Ah, this made me laugh. But they're not just for kids. :angryeyebrowsIf you carefully time your beater strike, you might just be able to bounce him straight off this drum throne...........just like kids on a trampoline.
If you carefully time your beater strike, you might just be able to bounce him straight off this drum throne...........just like kids on a trampoline.
I agree with others, one bass drum would not be good.
But here's an idea for you. Assuming that both drummers are right handed, or both are left handed; put the two base drums right next to each other.
Use one rack tom and one floor tom on each kit. One hi hat and one snare for each kit.
BUT, have the cymbals set up so that the two drummers share the same cymbals. The cymbals would need to be positioned sort of low and flat.
Then you get to steal the other drummer's gear. It's yours now. You are the Superior Drummer.
This seems like the much better option IMO. Any way you slice it, one drum is not going to work for two players. I made a little mockup of the kicks side-to-side setup in the Meinl tool, with that small tom on the top being the second throne. (the kicks shouldn't be end to end either as I think you'll get the same cancellation from the reso heads in that case.)
I'm confused, are you using two set drummers? Or is one going to be Latin percussion, but using your BD?
I don't understand the two drummer thing... I played a gig opening for one of the Allman brothers' kids this summer and he had 2 drummers both playing the same exact thing on drum set. I couldn't figure out why they had two drummers as they were only playing one part. I'd understand contrapuntal parts, but they were just doubling. I asked the guys in the band later on at the craft services room, and they were both union guys so they didn't mind, but they also didn't see the value (other than they were both making some serious money).
We're not playing the same stuff at all. Our idea is to have a sort of polyrhythmic Afrobeat/hip hop sound on the drums. Eventually we're going to layer some more rock n' roll and soul over the top of it but we're just working out the kinks right now.
Starting a dual drummer project. I'm not a fan of the aesthetic of having two separate drum kits onstage, so I plan on having both drummers facing each other and sharing a bass drum.
Anyone ever done this? Any tips with it?
What about the aesthetic of having two separate drummers onstage?
Then you get to steal the other drummer's gear. It's yours now. You are the Superior Drummer.
This seems like the much better option IMO. Any way you slice it, one drum is not going to work for two players. I made a little mockup of the kicks side-to-side setup in the Meinl tool, with that small tom on the top being the second throne. (the kicks shouldn't be end to end either as I think you'll get the same cancellation from the reso heads in that case.)
There's a move called the "Eiffel tower", wherein two drummers each hit one bass drum, one from the front, one from the back, and then both drummers lean in for a double high-five.
You guys should totes go for it.
There's a move called the "Eiffel tower", wherein two drummers each hit one bass drum, one from the front, one from the back, and then both drummers lean in for a double high-five.
You guys should totes go for it.