pmjos Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Over the past 35 years I have had endless experiences with drummers. Virtually every one I ever worked with was a a screw up. Why..... WHY? what is going on......? are they mad. Don't answer that. I even had a guy who had to meditate in his pyramid before going on stage and then walked off stage mid gig to listen to how it sounded without him. What is its with drummers...... I just don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Well that's something of a sweeping statement. However, I must agree with you. There's always something a bit 'wrong' about them somehow. Of course the worst thing is when they can't actually play the drums properly, but I've been in bands with one or two that have had some very funny habits and/or obvious mental or personality disorders... Mind you, guitarists and vocalist are a bit iffy, too. And don't get me started on keyboard players... Edit: Drummers who have decided to become members of this board are perfect in every way, of course. Edited June 28, 2016 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1467146277' post='3081541']... Edit: Drummers who have decided to become members of this board are perfect in every way, of course. [/quote] ... or would be, but for their enormous modesty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 I've been out with three drummers. I have to agree. I do love 'em though, obvs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Actually, just remembered, that's FOUR drummers I've been out with. Will I never learn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnDave Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 I dunno, our drummer, Darren, is a bit off the wall, but then he'd really standout in our band if he wasn't! Bloody good drummer and a bloody good mate, a true partner in rhythm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilp Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Don't diss drummers, I've known some great drummers who also happened to be fully functional humans. The drummer in my current band, the lovely Lauren, is fab in every way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) [quote name='neilp' timestamp='1467151307' post='3081591'] Don't diss drummers... [/quote] Oh yes, I've played with one or two who were reliable, they're not all bad of course. I didn't think the OP was being entirely serious. Apologies if I've misread the mood. Again. [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1467149784' post='3081570'] Actually, just remembered, that's FOUR drummers I've been out with. [/quote] Do you use the rhythm method? Arf, arf. *Sigh* Edited June 28, 2016 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Our drummer was 2 hours late for rehearsal this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 It's true. Never met, known or worked with a drummer who hasn't, in one way or another, been a flakey weirdo. And over 35-odd years of playing music, that's a lot of drummers. I would say it's something to do with the mindset involved in making music by banging stuff with sticks, but being a flakey weirdo myself, I don't think I'm entitled to any sort of opinion... Jon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_sub Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 All good drummers I've played with have been a bit mental.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1467149784' post='3081570'] Actually, just remembered, that's FOUR drummers I've been out with. Will I never learn? [/quote] And people reckon drummers can't count... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I don't find drummers any flakier then any other musicians. I will say finding a good drummer with experience and knows how to be in a band is hard. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Nah , all the drummers I play with or have since I started gigging again 7 years ago are all as reliable as the Icelandic Defence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1467146680' post='3081544'] ... or would be, but for their enormous modesty. [/quote]Thanks, I haven't smiled since the Brexit result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 You learn to recognise the difference between a drummer and someone who owns a drum kit. Although one drum kit owner I played with bout a two seater sports car and put a large sub in the boot making it impossible to transport his kit anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamdenRob Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1467185091' post='3081662'] You learn to recognise the difference between a drummer and someone who owns a drum kit. [/quote] ... This is true of so many things not just drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBobTTD Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1467185091' post='3081662'] You learn to recognise the difference between a drummer and someone who owns a drum kit. Although one drum kit owner I played with bout a two seater sports car and put a large sub in the boot making it impossible to transport his kit anywhere. [/quote] I was in a band with a "drummer" who didn't even own a drum kit. Nor an electronic one. He just had sticks. I kept the rhythm in that band and he played off me. Needless to say, it was terrible. Thankfully, he left and was replaced by a more normal gentleman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I think I've been incredibly lucky, over 40 years playing in bands, all bar one have been pretty much up together and ok players, some very good. The one that was flakey used to smoke a lot of weed, didn't have a drumkit (in this country), was a day late for a gig once, and also lost all the money he had taken out of the cash machine for the weekend in the course of a 200 yard walk from said cash machine to the venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtcat Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 The biggest problem with drummers is that if they're any good they're usually very busy and you have to keep them fed with regular decent work or you'll quickly drop down their list of priorities. Only drummer I ever had a problem with was the one who had all the chops but couldn't keep time. He refused to accept there was an issue and even when he did accept something was amiss with his playing he simply said "Dave Grohl says it's perfectly natural to gain a bit". Pretty sure Dave Grohl was referring to a couple BPM not 30. I left that band pretty quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I'm first and not quite foremost a drummer and concur with the OP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) I realise that the OP is not entirely serious but... The vast majority of drummers I have played with have been perfectly normal people (as far as musicians go) and several of them have been by far the most organised as well as being the most technically and musically adept members in the band. On a more serious note, if you are playing with any seriously flakey musician. Stop. By doing nothing you are as much part of the problem as they are. Either they will be reduced to being bedroom players where they are no longer being anyone else problem, or they will wise up and actually do something constructive about it so that they can continue to be in a band. Edited June 29, 2016 by BigRedX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebassist Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 My experience has been consistent with the OPs. I played with some awesome drummers but they all have something going on. One was brilliant when he was sober so rehearsals were always good because we all had to drive there but he would get trashed at gigs and then he would turn into a nightmare, picking fights with people, cracking onto the singers GF, etc. We had another drummer who was amazing musically but just so, so unreliable - he would never be on time to shows, etc. The guys I have played with who were not mental were never all that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Our drummer is pretty reliable..... He ain't heavy he's my brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 [quote name='blue' timestamp='1467170479' post='3081625'] I don't find drummers any flakier then any other musicians. .......... [/quote] Me neither... altho I do know one guy that I've got endless stories that are now hilarious-not so much at the time tho, iirc. But all the numbers I've got now...are of people who know the gig, ..otherwise you wouldn't keep the number in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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