JT1
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Oh it was a beauty of disappointment. Well where to start first off i played 4 songs with a band that i had only practiced with for 2 hours oh dear. First song and the bass riff starts however i don't hear it start and when i do eventually hear it, i lock in to the wrong part of the riff as the start of the bar. When i came in i was in completely the wrong place and out of time.
We tried to play the Benny Hill theme but the guitarist missed the cue to come in and i sat playing a steady beat for about 3 minutes hoping they would join in, they didn't so i looked a fool.
Next thing, the guys kit was set up completely different to how i would have mine 4 piece and i'm used to a 5. He let me use his drums and that was great and i didn't change anything as i didn't want to mess with his setup, big mistake not only did i feel ridiculously uncomfortable but my stamina went very quickly as i was reaching further for cymbals and toms etc.
Then with my next band whom i've been with for about 5 years.
His snare stand was so weird that it wouldn't go in-between my pedal and my beaters were hitting off the stand when i played. Also the bass drum was rocking when i was hitting it, causing me to screw up a couple of times during a complex double bass pattern which sounded awful and i mean awful.
Then to top if off i forgot about a part in one of our songs and played completely the wrong groove.
It was our first gig with our new guitarist and he did really well but our singer sounded off in parts and i just wanted to cry i felt so disheartened.
I feel that it couldn't have gone any worse. I wanted to pack up and just go home and i almost did. Everyone said we sounded good or fine and that made me feel worse. Then one guy said you weren't at your best. immediately i felt better in fact i smiled, i dunno why but that is all i wanted to hear and he gave me some constructive criticism which i took on board.
However i feel i made so many mistakes that night and i felt like crap cause good drummers shouldn't make mistakes, does this make me a bad drummer? I feel the kit set up and my lack of time allowed to setup was a major factor in my playing that night. Also how on earth do you get round the first point that i mentioned?
Thanks for reading i had to vent my disappointment to get it off my chest =)
We tried to play the Benny Hill theme but the guitarist missed the cue to come in and i sat playing a steady beat for about 3 minutes hoping they would join in, they didn't so i looked a fool.
Next thing, the guys kit was set up completely different to how i would have mine 4 piece and i'm used to a 5. He let me use his drums and that was great and i didn't change anything as i didn't want to mess with his setup, big mistake not only did i feel ridiculously uncomfortable but my stamina went very quickly as i was reaching further for cymbals and toms etc.
Then with my next band whom i've been with for about 5 years.
His snare stand was so weird that it wouldn't go in-between my pedal and my beaters were hitting off the stand when i played. Also the bass drum was rocking when i was hitting it, causing me to screw up a couple of times during a complex double bass pattern which sounded awful and i mean awful.
Then to top if off i forgot about a part in one of our songs and played completely the wrong groove.
It was our first gig with our new guitarist and he did really well but our singer sounded off in parts and i just wanted to cry i felt so disheartened.
I feel that it couldn't have gone any worse. I wanted to pack up and just go home and i almost did. Everyone said we sounded good or fine and that made me feel worse. Then one guy said you weren't at your best. immediately i felt better in fact i smiled, i dunno why but that is all i wanted to hear and he gave me some constructive criticism which i took on board.
However i feel i made so many mistakes that night and i felt like crap cause good drummers shouldn't make mistakes, does this make me a bad drummer? I feel the kit set up and my lack of time allowed to setup was a major factor in my playing that night. Also how on earth do you get round the first point that i mentioned?
Thanks for reading i had to vent my disappointment to get it off my chest =)