I guess it would all depend on how you define huge. The short answer would be, "Yes." The longer version would be, "Yes, as long as it's not too huge. I think I'd draw the line at 49.5 pieces."
If you could afford a huge drumset and had a roadie set it up for you for free on all your gigs, would you play one? Be honest now.
I guess it would all depend on how you define huge. The short answer would be, "Yes." The longer version would be, "Yes, as long as it's not too huge. I think I'd draw the line at 49.5 pieces."
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49 is ok .. any more is too much PB??
I have a some odd thousand Piece kit .. of course I can only play I think 19 at a time .. I love haveing an e-kit ..
I do spend a lot of time trying to figure out what to program in to my accesory pads so on that note it would be awesome to have a nice big fatty 40 piece .. plus cymbals of course .. but of course I often pull a couple pads and just play a 4 piece for fun .. so my answer is .. .. Goat.
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If i remember correctly this is his small kit LOL.
the drummer for mary j blige and the american idol tour, has a dw performance kit so big that its actually like 3 kits. He has the main kit in the middle then to the left he has what he calls his ****tail kit, even though he sits down to play it. It has a small dw performance bass drum 2 e kit toms and like 3or4 effects cymbals like a stack mini hats an ozone crash(i forget which one i think apx) and a few other cymbals. then he has off to his right I believe a gong drum, e pad a floor tom a couple of crashes that he has sitting over there cuz he has a million and 1 cymbals, then he has another snare and i think another pair of hihats. The way I listed this configuration may be wrong, But what stuck out to me is that his kit is so big that he actually has 3 in one. But when you play many different styles of music in one gig I guess its necessary.
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I've pretty much always played a fairly large kit. I always set it up myself and never wished I was playing something smaller. We play the kits that fit our style. I grew up listening to and imitating Neil Peart's drumming , so I ended up playing large kits. Eventually I developed my own style but it was born from my love for Rush's music and Neil's drumming so that's the type of kit I built around myself.
Bozzio's kit, very nice but I'd never have the need for that much.
The biggest I ever had was my Premier triple bass kit .
I started with a bigger kit than I play now. A year ago I might have said yes. But I think now I'd probably still stick to a 4 piece. I like being different. Usually when we show up at a gig with other metal bands I have the fewest drums. I like that.
Having said that, a big kit can be a lot of fun. I'm on the fence.
Absolutely not. No need for that many drums. Not today, tomorrow or ever!
Is it just me?.. or...it seems the more drums in the band the more soul-less and groove-less the music. Wondering.
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I love big kits. Heck with the roadie I can set 'em up just fine. But I have to assume that along with a roadie comes the BUDGET to pay for the drum heads!
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no way . i dont like huge sets .
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Is that one of Terry Bozio's kits? Looks like it would be fun to play but I don't know if I'd want to set that up all the time.
I think those huge kits look cool but I'm certainly not talented enough to play one. Even with the cost is no object approach a 6 piece is enough for what I like to play. I'd skip the mega kit.
If the music that you play justifies having a big set like that, then why not? I have played all sorts of sized kits, from big two bass drum set-ups to a kick/snare/ hi-hat/cymbal set up for playing funk, and a lot of different kind of set-ups in between, as I set up according to what the music requires. I do the same thing with percussion set ups.
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NO. anything more than 6 piece is way to big. Cymbals are awesome. though. The more cymbals the better
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I'd agree with drum-dedore if you are a working musician you try to fit into what is called for. My personal preference is kinda of what I'm building which is a 5 to 6 pc drum kit with more cymbals and percussion add-on that could be fair size but not mega-kit.
If I had mad money for all kinds of drums I'm thinking it'd be hybrid of drumble-d's place with the percussion stuff and TDNJ's Tama collection but more of it...and a manservant to bring me my hot tea.
Most definitely. Why would you not? Playing a big kit is a blast. Tons of different option and sounds to experiment with. I always laugh when I hear someone say they would never take the time to set up a 6 piece kit, that's why I only play a 1 up 1 down. That's a 4 piece. 2 more drums is a no no? Funny. If you set up a 6 piece, and only want to play a 4 piece, don't use the other 2 toms that day?!? The mith stating that you are forced to be more creative with a smaller kit? That's a misnomer. Your able to be way more creative with a bigger kit. The real statement should be that your limited to what you can play with a smaller kit. You can play everything from AC/DC to Yes on a big kit. On a small kit, not so much. Just my opinion.
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This would do me.
Of course. The idea is to have more notes available in an instrument, not less. I can make do with less, but i'd rather have more. It's a bit like rudiments - can you play songs using flams and single stroke rolls? Sure you can, but it limits the drum parts you can play if everything is based on 2 or 3 rudiments. And guitar playing will suffer if you only know 2 chords. It's a similar idea. I wouldn't say it definitely makes more creativity happen if you have more drums, but there is a greater potential and possibility to extend your playing.
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I believe in never compromising the spacing of a four piece when I add drums (expect I don't mind putting the ride over when I play two up) so I'd probably just stick with a 6 piece with a double pedal. Maybe throw a set of roto toms up on the left above the hats. I'd probably go for a couple more cymbals than my standard hats, ride, and two crash setup.
Heck yes. Perhaps not as big as Bozzio's, though. Something like this, minus the smallest rack tom and a couple of cymbals:
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My son's drum teacher had a chance to play with Bozio and sit behind one of his kit. He said that it's an amazing feat of engineering and design that is remarkably more comfortable to play than it looks like it should be.
That looks very similar to Kollias' current setup. How hot or cold am I?
I think big kits for the sake of being big are a bit of a showboat kind of thing. "Big" is okay if you can justify all the pieces of it. On one of Derek Roddy's DVDs, There's a part in the special features where he's going through his kit. He says, "just a fairly minimalistic setup". This is a guy with two kicks, two snares, two China's, two Rides, three Crashes, 2 Splashes, 6 pedals etc. But he uses every part of it. Each and every bit is essential, and he uses all of it, so this kit is indeed minimalistic. What he plays called for every bit of his kit.There are lots of guys like that, with "big" kits but they use it all, and to me they don't seem big anymore. So I'm kind of de-sensitized as to what a "big" drumset is, I don't really see it in terms of big or small anymore.
Myself, I'd only want a 9 piece with 10 cymbals. But I can justify all of it, so it doesn't really seem that big to me. Any more would get in the way, any less I suppose I could still play, but that's what I want.
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