johnparrish1042 Thanks John. I really appreciate the information. I'll look into it. At the moment, I'm learning on the Alesis Nitro mesh kit because I'm pretty limited on space. It works for now- I'm able to practice the basics- timing , groove and transitions but I will defenitly be looking to upgrade in the future. Thanks again bro! 🤘
For anyone building a kit made from buckets I suggest using a duct tape then place some coins, place them inside and you are good to go my snare bucket was just like 1 dollar and some spare change
Good call on using the old heads to protect the boxes. With it mic’d up, you could make the boxes sound like anything you want! Great kit overall from 2 of my favorite channels. Thanks guys!
The cool thing about this kit is it's going to be really easy to transport - it will all fit inside each other! I wonder how you would tune it to suit the room 😀
A piece of paper loosely taped to the "snare" will give you (a tiny sounding) high end. I'm impressed! It sounds like a real kit with all the highs and mids rolled off!
I used to go and watch a local trad jazz band back home in Scotland; they were all guys who’d been playing since the 50s, and I’d usually sit in for a few tunes after the break. One day their drummer had car trouble and couldn’t get to the pub where they were playing, so we improvised a kit with a few stools, instrument cases, pint glasses, crisp packets and whatnot, and I played the whole gig on that. Not much volume, but it worked well. :-D
I love seeing 2 grown ass men making a box set here and bucket kit on David's channel..... you guys are awesome and show us all that's it's ok to think outside the box.....no pun intended😆 #minimalistdrummer
Lol! I was playing on chairs tables boxes bucket and car dash for many years i had just drum stick for 15 years before i finally decide to go for druming lessons in june of this year... I just love it and glad i did it! Thank you! As rhythm is in every thing around us sometimes you just have to hear it and play with it.
When I was 15, at some point during the last century, I wanted to learn how to play drums. For 6 months I used old card board boxes, large plastic tubs and a cardboard suitcase. I did not have a foot pedal, so I "played" the suitcase in a heel down position. It did have some depth of sound. That was how I started. My mother, gave me the money to buy an ancient set of drums which were cheap even when they were new. Such was my beginning, this was well before there was such a thing as the internet or DVDs. Today, I have a brand name set that I saved 2 years to get - and it all started with empty cardboard boxes! You guys sound great 👍
This has all the makings of a great reality competition show... judges are Stewart Copeland, Dave Grohl and Sheila E. Contestants are challenged to make kits using parts sourced from various environments, like an emergency room, a junk yard, or maybe a beer bottling plant. Contestants are judged on skill and creativity...
Ha, nice! I made a kit out of some sports balls, a jacket and a some containers today for a rehearsal with my band when we didn’t have access to a kit, it’s so much fun making kits out of junk. They usually sound pretty great too! 😂
Sounds pretty realistic. I remember my mom used to practice on pillows before she got a kit. I would sometimes try it as well. The pillows were kinda silly but they gave some nice bass sounds, and it wasn't half bad.
After being mic'd it sounded good, especially the kick and Snare, I wouldn't be surprised if Meinl or LP releases a cardboard snare in the near future. a side note...Steve Gadd playing brushes on a cardboard box is one coolest things ever.
Wow, this is how I learned drums for the first few months! Only minus the fancy drum hardware and plus a tambourine (with improvised “snares” on the head) for a snare and some stacked metal bits for cymbals. No kick pedal so I sat on the floor and whacked my kick box drum with the side of my foot. It was a really big box so it actually sounded pretty good! The whole setup wasn’t half bad.
only possible with 1000usd microphones and another 500usd in stand and pedals. still greatly done. Interesting the hi-hat is irreplaceable. I was thinkin as the first piece to buy to play silently in apartment. thank you.
the hats sound good with this cardboard kit...of course you guys have this kit all mic'ed up but still the sound is pretty amazing...low volume cymbals would work great on this kit.....looks like fun....
Your cardboard snare almost sounds better than my snare. This is so cool. I think I'll probably add another floor tom to my kit by making a cardboard one.
Just thought i would give you the heads up brother ... top left there is a perfectly good purplish drum kit in the corner ,, ( just in case you missed it ) ...
Man, that's sick! I did something similar when I just started learning drums and didn't have a kit yet. Some people call that stupid, I call it passion! Keep up the great work!
Wow that's pretty dang cool. Really impressed with the sounds yall got out of them. The junk set video was neat as well. You fellas got too much time on your hands😂😂👍
As young as seven years old I was using our $2,000 set of encyclopedia set along with pots and pans as a drum set, the use of plastic on boxes is absolutely brilliant!
Oh man, the classic set of Encyclopedias. I remember my mom buying ours. I used to spend hours looking at those things. Glad you found a good use for them lol!
Reminds me of when I first started. Mom didn't want to buy a kit thinking I wasn't serious. Had boxes, old watch tins, and for hi hat was stacked blank CDs. Ha.
Thanks for sharing... Could you say something else about pitch match? Is it like trying to have similar sound to the real ones, just that right? Or maybe there are other tips...
Hey man, I've been looking for drum setup idea to work with acoustic guitar and unplugged kind of sound. This video is very helpful for me. Followed, and look forward to more drum ideas from you
Trying to decide if I like the sound of these better or the junkyard kit on David's channel.🤣 Actually with the cans, etc., I think there's a lot more possibilities for developing a full kit that would be sustainable and not fall apart right away. Nice work you guys!🤘😁🤘
Who is that bum you are with?😳😆🤷♂️ Just kidding David, I think you are one of the first people I have subscribed to and thanks for the rdavidr drum stickers. Now I have to subscribe to Steven since I just watched his drumeo church playing video. I’ve see. Steven before on David’s channel and now I can make that connection. Bless you guys.
beating on circles all your life and then you have to beat on a bunch of squares. that must have been wacky. I really loved this video and the bucket one as well. these are all things ive tried to some degree but they never seemed to work very well. with your cheats, I think I could pull it together. (such as the old heads on the boxes, or the manure shovel as cymbal. thanks for the awesome video.
Imho. I’d go looking for the plastic cans with say 12 to 14 inch and then dampen them with tape. Same for metal things. I know you will improve the kit. Also try a pillow type kit……great job guys…..
Check out how the drum set made out of junk we made turned out on David's channel: th-cam.com/video/J-FhLn0Jflo/w-d-xo.html
Last month I drove cross country to hang with THE MAN, Mr. rdavidr. We thought it would be fun to try and make a drum set out of cardboard boxes. And...it actually...came out...ok?
Be sure and subscribe to my channel: th-cam.com/users/drummeretc
Be sure and subscribe to David's channel: th-cam.com/users/rdavidr
Check out the other videos in this collab series here:
Making a Low Volume Cymbal?!: th-cam.com/video/dpUEONkWmUo/w-d-xo.html
Making a Low Volume Cowbell?!: th-cam.com/video/cEOt8tqB5Ag/w-d-xo.html
Leave a comment below letting us know what you think and if you would like to see more videos like this one!
Stephen Taylor Way Ahead of you brother!😉
it was very fun to watch you guys put together this kit & play it....loved it...
Stephen!!!! I'm still around - I rarely play but I still love it when I can... and the square kit is still a part of my life! Thanks for the mention! :D
If you couldnt tell we were playing the wii theme at 0:45
You can tell its rdavidr themed, it has a hole in it
Kinda like his channel. Jk im just joking
I knew it
Knew it
Same i figured it was..
Oh I didn't realize lol.
Could you put some drum triggers on it and make it an electronic kit? That'd be hilarious to see someone play at a show.
AsIf 21 ooooohhhh...now there’s a killer idea
@@StephenTaylorDrums :0 this is one of the first times I'm recognised by a content creator!!!! (THANK YOU!)
Jimmy Rainsford did something like that a while back. Here his video:
th-cam.com/video/P8uj_oB3Noc/w-d-xo.html
He put triggers on a drum throne and box.
@@3xguysxfightingx He just mic-ed them actually, and used the signals to trigger actual sampled drums, etc. in software (probably pro-tools?). What Steven and David are doing, I think is a lot more intensive, as they're actually using the acoustics of the boxes (and/or cans, in David's case). Getting them to sound like a real kit, is a challenge!😁
Already sounds like an electronic kit. Hip hop sound
I'm currently learning on a starter U-haul kit. Hoping to upgrade to an Amazon kit soon.
That One Chris lol love it
Hey dude if your looking for e a nice starter kit the tama super star classic maple drums for under a 1000 bucks and Yamaha has the stage custom there made of birchwood with hardware for under 1000 and if you have a bank card you can get on a payment plan from ams com or zzounds. Com good luck don't go crazy cause it's really easy to go overboard I think you could get either one of these kits for like 60 100 bucks a month for like 6,8,,12 months depending on how many months you want to pay look into it if I had to save for all my gear it wouldn't happen cause life dose
@@johnparrish1042 Thanks John. I really appreciate the information. I'll look into it. At the moment, I'm learning on the Alesis Nitro mesh kit because I'm pretty limited on space. It works for now- I'm able to practice the basics- timing , groove and transitions but I will defenitly be looking to upgrade in the future. Thanks again bro! 🤘
U-haul isn't bad for the buck man
I made a miniature version with Chinese takeout boxes
Can you do an unboxing video of these drums? 😂
wait
WAT
*wat*
Hahahaha!!!
wat
I absolutely love this kit. I've got a friend who wants to play drums but is completely broke, so Im going to make her this kit for her birthday
Wouter Hofstee did their birthday pass already or is it almost here
Awwww what a sweetie. I’m gonna make my own. I’m a chick. I wanna learn how to play so bad and this will help.
For anyone building a kit made from buckets
I suggest using a duct tape then place some coins, place them inside and you are good to go
my snare bucket was just like 1 dollar and some spare change
Wow. I was reliving my childhood while watching this video. I used to play on a similar setup before I could afford a real drum set.
Sounds better than my kit
Lol! It really came out sounding not horrible. The bass drum was great I thought
Stephen Taylor I do have to admit that bass drum sounded pretty good
That's tuff...
Sounds better then mine also
Good call on using the old heads to protect the boxes. With it mic’d up, you could make the boxes sound like anything you want! Great kit overall from 2 of my favorite channels.
Thanks guys!
Ross Gillis Exactly! Just do like all of the big guys these days and replace everything after the fact
More cardbell!
Gil Flores lol
The cool thing about this kit is it's going to be really easy to transport - it will all fit inside each other! I wonder how you would tune it to suit the room 😀
That kit made by Tamazon? Sounds better than my kit...😳
Make a drum set with only cajons!!!!!
There's actually a Cajon drum kit from Schlagwerk. I suggest you should check those out😝
A piece of paper loosely taped to the "snare" will give you (a tiny sounding) high end.
I'm impressed! It sounds like a real kit with all the highs and mids rolled off!
I used to go and watch a local trad jazz band back home in Scotland; they were all guys who’d been playing since the 50s, and I’d usually sit in for a few tunes after the break. One day their drummer had car trouble and couldn’t get to the pub where they were playing, so we improvised a kit with a few stools, instrument cases, pint glasses, crisp packets and whatnot, and I played the whole gig on that. Not much volume, but it worked well. :-D
This is the exact way that how I've started playing drums 50 years ago..... The cymbals were ashtrays made of bronze...
I love seeing 2 grown ass men making a box set here and bucket kit on David's channel..... you guys are awesome and show us all that's it's ok to think outside the box.....no pun intended😆
#minimalistdrummer
You guys are amazing, especially what you did to that child’s drum set.
Kick drum! Is That bubinga cardboard!!?
rosewood actually.
Nicholas Dentato David was just overly picky about the grain for this kit. It got to be annoying.
What about a maple / mahogany blend? And spray paint. That would be pretty. Lol.
Lol! I was playing on chairs tables boxes bucket and car dash for many years i had just drum stick for 15 years before i finally decide to go for druming lessons in june of this year... I just love it and glad i did it! Thank you! As rhythm is in every thing around us sometimes you just have to hear it and play with it.
Love that tonewood !
When I was 15, at some point during the last century, I wanted to learn how to play drums. For 6 months I used old card board boxes, large plastic tubs and a cardboard suitcase. I did not have a foot pedal, so I "played" the suitcase in a heel down position. It did have some depth of sound. That was how I started. My mother, gave me the money to buy an ancient set of drums which were cheap even when they were new. Such was my beginning, this was well before there was such a thing as the internet or DVDs. Today, I have a brand name set that I saved 2 years to get - and it all started with empty cardboard boxes!
You guys sound great 👍
I've always been a big fan of well-rounded drum tones, but there's something to a sharp edged boxy tone too.
That kick is dope. I'd probably use a 5 gallon bucket as my tom. For hi-hats an old sauce pan. Use another bucket as a throne.
This has all the makings of a great reality competition show... judges are Stewart Copeland, Dave Grohl and Sheila E. Contestants are challenged to make kits using parts sourced from various environments, like an emergency room, a junk yard, or maybe a beer bottling plant. Contestants are judged on skill and creativity...
Me : mom can we get a drum set
My mom : we already have a drum set at home
Drum set at home
The thing i envy you guys the most is no the drum skills you have, its the houses you have! damn! so much space!
Ha, nice! I made a kit out of some sports balls, a jacket and a some containers today for a rehearsal with my band when we didn’t have access to a kit, it’s so much fun making kits out of junk. They usually sound pretty great too! 😂
Those hi hats are unusually dark for the size.
Whoa you made that zildjian hi hat with boxes? Impressive, by far the coolest part of this video
Sounds pretty realistic. I remember my mom used to practice on pillows before she got a kit. I would sometimes try it as well. The pillows were kinda silly but they gave some nice bass sounds, and it wasn't half bad.
After being mic'd it sounded good, especially the kick and Snare, I wouldn't be surprised if Meinl or LP releases a cardboard snare in the near future. a side note...Steve Gadd playing brushes on a cardboard box is one coolest things ever.
Giving the term “boxy” snare drum a whole new meaning ;)
Wow, this is how I learned drums for the first few months! Only minus the fancy drum hardware and plus a tambourine (with improvised “snares” on the head) for a snare and some stacked metal bits for cymbals. No kick pedal so I sat on the floor and whacked my kick box drum with the side of my foot. It was a really big box so it actually sounded pretty good! The whole setup wasn’t half bad.
only possible with 1000usd microphones and another 500usd in stand and pedals. still greatly done. Interesting the hi-hat is irreplaceable. I was thinkin as the first piece to buy to play silently in apartment. thank you.
Very useful and creative, inspiring everyone ~ thank you 😁🙏
Exactly what I was looking for. Now I just need to find the right boxes
the hats sound good with this cardboard kit...of course you guys have this kit all mic'ed up but still the sound is pretty amazing...low volume cymbals would work great on this kit.....looks like fun....
That snare sounds like a Cajon snare
That sounded badass!! I think I might try that sometime, just for the hell of it.
Your cardboard snare almost sounds better than my snare. This is so cool. I think I'll probably add another floor tom to my kit by making a cardboard one.
Love the kick drum. Who’d a thought a box would make a good drum. Good job guys.
Wally Ordona it really didn’t sound half bad lol
snare sounds awesome. I like that hi hat sound too
This is great, guys! I love the sound of the kick drum.
good stuff stephen & david i like the box kit more than the junk kit you guys rules
that sounds shockingly good, nice work guys
This is epic
Sounds really good actually ! You’re right, not excuse 💪
The HH was a nice low volume addition.
Fun stuff! It sounds just as good maybe better then a practice pad kit.
Just thought i would give you the heads up brother ... top left there is a perfectly good purplish drum kit in the corner ,, ( just in case you missed it ) ...
Man, that's sick! I did something similar when I just started learning drums and didn't have a kit yet. Some people call that stupid, I call it passion! Keep up the great work!
Marks VAIVARS Ain’t nothing wrong with it. Love that you’re that dedicated!
That kick drum sounds great!!!
Kick and snare sound like great electronic drums. Totally usable, you should put out a sample pack.
Sounded pretty dang good. I really like the hi hats they sound awesome. Great video guys!
Love the cross over videos!! Cheers from Texas 🍻
For once the hi-hat is louder than the snare!
Pie tins for the cymbals would have been a nice touch.
This is so much better tonally than the kit on Dave’s channel. I love his stuff, no hate. Just tonally this is weirdly not horrible😂
Wow that's pretty dang cool. Really impressed with the sounds yall got out of them. The junk set video was neat as well. You fellas got too much time on your hands😂😂👍
I’m gonna need a breakdown of that fill at 3:45 🙌🏼🔥🔥🔥
Sounds good, a bit like an old roland drum machine I owned in the 80's
Innovative percussion at it's finest
Man I like the kit
Especially the snare and the bass drum
0:48 that is definitely the Wii mii background music 💀
Ive done this as well and found duct tape a big help and those wine boxes for toms work well ( and fun to empty out ) ! Enjoy , Drummer Donny
Drummer Donny ha!
i didn't knew kratos was into drumming! and drums made out of boxes! BOY
Honestly looked so fun
the kick drum sounds good!
The kick actually sounds great
when you do stuff like this, itd be cool to see you guys do crazy additive effects with reverb, delays, and compression on the drums.
As young as seven years old I was using our $2,000 set of encyclopedia set along with pots and pans as a drum set, the use of plastic on boxes is absolutely brilliant!
Oh man, the classic set of Encyclopedias. I remember my mom buying ours. I used to spend hours looking at those things. Glad you found a good use for them lol!
Reminds me of when I first started. Mom didn't want to buy a kit thinking I wasn't serious. Had boxes, old watch tins, and for hi hat was stacked blank CDs. Ha.
djrabalais228 Ha! I love it. Prove the ol parent figures wrong
Honestly... That kick sounds pretty good.
Why am I seeing a street corner band in my mind?? LMBO
Surprisingly, that sounds kinda good
Nice! Now go electronic, Add some piezo pickups and a Roland module and you've got a Box-E (Boxie) kit. Ha, ha, there's always one in the crowd!
Soon we'll all be making unboxing our box kit videos I guess.
Real good sounding and faint as well for practicing at home
It has an 8bit feeling
That’s pretty DOPE! 👏🏻👍🏻
I really don't think you made a Drum Set out of BOXES...You have invented a new kind of kit: the "BOX SET"!!!! (JR-PORTUGAL)
You guys gave a great idea for a practice pad set
Thanks for sharing... Could you say something else about pitch match? Is it like trying to have similar sound to the real ones, just that right? Or maybe there are other tips...
You guys always seem to amaze me!!!!!
Hey man, I've been looking for drum setup idea to work with acoustic guitar and unplugged kind of sound.
This video is very helpful for me.
Followed, and look forward to more drum ideas from you
Excellent sound.
Trying to decide if I like the sound of these better or the junkyard kit on David's channel.🤣 Actually with the cans, etc., I think there's a lot more possibilities for developing a full kit that would be sustainable and not fall apart right away. Nice work you guys!🤘😁🤘
I am amazed by the kick
Who is that bum you are with?😳😆🤷♂️
Just kidding David, I think you are one of the first people I have subscribed to and thanks for the rdavidr drum stickers. Now I have to subscribe to Steven since I just watched his drumeo church playing video. I’ve see. Steven before on David’s channel and now I can make that connection. Bless you guys.
beating on circles all your life and then you have to beat on a bunch of squares. that must have been wacky. I really loved this video and the bucket one as well. these are all things ive tried to some degree but they never seemed to work very well. with your cheats, I think I could pull it together. (such as the old heads on the boxes, or the manure shovel as cymbal. thanks for the awesome video.
also, ever heard of doo rag? they got new boxes for every city they played. check em out. they're wacky but pretty amazing.
I just put holes in things
Man that's some funky stuff
Thanks!
Imho. I’d go looking for the plastic cans with say 12 to 14 inch and then dampen them with tape. Same for metal things. I know you will improve the kit. Also try a pillow type kit……great job guys…..
I made a tiny drum kit out of cardboard that's made completely out of cardboard. the cymbals are even branded with paiste or zildjian or something
I'd love to hear someone try to mix these into a convincing drum sound. Get rid of some low end and stuff
Looks like something that would be done in a studio that decades later we would find out was used on a hit record.
I love the bass drum sound
Steve and rdavidr builds drum kit from compressed cardboard and pie pans. And records song.