Last time you referred to drumming as "playing the skins"?

MrPockets

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I've had people refer to my drum set as a trap set before, but not really as playing the skins.
 
Never have.

For me it's always been "caressing the mylar"....

😉
 
Playing the tubs, playing the traps, hitting the skins, ... playing your "axe" ( whether it be a guitar or a horn) ..... I suspect it stems from the Jazz Age, when musicians and music fans were expected to use hip lingo.
 
In our house, my wife has banned anything that sounds like a cliche.
It is what it is. I’m not about to throw her under the bus just because she wants to get her ducks in a row.
 
I've been playing for 25 years, and I've never referred to it as such.
 
In our house, my wife has banned anything that sounds like a cliche.
It is what it is. I’m not about to throw her under the bus just because she wants to get her ducks in a row.

A school teacher of mine was fond of saying "I hate cliches. I avoid them like the plague."
 
That would be never. Not even once. Not even a little bit.

I did, however, go out with a flautist who was a superb skin player. ;)
 
In our house, my wife has banned anything that sounds like a cliche.
It is what it is. I’m not about to throw her under the bus just because she wants to get her ducks in a row.

Glad to see you are thinking outside the box.
 
Playing the skins... no
Beating the skins... yes - during 20 minute guitar solos!
 
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