I wish I had that old truck, Joe! I drive a 2017 Kia Niro with 241K on the hybrid engine. It’s been a great vehicle for me. Not a great gear hauler, but good enough, and the 50mpg is real nice considering all the driving I do. No rust here in my neck of the woods. It’s sooooo dry here.what are you using for transport @RVC
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? they don't rust in the desert do they
I’ve never played standing up, but was always a big fan of Andy Sturmer from Jellyfish. He did it as well as anyone I’ve ever seen play that way. While I admire those who can, it’s not something I’ve thought about for myself. I can barely play sitting down - no need to add another dimension of difficulty to my ham-fisted approach.
Jumpin' in here, I have played standing up and liked it a lot - mostly with a cocktail kit. I will probably be dusting that kit off soon as we are going to be booked in a very tight space.
I thought about picking up a cocktail kit again but I don't gig often enough right now to necessitate two separate rigs, especially when I can just set up my regular drums for standing. I do miss and really like a cocktail kit though. One day I would love to build one that is a single drum, bass on bottom and snare on top.
I definitely don't need hats but I agree that they are much more expressive. I have a metal ring with tambourine jingles on it, if I am playing with no hats and have a song come up that needs a tighter less pingy sound I'll just throw that on my ride real quick. Not the same but it can help on the fly. I did experiment with using a closed hi hat arm but you still have to bring the hardware and cymbals so at that point you might as well use hats on a stand with a foot pedal.
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I had that same kit, I know it well. I hated the main drum being 15", it made it impossible to get a good bass and floor tom sound. I wish it was a 16".Good morning ....
That rig is a GP Percussion cocktail kit, originally a cherry red wrap that was starting to peel off when I bought it used for 200 bucks.
I pulled off the wrap, removed the adhesive (what a PAIN), sanded and sealed with clear poly. It looks pretty decent from about 10 feet away
There was a big shoulder strap i'd use to sling the floor / kick tom over my shoulder... everything else would fit in a duffle bag. When playing gigs in downtown areas I didn't have to find a place to unload, just simply go to a parking garage, grab my stuff and walk to the gig. That was a 10 out of 10 on the convenience scale. Sound wise that kit is good for medium / high tunings with a very snappy / bouncy sound. That 10" snare drum sounds exactly like you expect it would. The sound is also why I started using a cajon with a kick pedal and a full-sized snare for small gigs.
Playing bass drum standing up?
It can be, it's more the lower back due to the weird posture you have to keep to remain standing while playing for 90 minutes. The real pros will alternate legs every few songs but this requires being able to play bass drum patterns with both feet. Not terribly difficult when considering the fact that you aren't really going to be playing intricate bass drum patterns while standing.
