Drum Kit Cleaning, Maintenance, Head Change, and Tuning

TIME STAMPS BELOW!



Hey everyone, thanks for checking out the video! I have been working on this for a while, and will probably upload each part individually as well, but for now, I'm going to time stamp this video.

DISCLAIMER: I am using some products in this video that some people disagree with. These are MY drums, and I have used these products successfully, at my own risk, on MY equipment in the past, and trust that I will have no adverse effects.
If I damaged my gear using it, I wouldn't keep using it, or recommend it to you. However, only try this at your own risk. If it damages your equipment, I assume no liability for damages.
If you're going to ever do anything like this, ALWAYS test such things on cheaper gear, and in inconspicuous areas first!


TIME STAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
01:50 - Pre-Breakdown Kit Tour
06:08 - Cymbal Cleaning and Polishing
15:59 - Drum Shell Maintenance and Cleaning
22:24 - Snare Head installation and Tuning
36:24 - Tom Tuning
43:33 - Kick Drum Head Installation and Tuning
56:50 - Reassembly
57:37 - First Performance

I mention Nolly a few times in the video, because he is where I learned my tuning method from, not to mention a wealth of other knowledge when it comes to recording and mixing. So here are a few sources of where I learned from him.

Nolly Snare Tuning Video:
   • Drummer's Review Guide To Snare Drum Tuning  

Nolly Tom Tuning Video:
   • Drummer's Review Guide To Tom Tuning  

If you're into recording/mixing, I recommend also looking into his mixing masterclasses!



My Drum Head Selection:
Snare:
Evans HD Dry as Batter
Evans Snare Side 300 as Resonator

Toms:
Evans Genera G2 as Batter
Evans Genera G1 as Resonator

Kick:
Evans Heavyweight EMAD as Batter
Evans EQ3 White Coated and Ported as Resonator


All of the music in this video was found in the YouTube Music Library, with the exception of the song that I played to at the end, which is a drumless jam track created my "Metal Guitar Stuff", which I found here:

No Drums Metal Song - 120 BPM (Breaking Free):
   • No Drums Metal Song - 120 BPM (Breaking Free)  

The video description says: "Feel free to post video responses of yourself improvising over this track." So hopefully they don't mind me using it here, since video responses don't exist anymore...