drumming pet peeves

[shedder]

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[Nikk]

I hate trying to get my ride cymbal close enough to me without getting the floor tom legs and ride stand legs all tangled up. It's like trying to figure out a damn jigsaw puzzle. I also hate crappy, unbalanced sticks (ie-steve smith model.) Another one is playing on a poor sounding instrument, god that sucks.

[FuseU1]

NIKK! LMFAO! That ride stand/FT legs sh** - U NAILED IT!
...Just to make matters even MORE interestg, I have a 6x6' rollable riser on which to fit it all [AWA MY phat azz] - that sh** is TOO DA** FUNNY...
NTM gettin the ride close enough to ya w/out interfering w going to the FT itself.... [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 25, 2003 01:50 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[peter c]

1. I hate putting a dent in a brand new head.

2. I hate false triggers on digital kits.

3. I hate when clamps on the digital kit become loose.

4. I hate hitting my hat, when I wear one, with a stick, while I play.

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[five eight]

I've administered a bleeding fat lip to myself with a stick. Almost put out an eye too. Solution: I wear a football helmet now when I play.

A spark as big as a postage stamp once joined my lip to the wire sphere of a microphone. Solution: a foam mike cover.

Watch where the legs of your throne are positioned on the stage: I've fallen off the back of a drum riser. Solution: I set up center stage and the singer can stand in the back.

[peter c]

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Those were good.

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[Yuk]

I hate hit my finger in winter when hands are cold.
I hate playing a snare with a loosy and unsettable timbre.
I hate playing on a movy barge.
I do hate forget my HH tilters for a gig...

However I'm still drumming !!!

[Flamaque]

1. I hate bad stage monitors (sound).

2. HUGE stages - Played on several were my bass player was 20 feet away. Hello..ello..llo.lo?

3.When my thumb is cold and numb. Have to use between the index and middle finger till the feeling gets back.

4.When the sound man thinks it's cool to put delay on my bass players mix in the monitors....ever try playing with that?..It's like no matter how much faster you play...you can't catch up....lol

5. When I ask for all blue M&M's and they get me green, yellow & red...man, I hate that.

[FuseU1]

"I hate false triggers on digital kits"...u got it...AWA mis-triggers [no single note coming thru at all]

5, that is some funny freekin sh**, as usual...
& what's even more funny is that i can totally relate to the bloody nose/lip thing...did that a coupla times during a 3 & 1/2 yr rock gig stint back in the early 90's...

Also, have sandwiched my fingertip/knuckle between the stick & the snare backbeat a coupla times in my day; AWA betw the stick & crash cym [img]eek.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/gulp.gif[/img] [img]rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]mad.gif[/img]

1 time, on a REALLY small stage, the bandleader [a real egoed pr**k] wanted the light cans to hang down behind me [as if the stage wasnt small enough], & I badly burnt the back of my L [snare] arm bumping up against 1 of em [I had argued w him about how f'n stupid the idea was because the stage was so small we had to put the keybrdst on the floor next to it]; he's lucky he was able to walk outta there that night to live to see another gig date]

Another 1 u guys nailed - your fingers on outdoor gigs on a cold day/night

& don't 4get THE BIGGEST 1 - gettin stiffed for the amt of $$ that was agreed upon when u r fairly new to the game or just starting out [aka "green"]

Oh, & BTW; 5...I now give the sangers the option to stand on or next to the light cans/rig, or in the bathroom/port-o-let w a wireless....

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 25, 2003 02:13 PM: Message edited by: FuseU1 ]</font>

[five eight]

I sympathize, Flamaque, about big stages. How about counting the whole gig because you can't hear ANYTHING because of a non-existent monitor mix?

Horsewhipping a soundman should be legal. [img]wink.gif[/img]