Things you hate to have happen while drumming

[New Tricks]

Ever get a hamstring or calf cramp?

There is NO playing thru the pain on these things.

[burn-4]

Losing a stick, when moving it in a way that it gets caught either below a cymbal or caught on the side of a drum and just goes flying somewhere.

Done that far too many times! haha

I used to have my kit set up facing a wall (space constraints) with my back to the door- used to hate when my parents walked in to tell me dinner was ready or whatever but because I didnt hear them come in (earplugs and sound of drums) they would tap me on the shoulder and scare the absolute crap out of me every single time!

[Mike Mandaville]

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I hate it when I'm practicing and he raccoons start coming in through the window.

[Pollyanna]

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I hate it when I'm practicing and he raccoons start coming in through the window.

Maybe they like the way you play drums? :)

Wildlife doesn't help. I once held up a set at a gig because a Christmas beetle landed on my snare. I opened a window and ejected it before restarting ... no squashed beetle on the snare, thanks.

[Push]

Some drunk chick taking her clothes off and dancing up with the band.........yeah, I hate that.

[jornthedrummer]

I didn't read all 7 pages, but for sure its forgetting to go to the toilet before a 1.5 hour set -)

[Zickos]

I didn't read all 7 pages, but for sure its forgetting to go to the toilet before a 1.5 hour set -)

Got to thinking about this and thought, "who plays an hour and a half set?" Then I realized my big band plays two hour sets every week. Good advice.

[Nuka]

Bass drum sliding (it's now next to a wall)
Drums detuning
General annoying stuff...

[Destroy1]

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I hate it when I'm practicing and he raccoons start coming in through the window.

Or when a Black Widow spider starts descending from the ceiling into your face while playing a wedding in So Cali.

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OK..."Criminey! Why NOW?" I was screaming as she was trying to swing into my left eye...Fortunately we were doing Santana's 'Black Magic Woman' and I had my hand-held cowbell handy on the floor at the base of my throne (We had a percussionist that bonged the cowbell during the song)...but I grabbed mine up from the floor... flicked her with my right thumb and middle finger, and caught the bitch in a hammer as she curled up and became vulnerable....between my cowbell and stick.....right on the money...and on the down beat...*SPLAT!*...shudder....

You can flick one of those cotton-picking things with your finger and she'll roll up in a ball, then you just crush her underfoot, or in my case, under-stick. Why she chose to descend on me then I'll never know. My bassist Tooty was pointing up and yelling...and me... in a trance..concentrating on the music...not making eye contact...barely hearing him. He and the lead singer were pointing up and here she comes. I paid attention then, and almost too late...She came down fast, just inches from my face and I started reaching for the cowbellbell....I couldn't lean forward...she was THAT close, so I had to sniggle down and compress my backbone....ever hear the song "Tore Down" ("Level with the ground'.!) That was what I was...reaching and praying that I wasn't about to get bit by a Black Widow spider in my eyeball.

I guess the moral of this story is 'Drummers, MAINTAIN eye-contact with your band mates...Lord knows I do...now....lol.


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[LindaMedina]

I hate a few things! I love music, it is my life.

1. Bass drum or hi hat stand slipping away
2. Sticks flying out
3. Cymbal moves to a stupid angle
4. Seat becomes 1 foot shorter than it was
5. Forgeting to bring anything important
6. Hi hat unscrewing making the hi hat not open
7. Forgetting to bring something home from a Gig, I always forget something from my drumset, I have the worst memory!!