I did play (covers) on NYE and it was the first time in many, many years. It was actually a fun night. The people had a great time and so did I. Although I was playing through some pain 'cause I busted my shoulder a couple of weeks prior so my range of movement was limited with my left arm but I...
I'm in an apartment so I have to go the mesh/L80 route. I have a 70's Pearl Wood Fiberglass kit in the spare bedroom which is more like a den where I can read or listen to music as well as practice.
I must admit I do love me some drum porn. I often take a picture or 2 of my kit set up at a gig. I love the way my drums look and I love to look at other people's setups too. I voted 70%. But of course I want them to sound good too. And sound good playing them to the best of my ability.
I have a few autographed items.
I caught a pick from Paul Stanley in one of the 90's reunion shows. I was careless with storing it and has since broken in half. 🙁
I worked at a KISS convention in 1995 and drew the sign pointing where to go with the KISS logo on it. The tour manager got it...
Some people think it's controversial to hit all backbeats as rimshots. I don't think so. Unless I'm trying to play softly, every backbeat is a rimshot. If you want the snare to cut this is pretty much the best way, IMO. Also little to no muffling.
If the mic is faulty then your sound guy gets a...
I got my first ever brass snare just a few years ago. It's a Gretsch 14x5 COB G4160. It's my favorite snare and I use it most of the time. I have absolutely zero experience with any other brass snares so I don't know if I would like any others. Never played a BB. So I don't know if the Gretsch...
The humble Acrolite. Looks underwhelming. Sounds great!
(Except the black galaxy finish which is quite nice)
Deep drums. They sound good though.
Monster kits à la Bozzio. Just over the top and not my cup of tea. (Not to be confused with merely big which is fine)
All my kits have the logo on the bass head. I've always liked the look of that. A kit sort of looks incomplete without it to me. If I don't have the original logo head I'll often buy a decal from fleabay or somewhere too.
I know a lot of people dislike the Pearl tom arms but in actual use they work just fine. I have never had any issues dialing in a tom angle quickly on a backline kit for instance. Maybe the hate comes from their egregious misuse by amateurs and beginners as seen in the tom angles thread. 🤷♂️...
Boutique drums brands are unnecessary. There are only 8 legit drum makers (Ludwig, DW, Gretsch, Tama, Yamaha, Pearl, Mapex, Sonor). If you can't find something in there that suits you, you have issues.
(That should get me banned. :ROFLMAO:)
You don't kick it but you kick the band with it. ;)
I suspect it's more of a sound engineer thing than a drummer thing and when we do say it it's because we've been hanging around too much with sound engineers. I actually don't have a problem with it. It's just musician lingo.
I believe INDe has solutions for that. They have great hardware innovations for making vintage kits better for working drummers without permanent mods. Link
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