pdp 9091
Gold Member
First I'd like to re-introduce myself to the drummerworld forum. My name is Josh and I'm currently a freshman in college. My major is Sound Engineering at the New England School of Communication in Maine, USA. I joined the dw forum about 3 years ago now and spent alot of time on it for a while but lately I haven't been around. Since then I've been in a band or two and have really grown as a drummer. But..to the point...
Half of my band are still upperclassmen in high school. My guitarist and good friend Chris's mom is the head of the Project Graduation Committee and is in charge of putting on a fund raiser for the class of '09. The fund raiser just so happens to be a night of live music at the school. I found this an awesome opportunity to make this thing awesome! Me and Chris went right to work. Today we drew up plans for a drum riser for the show. We wanted to make this show at the school something good, nothing you would expect from a high school. We trekked down to the local Home Depot saturday in the snow and started shopping for materials.
Our receipt read as fallows:
(9) 2x3 's
(2) 4x8 pieces of particle board
some cheap generic black carpeting (31 us cents/sq. ft)
(5) 90 degree angle rods
It all came to about $50 so it wasn't bad at all. Saturday nigh we started the project. We decided that we wanted to make the riser in two sections (two 6'x4' platforms). We made the frame for the first platform tonight, attached the particle board surface and screw on 4 legs. As of right now it is a little bit wobbly but once we throw some supports under the surface and across the front, back, and sides, we should be golden. Hopefully later today (sunday), I will have pictures of our progress so far.
Ultimately the finished product is going to be two platforms put together to make one large drum platform sitting 2 feet and 8.5 inches off the ground; pretty decent size. The wood painted black, black carpeting stapled to the surface, and finally steel 90 degree angle rods for the trim on the front of the surface, the sides, and the legs to give it a pretty cool look, especially shining under the lights. In the end this riser will hold my set which is a 4 piece with my 3 cymbals and my hats. I will keep you guys updated. Any questions just ask.
Half of my band are still upperclassmen in high school. My guitarist and good friend Chris's mom is the head of the Project Graduation Committee and is in charge of putting on a fund raiser for the class of '09. The fund raiser just so happens to be a night of live music at the school. I found this an awesome opportunity to make this thing awesome! Me and Chris went right to work. Today we drew up plans for a drum riser for the show. We wanted to make this show at the school something good, nothing you would expect from a high school. We trekked down to the local Home Depot saturday in the snow and started shopping for materials.
Our receipt read as fallows:
(9) 2x3 's
(2) 4x8 pieces of particle board
some cheap generic black carpeting (31 us cents/sq. ft)
(5) 90 degree angle rods
It all came to about $50 so it wasn't bad at all. Saturday nigh we started the project. We decided that we wanted to make the riser in two sections (two 6'x4' platforms). We made the frame for the first platform tonight, attached the particle board surface and screw on 4 legs. As of right now it is a little bit wobbly but once we throw some supports under the surface and across the front, back, and sides, we should be golden. Hopefully later today (sunday), I will have pictures of our progress so far.
Ultimately the finished product is going to be two platforms put together to make one large drum platform sitting 2 feet and 8.5 inches off the ground; pretty decent size. The wood painted black, black carpeting stapled to the surface, and finally steel 90 degree angle rods for the trim on the front of the surface, the sides, and the legs to give it a pretty cool look, especially shining under the lights. In the end this riser will hold my set which is a 4 piece with my 3 cymbals and my hats. I will keep you guys updated. Any questions just ask.