Drummers are a funny bunch. Here are 99 100 things that we all do (don’t deny it!)
- Click / Grind our teeth to create rhythms.
- Tap and bang on every surface available.
- Air drum.
- Practice far too fast for our own good (admit it, you do this!)
- Create makeshift drum kits out of general household items such as pots and pans.
- Listen to music only to realise we’re concentrating on the drums and nothing else.
- Whinge about how much stuff we have to carry
- Seethe at smarmy singers who don’t help us carry anything.
- Forget that one important clamp/stand/part.
- Lose all our drum keys, despite owning about 400 of the things.
- Tighten all screws before we play.
- Except for that one we forgot about, which promptly wiggles itself loose and causes the crash cymbal to fall over just before that awesome drum break.
- Sneeze mid-song and try our best not to lose time.
- Tweak the drum tuning in between songs.
- Try to throw the bass player off in rehearsals for laughs.
- Haggle.
- Try to explain 7/8 to the guitarist.
- Fail to explain 7/8 to the guitarist.
- Constantly adjust our stool.
- Then move it back.
- Ban all living breathing souls from playing our tubs.
- Miss the drum and whack our knuckles on the edge.
- Bleed all over the snare drum.
- Drop sticks at the worst time possible…
- …Then panic.
- Twirl drumsticks.
- Then fail and drop them again.
- Realise we’re still not sat comfortably and adjust the stool AGAIN.
- …Then move it back again.
- Try to choke the crash and miss. Cue crash cymbal lodging between finger and nail. Ouch.
- Argue on YouTube
- Wear our sticks right down to the bone.
- Get splinters.
- Tape them up when we can’t afford new ones.
- Or throw them at other band members.
- Make excuses when fans want one of our brand new expensive sticks after the gig.
- Switch off the snare wires when we’re not playing (how considerate!)
- Forget to switch them back on when we come back in.
- Forget to take water on stage, then complain like there’s no tomorrow when nobody will bring us any.
- Buy far too much food at service stations.
- Drum with no shoes, yet wear gloves (okay, maybe not everybody!)
- Turn the click off when we lose it and hope nobody notices.
- Tell drummer jokes.
- Forget to turn our phone off.
- Get anal retentive over tuning, only for none of our band mates to notice the difference.
- Slouch.
- Giggle at inappropriate usage of the cowbell.
- Publicly disregard Justin Bieber’s drum solos.
- Get strange looks at traffic lights when drumming on the steering wheel.
- Successfully utilize absolutely anything similar in shape as a drum stick.
- Forget our charts.
- Count into the wrong song.
- Feel quietly chuffed when nobody notices.
- Hold a secret mancrush on Neil Peart.
- Hit ourselves in the face with the stick by accident.
- Dribble during intense concentration (admit it, you’ve done it at least once).
- Experience “drum trance” during a particularly awesome song on the radio.
- Panic that the metronome/electrical device isn’t working, then realise it’s not turned on…
- …or plugged in.
- Blushda blushda.
- Correct people who pronounce it “SONAR”.
- Panic when you can’t remember how the next song starts, then breathe a sigh of relief when you hear somebody else play the intro.
- Give the guitarist the evil eye when they go out of time.
- Attempt to explain the difference between fills and rolls to singers.
- Attempt to explain the difference between cross-sticks and rimshots to studio engineers.
- Play the kick drum when the sound engineer yells “bass please”.
- Be able to fully recite the contents of our favourite drum video.
- Annoy the neighbours.
- Accidentally walk into things on stage.
- Forget to bring the gaffa tape. (Note to self: never, ever forget to bring the gaffa tape)
- Attempt to identify famous songs by non-musical people tapping them.
- Play without ear protection. It’s not big, it’s not clever.
- Steal all our mate’s best licks.
- Beatbox. Or at least try to.
- Pull ridiculous faces while we play.
- Take far too long making sure everything is set up to precisely the right angles.
- Get frustrated when it’s not.
- Drinking and driving is dangerous, but nobody ever said anything about drumming and driving!
- Stare at the floor to the left. (Seriously, what’s so interesting about that area of floor?)
- Try to carry too much at once.
- ..Then drop something.
- Play a completely inappropriate fill to show off to the hottie in the front row.
- Fail.
- Attempt to compensate.
- Fail again.
- Pretend like nothing ever happened. If anybody ever mentions it, flat out deny it.
- The sex face. Say no more.
- Try to identify the brand of a drum simply by looking at the lugs from 50ft away.
- Play in a suit without removing our blazer all while remaining adamant we’re not too hot despite the 10,000KW lights aimed directly at our faces.
- Fall asleep on the tour bus. (Hello embarrassing tagged photos on Facebook)
- Refuse to acknowledge when a song is ending, because it’s just too damn good.
- Become aware that we’re pulling stupid faces and try to stop it, which only makes things worse.
- Offer to give a friend or family member a drum lesson. Then regret it.
- Get surprised when we’re the only band member not to be recognised.
- Never let anybody carry our cymbals.
- Take up all room on stage with stray bags and cases while we set up.
- Trip over that one elusive cymbal stand leg, right as you get up from finishing your set.
- Demand that everything contain more cowbell.
- Compare Will Ferrell to Chad Smith.
- Post a blog announcement on Facebook and put the wrong number in the title.
How many are YOU guilty of?
99? They’re all true.True as true can be
All the above ^^ unfortunately on some!
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Compares Virgil Donati to Charlie Sheen
i am guilty TO WAY TOO MANY OF THESE!