MLdrum
Senior Member
Hello, everybody. I have played drums/percussion for about 5-6 years now in various bands and settings (both classical, rock/metal and more jazz-type things). I have during the last few years been reading different subjects on the forum and finally decided to join in =)
Now I have a question for all of you professional drummers:
Have you ever played with "poor" or "bad" technique (so to speak) in order to get the right sound and feel out of your drums and cymbals?
I did this for some time while in the 2 (1 progressive/thrash- and 1 stoner-) metalbands I have played in. I got the biggest, fattest and most durable (wood)sticks available, turned them butt-side-out and just really pounded the drums and cymbals. No focus on rebound or anything, just pure power. In the start I got (sometimes BAD) blisters, but my hands eventually adapted to the somewhat brutal way of playing the drums (I made sure they got their rest and "time off")
You might say a sort of "Dave Grohl-ish" approach to drumming:
http://www.moderndrummer.com/drum-gods/100000004/Dave Grohl
Last christmas we did a reunion-gig (with the stonermetal band) and my hands actually started bleeding (from badass blisters) towards the end of our set. This was because i hadn't played this music this way for almost 2 years, and my hands had probably gotten used to only playing light jazz and such.
Well, anyway. What do you guys think of this type of playing? Does it actually make some kinds of music sound better?
Now I have a question for all of you professional drummers:
Have you ever played with "poor" or "bad" technique (so to speak) in order to get the right sound and feel out of your drums and cymbals?
I did this for some time while in the 2 (1 progressive/thrash- and 1 stoner-) metalbands I have played in. I got the biggest, fattest and most durable (wood)sticks available, turned them butt-side-out and just really pounded the drums and cymbals. No focus on rebound or anything, just pure power. In the start I got (sometimes BAD) blisters, but my hands eventually adapted to the somewhat brutal way of playing the drums (I made sure they got their rest and "time off")
You might say a sort of "Dave Grohl-ish" approach to drumming:
http://www.moderndrummer.com/drum-gods/100000004/Dave Grohl
Last christmas we did a reunion-gig (with the stonermetal band) and my hands actually started bleeding (from badass blisters) towards the end of our set. This was because i hadn't played this music this way for almost 2 years, and my hands had probably gotten used to only playing light jazz and such.
Well, anyway. What do you guys think of this type of playing? Does it actually make some kinds of music sound better?