Bo Eder
Platinum Member
You know how people always have a crash cymbal on the hi-hat side, and then another one on the ride cymbal side? I actually have a second crash just for this purpose but I haven't been using it lately. A crash and a ride seem to be all I need, in addition to a pair of hats. I did a gig the other day and I brought the secondary crash just in case, but I ended up not using it. I use my cowbell more than a second crash.
Part of me thinks the music I play must be so simple because I've been getting along lately with a 'catalog' kit - meaning my kit looks like it came out of a catalog (i.e. Ludwig's Big Beat displayed with two cymbals, or Roger's Londoner 5 displayed with two cymbals). Or my playing is getting to be so boring I can actually get by with even less (like Charlie Watts).
Not sure if I'm getting extremely lazy in my old age, or my apathy level is rising, hard to tell.
I know we have alot of people here who are constantly adding things, or trying things, there must be a number of us who are subtracting things, right? I never thought my attitude about drumming and gear would change as I got older, I've always been pretty excited about seeing new kits, or seeing some exciting new thing to make our lives all easier. Maybe the "You'll never be a big rock star" idea has finally sunk in?
Part of me thinks the music I play must be so simple because I've been getting along lately with a 'catalog' kit - meaning my kit looks like it came out of a catalog (i.e. Ludwig's Big Beat displayed with two cymbals, or Roger's Londoner 5 displayed with two cymbals). Or my playing is getting to be so boring I can actually get by with even less (like Charlie Watts).
Not sure if I'm getting extremely lazy in my old age, or my apathy level is rising, hard to tell.
I know we have alot of people here who are constantly adding things, or trying things, there must be a number of us who are subtracting things, right? I never thought my attitude about drumming and gear would change as I got older, I've always been pretty excited about seeing new kits, or seeing some exciting new thing to make our lives all easier. Maybe the "You'll never be a big rock star" idea has finally sunk in?