drummindan8484
Senior Member
I’ve been playing with a 90s rock cover band for the past year and things have been going very well for us, but there’s an issue that’s been plaguing me on and off for the entire year I’ve been in the band. After my first couple shows the bandleader/guitarist started complaining about my overall volume. Our setlist is heavy on bands like Green Day, Foo Fighters, Incubus, Bush, etc., so I play in that style- rimshots on most backbeats, riding on the crash cymbals and loose hi hats in the sections that call for them, etc. I backed off the rimshots and hit the cymbals quieter and he and the rest of the band were much happier- until I started listening to recordings of our shows and hearing the snare get totally drowned out by the bass and guitar (mostly bass). I went back to doing rimshots and he seemed fine with it even after I asked if the volume is ok, but at the start of practice tonight before we even started a song he starts saying the volume was too loud at the last few shows.
So my questions are- are rimshots the issue or could something else be going on? And more importantly- is there a way to hit rimshots on the backbeats and keep the volume at a more reasonable level?
So my questions are- are rimshots the issue or could something else be going on? And more importantly- is there a way to hit rimshots on the backbeats and keep the volume at a more reasonable level?