Rookie mistake tonight

Same low tolerance to alcohol here, too.
 
Bo Eder said:
I live and let live too, I was just alluding to the fact that you don’t need it if you’re only playing for 45 minutes. Heck, it takes longer for the stuff to get into your system then it does to do the show, doesn’t it?

So for the folks that do it to alter themselves to enjoy it more, it seems like more time. I’d rather show up, hit the stage and then leave before everybody else 😉
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Actually weed works fully for me in about 5 minutes and I feel something within a minute or less. It’s a lot better than it used to be. But I don’t sit there and smoke joint after joint after joint, so I can still get in, do my thing, then split before everyone else.
 
Xstr8edgtnrdrmrX said:
yeah....it has happened to me in every genre I have ever been a part of

but I am not indifferent if it ruins it for those of us who actually put time and effort into a gig being successful, and then someone messes it up b/c they make the selfish decision to get "altered".

After the performance, do what you want, but NOT before or during. That is just childish....
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Definitely, if it's a serious project.
One party band I was part of did have that happen a few times because of alcohol. I did it myself once. But it was just a party band. That wasn't the case in the present or last one, however. There's only been 1 smoker out of the 3 bands and it's not me.

But I've jammed with a lot of them. One guy just explosively wails on guitar. I can't hardly chew gum and drink more than 2 beers.
 
JoeVermont said:
Once, "House kit" at a multiband show date was kick, two ride toms, a floor tom.... annnnd.... that was it.
No cymbal stands.
No hi hat stand.
No snare stand.
No kick pedal.
No cymbals of any variety.
A nearby friend bailed me out with some gear. Phew. For me, lesson learned.
It's great you had a person there to help you out. Oh, how was the gig?
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Here in NYC, that’s the house kit. Sometimes there might be a crappy stand or two.
Many times the bass drum spurs are messed up and the bass drum moves all over.
Many cinder blocks in use lol
 
My default assumption when I hear "house kit" is that it probably doesn't include cymbals (at best, maybe a couple of B8s) but probably includes everything else, but everything else is low quality, out of tune, beat down, etc.

I always bring extra cymbal felts and sleeves since those seem to be an issue more often than not, and almost always bring my own snare. Everything else can be tuned to sound OK pretty quickly. Throne, kick, and hihat stand depending on how lazy I'm feeling. I also keep an emergency cymbal stand in the trunk, just in case.

But sure, I always want to ask what is there exactly. Though I can't remember ever seeing a house kit without any cymbal stands or missing a bass drum pedal.
 
Jeff Almeyda said:
Here in NYC, that’s the house kit. Sometimes there might be a crappy stand or two.
Many times the bass drum spurs are messed up and the bass drum moves all over.
Many cinder blocks in use lol
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OMG, cinder blocks? On a FB drumming group, I saw a person who made spur anchors out of gaffer tape. They were like 3" donuts with a 1" hole in the middle, then another few feet of tape to hold them down to the stage. The show must go on, right? ;)
 
Chunkaway said:
You lived through one of my worst nightmares as a drummer, which is why I always show up with too much stuff instead of too little. It’s a lot more work, but man….
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I'll bring an extra snare & a cymbal stand beyond what I usually use "just in case".
You did well here & shame on the venue for not being more up front about what was expected. They should know what "house kit" or "backline" means because we as drummers do and will pack accordingly.
 
Houndog1964 said:
Your bassist looks like she is the epitome of stage presence.
Seriously………..
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She actually is - she’s a fellow Disney performer. I’ve been there since 1986 and if you didn’t have it already, it really got trained into you. It helps if you’re a really positive person too (which I’m not always), but she’s that way in spades. Being modest she tells me she really sells it to cover up her bass playing shortcomings (she hasn’t been playing that long and was a flute player in college - she’s a middle school band director).
 
Cmdr. Ross said:
I'll bring an extra snare & a cymbal stand beyond what I usually use "just in case".
You did well here & shame on the venue for not being more up front about what was expected. They should know what "house kit" or "backline" means because we as drummers do and will pack accordingly.
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This is an interesting response. And I know you and I are coming from different places, professionally speaking.

But shame on the venue? I'm not so sure about that. Things happen and stuff obviously slips thru the cracks. But most of the time, if not all the time when you ask, a phone number is provided. So if you have a concern about it, you actually call somebody. You don't text them, you don't email them, you call them to find out what is being provided. But sure, if you wanna blame the venue, that's cool too.

Never been easier to get info and yet......
 
jaymandude said:
This is an interesting response. And I know you and I are coming from different places, professionally speaking.

But shame on the venue? I'm not so sure about that. Things happen and stuff obviously slips thru the cracks. But most of the time, if not all the time when you ask, a phone number is provided. So if you have a concern about it, you actually call somebody. You don't text them, you don't email them, you call them to find out what is being provided. But sure, if you wanna blame the venue, that's cool too.

Never been easier to get info and yet......
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...yet what?

I only said that as a few venues I've played have had all the gear info listed to the bands playing when they were booked. So we knew what to bring that they didn't provide.
That was all.

The gear I usually add is just in case something breaks that I HAVE to have to finish the show. Nothing more than this.
 
Ah, yes, the "bring your snare, cymbals, and pedal" setup, which all but guarantees you will encounter a First Act, Walmart doorbuster, 9-ply Balsa wood shell kit with stripped/rusty/falling apart hardware.


Dan
 
If you wanna mess with your guitar and bass players, find out the brand and gauge of strings they use and stock yourself with a set of each...at a gig, they complain of broken strings without a replacement...toss them a set.

The look on their face is really priceless(WHY do you have strings...and the perfect set, no less?)....just make sure they don't already have a replacement set on hand to maximize the impact.
 
And don't worry about that 3rd verse. Lol.
 
Whether I’m playing a gig or jamming in a studio where kits are supplied, I always bring my own pedal and often my own snare, snare stand and throne as well as cymbals. For me, the snare and bass drum pedal are critical to my being comfortable. I can’t tell you how many times I’ll sit behind a kit and wonder how anyone can use the pedal that is supplied. Bottom line, I gotta be comfortable while playing.
 
MntnMan62 said:
Whether I’m playing a gig or jamming in a studio where kits are supplied, I always bring my own pedal and often my own snare, snare stand and throne as well as cymbals. For me, the snare and bass drum pedal are critical to my being comfortable. I can’t tell you how many times I’ll sit behind a kit and wonder how anyone can use the pedal that is supplied. Bottom line, I gotta be comfortable while playing.
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That’s cool. But I’ve made a career out of playing whatever’s there. Who needs comfort? 😉
 
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