Is this the smallest stage you have ever seen?

[philsmith]

Hope you didn't bash your elbows. That's definitely smaller than the breakfast restaurant I once played, and I took my e-kit.

[MartyM]

that is small..good reason to have a string cajon and maybe a cymbal or two.

[Bish]

I had to play in a restaurant booth before. Luckily they removed the table and patrons first. The rest of the band was in the aisle.

It was a well planned gig. I think I drank a half bottle of SoCo just to keep my sanity. The guitarist drank the other half but it was his bottle.

[rickthedrummer]

That's not a stage, it's a shelf.

[pastor_bob]

use the drum stick down the back of the shirt

do i have to teach you everything

I'm am a sponge. Teach me master!

[Warren Wright]

That certainly brought back some "memories" of years gone by. I havent played one that small in many years but yeah - most of us at one time or another have played em that small or smaller.. Kick drum - mounted tom - snare - hat & the ride was also attached to the kick drum ( an old Ludwig jazz 20" kick ). Sat on the old Coke cases turned upside down with a thin pillow for the cushion.
We musicians will seemingly go to any length to play a gig...sometimes we even get paid for it all.

And she said "You're a Drummer? I thought you said you are a musician???

[rickthedrummer]

Never played on a "stage" that small.

Wouldn't play on a "stage" that small.

[8beat]

Sometimes I just want to take bongo drums to the gig. Easier to transport too.

[itchie]

how about a triangle and a box of matches? too lazy?

[8beat]

I'm sitting in the audience one day watching a band. The band is playing and this girl comes forward, carrying a triangle hanging from a string. Then the cue comes and she hits the triangle - ding! - and the crowd goes wild, people are cheering. This happened a few times. That audience just loved when she hit that triangle

[itchie]

I'm sitting in the audience one day watching a band. The band is playing and this girl comes forward, carrying a triangle hanging from a string. Then the cue comes and she hits the triangle - ding! - and the crowd goes wild, people are cheering. This happened a few times. That audience just loved when she hit that triangle

lol

[kay-gee]

And the matches would be for....?

all the best...

[itchie]

budget shakers

or burn down the building ...or light a scented candle ...whatever floats you're boat

[Drumbledore]

I'm sitting in the audience one day watching a band. The band is playing and this girl comes forward, carrying a triangle hanging from a string. Then the cue comes and she hits the triangle - ding! - and the crowd goes wild, people are cheering. This happened a few times. That audience just loved when she hit that triangle

Okay, so no triangle here....but did it end up like this?

[Nechre]

Ain't that the truth. Go go trio.

[Drumbledore]

budget shakers

or burn down the building ...or light a scented candle ...whatever floats you're boat

Lol...budget shakers. Actually, might try that. Hmm.

[kaosotis]

Played places like that.

Yup. I remember playing in a record store and we had no room, practically had to climb over my kit to get to sit LOL.

[josephusz]

This stage reminds me of a set that Pearl Jam played in Zurich back in 1992.
Their drummer, normally playing on a massive cymbal setup, had to fall back to only a crash and a ride.

I actually would love to play a small stage like that sometime. Having to work with a smaller kit can really stimulate your creativity

[late8]

Played places like that.

Played a ton of places like that throughout my career. You really have to squeeze in there. Ha-ha!

I've played a place like that. My back was right up against the wall, and there was probably like 40cm of space between the kick drum and the edge of the stage. Fun times

I played a gig like that about a year ago. Some people came from the pizza place next door and gave us a tip. That was really cool.

I had to play in a restaurant booth before. Luckily they removed the table and patrons first. The rest of the band was in the aisle.

It was a well planned gig. I think I drank a half bottle of SoCo just to keep my sanity. The guitarist drank the other half but it was his bottle.

That certainly brought back some "memories" of years gone by. I havent played one that small in many years but yeah - most of us at one time or another have played em that small or smaller.. Kick drum - mounted tom - snare - hat & the ride was also attached to the kick drum ( an old Ludwig jazz 20" kick ). Sat on the old Coke cases turned upside down with a thin pillow for the cushion.
We musicians will seemingly go to any length to play a gig...sometimes we even get paid for it all.

And she said "You're a Drummer? I thought you said you are a musician???

Yup. I remember playing in a record store and we had no room, practically had to climb over my kit to get to sit LOL

I had to bump this thread to share what many of you have gone through. I subbed at the "last minute" for a drummer who couldn't make the gig due to an injured foot last Saturday night. I showed up early to get a jump on the set up:

Me: "Where do the drums go?".
Bartender: "Behind the pool table".
Me: "Behind it? You're kidding right??"

[markthechuck]

smaller that the smallest i've played.

[Ray on the Drums]

I guess I could put a pool table in the bathroom.

[quikstang2]

Nope. Murphy's Law in the Seminole Hard Rock area has a smaller stage, or it did the last time I was there. It's big enough for 2-3 dudes to stand with guitars plugged into the house panel on the wall behind them. I managed to get my drums set up there (standard 5 piece, hats, ride, two crashes), modifying the set up due to the lack of depth, but I kept pulling the mic cables out of the panel in the wall because I had to do things like move my hands to play. The rest of the band was on the dance floor, because the guitarist refused to have a drummer in front of him, so I also couldn't hear what the band was playing as the speaker cabs were in front of me and 4 feet below me. Good times. Good times.

[marko138]

I had to bump this thread to share what many of you have gone through. I subbed at the "last minute" for a drummer who couldn't make the gig due to an injured foot last Saturday night. I showed up early to get a jump on the set up:

Me: "Where do the drums go?".
Bartender: "Behind the pool table".
Me: "Behind it? You're kidding right??"

Wow! I hope they paid you well! Jeez. That's rough, Rich. Our "home away from home" bar, which actually just closed, had pool tables were the bands set up. We always moved it to one side. It was still in they way though.

[kaosotis]

Played places like that.

Yup.

Corner of a screened in porch at a party, back of a record store, tiny pubs/bars, back corner of restaurants. Too many to count.

[kaosotis]

Wow! I hope they paid you well! Jeez. That's rough, Rich. Our "home away from home" bar, which actually just closed, had pool tables were the bands set up. We always moved it to one side. It was still in they way though.

Should have put the drums up on the table!!!!!