Drumming Pet Peeves

gyutae · #1 (**permalink**) 08-28-2006, 10:29 PM

What are some of your drumming pet peeves? You know, some things that just get on your nerves in terms of drums and drumming.

Here are some of mine:
-Rock drummers who know one beat and think they are better than everyone else.
-Musicians who think playing the drums is easy.
-Mismatching drum heads with different brands, like Evans on the batter and Remo on the reso.
-Old worn out drum heads
-Squeaky bass drum pedals.

What are your pet peeves?

malletjazz · #2 (**permalink**) 08-28-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by gyutae

-Mismatching drum heads with different brands, like Evans on the batter and Remo on the reso.

Hmm...

So I guess you're not going to want to sit in on my kit, huh?

Taking all of the different drums into account, I've got Remo, Attack, and Aquarian heads on my kit at the moment, with a number of different snare drums with Evans heads (and several snare drums with one brand of batter head, and another brand reso head).

In terms of my pet peeves, it's basically just one - drummers who don't listen to what else is going on in the band. That one sin leads to a multitude of other sins: playing too loud, playing too soft, playing too busy, playing too sparsely, not locking in with the rest of the rhythm section, etc.

That's not just specific to drummers, tho - it annoys me whenever any musician is "off in his own world."

gyutae · #3 (**permalink**) 08-28-2006, 10:54 PM

Haha, yeah it's just a peeve that I have. I always have to change all of the drum heads even if only one needs to be replaced. It's an expensive habit.

I agree with your pet peeve as well - about drummers being off in their own little world. However, I'm probaly guilty of it sometimes as a lot of times I find myself focused on my own playing and not the other band members.

lonegungrrly · #4 (**permalink**) 01-25-2007, 01:00 PM

My pet peeve is my fault, for being a poor student. I have to buy sticks when i can afford them, and I usually end up with what ever brad the shop has in. (I prefer Vater though, but they seldom stock them) I hate when I'm playing and I break one of a pair and have to finish the set with 2 mis matched sticks. even though they're the same type (5b) they weigh different and play different from each brand. damn my lack of funds!!!

my pet peeves when watching other drummers play are

- drummers who are afraid to get into their playing and the music incase they mess their hair up

- people that do double bass fast, but not in time, and still think they are the sh!t

- people who buy a **** load of bad sounding cheap cymbals instead of one or two good ones, just to make their kit look bigger

TrenchanTbeats · #5 (**permalink**) 01-25-2007, 05:05 PM

Here's a couple:
-Triggers set too short
-Putting so much tape on the heads the drums have no tone
-Drummers that think "insert fill" means "hit as many drums as possible"
-Drummers that concentrate so hard on the music they forget to enjoy it
-Cocky Douchelords (someone is always better)

ekdrummer · #6 (**permalink**) 01-25-2007, 05:53 PM

My number one pet peeve is drummers who only play one style and think theyre the best ever. Today a lot of drummers (at least in high school) only play metal and its the most annoying thing hearing them say theyre better cause they can do double bass at 180 bpm and nothing else. Also, arrogant drummers that play too loud and too much that dont listen to other people are a pain in the ass. Yeah, squeaky bass drum pedals are annoying too. haha

**skinslapper** · #7 (**permalink**) 01-27-2007, 11:02 AM

Musicians who are not prepared at gigs.

I always take my own carpet, tape, extra sticks, guitar leads, power boards, sometimes even guitars and basses.

It pisses me off when people forget to bring stuff, then act like they wont be able to play without it.

Everytime I play a show, the next drummer always want's me to leave my carpet for them and I usually have to leave straight away, so it gives some small satisfaction when I can tell them "no sorry, should have brought your own".

Raatikainen22 · #8 (**permalink**) 01-27-2007, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by TrenchanTbeats

Here's a couple:
-Triggers set too short
-Putting so much tape on the heads the drums have no tone
-Drummers that think "insert fill" means "hit as many drums as possible"
-Drummers that concentrate so hard on the music they forget to enjoy it
-Cocky Douchelords (someone is always better)

I take it you don't like Death Metal drummers.. eh?

Pyrochazm · #9 (**permalink**) 01-31-2007, 12:19 AM

My only real peeve is that most of the musicians i have met recently are unreliable or druggies or both. I have been trying to put togther a consistent group to jam with, and no one can seem to stick to plans or promises that they made.

mouse · #10 (**permalink**) 02-26-2007, 04:44 AM

Iv'e seen so many drummers stuff the kick drum with muffling, then shove a mike in it and try get a sound out of it instead of tuning and letting the drum heads and shell create the sound. A good idea to listen out front when the band is playing to hear what your kit sounds like from the front, a drummer friend is useful as long as they know what you are trying to achieve and play to give you a good idea.
I don't use any muffling inside but do use a superkick batter head.

Another, is musos who fluff around between songs, or you count in and they are half a mile away. I like to keep a four second rule between songs and am always preparing a song ahead when i'm playing, it keeps the momentum of a night (and people on the dance floor).

Other people handling my gear, i prefer to load, set up, strike and load my own gear. A lesson i learnt in my younger days when my unprotected snare was dropped at the top of a stair flight and did it's own drum roll (pun) to the bottom denting a hoop. Since that episode i got some road cases, and my 17 year old regularly gigged drums have kept in mint condition.

Musos that forget there is a rhythm section right behind them setting the tempo, dynamics and feel.