HarlandGirl

Hi I've just got the Yamaha Digital Drums DD65. Was very excited, got everything set-up properly, and pedal 1 doesn't work! I don't know if anyone has these, and if so if they have had the same problem. I've checked everything I can think of, the cable is in properly, and all the other pads and pedal 2 are fine. I've sent a query to Yamaha about it, but would really like some immediate help to find out whether it can be fixed, or if I'll have to faff around trying to get a new pedal/drum kit. Thanks HarlandGirl

I started using a tutorial warm up, but it was about 20 mins long, which probably isn't very long, but I work a long day and when I get home in the evening 20mins is a big chunk out of my evening time before I have to go to bed and start again. So I stopped. I believe vocal warm ups will make my voice better though so I started doing my own, quicker warm up that takes about 10 mins. I start off by humming the notes my voice is comfortable with, then I will 'aaah' them when my throat feels it has warmed up a bit. When I feel a bit more warmed up, I may also try to hum the notes one below, and one above what my vocal chords are comfortable with to try and strengthen my vocal chords in producing those notes.