cdrums21
Gold Member
I recently played a gig where there was some kit sharing going on. I had to use another drummer's kit and I wanted to try to be as cool as possible and try not to mess with anything at all if I could. Well, here was the dilemna....the kit was on a rack, the hats were mounted on the rack, the kit was alot smaller (size of drums) than I use and the cymbal arms were mounted on the rack and in completely un-user friendly spots. What made matters worse, the drummer didn't have a rug and set up on the bare tile floor. He used the spurs on his kick drum to "dig in" to the cracks between the tiles in order to keep the bass drum from moving. What was I to do?
Well, I used my snare drum and my snare stand, his was way too low and I didn't want him to have to adjust his. I used my hats and stand, luckily they were alot higher than his and just fit over them without having to touch his. I used my throne, his was way too low and not an easily adjustable model. That was all I could do without asking him to move alot of stuff. It was very difficult to play the gig and I ended up knocking sticks out of my hands and missing cymbal crashes. I play one mounted tom, a 12", and its right in front of me. His two mounted toms were 8" and 10", way farther to the right than what I'm used to and the mic's were in the way. They were his mic's and the cables were fastened to his hardware so I couldn't move them. His floor toms (12" and 14") were mounted very low, tough ergonomically for me and the pedals and kick drum ended up sliding all over the place. It sucked. I didn't want to be a jerk about it and have him move virtually everything, but my performance really suffered. Would you guys have done the same thing as I did and just suck it up, or would you have him move some things to make your playing experience better?
Well, I used my snare drum and my snare stand, his was way too low and I didn't want him to have to adjust his. I used my hats and stand, luckily they were alot higher than his and just fit over them without having to touch his. I used my throne, his was way too low and not an easily adjustable model. That was all I could do without asking him to move alot of stuff. It was very difficult to play the gig and I ended up knocking sticks out of my hands and missing cymbal crashes. I play one mounted tom, a 12", and its right in front of me. His two mounted toms were 8" and 10", way farther to the right than what I'm used to and the mic's were in the way. They were his mic's and the cables were fastened to his hardware so I couldn't move them. His floor toms (12" and 14") were mounted very low, tough ergonomically for me and the pedals and kick drum ended up sliding all over the place. It sucked. I didn't want to be a jerk about it and have him move virtually everything, but my performance really suffered. Would you guys have done the same thing as I did and just suck it up, or would you have him move some things to make your playing experience better?