Recently bought some 2 part silicone 10 to 30 shore hardness , poured in bottoms of every cup,bowl, pan i had all different thicknesses, 30 bucks for lifetime supply of varying thicknesses, shapes, and as long as its clean it hangs on cymbals also. Even poured it around the outer edge of my snare batter between the rim and batter groove, let it cure on the drum, overnight, removable too, shocking results, would love to see what you can come up with using 2 part soft silicone
The best snare dampening method I learned from a classic percussionist. It requires a lint free cloth and two binder clips. You just fold the cloth in half, drape it over the top fraction of the snare and clip it to the hoop using the binder clips. How tight the clips are determines how much dampening you'll get. It doesn't leave residues and doesn't damage the head.
@@dharomusic I've learned this technique from classical percussionist Rob Knopper. If you look for his snare audition setup video, he shows how it's done.
I must say that after years of watching you....I think you are one of the most fascicious drummers out there. I love your sense of humour but also that you get straight to the point without any BS. Cheers mate and thanks for all the sharing of your observations.
hey rdavidr. I am uddeshya from india, I have been watching you for years now. I used to play drums in college. I asked my parents to buy me a drumkit on multiple occasions , but they don't support my dream. I still haven't left drumming though, I play on every surface I can beat on. I hope that I am able to play drums again soon. Your videos has kept my passion for drumming alive, Thank you for everything man, Love from India.
@@mydixiewrecked315 one that would actually look more like an actual moon gel case for giant moon gels would probably actually be a hard drum case, maybe for a 10in tom, and then slap a M0()N gElZ logo on it
Every once in a while I come back to this video for a good laugh. What you should have done is melted gel molds into the exact size of each drum so that the entire surface is entirely moon gel 💡
I produced drums for my band's Post-punk EP 4 or 5 years ago. It took me a week to get the drums right and it took 5 to 7 gels per drum head... But it basically sounded like a drum machine after even before compression. Pretty sweet sound imo.
Funny that i never bought any gels. I just only use that white medic tape for dampening. Its white colour blends with coated heads, thats why. They are also cheap and do not make mess if i hit it. You sir David is full of great ideas and also has a great sense of humor. And more, your drum playing is now awesome.
Makes your cymbals and even snare wires sound really bloody loud! I was thinking, Oh... very little target area for sticking... David just beats on the gel. Oh. OK fair enough!
The felt pads that are used on the bottom of chair and table legs work well for dampening. They have a sticky side to them and come in various sizes and shapes. It is necessary to clean the area with rubbing alcohol to make them stick. Unfortunately, you cannot remove them like a moon gel.
I'm crying laughing at the idea of any law enforcement showing up to your door and seeing you "cook" outside with a respirator, making extremely Breaking-Bad-looking "meth" and you have to explain that it's actually "window gel" for "youtube". You even have the 55 gallon drums!!
This reminded me of an idea I used to have but never knew how to attempt, I always wanted to create a bass drum moongel, that would essentially fill up say 30-40% of the bass drum, making contact with both heads, like a big semi barrel made out of moongel
I absolutely love everything about this video! If i may suggest taking it to the next level? It may be a lot more work, but definitely more practical for playing. Gel Rings
They made the drums sound like they were in a different room and tbh i actually kinda liked it. I mean it can only have very niche uses but it sounds like you just effected the kit a bit and it worked for that little elevator music you were doing lol
I honestly wasnt planning on playing to music, but they actually kinda work for that track. The super muted high pitch of the toms almost sounded like conga slaps and were more prercussion-y. When you play on the gel itself thats a different story...
too many drummers fail to realize -that how your drums sound behind your kit is NOT, how they sound out in front of them... plus -DO NOT try to emulate a specific recordings drum sound -acoustically. there have been many a trick in the mixing room to designate the sound produced on that specific recording.
I love the sound, but I play with fabric covering my heads so I probably would. My main takeaway though: I was going to buy my son some moon gels for his birthday but now he's getting sea creatures instead.
Just want to say although I’m not a drummer, I really enjoy your videos. I would really love to hear you comment on famous drummers and their kits. Would love to hear your take on why so many drummers played concert toms in the 70’s. Nigel Olsson’s kit from 1971 at the BBC studios!
I refuse to use any muffling whatsoever. I had to learn how to tune a snare. I did so well that it hasn’t gone out yet and I don’t remember how I did it.
Good video. Thanks.You could have used a "new moon" shaped tray, for the gel to neatly fit around the perimeter of the drum allowing for adequate playing area.
Huge hilarious video man!!I 'm Not use moongels...i share one hack with you but i think is allready known to many drummers out there.If the overtones are huge you can stick a towel at side of reso head and with this you can easily decrease the use of moongels and have an always controlled sustain for ever!!
Why not try and find yourself a curved mold to pour your melted gels in, let cool down, and then place the new curved “moon gels” on the drum heads? It would give you more playing room surface…
Another fab vid, thanks. Moongel is still a favourite way to dampen, it's just the physics of it, and I've bought several packs in my time, though always baulking at the price. Then came ebay chinesium (red!) knock-offs at a fraction of the price, and even better, YT posts for those of us lucky enough to have the space and resources for this solution. But do we care that it needs to be blue?! Buy less, mix colours up, it's all the same stuff, and it'll be identifiably yours. Cheers from the UK.
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Share this with a drummer who needs these for their kit!
Scoop some merch! www.bonfire.com/chops-rdavidr/
I was curious how’s come you don’t put the nut on the top of your cymbals
Moonjellery
I don't really have Chops (but with this shirt I will), and I actually have a thing for axes and love this shirt: SOLD!
Fire. Loving the purple one
Recently bought some 2 part silicone 10 to 30 shore hardness , poured in bottoms of every cup,bowl, pan i had all different thicknesses, 30 bucks for lifetime supply of varying thicknesses, shapes, and as long as its clean it hangs on cymbals also. Even poured it around the outer edge of my snare batter between the rim and batter groove, let it cure on the drum, overnight, removable too, shocking results, would love to see what you can come up with using 2 part soft silicone
Imagine a drum shell made out of moongel, a moonshell... 😳
Now that is innovative!
The only way I can see this happening is David hollows out a shell or builds a shell around a massive moongell like that
This is brilliant!
Moongel on a practice pad...LMAO
Theres a moongel practice pad 🤷♂️
David: “Do you need any dampeners?”
His unwitting target: “Only a moongel”
David, pulling out a comically large moongel: 😈
Good thing you made the gels blue. Like how blue LEDs improve cooling in computer cases, blue makes the drums sound cooler. It's a scientific fact!
But you have to make them red if you’re playing metal!
My kit’s blue, so I’m happy 😂
Ughhh I use clear and black!
And vehicles always go faster if you paint them red
@@glengamble526mine too
The best snare dampening method I learned from a classic percussionist. It requires a lint free cloth and two binder clips. You just fold the cloth in half, drape it over the top fraction of the snare and clip it to the hoop using the binder clips. How tight the clips are determines how much dampening you'll get. It doesn't leave residues and doesn't damage the head.
That’s what I do too, got the idea from a busy local drummer who does a lotta work with acoustic artists
Can you explain it in a more simpler way?
@@dharomusic I've learned this technique from classical percussionist Rob Knopper. If you look for his snare audition setup video, he shows how it's done.
@@dharomusic damn bro can u read?
1. Sacrifice your failures
2. Learn from your mistakes
3. If it works don't fix it
4. Do not talk about Fight Club
Moongellery aside, the background music turning into the play-along track without missing a beat? Beautiful
exactly what i was thinking omg
Yes!
See, you’ve got to make the gel into a ring and make a Moon Fat Snare Drum.
Drummers who use triggers be like-
I must say that after years of watching you....I think you are one of the most fascicious drummers out there. I love your sense of humour but also that you get straight to the point without any BS. Cheers mate and thanks for all the sharing of your observations.
I love how a lot of your video thumbnails LOOK like click bait but are actually quite accurate.
Wonder what the cymbals would have sounded like with one of those
Me too
Probably something like that cymbal in the video "The Driest Cymbal Ever Made" by Garbage Time on YT.
*Thonk*
@@eliassimon666 the cymbals in the video are Sabian HHX anthology and are gorgeous cymbals
This was absolutely brilliant!
Thoroughly silly and entertaining. Quality content right there
hey rdavidr. I am uddeshya from india, I have been watching you for years now. I used to play drums in college. I asked my parents to buy me a drumkit on multiple occasions , but they don't support my dream. I still haven't left drumming though, I play on every surface I can beat on. I hope that I am able to play drums again soon. Your videos has kept my passion for drumming alive, Thank you for everything man, Love from India.
Now you need a comically large moongel case for them
*TUPPERWARE!!!*
@@mydixiewrecked315 one that would actually look more like an actual moon gel case for giant moon gels would probably actually be a hard drum case, maybe for a 10in tom, and then slap a M0()N gElZ logo on it
Next evolution would be moongel rings that cover like 75% of each head
“Hey David can you give me a piece of moongel?”
**pulls out a comically large moongel**
Only a moonful!
This is the most satisfying drum video ever, David. ;D
Every once in a while I come back to this video for a good laugh. What you should have done is melted gel molds into the exact size of each drum so that the entire surface is entirely moon gel 💡
0:12 oh, the St.Anger sound.
I produced drums for my band's Post-punk EP 4 or 5 years ago. It took me a week to get the drums right and it took 5 to 7 gels per drum head... But it basically sounded like a drum machine after even before compression. Pretty sweet sound imo.
Now you gotta put them on Evans hydraulics to really bring out that cardboard box full of sand tone.
I love my hydrolic heads!
Moongell Should Sell These On April 1st every year
Funny that i never bought any gels. I just only use that white medic tape for dampening.
Its white colour blends with coated heads, thats why. They are also cheap and do not make mess if i hit it.
You sir David is full of great ideas and also has a great sense of humor. And more, your drum playing is now awesome.
Ironically, it makes you sound like you're drumming under the ocean.
This is exactly the excellent content that RUclips needs...and now has, thanks to rdavidr!! Cheers! Thud-thuddy-thud-thud!
I think this is the silliest one he’s done. Brilliant stuff! 🤟
Now you need to make a star shaped moon gel
"You're about as useful as Moongel on a practice pad"
Makes your cymbals and even snare wires sound really bloody loud! I was thinking, Oh... very little target area for sticking... David just beats on the gel. Oh. OK fair enough!
The felt pads that are used on the bottom of chair and table legs work well for dampening. They have a sticky side to them and come in various sizes and shapes. It is necessary to clean the area with rubbing alcohol to make them stick. Unfortunately, you cannot remove them like a moon gel.
I'm crying laughing at the idea of any law enforcement showing up to your door and seeing you "cook" outside with a respirator, making extremely Breaking-Bad-looking
"meth" and you have to explain that it's actually "window gel" for "youtube".
You even have the 55 gallon drums!!
that snare is a bedroom pop wet dream. great as always Dave
You should put a timpani head on a bass drum
the tone that all professional drummers seek. perfect.
“That should fix my overtones” 😂😂
“Jesse! We need to make moon gel!”
The background music turning into your jam-track at the end really messed with my head a lot more than it should have.
This reminded me of an idea I used to have but never knew how to attempt, I always wanted to create a bass drum moongel, that would essentially fill up say 30-40% of the bass drum, making contact with both heads, like a big semi barrel made out of moongel
This is almost a Monty Python level of absurdity. I love it!!
David you can cut those things up at some point and just make a bunch of off brand moongels, you’ll have a whole 10 year supply of them😂
Or sell them. Each block worth about five grand on the street.
@@mikebarker9187 Now that’s genius!😂
I absolutely love everything about this video!
If i may suggest taking it to the next level? It may be a lot more work, but definitely more practical for playing.
Gel Rings
This is that old school rdavidr content I subscribed for
Since Meinl has drum honey, you should see if real edible honey will dampen your kit.
i couldn’t begin to have the creativity to come up with this
"I may not have chops" how???
Your Bass Drum is still ringing.
Always hoped someone would do this. Love it!!! 🤘🏼
I’m going to dollar tree right meow to get as many window gums as possible!! Love the new shirt. It’s got chops!
They made the drums sound like they were in a different room and tbh i actually kinda liked it. I mean it can only have very niche uses but it sounds like you just effected the kit a bit and it worked for that little elevator music you were doing lol
That elevator music is the JAM!! I love the original music RDR does!
I honestly wasnt planning on playing to music, but they actually kinda work for that track. The super muted high pitch of the toms almost sounded like conga slaps and were more prercussion-y. When you play on the gel itself thats a different story...
Uuuh... actually that would be drugs on my brain.
That intro was gold.
Those ads were classic.
awesome! next step might be making them circular and hollow in the middle so that you can still hit the drum head! :D
Really funny. I never thought I’d get so hooked on these videos: some stupid, some very informative. Keep up the good work. WHAT ABOUT MOON GEL RINGS?
too many drummers fail to realize -that how your drums sound behind your kit is NOT, how they sound out in front of them... plus -DO NOT try to emulate a specific recordings drum sound -acoustically. there have been many a trick in the mixing room to designate the sound produced on that specific recording.
I love the sound, but I play with fabric covering my heads so I probably would. My main takeaway though: I was going to buy my son some moon gels for his birthday but now he's getting sea creatures instead.
Use a circle baking sheet to make one the size of the drum. Or a drumhead might work as a mold
Rumor has it that Rtom has just hired 87,000 new agents just to go after David for this.
I could put this on my snare and it would still sound like a gunshot in an alley.
Congrats on the 300K! That's awesome!
the moon-gelled rack tom sounds remarkably like a bongo
Lmao using those Earthworks mics to record this. Gotta love rdavidr.
Your dedication and ingenuity to make such an absurd project is very admirable, congrats!
Just want to say although I’m not a drummer, I really enjoy your videos. I would really love to hear you comment on famous drummers and their kits. Would love to hear your take on why so many drummers played concert toms in the 70’s. Nigel Olsson’s kit from 1971 at the BBC studios!
My heart sank when you chopped that drum stick in half because I could never afford them when I was younger. 😂
Wonder what a moongel o ring would sound like… Tricky mould to make, but it could be worth it!
I refuse to use any muffling whatsoever. I had to learn how to tune a snare. I did so well that it hasn’t gone out yet and I don’t remember how I did it.
Good video. Thanks.You could have used a "new moon" shaped tray, for the gel to neatly fit around the perimeter of the drum allowing for adequate playing area.
nice
Now you need to make circular moon gels for the cymbals
4:33 "What is this supposed to be"
A peanut
I just slap the seahorse moongel on my drum or the pumpkin one, it super cool, people love the design of the gels lol
Always great, and Travis Scott "London" sound effects between 2:05 and 2:10 is genius. Or I'm hearing what I want to hear.
The edits in this video are next level. 👌🏻
This gives me flashbacks to the Jumbo Gel...
I just use those sticky gel window ornaments, you know, they are generic, no brand name, and they work great.
Thanks David, I really needed this today.
I must say it is quite funny to get a serious Stephen Taylor ad before watching an rdavidr video😂
Now John Good is going to create a DW shell that is moon gel resistant
The purple one looks badass!
Moongel in practice pad is just straight Primitive Technology.
Best intro of the month. Very inspirational
You should make some drum rings out of silicon “sorta-clear”.
That would be dope!!!
i was actually about to buy some of that to make a mold for these before i realized I could use a baking sheet haha.
5:56 ooft transition felt very 2015 rdavidr 😍
4:34 lolllll im dead
the purple one looks awesome tbh
this is what gives John Good nightmares
I love the wrap on this kit
Huge hilarious video man!!I 'm Not use moongels...i share one hack with you but i think is allready known to many drummers out there.If the overtones are huge you can stick a towel at side of reso head and with this you can easily decrease the use of moongels and have an always controlled sustain for ever!!
Perfect! I've been slapping on cardboard boxes, but they get torn up too easy.
Should have just stuck with the sea creature theme gels for the ultimate hydraulic dampening setup!
I could be wrong but I think my favorite RUclipsr just jumped the shark. 😄
Moongel should pay you for rights and market these for the kick drum
I could actually see that Tom sound working on some projects
Makes the toms sound like collective soul bongos.
It would be cool to make a ring mould so that the moon gel would be like a damping ring around the drum head.
You're like Goku trying to reach the highest power levels but with moon gel and drums lmao
Why not try and find yourself a curved mold to pour your melted gels in, let cool down, and then place the new curved “moon gels” on the drum heads? It would give you more playing room surface…
These sound like bongos and a really fat snare.
I need that purple!! hahah so cool man
Another fab vid, thanks. Moongel is still a favourite way to dampen, it's just the physics of it, and I've bought several packs in my time, though always baulking at the price. Then came ebay chinesium (red!) knock-offs at a fraction of the price, and even better, YT posts for those of us lucky enough to have the space and resources for this solution. But do we care that it needs to be blue?! Buy less, mix colours up, it's all the same stuff, and it'll be identifiably yours. Cheers from the UK.