There several curses that come to mind; first being ton of gear to always lug around and the space needed from drums. This comes with the territory and just an acceptance for the love of the instrument.
The 2nd curse that comes to mind is multi-tracking and an engineer that can change an entire dynamic balanced expression that a drummer has honed years to develop. I recall Weckl controlling sub-mixes in the live scenarios for this singular purpose. I can count on one hand the times I was 100% happy with an outside engineer mixing my drum sounds (usually they are drummers or drum fans themselves). Slightly tangential is laying down tracks and later over-dubs from other musicians that don't have good time (which can make it sound like a drum grove problem and why I prefer live tracking whenever possible).
Just a rant, feel free to share stories or any suggestions on what people do to mitigate. I've given my multi-track sub mixes as a starting point on some scenarios but not always feasible depending on the project.
The 2nd curse that comes to mind is multi-tracking and an engineer that can change an entire dynamic balanced expression that a drummer has honed years to develop. I recall Weckl controlling sub-mixes in the live scenarios for this singular purpose. I can count on one hand the times I was 100% happy with an outside engineer mixing my drum sounds (usually they are drummers or drum fans themselves). Slightly tangential is laying down tracks and later over-dubs from other musicians that don't have good time (which can make it sound like a drum grove problem and why I prefer live tracking whenever possible).
Just a rant, feel free to share stories or any suggestions on what people do to mitigate. I've given my multi-track sub mixes as a starting point on some scenarios but not always feasible depending on the project.