Dad3353

Details, please..? (Links, if possible, products used, docs referred to; anything, really...). T'would be good to have this as an option, not for my Camco kit, but my Swingstar. In your own time, if you can. Thanks in advance for any gen...

No..! Wondrous instruments..! Tone personified..! I play maple shells, myself, but if I had the cash...

I'd pay to go to such gigs..! Nostalgia, you see.

No they don't, they're from London..! ...

Well, at least it didn't suggest C0ck Robin.

The clue is there: '...he could control the volume...' Yes, if used with expertise and experience, it's all good, but were you not suggesting that your current drummer is an inveterate 'hard hitter'..? A shallower shell will still be loud, but with an even more annoying 'crack' to it..! Still, if it does the job...

Don't bet on that..! My Camco 5 1/2 maple snare cracks like a pistol shot when played with sticks, the rim-shot breaks glass..! Maybe a piccolo snare (12", 3 1/2 deep..?), but even that will have a very tiresome timbre after a few minutes..! No, go the opposite way, and listen to a couple of 8" deep snares. They'll sound fatter, thicker, deeper (naturally..!) and suit heavy rock stuff quite well, but normally played, produce a much less aggressive 'crack'. I might agree about those drummers cited playing loud, but they could (and did...) play to the occasion, too, and got rock tones without the thunder if that's what was needed.

+1 to the above as starters, just to get the principle established. Nylon-tipped sticks won't help (they're what I use exclusively, but they're no more quiet than wooden-tipped...). Another 'ruse' might be to get him to use Vic Firth hickory sticks. If he's a hard hitter, he'll soon get tired of 'em busting..!

Good, dynamic drumming, at any appropriate volume, is largely a question of technique. The real solution, if the bloke is up to it, is a good, competent drum prof to teach how to get the best from the kit, in all styles, at all volumes needed. It won't be over-night, but it' the 'real deal'. Meanwhile, there are solutions that work, but always, as usual, with a downside. Hot rods..? A very useful tool, indispensable in some styles, but a 'heavy hitter' will probably trash 'em pretty darned quick; they're not the strongest sticks around. This could cause budget issues, as they're not cheap, either. Worth a try, but not much to gain, without restraint from the fellow, I'd say. Drum screen..? Excellent as a solution, but very expensive, much stage footprint lost and one heck of a 'faff' in intimate venues. Worthwhile if the cost, weight and space are not an issue; I fear it'd be tiring over time, though. When I was playing in folk-rock bands, 'back in the day', I made up a set of covers from linen sheets and knicker elastic (don't ask how I acquired that..! ) to slip over the drum heads, a bit like a shower cap. That certainly muffled the drums (I've never been a 'lumberjack', but we were rehearsing and playing in very quiet venues...). The sound of the kit was, of course, radically changed, so if big, expansive 'Queen'-type toms are required, it won't fit the bill, but it may be worth trying (cover the heads with a cut-up tee-shirt to see if the tone is workable..?). Drum lessons, though. That's the secret. Technique, learned, as quickly as possible from a good teacher, that's my 'top tip'. Good luck with it; it sounds as if he's worth it. Keep us posted as to progress, please..?

If unplugging and swapping cables works, then a simple A/B switch will do the same job, but without the hassle. We've used a Boss AB-2 very successfully in the past; not for this exact application, but for avoiding swapping guitar leads. Other switch pedals are available. Hope this helps.

If you're curious and want to listen to it: don't. If you've already 'listened': condolences. Crikey, how one can fall so low..!

Good evening, SF, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

It works best if the fields are fed with appropriate terms for one's own band, which will 'guide' the random process towards something linked to the band. Simply letting it do any 'random' generation is fun, too, of course, but if a 'blues' influence is important, put some 'bluesy' terms in there. Here's what it came up wit when I fed in Jus Lukin's details... Five Times Blues And Other Band Name Ideas Five Times Blues Justin's Midnight Bluesmen The Quality Bluesmen's Club Justin Talent Blues Deep Blue Day Between the Players and Me Lord of the Blues Lions Blues Dream and a Pinch of Experience Justin's Quality Experience The Quality Players Players Five Flight of the Deep Blue Lions Undercover Experience and the Blues Players Sussex Panic School of the Five Lions Purely Deep Blue Five Lions Rubbish Sussex Lions The Playing Blues Bluesmen Bathtub Playing Playing Players Five Playing Iced Lions Puddle of Experience Blues Blues Blues Super Blues Lions Experience, Players and Lions Les Players Experience Army Experience Failure Allo Players Why Lions, Why? The Kind of Songs Flight of the Players might record Sussex State of Mind try it with Rap Generator Our Blues Experience Love try it with Love Song Generator Our Friday Lions try it with Freestyle Song Generator This Love is Blues But It's Quality try it with Taylor Swift Song Generator If I was your Blues Experience try it with Justin Bieber Song Generator Master Of Sussex try it with Metal Song Generator

Why wait..? Here's a method as good as any (and free..!)... Band Name Generator ...

The revues at Thomann may suffice..? Thomann revues... It's for standing on, and transmits vibration though your feet to 'feel' the bass tremors.

Shades of '17 Watts'..! (Watkins Westminsters, by any chance..?)

Striptease with a '666' twist..?

Quite a lot here are, in fact, amateurs..! As a 'pro' drummer, though, 'back in the day', I had a music stand propped up beside the hi-hat, supporting a ring folder full of several repertoires, drum scores I'd written out for the various variety stuff I'd be asked to play at the drop of a hat. I didn't 'read' from it in real time (no time, you see...), but it gave a quick visual cue as to what was to be played, and maybe a note or two (brushes with this band, sticks for another; stuff like that...). Amateurish..? Quite the opposite, for many situations. Sounds a bit 'snobbish', to me, anyway, to say 'Never on my watch..!'. If the presence of a music stand is all it takes to condemn a band/singer/bassist, there wasn't much respect for 'em in the first place. I'd agree that it's not good for a singer to be reading from the book, generally, but having a music stand, in itself, is no big deal, for any band or occasion. Not knowing one's stuff is a different affair, and I wouldn't confuse the issues.

... but only a bit.

I'm not sure that 'hate' is exactly the right term, but I'll admit to not appreciating 'I'm a pink toothbrush, you're a blue toothbrush' (Max Bygraves...), and never have. Similarly I'll readily turn off any Offenbach which comes up on the radio; with even greater alacrity if it's the French Can-can stuff. Rossini's William Tell overture has worn thin with me, and I can leave Danny Kaye's 'comic' renditions of the Emperor's New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling. Other than those (there may well be more that I've thankfully forgotten...), I'll give most stuff its chance, at least once or twice. After all, if one can listen through 'Satisfaction' as a drummer, one can support just about anything.

Keep well, stay safe.

Although perhaps not so much of an issue as redaction skills.