KarlCrafton
Platinum Member
Not surprised the band likes the 24--the BB is a given
I've been in several different bands now. Very seldom do the members notice changes to my kit at practice - lets say new or different hats, ride, crashes, snare depth/kind, heads, smaller kick drum, or ported kick drum...
Noticing someone's got a new piece of gear is an irrelevance, but, in a band environment, noticing a change in sound, shows an intimate knowledge of the fabric of your collective sound. Can we separate gear nerding from musical listening skills/awareness please, as they have little connection to each other.
Every inch counts Pol.
Who do you want in the band? Steve Gadd on a beaten up old rehearsal studio set or me playing the best gear ever made? No contest.
sounds like yr playing with the wrong cats
I've been in several different bands now. Very seldom do the members notice changes to my kit at practice - lets say new or different hats, ride, crashes, snare depth/kind, heads, smaller kick drum, or ported kick drum...etc . I end up having to tell them afterward that changes were made. But I notice their changes in gear instantly.
Maybe I'm invisible, or maybe drummers are just more aware?
I'd like to think many musicians in bands have pretty good ears for details.
On the other hand I played in a band where the leader was such an attention whore that when we tried out a new bass player that complimented the way my drums sounded the guitarist told me I needed to get pinstripes or hydraulics for my kit.
When I started reading that I thought you were going to say he didn't notice the new bassist.
That'd make a good story
Yeah my band help me carry my gear and try to help set-up but I prefer to do it myself.