MrTheOne
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Had a fun new experience last weekend: girlfriend hired me to play drums for her for a casino gig.
However, due to casino/venue rules, I had to play on the house kit, a set of Roland V-Drums (sorry didn't bother to get the model or anything like that).
At first I approached it the same as playing my own acoustic kit, and I soon learned I could basically feather tap the drums/cym pads and get the same sound. Buuut even that wasn't true when the sound guy started to adjust the volume every few bars. That was frustrating, but I'm not blaming him because he was following the venue noise policy, just doing his job (plus he was a good guy and easy to work with).
The rest of the band told me afterward how many times they heard the sound of the stick hitting a rubber cymbal pad over the sound it was supposed to be making. The drums had somewhat inconsistent response dynamically. I was unable to get much of a sound when attempting to play quieter, other times between the sound guy adjusting and the drums themselves, the dynamics were WAY too loud where they should have been quiet or mid volume, or WAY to soft when they should have been loud.
Even funnier (to me anyway) I found myself, through shear force of habit, attempting to mute the cymbal pads at certain times.
There were some frustrations, but overall I just stayed positive and used it as a fun learning experience. Plus I got paid $200.
That's my story. Wondering if any of you all had some fun stories of your own playing electronic drums.
However, due to casino/venue rules, I had to play on the house kit, a set of Roland V-Drums (sorry didn't bother to get the model or anything like that).
At first I approached it the same as playing my own acoustic kit, and I soon learned I could basically feather tap the drums/cym pads and get the same sound. Buuut even that wasn't true when the sound guy started to adjust the volume every few bars. That was frustrating, but I'm not blaming him because he was following the venue noise policy, just doing his job (plus he was a good guy and easy to work with).
The rest of the band told me afterward how many times they heard the sound of the stick hitting a rubber cymbal pad over the sound it was supposed to be making. The drums had somewhat inconsistent response dynamically. I was unable to get much of a sound when attempting to play quieter, other times between the sound guy adjusting and the drums themselves, the dynamics were WAY too loud where they should have been quiet or mid volume, or WAY to soft when they should have been loud.
Even funnier (to me anyway) I found myself, through shear force of habit, attempting to mute the cymbal pads at certain times.
There were some frustrations, but overall I just stayed positive and used it as a fun learning experience. Plus I got paid $200.
That's my story. Wondering if any of you all had some fun stories of your own playing electronic drums.