SmoothOperator
Gold Member
I have been noticing a pervasive pattern in marketing. I observed the pattern in one of my other hobbies kayaking/canoeing, however I believe it applies very much to drumming as well. I was shopping for a tandem boat for my wife and I to go touring in, however the options for tandems are really very limited, and all the salesmen have nothing but bad things to say about tandems, "divorce boats" they call them. I have been a canoeist for a long time and I think that is absolute non-sense, paddling a boat together is a lot of fun, then I realized well to the salesman selling a tandem is selling one boat selling two singles is selling two boats. This upsets me because not only do they want to sell individual kayaks, very few if any of the individual kayaks will actually fit me at 6'7", since the all the money is in fitting that average build.
How does this apply to drumming, if you go to a drum store it is immediately obvious that there is an emphasis on drum sets for individual drummers, why do you need a surdo or conga player when you can buy a full set of toms and a bass drum, everyone needs a full set of toms and a snare and you can't play them with other drummers because they don't keep time right, and you can't tune them to fit in...
Personally I would rather have a set of congas and friend with a set of timbales or bongos (doesn't have to be congas and timbales or bongos, could be djembes and dun-duns). Furthermore those snares, toms, and cymbals that were designed to be played by themselves don't sound good to me either.
Has anyone else felt this way about the marketing and sales in western hobbies, especially drums?
How does this apply to drumming, if you go to a drum store it is immediately obvious that there is an emphasis on drum sets for individual drummers, why do you need a surdo or conga player when you can buy a full set of toms and a bass drum, everyone needs a full set of toms and a snare and you can't play them with other drummers because they don't keep time right, and you can't tune them to fit in...
Personally I would rather have a set of congas and friend with a set of timbales or bongos (doesn't have to be congas and timbales or bongos, could be djembes and dun-duns). Furthermore those snares, toms, and cymbals that were designed to be played by themselves don't sound good to me either.
Has anyone else felt this way about the marketing and sales in western hobbies, especially drums?