Partial Setup Syndrome

[MoeDrummer]

Ok, so lately I've been having this deal where I go to set up my drums for practice at home and I only get like 3 or 4 pieces up (normally snare, bass, hats and maybe a tom). Then I go to "test" my positioning or whatever and I end up sitting there for a couple hours slamming out beats, then my time is up and I've still got like 10 more pieces to go.

Anybody else have trouble getting their whole kit up before having the thing suck you in? Maybe I just need to downsize or something...

Moe

[joeysnare]

i have that problem all the time,you just need help so you can get it set up faster.

[brittc89]

Ok, so lately I've been having this deal where I go to set up my drums for practice at home and I only get like 3 or 4 pieces up (normally snare, bass, hats and maybe a tom). Then I go to "test" my positioning or whatever and I end up sitting there for a couple hours slamming out beats, then my time is up and I've still got like 10 more pieces to go.

Anybody else have trouble getting their whole kit up before having the thing suck you in? Maybe I just need to downsize or something...

Moe

Is that really a problem though? MInizing your kit is a good thing for a lot of people, boosts creativity.

[ledzepjb]

I suffer from PSS as well, it was tough news when i first found out but I didnt let it take over my life.

[jayp]

Haha this is hilarious this happened to me yesterday, same situation with hats snare and bass. I sat down with snares disengaged and couldn't stop playing for like an hour before I even engaged my snares again! hahahah!

[SLEEPY BRiGHT EYEZ]

Nope. My kit stays set up in my music room.

[nebula821]

yeah, music room for me too. It might be good to try downsizing the kit if you find you enjoy playing a minimal kit so much. I know if I had to set mine up all the time, I would.

[fijjibo]

Is that really a problem though? MInizing your kit is a good thing for a lot of people, boosts creativity.

I agree.

There was a point in my downsizing where all I could think of were split tom fills, but now im over that phase, I love playing a small kit.

[zambizzi]

I could foresee this for myself so I bought a "home" kit and an "away" kit. My home/studio/workhorse kit is bigger (6pc + 6 cymbals) and I practice on it everyday...it never moves unless I'm tuning the heads. The away kit is a smaller kit (5pc + 3cym)...but I'll usually scale it down to a 4pc if I take it out. This way I can be lazy and not set that one back up again until I feel like it.

[razorx]

i dont have this problem. however for somereason i can never figure out how to set the kit up the corect way.

[k3ng]

It can be a good thing sometimes.

I had a 5 pc ready to be set up, with 5 cymbals. Being lazy I set up the hats the bass and the snare. And then plopped on one cymbal.

I ended up playing the session using just that. Sounded great. But then the other drummer after got pissed cause I told him I'd have the whole thing set up and ready for use.

[bobie2000]

It can be a good thing sometimes.

I had a 5 pc ready to be set up, with 5 cymbals. Being lazy I set up the hats the bass and the snare. And then plopped on one cymbal.

I ended up playing the session using just that. Sounded great. But then the other drummer after got pissed cause I told him I'd have the whole thing set up and ready for use.

lol, i was in the position of the other drummer for my first gig, but i ended up really enjoying it, playing songs i had written on a 6 pc on a 4 piece, it was a very interesting gig as far as drumming goes, because there was other drummers who were used to bigger kits and had to play on a 4 peice.

-Bob