RickP
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I was playing at a Private Event last night when one of the attendees came up to our singer and asked if he could sit in on the drums . My singer of course deferred to me . I said No , politely but firmly for a couple of reasons .
1) He should have asked me first . Asking the singer is a roundabout way to get peer pressure from the band to let them sit in . It is a very uncool way to go about asking to sit in.
2) I have no idea who this person is and what his skill level is or what he plays like .
3) I was using an expensive kit and snare drum ( Sonor kit with Ludwig Black Beauty Snare ) with Fiberskyn Diplomat ( i.e. thin heads) and was worried that he would have pitted the heads . This was a gig where we were required to keep the volume down .
I never understand the whole idea of asking to sit in . I would never ask a band to sit in . In fact I rarely sit in with other bands , even when asked . It is a complete catch 22 . If I go up and don’t understand the arrangements it makes both me and the band look bad . If I go up and play better than the regular drummer it makes him look bad.
1) He should have asked me first . Asking the singer is a roundabout way to get peer pressure from the band to let them sit in . It is a very uncool way to go about asking to sit in.
2) I have no idea who this person is and what his skill level is or what he plays like .
3) I was using an expensive kit and snare drum ( Sonor kit with Ludwig Black Beauty Snare ) with Fiberskyn Diplomat ( i.e. thin heads) and was worried that he would have pitted the heads . This was a gig where we were required to keep the volume down .
I never understand the whole idea of asking to sit in . I would never ask a band to sit in . In fact I rarely sit in with other bands , even when asked . It is a complete catch 22 . If I go up and don’t understand the arrangements it makes both me and the band look bad . If I go up and play better than the regular drummer it makes him look bad.
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