lbanks
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I played with this drummer a couple of weeks ago. Check his rig. And this boy was tight. One of the Best drummers I've played with, recently. Loved it!
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Greg_L
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I used to play a similar setup in a rockabilly band, except I had a floor tom and just a ride and hats. No crash.
lbanks
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He brought his full set, but decided to go with just this. I guess we could be consider a slow rockabilly/funk/protest band. I wish he wasn't so busy and in demand. The Boy made us sound good.(IMO)
lbanks
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Oh, that's mah amp, behind him.
RawDepth
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It looks like all he can do is keep the beat with that setup. Well, maybe throw in a snare roll and a crash here and there. Woo Hoo!
It depends on the music. I've heard songs on the radio where that is all they really play anyway. But I like to hear a tom now and then.
It depends on the music. I've heard songs on the radio where that is all they really play anyway. But I like to hear a tom now and then.
lbanks
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He was doing a lot with his rolls. Soon as I get a copy, I'll post a link to vid... if it sounds ok.
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iownrocknroll
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one of the bands I play in the drummer uses a kick, snare, high hat and ride.
he's in his late 20's early 30's age range, known pretty well in the pittsburgh music scene for playing that way as well.
he keeps it pretty fresh for using so little.
you can really focus on the groove.
he's in his late 20's early 30's age range, known pretty well in the pittsburgh music scene for playing that way as well.
he keeps it pretty fresh for using so little.
you can really focus on the groove.
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Greg_L
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That's all you really need to do.
Chili
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I was checking that out. What head is that??Oh, that's mah amp, behind him.
lbanks
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Sunn Coliseum Bass 300
drossfile
nope
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Greg_L
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blasphemy.
I'm not saying that's all you should do. I'm saying that's all you need to do.
lbanks
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I've was surprised by the stuff he was doing. Hadn't heard as a nice touch in while.
KineticSound
The VOICE
And I imagine the FOH guy gave him a big hug after he found out how few drums he would need to mic! 
lbanks
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And a beer!And I imagine the FOH guy gave him a big hug after he found out how few drums he would need to mic!
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xkapin_reelity
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dodgeaspen
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Man with that small of a set up you could drive a Chevette to the gig with room to spare.
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second skin
BEAT IT!
this thread is great. i'm currently running sound at a club where a drummer just played with a set that used a huge rack, probably 8 toms and at least a dozen cymbals. and was no more musical than that guy most likely.
of course the set fit the style of music but i don't think i ever saw him work even half of those toms.
of course the set fit the style of music but i don't think i ever saw him work even half of those toms.
JRSIV
JRSIV Music Ltd.
Less is more...especially with drums!
I've been playing drums for 20 years (God, that's sad...), and after years of gear lust and double kick excursions I've learned that the groove is IT. In the my demo studio I mic the kick, snare, an overhead for the cymbals and mix it to mono. If there's a tom fill that I really want recorded I might throw a 57 on the tom but most of the time the simpler the better.
The groove is paramount and a good drummer can throw in variations on just kick and snare that beat any 6 tom fill. I'm glad to see more guy's getting hip to that...
I've been playing drums for 20 years (God, that's sad...), and after years of gear lust and double kick excursions I've learned that the groove is IT. In the my demo studio I mic the kick, snare, an overhead for the cymbals and mix it to mono. If there's a tom fill that I really want recorded I might throw a 57 on the tom but most of the time the simpler the better.
The groove is paramount and a good drummer can throw in variations on just kick and snare that beat any 6 tom fill. I'm glad to see more guy's getting hip to that...
Rimshot
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Cycles
When I first began drumming, there were a few guys out there with bigger kits (Louis Bellson and Buddy Rich had what we thought were big kits) but most drummers were playing a three or four piece kit with ride and hats and maybe a crash cymbal. That was average. Drummers were kept to the back and all they were expected to do was to keep the beat, nothing more. Drummers like Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts came out of that tradition. Then it all changed with the likes of Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Carmine Appice, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell and Ian Paice. Drums started stepping to the front a bit more and the kits were expanding. Lots of us ran a bought more drums and started to practice with more stuff. Kits grew and grew and most drummers were now working with at the least, 6 piece kits with at least 5 or 6 pieces of metal (most had more).
Now it seems that it is getting popular with younger drummers to play with much smaller kits. Lots of us kept a smaller set up at home to use for practice, but I'm seeing drummers in clubs using 3 and 4 piece kits with a small ride/crash and hi-hats and that's about it. You can certainly do the job of keeping time with that, and occasionally play a fill between your snare and a tom, but a drummer with that set up just isn't going to step out as much. You'll be Ringo Starr and that's about it. The public doesn't want to sit and listen to a snare drum solo (mind you, I have seen and loved some wicked snare drum solos, but I'm a drummer so that doesn't count). I am seeing the drummer being relegated to the back more and more ewith the newer groups and the kits are getting smaller and smaller. I guess it's just cycles.
When I first began drumming, there were a few guys out there with bigger kits (Louis Bellson and Buddy Rich had what we thought were big kits) but most drummers were playing a three or four piece kit with ride and hats and maybe a crash cymbal. That was average. Drummers were kept to the back and all they were expected to do was to keep the beat, nothing more. Drummers like Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts came out of that tradition. Then it all changed with the likes of Ginger Baker, Keith Moon, Carmine Appice, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell and Ian Paice. Drums started stepping to the front a bit more and the kits were expanding. Lots of us ran a bought more drums and started to practice with more stuff. Kits grew and grew and most drummers were now working with at the least, 6 piece kits with at least 5 or 6 pieces of metal (most had more).
Now it seems that it is getting popular with younger drummers to play with much smaller kits. Lots of us kept a smaller set up at home to use for practice, but I'm seeing drummers in clubs using 3 and 4 piece kits with a small ride/crash and hi-hats and that's about it. You can certainly do the job of keeping time with that, and occasionally play a fill between your snare and a tom, but a drummer with that set up just isn't going to step out as much. You'll be Ringo Starr and that's about it. The public doesn't want to sit and listen to a snare drum solo (mind you, I have seen and loved some wicked snare drum solos, but I'm a drummer so that doesn't count). I am seeing the drummer being relegated to the back more and more ewith the newer groups and the kits are getting smaller and smaller. I guess it's just cycles.