baz
Silver Member
...hola dot comrades.
For the last few weeks, I have been going through this drum lethargy where no matter what I do, I can not get excited about playing. I call this malaise the doldrums,(pun intended). This is one of those "danger zone" periods where in years past I would run out and buy something, thinking that a new head combo, cymbal, snare, or other piece of gear would reignite something, and kick start my enthusiasm.
When I do my daily half hour of pounding, the one thing that does give me some sense of joy is how (to my ears) good my drums sound. No matter what head, cymbal, or drum configuration I expiriment with, I always gravitate back to the standard four by four, with coated G-2 over coated G-1 on my toms, Reverse dot power center over ambo snare on my snares, and SK-1 with ported coated stock res on my bass. These are my old fathfulls, and I find it very difficult to hear my drums any other way. I was not consciously looking for the "perfect" sound, but it somehow found me.
My question to you is how many of you have found the sound that you always go back to ? How did you find it ? was it something that you had envisioned and were able to capture, or did you stumble on it by accident ?
Or are you a love em and leave em type where you get bored with a particular sound/style, and feel the need to constantly change.
Once again, thank you for your time, and I look forward to your insights.
Barry
For the last few weeks, I have been going through this drum lethargy where no matter what I do, I can not get excited about playing. I call this malaise the doldrums,(pun intended). This is one of those "danger zone" periods where in years past I would run out and buy something, thinking that a new head combo, cymbal, snare, or other piece of gear would reignite something, and kick start my enthusiasm.
When I do my daily half hour of pounding, the one thing that does give me some sense of joy is how (to my ears) good my drums sound. No matter what head, cymbal, or drum configuration I expiriment with, I always gravitate back to the standard four by four, with coated G-2 over coated G-1 on my toms, Reverse dot power center over ambo snare on my snares, and SK-1 with ported coated stock res on my bass. These are my old fathfulls, and I find it very difficult to hear my drums any other way. I was not consciously looking for the "perfect" sound, but it somehow found me.
My question to you is how many of you have found the sound that you always go back to ? How did you find it ? was it something that you had envisioned and were able to capture, or did you stumble on it by accident ?
Or are you a love em and leave em type where you get bored with a particular sound/style, and feel the need to constantly change.
Once again, thank you for your time, and I look forward to your insights.
Barry