Boom
Silver Member
In the thread http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/s...d.php?t=132335, about what "you will never own/buy" and why, got me thinking. As I said in that thread, I took a writing class a few years ago where I learned that one of the reasons a person "chooses" a taste (favorite car, color shoes, taste in musical genres) is how they perceive how listening to that music or playing those drums will increase their social status.
Now there are other factors, but for sure this applies. For instance, I have always had a need to be "distinct", where my tastes didn't totally line up with what is most popular. There are exceptions to this, but I guess I perceive that I'll gain social status by being different in many instances and that "chooses" what I'll like.
With that in mind, why do you like certain drum brands or cymbal brands? Do you think you are truly capable of choosing objectively on just sound? If your kit was placed in a huge room full of other kits and you were blindfolded, would you still choose those drums out of the bunch? And if the kit/cymbals that you loved the sound of most, but was made by a maker that for some reason you don't like, would you run out and buy them?
I love Tama drums because they probably did a great job of marketing when I was in the market for my first high end kit. I think some of my favorite drummers were Tama endorsers. And then when I got the Tama Starclassic maple drums, they were immaculate. I recently bought one of the limited edition Tama Starclassic Performer B/B kits and it too is immaculate. Tama's quality control just puts me at ease when I buy the drums. I use mostly Sabian cymbals (but have owned Zildjian also). The reasons for that, is not clear to me. Why Sabian and not Paiste or Zildjian as my preferred choice? That might have more to do with sound as I would play all of the cymbals in the store and Sabian just felt/sounded best. But maybe there was some marketing that I was susceptible to?
What makes you a "X" drum lover? Why are you a Gretsch guy? Why are you a Ludwig girl?
Now there are other factors, but for sure this applies. For instance, I have always had a need to be "distinct", where my tastes didn't totally line up with what is most popular. There are exceptions to this, but I guess I perceive that I'll gain social status by being different in many instances and that "chooses" what I'll like.
With that in mind, why do you like certain drum brands or cymbal brands? Do you think you are truly capable of choosing objectively on just sound? If your kit was placed in a huge room full of other kits and you were blindfolded, would you still choose those drums out of the bunch? And if the kit/cymbals that you loved the sound of most, but was made by a maker that for some reason you don't like, would you run out and buy them?
I love Tama drums because they probably did a great job of marketing when I was in the market for my first high end kit. I think some of my favorite drummers were Tama endorsers. And then when I got the Tama Starclassic maple drums, they were immaculate. I recently bought one of the limited edition Tama Starclassic Performer B/B kits and it too is immaculate. Tama's quality control just puts me at ease when I buy the drums. I use mostly Sabian cymbals (but have owned Zildjian also). The reasons for that, is not clear to me. Why Sabian and not Paiste or Zildjian as my preferred choice? That might have more to do with sound as I would play all of the cymbals in the store and Sabian just felt/sounded best. But maybe there was some marketing that I was susceptible to?
What makes you a "X" drum lover? Why are you a Gretsch guy? Why are you a Ludwig girl?