not having much actual formal training. I learned a VAST majority of what I can do by myself behind a kit.
Kit drummer here.
As in the title, what kind of drummer are you?
Do you enjoy using the kit freestyle, making your own sound?
Or do you enjoy being more technical and professional with your rudiments?
I'd probably have to be a kit player, I like to make my own sound.
Today, on Ethel The Frog...
not having much actual formal training. I learned a VAST majority of what I can do by myself behind a kit.
Kit drummer here.
I guess I would have to classify myself as a kit player, but I do read music, and I'm working on the rudiments, I'm considering joining a fife and Drum group next year so I have asperations of doing both.
Right now I'm a rudiment player because I have no kit :-(
I'm a kit player. Give me two hours behind my kit, and I have a totally original sound.
ETF, so far I'm definitely a kit player. When I started, I got my joy from playing rhythms on the drums, and moving around the kit. I've even managed to get faster and faster, but I also know that to be a really good drummer (and that's what I want) I also have to know the rudiments. As I listen to various drummers, I am beginning to recognize the various rudiments that make up their "unique" sounds. It's all about placing which rudiment where.
So I may be a kit player now, but I do want balance.
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I'd have to agree with Pastor B there, gotta have a balance.
i'm pretty much an improv kit drummer
i make up stuff as i go along with a simple beat and turning it into a masterful drum work of art
Ostinato is the way to go!
Howsabout a kit player with a rudimentary background and education
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well i play the kit but i use rudiments when I play, but i guess im a kit player mostly
I learned the rudiments, but now I'm a kit player...but what I've learned from the rudiments enabled me to loosen up and experiment...
pastor bob, you nailed it--balance is the key...
keep the beat goin' ... Don't keep it to yourself!
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oh and BB i got the same things out of rudiments, the've tought me so much! rudiments just rock.
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