oldskoolsoul
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Those 16 inch (and more) hi-hats to me also completely make no sense..
Maybe the next trend for 2019 will be to mount your cymbals below the drums.
Multi-ply drums. They are the McDonald’s of the drum world. They’re everywhere, boring, and uninspiring.
We’ve got lighter kits (Oriollo aluminum), moisture-proof and tougher kits (Jenkins-Martin fiberglass), and single-ply kits (N&C, Craviotto, etc.), and even a few hollow-log kits (although those are not practical for gigging out). All of those sound as good as multi-ply, and most of them sound better. And the aluminum and fiberglass kits could easily be (especially aluminum) produced cheaper than multi-ply kits if it were done on a larger scale.
Who outsources their cymbals from China and has millions of fifteen year old "endorsers". Also these same fifteen year olds calling themselves "endorsed by" said cymbal company.
Multi-ply drums. They are the McDonald’s of the drum world. They’re everywhere, boring, and uninspiring.
True! And now we have drummers tilting them far away.
well then... that counts out Bo, myself, and several of the the others.Really tall bass drums, with the rack tom mounted way off the the left.
I like the rack tom to be almost above the bass pedal, certainly near the centre of the drum, not away to the left where my crash cymbal should be.
If I angle my body to the left to reach the rack tom, then the floor tom sits behind me. Annoying.
The first toms were all hollow log drums.
#justsayin
For me, I find nothing evil or stupid or whatever. I see ingenuity, originality. The drummer is an individual. I don't have to play like you, or set my kit up like Neil or have my toms centered just right.
My point is, why do you care about how and what others are playing? Like my Buddy Rich quote in my sig, I learn from ALL drummers man. I may not like it, but I'll learn from it. Maybe how to do something a little different that fits me and my style.
I saw someone here who posted a vid. And he was playing traditional with his right hand. Which, in all honestly isn't traditional at all. I'm a righty, I used to do this ALL the time when I first started playing and learning. Simply because, it came naturally to me. But I was ridiculed in school by teachers and more accomplished drummers. I was going to ask the guy if anyone here gave him crap because of his stick style.
People told Jimi he could NOT turn that guitar upside down and play it. It'll never work.. . . . . .boy, were they wrong.
Hell, if I want to angle my cymbals just to the right by 3.5876 degrees, I will. This thread is silly.
That doesn't make them better.