bigiainw
Gold Member
So, I have a gig this weekend in Skye (an island off the west coast of Scotland). We usually travel up (just under 200 miles) on Saturday afternoon, play the gig, have some drinks, stay overnight and head down on the Sunday. Normally I have use of our family minibus (big family!) but we have ordered a new one, due to be delivered in 2-3 weeks and have just sold the previous on- it went today.
Now, we decided a few weeks back that we would do it with 2 estate cars, but the fact is that the gear will have to be trimmed to accomplish this. My usual gigging kit is bass, snare (and spare snare), 3 rack toms, floor tom, all mounted on a pearl rack with 3 crashes, a china, a splash, a ride and hats, as well as attendant amplification gear etc.
I've decided to go back to stands and a 4 piece kit with 2 crashes and a ride as this is logistically much more reasonable, but I haven't played a 4 piece live for 10 years. Does anyone have any little pearls of wisdom for me as I head out without my personal cocoon of drums and cymbals?
Now, we decided a few weeks back that we would do it with 2 estate cars, but the fact is that the gear will have to be trimmed to accomplish this. My usual gigging kit is bass, snare (and spare snare), 3 rack toms, floor tom, all mounted on a pearl rack with 3 crashes, a china, a splash, a ride and hats, as well as attendant amplification gear etc.
I've decided to go back to stands and a 4 piece kit with 2 crashes and a ride as this is logistically much more reasonable, but I haven't played a 4 piece live for 10 years. Does anyone have any little pearls of wisdom for me as I head out without my personal cocoon of drums and cymbals?