I played a show today, and although I played well, there was only one problem.
I dropped a stick about 5-6 times (not even kidding).
I've never even come close to dropping sticks that many times before. In fact, it's rare that I'll even drop a stick once in rehearsal. And I play lots of shows and probably only ever dropped a stick 1 or 2 times during a gig. I have no idea what happened today, it just felt like a freak fest. At the end of our set there was tons of sticks just laying all over the stage and my stick bag was empty.
It could have had to do with the fact that I've never been as sweaty as I was today while playing because it was so hot where I was playing. I was literally so sweaty that you could wring my shirt out after the set. My sticks became dark they got so wet with my sweat. But I tend to drop sticks not because of a loose grip but because while I'm moving around on the kit I'll accidentally hit it against something and it will fall out.
Man, I'm just so annoyed about this. Maybe I wouldn't be if I wasn't so bad at pulling out a new one during a song. Anyone else have similar experiences?
I dropped a stick about 5-6 times (not even kidding).
I've never even come close to dropping sticks that many times before. In fact, it's rare that I'll even drop a stick once in rehearsal. And I play lots of shows and probably only ever dropped a stick 1 or 2 times during a gig. I have no idea what happened today, it just felt like a freak fest. At the end of our set there was tons of sticks just laying all over the stage and my stick bag was empty.
It could have had to do with the fact that I've never been as sweaty as I was today while playing because it was so hot where I was playing. I was literally so sweaty that you could wring my shirt out after the set. My sticks became dark they got so wet with my sweat. But I tend to drop sticks not because of a loose grip but because while I'm moving around on the kit I'll accidentally hit it against something and it will fall out.
Man, I'm just so annoyed about this. Maybe I wouldn't be if I wasn't so bad at pulling out a new one during a song. Anyone else have similar experiences?