rogue_drummer
Gold Member
...more tales from bs-ville. I must have been born under an unlucky star - musicwise. Get this:
So I've been been playing for my church's praise band since June. No real heavy lifting there, just really more of the same boring 4/4 rock beats. I try my best to spice things up.
The director calls for an after-church rehearsal for about 3 hours last Sunday to work on Christmas music. Okay, I'm game. No heavy lifting but still I want to be prepared and do my best.
Before rehearsal, we all have a big ol' lunch together that includes band and chior members and their families or siginificant others, and the sound techs and their families or significant others.
In all about 40 people including kids, but not everyone from the band or choir is there for lunch. I take my place at the table next to the audio tech I've been working out some sound problems with. We chat and have some good laughs.
Soon this other church member, who is the husband of one of the singers in the choir, sits down with us. Real loud and boistrous guy. I've never even spoken to him before simply because our paths have never crossed. All 3 of us are talking. Suddenly the converstation turns to drumming. My ears perk up. This boistrous guy asks me if I play with a single or double bass pedal. I'm kinda taken aback by his question because 1) there ain't enough room in the drum booth for a double bass pedal with the snare and hihat stands, mic stands, my fan, music stand, plus all other support crap that goes along with micing drums in a booth, and 2) the CC music we play doesn't even call for a double bass pedal. I'm lucky if I get to play 8th notes on the bass.
So I politely answer him by saying I use a singe bass pedel.
He immediately jumps all over that and loudly announces to all within earshot - inlcuding his wife sitting next to him - that I SHOULD use a double bass pedal.
I reply that really only metal heads use a double bass pedal. He looks shocked and confused and finally replies: "Uh, well yeah, but..." and then goes on and on about "his friend he knows who has this really monstrous kit that has 3 bass drums and toms all around him and cymbals everywhere and he plays all kinds of music and plays to the radio all day long and blah, blah, blah...."
I do nothing but sigh loudly and look down at my plate while he goes on and on.
Since I'm in church I have to act decently, right? Really all I want to do is tell him to shut the F up, because we DON'T play the kind of music in church that calls for a double bass pedal and if he knew anything about drumming and music, he'd know that.
It became obvious all he was doing was trying to show off to his wife and all who would listen. He kept on regaling me of the benefits of using a double bass pedal, even though he wasn't a drummer and he never picked up a pair of sticks in his life - I know this because he told me.
So, that was my torture for last week....
Cheers from nutsville.....
So I've been been playing for my church's praise band since June. No real heavy lifting there, just really more of the same boring 4/4 rock beats. I try my best to spice things up.
The director calls for an after-church rehearsal for about 3 hours last Sunday to work on Christmas music. Okay, I'm game. No heavy lifting but still I want to be prepared and do my best.
Before rehearsal, we all have a big ol' lunch together that includes band and chior members and their families or siginificant others, and the sound techs and their families or significant others.
In all about 40 people including kids, but not everyone from the band or choir is there for lunch. I take my place at the table next to the audio tech I've been working out some sound problems with. We chat and have some good laughs.
Soon this other church member, who is the husband of one of the singers in the choir, sits down with us. Real loud and boistrous guy. I've never even spoken to him before simply because our paths have never crossed. All 3 of us are talking. Suddenly the converstation turns to drumming. My ears perk up. This boistrous guy asks me if I play with a single or double bass pedal. I'm kinda taken aback by his question because 1) there ain't enough room in the drum booth for a double bass pedal with the snare and hihat stands, mic stands, my fan, music stand, plus all other support crap that goes along with micing drums in a booth, and 2) the CC music we play doesn't even call for a double bass pedal. I'm lucky if I get to play 8th notes on the bass.
So I politely answer him by saying I use a singe bass pedel.
He immediately jumps all over that and loudly announces to all within earshot - inlcuding his wife sitting next to him - that I SHOULD use a double bass pedal.
I reply that really only metal heads use a double bass pedal. He looks shocked and confused and finally replies: "Uh, well yeah, but..." and then goes on and on about "his friend he knows who has this really monstrous kit that has 3 bass drums and toms all around him and cymbals everywhere and he plays all kinds of music and plays to the radio all day long and blah, blah, blah...."
I do nothing but sigh loudly and look down at my plate while he goes on and on.
Since I'm in church I have to act decently, right? Really all I want to do is tell him to shut the F up, because we DON'T play the kind of music in church that calls for a double bass pedal and if he knew anything about drumming and music, he'd know that.
It became obvious all he was doing was trying to show off to his wife and all who would listen. He kept on regaling me of the benefits of using a double bass pedal, even though he wasn't a drummer and he never picked up a pair of sticks in his life - I know this because he told me.
So, that was my torture for last week....
Cheers from nutsville.....
