Poll: What is your genre and bass drum size?

BTW, where are the funksters? ... the Garibaldi and Chambers disciples? What about the fusioneers?

Perhaps is the fact that "Funk" and "Fusion" were not proposed in your OP post as a "style" to chose from Grea, same as "Jazz rock" which is not the same as "Jazz", but then I'm wondering why there's so little entry as "other", I almost chose "other" when I gave my style and size, but since I play a lot of rock and pop/rock too I chose "Rock" as the predominant style.

Progress report

Interesting, isn't it? Most of the members here play "Rock", and accordingly, the most popular size is 22", kinda logical to me, lol.

But has it's been said, "Rock" encompasses many sub-genres, so within the 77% average, there's probably a wide range of rock drumming style here, one basket from the same shop, but with many different ingredients and flavors in it. "Rock" is a giant supermarket :)

The surprise to me, is the small number of those using 20" bass drums.

Ditto for me, I knew it wouldn't beat the 22", but I'm surprised it's even less popular than an 18" bass drum, stats eh?

My next bass drum is a 20", I'm sure and convinced.
 
Blues - 22"

And to repeat a lot of earlier posts - it came with the kit, and I'd rather have a 20"
 
I'll play the game tonight

Pop / 20"

Though I have 18" and 22". And I prefer R&B, disco but I'm guessing they're under the Pop umbrella.

I love surveys.
 
Ditto for me, I knew it wouldn't beat the 22", but I'm surprised it's even less popular than an 18" bass drum, stats eh?

It ain't "stats", young Henry. People always say it's "stats" and, sometimes it is, most times it's interpretation or other factors.

Seven out the 10 people who said they mainly play jazz play have an 18" bass and, as David suggested, shell packs for kits designated as jazz kits come standard with 18" bass drums in the same way as rock kits come standard with 22" bass.

The biggest "stats" issue is genre. I think of it mostly as loud/soft ... in hindsight I would have liked to have broken things up by dynamics instead or, better still, gig type which could go something like this:

Concerts and festivals
Large bars / clubs (100+ people) - decent size PA
Small bars / clubs - small PA (like a Bose
Intimate bars / clubs
Independent / street performance

No doubt these parameters could also be improved with some workshopping.
 
...young...

I like that prefix, not true but I like it :)

The biggest "stats" issue is genre. I think of it mostly as loud/soft ...

It makes sense Grea, because you've chosen "lounge" as your predominant style, while I definitely put you in the "Rock" section due to the material you're covering with the Blue Mabels, which for most, is rock songs. So the loud/soft "style" is very much appropriate and probably more relevant than "music" styles, irrelevant of bass drum sizes.

Gig type won't work (at least for me), I've done all the one you listed, more of the last 4 than the 1st one admittedly.
 
It makes sense Grea, because you've chosen "lounge" as your predominant style, while I definitely put you in the "Rock" section due to the material you're covering with the Blue Mabels, which for most, is rock songs.

We play a number of rock songs but you can sit at a table in front of the band and have a conversation. Rock bands don't tend to play these songs - at least not all of them ...

At Last
Chitlins Con Carne
Cry Me a River
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Hallelujah
Love For Sale
Love Letters Straight from the Heart
Love Me or Leave Me
Moondance
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Spooky
Summertime
The Look Of Love
Walk On By
You Don't Know What Love Is


If anyone wants to check the pigeon hole I've put them in:

UN - Genre1 - Genre2 - BD size
Boomstand - rock - 28
siblings - rock - 28
Bull - metal - 26
PQleyR - metal - 26
gr82bagn - rock - 26
HarryConway - rock - 26
KarlCrafton - rock - 26
Toolate - rock - 26
JayJohnson777 - rock - blues - 26
Vegas Island - rock - blues - 26
drumdruid - rock - 24
MasterCylinder - rock - 24
MikeM - rock - 24
Naigeron - rock - 24
RVN - rock - 24
dino68 - rock - classic - 24
IDDrummer - rock - country - 24
Bonzobilly - rock - metal - 24
Red Menace - rock - old time - 24
Drum-El - rock - pop - 24
nirvanadrummer - rock - punk - 24
swiNg - rock - surf - 24
Daisy - blues - 22
sonnygrabber - blues - rock - 22
Silverfox - experimental - rock - 22
chachi - funk - jazz - 22
Highway Child - funk - RnB - 22
Beam Me Up Scotty - metal - 22
Draven - metal - 22
xsarith - metal - 22
CreeplyTuna - metal - prog - 22
Lunar Satellite Brian - metal - prog - 22
5678...procrastinate - rock - 22
autonomos - rock - 22
Bad Tempered Clavier - rock - 22
Greaser - rock - 22
Gruntersdad - rock - 22
jamjohn - rock - 22
Kelly! - rock - 22
Mad About Drums - rock - 22
mmulcahy1 - rock - 22
NerfLad - rock - 22
slowrocker - rock - 22
tamadrm - rock - 22
drstrangefunk - rock - classic - 22
lsits - rock - classic - 22
MisterZero - rock - classic - 22
Pocket-full-of-gold - rock - classic - 22
Swexx - rock - classic - 22
wsabol - rock - country - 22
Drummin'Horn - rock - funk - 22
oldrockdrummer - rock - hard - 22
Dirtysticks - rock - jazz - 22
DrumEatDrum - rock - metal - 22
Trip McNealy - rock - pop - 22
abapicaltaenia - rock - prog - 22
Sjogras - rock - prog - 22
Midnite Zephyr - rock - psychedelic - 22
Scopata - rock - punk - 22
gaz farrimond - rock - surf - 22
Gvdadrummasum - jazz - 20
?uesto - jazz - rock - 20
BacteriumFendYolk - rock - 20
opentune - rock - 20
wildbill - rock - 20
keep it simple - rock - classic - 20
MaryO - rock - classic - 20
Taye Dyed - rock - country - 20
AlParrot - rock - jazz - 20
arthurk1 - rock - metal - 20
boltzmann's brain - rock - metal - 20
SquadLeader - rock - punk - 20
Larryz - rock - RnB - 20
Caddwumpus - world - 20
Aeolian - blues - RnB - 18
aaajn - blues - rock - 18
8Mile - jazz - 18
dmacc - jazz - 18
Groove1 - jazz - 18
kafkapenguin - jazz - 18
leoyucht - jazz - 18
RevWrona - jazz - 18
Evolving Machine - jazz - rock - 18
Deathmetalconga - lounge - jazz - 18
Drumolator - rock - 18
OrangeAgent27 - rock - acoustic - 18
Numberless - jazz - 16
Anon La Ply - lounge - blues - 16

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Sort->Alphabetical->Name.

Or, if you prefer: sort->alphabetical->name; secondary sort->genre.

Or even: sort->name,->genre->size.

Sorting by size is not most convenient for participants. Don't know how to reach your agent though.
 
18" Jazz/pop

The average size from this poll from above is:

21.8"

Which is why every manufacturer assumes we want 22" kick!!!!

Davo
 
Sort->Alphabetical->Name.

Or, if you prefer: sort->alphabetical->name; secondary sort->genre.

Or even: sort->name,->genre->size.

Sorting by size is not most convenient for participants. Don't know how to reach your agent though.

At Anon Enterprises we welcome the more discerning customer - that's how we learn to better serve you! Would you like fries and a coke with that?

UN - Genre1 - Genre2 - BD
?uesto - jazz - rock - 20
5678...procrastinate - rock - 22
8Mile - jazz - 18
aaajn - blues - rock - 18
abapicaltaenia - rock - prog - 22
Aeolian - blues - RnB - 18
AlParrot - rock - jazz - 20
Anon La Ply - lounge - blues - 16
arthurk1 - rock - metal - 20
autonomos - rock - 22
BacteriumFendYolk - rock - 20
Bad Tempered Clavier - rock - 22
Beam Me Up Scotty - metal - 22
boltzmann's brain - rock - metal - 20
Bonzobilly - rock - metal - 24
Boomstand - rock - 28
Bull - metal - 26
Caddwumpus - world - 20
chachi - funk - jazz - 22
Chris Perra - rock - blues - 24
CreeplyTuna - metal - prog - 22
Daisy - blues - 22
Davo-London - jazz - pop - 18
Deathmetalconga - lounge - jazz - 18
dino68 - rock - classic - 24
Dirtysticks - rock - jazz - 22
dmacc - jazz - 18
Draven - metal - 22
drstrangefunk - rock - classic - 22
drumdruid - rock - 24
DrumEatDrum - rock - metal - 22
Drum-El - rock - pop - 24
Drummin'Horn - rock - funk - 22
Drumolator - rock - 18
Evolving Machine - jazz - rock - 18
gaz farrimond - rock - surf - 22
gr82bagn - rock - 26
Greaser - rock - 22
Groove1 - jazz - 18
Gruntersdad - rock - 22
Gvdadrummasum - jazz - 20
HarryConway - rock - 26
Highway Child - funk - RnB - 22
IDDrummer - rock - country - 24
jamjohn - rock - 22
JayJohnson777 - rock - blues - 26
kafkapenguin - jazz - 18
KarlCrafton - rock - 26
keep it simple - rock - classic - 20
Kelly! - rock - 22
Larryz - rock - RnB - 20
leoyucht - jazz - 18
lsits - rock - classic - 22
Lunar Satellite Brian - metal - prog - 22
Mad About Drums - rock - 22
MaryO - rock - classic - 20
MasterCylinder - rock - 24
Midnite Zephyr - rock - psychedelic - 22
MikeM - rock - 24
MisterZero - rock - classic - 22
mmulcahy1 - rock - 22
Naigeron - rock - 24
NerfLad - rock - 22
nirvanadrummer - rock - punk - 24
Numberless - jazz - 16
oldrockdrummer - rock - hard - 22
opentune - rock - 20
OrangeAgent27 - rock - acoustic - 18
Pocket-full-of-gold - rock - classic - 22
PQleyR - metal - 26
Red Menace - rock - old time - 24
RevWrona - jazz - 18
RVN - rock - 24
Scopata - rock - punk - 22
siblings - rock - 28
Silverfox - experimental - rock - 22
Sjogras - rock - prog - 22
slowrocker - rock - 22
sonnygrabber - blues - rock - 22
SquadLeader - rock - punk - 20
Swexx - rock - classic - 22
swiNg - rock - surf - 24
tamadrm - rock - 22
Taye Dyed - rock - country - 20
Toolate - rock - 26
Trip McNealy - rock - pop - 22
Vegas Island - rock - blues - 26
wildbill - rock - 20
wsabol - rock - country - 22
xsarith - metal - 22
 
I had no idea there were that many jazz drummers on-board. Very cool........
 
Am I too late then- no that's someone else....

bigiainw, 22, rock covers
 
20" for small venues, 22" for rock / country, 24"

Genres are rock, country, jazz, blues, jazz fusion, ska.
 
We play a number of rock songs but you can sit at a table in front of the band and have a conversation.

What defines a style of music, the songs or being able to have a conversation while the band is playing... and I'm not counting all your other bands, which were on the "rock" side too :)

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Henri - the gatekeeper from hell!

I think it is entirely against the ethos of rock to play at such a polite volume. There are jazz bands out there who are louder than we are. Comfortable with "lounge". But yes, 15 yrs ago I was a standard 22", rock.
 
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