So let me get this straight. You don’t like Wailin’ Smash (Drum God)?Mason wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:10 pm For me it's about drum/cymbal ratio as much as quantity. I would way rather see a relatively balanced Neil Peart-scale kit (I am thinking of our FM Neal_oclocker) than someone with a normal four-pc kit but 10 "FX" cymbals that have 1-inch holes all over them.
Irrespective of the taste/needs of whoever the drummer is in a situation, I think:
- You can't have more cymbals than drums (the hi-hats count as one cymbal, so for a 4pc kit you top out at say, hi-hat, two crashes, and big separate ride).
- smaller kits are better for econo/laziness reasons (smaller vehicles, fewer mics and input channels) and therefore imo kind of globally more cool than a huge kit that means more effort and more budget.
The rest is up to taste etc. Some people want double rack toms and the cymbals with the holes in them I guess. Not my problem! I love it, keep it up.
Obviously even these universals are fake and made up too, like anything. We're just having fun on here. And it is in that spirit that I say anyone with more cymbals than drums is lower than a dog to me.
Yeah.. if you're gonna get into the huge kit territory, why not accentuate the melody of the toms and play patterns as hooks. I don't understand having a huge Peart/Carrey drum kit with fuckin' deadened pinstripe toms. It just sounds like they're banging on layers of plastic most of the time.twelvepoint wrote: I haven't had a steady rock band in 3 years and I played my last pickup gig 2 years ago. The next time I play in a rock band writing original tunes (whenever the hell that will be) I wanna approach it more non traditionally, looking at beats more as ostinato patterns that incorporate components in less of a kick/snare/hi-hat way. I'd be interested in challenging the whole 4-piece punk drum kit thing I've always done. Definitely don't want to get into Tool territory though.
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