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sticks4drums
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Well many of you know me as the guy with the huge 14 piece Saturn. This weekend I took my little 4 piece Saturn Jungle kit up to my guitarist cottage to work out our new songs. Believe me, going from 14 to 4 is quite an adjustment. I will be building a 6 piece Saturn kit in the near future for gigging purposes, so this will help me simplify some of my fills.
I have heard many people on drum sites say that using a smaller kit makes them more creative. I have always taken offence by this statement. I think I might of been reading into it wrongly. It doesn't make your drumming sound more creative, you just have to learn to create things with less drums.
Friday and Saturday, I was struggling to play the little kit. I kept looking for more drums to hit. It really handcuffed my playing. By Sunday I was flying on this thing. I just learned how to do more with less. This was not a good thing sound wise to me. Just a practical thing. If you have to carry your kit around from gig to gig, you want to have less things to set up. You can still play what you have to play, you just won't have all the different sounds at your disposal.
When I sit back and listen to the simple iphone recording I did for our practice, the songs sound the same structure wise. I just don't hear the palate of sounds I normally do with more toms and cymbals to play.
Is less or more drums, better or worse. My answer would be play what works for your style of music.
I have heard many people on drum sites say that using a smaller kit makes them more creative. I have always taken offence by this statement. I think I might of been reading into it wrongly. It doesn't make your drumming sound more creative, you just have to learn to create things with less drums.
Friday and Saturday, I was struggling to play the little kit. I kept looking for more drums to hit. It really handcuffed my playing. By Sunday I was flying on this thing. I just learned how to do more with less. This was not a good thing sound wise to me. Just a practical thing. If you have to carry your kit around from gig to gig, you want to have less things to set up. You can still play what you have to play, you just won't have all the different sounds at your disposal.
When I sit back and listen to the simple iphone recording I did for our practice, the songs sound the same structure wise. I just don't hear the palate of sounds I normally do with more toms and cymbals to play.
Is less or more drums, better or worse. My answer would be play what works for your style of music.
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