Maverick10
Senior Member
Good afternoon,
I have a question. My band is playing a gig on thurs on a 4 band bill at a small venue. We did not set up the gig, we simply replied to an ad on Craigslist looking for bands to play this gig. My band plays first. 8:30-9pm, the next band is 9:15-10, the third band is 10:15-11 and the headliner is 11:15-12 maybe 12:30.
I've been communicating with the band leader of the headliner and the one who set up the gig and he want's all bands to use their backline. I asked multiple times if that included drums, cymbals, etc etc. he double checked with his drummer and said yes just use his gear it's fine, he has a nice kit.
While I understand the proper thing is to use my snare, pedal, cymbals, and maybe throne, but with the size of the venue the number of bands, and small window to get things off the stage such as people, guitars, bass, and get the next band up there plugged in and sound checked.
Should I take this as a don't bring anything except sticks, play, and get off the stage?
I've been reading other posts about this, and for many of you the idea of using your own items was more for personal touch and feel. I have don't have a problem with using completely different kits. In fact I do it right now on a weekly/monthly basis. From a small jazz kit, to my bigger rock kit, to the church kit. The jazz kit has three rides no crashes, my set is 1 rack 2 floor toms and a couple of crashes, the church kit has 2 racks 1 floor, like 6 crashes. I feel I can be me on all those.
my only thought is with adjustment of the kit, and how hard I hit. I'm not a basher, but I can play forcefully with proper technique. I pull the sound out of the toms, swipe across the cymbals not straight down on them. But I can be animated during the show because I get into it. Think Ray Luzier, Lars, standing up, a stick flip here or there. Nothing over the top or so crazy the song suffers or the band looks bad. Always have to make sure the band sounds good. I can play with dynamics and with the venue being smaller I may not need to be overly animated to get the effect.
my second question is it ok with permission from the drummer to adjust things WITHIN reason? I'm not going to make a big to-do about a 30minute set with 3 other bands if the setup isn't exactly how I would want it. At the most I'd adjust snare, hihat and throne heights. Passed that everything else could stay put.
Thank You
I have a question. My band is playing a gig on thurs on a 4 band bill at a small venue. We did not set up the gig, we simply replied to an ad on Craigslist looking for bands to play this gig. My band plays first. 8:30-9pm, the next band is 9:15-10, the third band is 10:15-11 and the headliner is 11:15-12 maybe 12:30.
I've been communicating with the band leader of the headliner and the one who set up the gig and he want's all bands to use their backline. I asked multiple times if that included drums, cymbals, etc etc. he double checked with his drummer and said yes just use his gear it's fine, he has a nice kit.
While I understand the proper thing is to use my snare, pedal, cymbals, and maybe throne, but with the size of the venue the number of bands, and small window to get things off the stage such as people, guitars, bass, and get the next band up there plugged in and sound checked.
Should I take this as a don't bring anything except sticks, play, and get off the stage?
I've been reading other posts about this, and for many of you the idea of using your own items was more for personal touch and feel. I have don't have a problem with using completely different kits. In fact I do it right now on a weekly/monthly basis. From a small jazz kit, to my bigger rock kit, to the church kit. The jazz kit has three rides no crashes, my set is 1 rack 2 floor toms and a couple of crashes, the church kit has 2 racks 1 floor, like 6 crashes. I feel I can be me on all those.
my only thought is with adjustment of the kit, and how hard I hit. I'm not a basher, but I can play forcefully with proper technique. I pull the sound out of the toms, swipe across the cymbals not straight down on them. But I can be animated during the show because I get into it. Think Ray Luzier, Lars, standing up, a stick flip here or there. Nothing over the top or so crazy the song suffers or the band looks bad. Always have to make sure the band sounds good. I can play with dynamics and with the venue being smaller I may not need to be overly animated to get the effect.
my second question is it ok with permission from the drummer to adjust things WITHIN reason? I'm not going to make a big to-do about a 30minute set with 3 other bands if the setup isn't exactly how I would want it. At the most I'd adjust snare, hihat and throne heights. Passed that everything else could stay put.
Thank You