Hey guys! Today i went to a practice session with some guys and i had prepared the 2 songs we were going to play for the rehearsal. The drumming in the songs are really, really hard hitting so naturally enough i practiced them at a really high volume. Here´s one of them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILLW66JjHko
At the session we were all playing very soft, and i dont really wanna tell the guys and girls to put up the volume, because we were playing at a really comfortable "non earprop" volumelevel, but i cannot really FEEL IT when i´m supposed to play these kinds of songs at a mezzopiani - level.
It just doesn´t make sense to me... how can i get the really punky heavy energy from a crashing cymbal groove without playing really hard? I don´t understand because to make the crash cymbal really open up and sing i NEED to play it loud. This also counts for the snare drum ( my cymbals are dark and very fine cymbals ). This kind of music just doesnt feel the same at that volume level...
Please don´t misunderstand me... i LOVE playing light jazz and so on, but in some kinds of music of do feel there is some kind of necseceraity to play really hard to get the energy out... This has REALLY been bothering me the last months... is it just me? or my drums? or the other guys in the band? I´m really having hard time about this :/
Any thoughts? Please help me!
Thanks guys!
At the session we were all playing very soft, and i dont really wanna tell the guys and girls to put up the volume, because we were playing at a really comfortable "non earprop" volumelevel, but i cannot really FEEL IT when i´m supposed to play these kinds of songs at a mezzopiani - level.
It just doesn´t make sense to me... how can i get the really punky heavy energy from a crashing cymbal groove without playing really hard? I don´t understand because to make the crash cymbal really open up and sing i NEED to play it loud. This also counts for the snare drum ( my cymbals are dark and very fine cymbals ). This kind of music just doesnt feel the same at that volume level...
Please don´t misunderstand me... i LOVE playing light jazz and so on, but in some kinds of music of do feel there is some kind of necseceraity to play really hard to get the energy out... This has REALLY been bothering me the last months... is it just me? or my drums? or the other guys in the band? I´m really having hard time about this :/
Any thoughts? Please help me!
Thanks guys!