Re: Drums getting swallowed up

"BKO" <brentolesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Stan Mulder" <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>> But I know it is the strangest feeling to hit my beautiful sounding
>> 6.5x14
>> Supraphonic on a gig and not even hear it. Somehow the sound gets
>> swallowed up and I'm not sure I even hit the thing hard enough. The
>> tendency is to play louder, but that's not the solution I'm finding. It's
>> just a matter of adjusting to the different venue; perhaps relying on
>> muscular memory of how loud to play.
>
> I've had that same problem, but I balk at having to play when I can't even
> hear my own drums. I begin to wonder if those who tell me I'm playing
> well
> can even hear the drums, especially the ghost notes. Their statements
> fall,
> literally, on deaf ears. IMO when the stage volume goes to the level
> where
> you can't hear yourself something is wrong, and I hate it. I've tried ear
> pods, but ran afoul of ignorant mixer-men who are often the same ***
> heads
> that are playing too loud in the first place. >:(

I'm a huge believer in drummers doing their own monitor mix. The sound man
out front has no idea what it sounds like back there, and even the band
members in the front line have a drastically different sound field than the
drummer does. I've never yet met a guitar player who honestly believed that
their 'little' 2-12 amp could completely drown out 'that great big drumset
of yours'. I have two answers - a: the band can bring down the stage volume
(which makes the whole show so much easier to mix), or b: I can start
bringing my 'drum monitors' - two 18 inch cabs with 2000 watts of amp to
push 'em. I've never had a problem hearing myself sitting between those
suckerz!

Sean


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