As a progressive drummer

[lokil]

Hi,
If my interest in music is more about progressive bands like, Dream theater and circus maximus, etc... Also if i have the chance to start a band i would like to play stuff like dave matthews band. Would i prefer maple instead of birch and would i have great time playing those style/music with a PDP drum kit like CX/LX/LXE/MX ? Or i'm completely mistaken and really should go into something more then that?

[aruration]

just follow your ears...play what you like

[fijjibo]

I play Prog, and my Birch kit works well for me.

Having said that - Mike Portnoy uses Maple (well, actually now acrylic, but hey...)

Go and try a bunch of kits and see what you think of them.

[Mediocrefunkybeat]

I play Prog, and my Birch kit works well for me.

Having said that - Mike Portnoy uses Maple (well, actually now acrylic, but hey...)

Go and try a bunch of kits and see what you think of them.

Yeah but he also muffles the Hell out of his kit.

[da cheese walks]

progressive......progressive means you progress....whatever sound oyu want oyu take....and itll work if oyu make it work.....

im in a prog band....prog-funk actually....strange yes...

but i have a sonor force 2005....birch seemingly....i leave all the toms unmuffled....sounds like a jazz kit...i have a crazy high 12" snare,and my bass drun kicks like a cannon.....its not wholly similar to any prog drummers out there....

but its progress....

[hauk]

It's all up to what sounds good to you, there is no standard. Also, I suggest you check out Porcupine Tree if you haven't already; they make amazing music and Gavin Harrison is a great drummer who happens to frequent the forum.

[harryconway]

Your kit. Your sound. Play maple, birch, oak, acrylic, roto-toms, whatever. Then make them sound the best you can. PDP's are as good a place to start as any.

[fijjibo]

Yeah but he also muffles the Hell out of his kit.

Thats true.

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[Mikecore]

It's not so much about the composition of the shell as it is about what you are doing with them. If you are going down the Neil/Portnoy road, and thus dragging a pile of drums around (like I am), then you will want drums that will sound a distinct tone, but not ring like crazy and interfere with each other during rapid-fire fills and so forth. I don't know that any kind of wood in particular will be better for this than some other. The PDP X7's are made out of poplar (so I'm told) and sound nice enough, especially the bass drum. Let your ears do your homework on this one.