alparrott
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So a friend of mine moved to Nashville and within just a few months scored a nice gig as a drum tech for a touring country act. He just posted the picture below to his Facebook page. It prompted me to start this thread. If you notice, this guy angles all his stuff away from him. (EDIT: I guess not all. You can just see his rack tom, and I guess it's angled normally.) I've been noticing this new thing about angling cymbals away from you, and apparently now there's folks angling everything away from themselves.
I try not to be an old, stodgey, "get the hell off my lawn" sort of old conventionalist, I really do. But I am struggling -- struggling! -- to think of any benefit to this sort of setup. To my mind, you're always having to reach up over something to hit it.
I get why folks used to angle the snare away from them slightly, because of trad grip and marching drum habits and stuff. Got it. But do any of you huys do this, and what do you find it does for you?
I'm not griping, complaining, or saying it's stupid; I'm just really legitimately curious. Unless you're just doing for the visual effect. Then I reserve the right to judge you judgingly with judgment.
I try not to be an old, stodgey, "get the hell off my lawn" sort of old conventionalist, I really do. But I am struggling -- struggling! -- to think of any benefit to this sort of setup. To my mind, you're always having to reach up over something to hit it.
I get why folks used to angle the snare away from them slightly, because of trad grip and marching drum habits and stuff. Got it. But do any of you huys do this, and what do you find it does for you?
I'm not griping, complaining, or saying it's stupid; I'm just really legitimately curious. Unless you're just doing for the visual effect. Then I reserve the right to judge you judgingly with judgment.
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