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Playing Quiet vs Playing Loud

A seasoned drummer usually has a detailed, nuanced perspective on the kit. She will understand that the drum kit only gives back what you put in. He takes the time to practice the small stuff and ultimately allows this to fuel their style. A lot of drummers who are just starting out have a sense of competition among other musicians and the ones who get better are the ones who consciously, or unconsciously, take on that task. Being a drummer can mean a few things. 1) you bang on things with stick-like objects 2) You are a person whom owns a kit and berates it with wooden sticks from time to time. 3) You are a student of the craft, you understand drumming is an art and that you always have room grow and you practice your ass off. If you’re like me, you realize that arriving at number 3 can come after years of telling people “I play the drums!” - In fact you may never realize this point but this can be what separates the wheat from the chaff, so to speak. 

We could get into the specifics of what makes a great drummer, and maybe we will in a later post, but all of the above words were really leading us to a question: Is it better to play loud or soft on the drum kit?

The answer is both. THE Steve Smith said in an interview (can’t remember the exact publication) something like - The drummer should play to the room. In other words, the aggressiveness of the drummer on the kit is defined by the space the gig is in. And this isn’t all black and white, large room = play loud; small room = play soft. No, but it could be perceived this way. The setting of the gig, the type of music, the types of accompanying instruments should give the drummer the incite needed on how to play the kit. This wouldn’t too tricky if it wasn’t hard to go from one to the other. That is the challenge. Most people do one or the other. I have a friend who is a phenomenal drummer, however when he plays his kit (which looks something like the touring kit for Terry Bozio) he plays it as if he is in a sold out arena. I have the opposite approach, my kit is small and I tend to play lightly. This could be from years of trying to be polite to me neighbors but nevertheless, I generally have a lighter touch but struggle to belt out and bang around. I have to really focus to do so. Being well practiced at both will help go further in the drumming world then if you are doing only one, be a specialist but a generalist too!