Sry, the title just seems cool to put at the moment :P.. it has nth to do with wat i m about to write..
Lets look into the drumset.. Each part teaches me different things.. its amazing how God can make something more than it seems..
1. The Bass Drum
The bass drum gives the bass sound and its wat all the rappers and hip hop music focus on.. Ever heard of Apologize by One Republic.. yea you know you focus on the bass drum. Hahah... The bass drum is like the heart of the song i guess, it gives the signal and syncronize with the bass guitar that makes the heavy tunes of a song.
The bass drum reminds me of my attitude, it's the base of how i fit in with people, how i communicate with people.. how i lead people when i m needed to.. if my attitude doesnt not sync with other instruments(people).. then things cannot be done.. and life would be alot tougher don't you think? We have to have the right attitude at the right time like a bass drum need to sound off at the right moment to create a perfect song.
2. The snare
The snare usually comes in after the bass drum.. the "TAk" sound.. hahaha.. It's something that gives crisp to da song.. without the snare.. it would be just bassy.. The snare too have to be whacked at the right timing to make the song sound good.. imagine if it was a slow and romantic song and the drummer does a fast rocking roll when the singer is in the whole emo expressive i love you part of the song? it will kill the whole song
Its kinda like our actions don't you think? It comes after our attitude. If you don't like something, obviously you can't do it right. If your base drum beat is out of tempo, your snare will in fact make it worse. Change our attitude towards things b4 we do it.. Get our bass drum tempo right b4 we even do a roll on the snare. For me personally, the bass drum is the one that keeps me on tempo. In other words, attitude kinda ensures your process and result of what you are doing.
3. Cymbals
The hi-hats, crashs and rides.. the one that every drummer cant get enough of.. some drummers have tons of this stuff. I've seen drummers have like 10 cymbals but only on use like.. 2 of them. Some of the cymbals are only hammered once throughout the whole song... Interesting eh? :P
I dare to say the cymbals are our commitment towards things. Hi-hat, the one that is constantly used.. the hi-hat sounds off together with the bass drum and the snare.. With a commitment, your attitude changes as well right? when your attitude change, ur actions change as well right?
Even though with just a bass drum and snare, a song can go on.. but with cymbals, the song gets more hyped up!
4. Toms
the one that goes "dummmm".. imagine that sound if you will. It is used to groove up the song, face it.. we will all get bored if we listened only to the snare. It's bassy sound is used to make the song more interesting. Some drummers uses 2 toms.. some used more than that. For me, i prefer 2 toms only as it makes everything soo much easier. hahaha
Well, i've got nothing much to say bout the toms.. as it is to groove up the song together with the snare. I guess this is where we go the extra mile in what we do.. What's wrong with making the result better right? go the extra mile, throw a few rolls on the toms when the time is right.. Hitting the toms at the wrong timing might kill the song too though, so we need to be watchful. Imagine if your uncle as you to paint his room walls, but you went the extra mile and painted his shoes, books and computer and tv.. what would he say? :P hahah
For my dream drumset, i like a simple one though.. a good bass drum, a good snare, 2 toms.. a good sounding hi-hat and a good sounding crash. maybe 2 good sounding crashes just so i wont get nervous about which 1 to hit and lose tempo :P.
I wanna have a good attitude towards things, learn to make me actions make the result awesome.. go the extra mile when only makes the result better, constant commitment which makes an awesome result =D
maybe all this doesnt make sense, but i guess that's life.. it doesnt make sense to everyone. But with God being your drummer and helping you in your character, your result is guarenteed to be an awesome KickAss song!
Kenji
