Zero Mercury Drummer
Senior Member
The drumset is continually treated like a piece of stage hardware rather than a highly personalized, expressive instrument. ("hey, you don't mind sharing kits, do you?")
It is such a struggle to be able to use your own kit- venues and soundmen consider them a generic part of the stage backdrop, like a PA system, microphones, or a lighting system.
This bugs me to no end...why bother spending years developing your own sound via choice of drum brands, drumheads, tuning, drum sizes, shell types, and muffling etc.?
Even drummers I know that tour with some pretty big bands find themselves on a different rented kit each night. I wish there was more respect for drummers in this regard.
It is such a struggle to be able to use your own kit- venues and soundmen consider them a generic part of the stage backdrop, like a PA system, microphones, or a lighting system.
This bugs me to no end...why bother spending years developing your own sound via choice of drum brands, drumheads, tuning, drum sizes, shell types, and muffling etc.?
Even drummers I know that tour with some pretty big bands find themselves on a different rented kit each night. I wish there was more respect for drummers in this regard.