rogue_drummer
Gold Member
I play in my church's praise and worship band and 95% of the songs we play are contemporary christian songs with the standard 4/4 rock beat on the hi hats, per the recordings. Real boring stuff
I'm given pretty much free reign over what I play and I am really trying to make it not so "boring". So I'm migrating from hats to my 20" Paiste crash / ride cymbal for most of my patterns, just to add some spice to the songs. That makes it really easy to accent certain gooves or parts of a song with slight crashes on the ride. Anything wrong with experimenting this way?
I know Keith Moon pretty much completely ditched the hi-hats that were normally used in rock back then and watching vids of Buddy Rich in action he rarely uses the hats except for specifc parts of a song or solo.
Also by doing this I can give cues a lot easier this way by emphasizing slight crashes and pings on the bell.
Any thoughts? I've to got push it and experiment or else I'm gonna die from bordom.
I'm given pretty much free reign over what I play and I am really trying to make it not so "boring". So I'm migrating from hats to my 20" Paiste crash / ride cymbal for most of my patterns, just to add some spice to the songs. That makes it really easy to accent certain gooves or parts of a song with slight crashes on the ride. Anything wrong with experimenting this way?
I know Keith Moon pretty much completely ditched the hi-hats that were normally used in rock back then and watching vids of Buddy Rich in action he rarely uses the hats except for specifc parts of a song or solo.
Also by doing this I can give cues a lot easier this way by emphasizing slight crashes and pings on the bell.
Any thoughts? I've to got push it and experiment or else I'm gonna die from bordom.