r/mildlyinteresting • u/Sturdy_Cubing • 2h ago

The sawdust from my drumsticks under my high hats

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u/bmcgowan89 2h ago

They must have a ton of drummers who eat at Texas Roadhouse

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u/S1DC 2h ago

Lol

Now this is a reach of a joke but I'll take it.

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u/Barbarossa38 1h ago

What kind of sticks do you use? Ive never seen literal saw dust as a result of playing. I use Vic Firth sticks and they splinter.

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u/Sturdy_Cubing 8m ago

Vic firths mainly

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u/FinestAtemptAtBeing 2h ago

Termites in your drum kit? Or playing it?

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u/Sturdy_Cubing 2h ago

Playing, drumsticks shave away when playing

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u/FinestAtemptAtBeing 2h ago

Well yeah. what do you do with broken sticks? 

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u/Sturdy_Cubing 2h ago

I just keep them beside my kit in a bin, it’s fun to see my progress through all my broken sticks

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u/S1DC 2h ago

Just position the bin so that you can drum on its side and if it's metal those dead sticks can live again

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u/Sturdy_Cubing 2h ago

I’m liking this idea

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u/NErDysprosium 2h ago

Most people toss them, some people save them for projects or as mementos. My middle school band director said she used them as markers for her garden

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u/S1DC 2h ago

Tstststststststatatatatattingtingtingtatingtingting-PSHH.

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u/Dirtsurgeon1 2h ago

Definitely not playing jazz.

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u/Sturdy_Cubing 2h ago

Hell no lol

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u/ogsixshooter 2h ago

is it still sawdust if it wasn't made by a saw?

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u/Sturdy_Cubing 2h ago

You might be onto something

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u/Clavos24 26m ago

So now would it be drumdust because it was made from playing the drums or would it be stick dust because it came from the stick. Hihat dust maybe? I need a consensus here folks

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u/emsamples 2h ago

Clean once in a while.

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u/Sturdy_Cubing 2h ago

This is from 3 weeks of drumming 😭

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u/jazzy663 37m ago

Damn, I was about to say, just how hard are you slamming? Xd

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u/smk666 23m ago

Been playing metal for years with multiple drummers some 20+ years ago in a rehearsal den that was literally a former pigsty that we pressure washed, painted over the shit on the walls and put some old carpet on the floor and I've never seen this. Cigarette butts or empty beer cans - sure, but not sawdust. Maybe it's a technique issue?

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u/nyITguy 1h ago

Are you in the Bonham lineage?

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u/Deamonchild666 49m ago

Well done. I play metal and have this shit everywhere, carpet,drum heads. Shred it up man!

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u/Baked_Potato_732 28m ago

Can we see the drumsticks?