3rd Glasgow BB Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 BD92, PR96 etc. Those shows are laced with BIG DRUMS, I really miss the BIG DRUMS popping out at you throughout the whole show Perhaps it was just a 90s thing but it sounded so good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Coffey Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 BD92, PR96 etc. Those shows are laced with BIG DRUMS, I really miss the BIG DRUMS popping out at you throughout the whole show Perhaps it was just a 90s thing but it sounded so good! Two things mainly, in my opinion: 1) Kevlar heads 2) Changes in percussion writing style, which was partially due to #1. In short. Due to the physics of having a drum head generate a much larger rebound from a stick striking it, it is physically impossible to generate the same volume from the same impact energy. The more energy that goes into rebounding the stick, the less that can be used to generate acoustic sound. This is why snare drummers now have to 'monkey drum' in order to get a louder volume out of the drums - ie, rim-shots, etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olddawg Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Big drums? All I remember about 92 BD drums is the mountain of dirt covering me by the end of the show. Maybe I couldn't see any big drums because of that. 96 Phantom big drums? Again, not sure what you mean. Neat book, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olddawg Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Both those lines were on Kevlar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd Glasgow BB Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Big drums? All I remember about 92 BD drums is the mountain of dirt covering me by the end of the show. Maybe I couldn't see any big drums because of that. 96 Phantom big drums? Again, not sure what you mean. Neat book, though. Several times during both those shows the drums are very prominent, much more so than the brass but.... not to the detriment of the brass or the over all show. PR at the end of the opener or just before the brass come in at the end of the drum feature then again towards the end of the closer, the drums overtake the brass with regard to the volume being generated from he field. BD at the end of the opener going into the 2nd piece, at the end of the 2nd piece going into the drum feature, the end of La Suerte then famously the intro to When a Man Loves a Woman. Might be dirty but it was LOUD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd Glasgow BB Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Two things mainly, in my opinion: 1) Kevlar heads 2) Changes in percussion writing style, which was partially due to #1. In short. Due to the physics of having a drum head generate a much larger rebound from a stick striking it, it is physically impossible to generate the same volume from the same impact energy. The more energy that goes into rebounding the stick, the less that can be used to generate acoustic sound. This is why snare drummers now have to 'monkey drum' in order to get a louder volume out of the drums - ie, rim-shots, etc. So basically the percussion equivalent of the Brass lines going form G to Bb D*mn those physics, I really enjoyed that style of writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flammaster Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I remember big drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumno5 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 BD92, PR96 etc. Those shows are laced with BIG DRUMS, I really miss the BIG DRUMS popping out at you throughout the whole show Perhaps it was just a 90s thing but it sounded so good! Are you speaking figuratively, as in a more significant presence of drums/drumming in the overall mix, or do you mean like someone using, for instance, koto drums or some other physically large membranophones in their show? Holiday regards, Fred O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 if you're talking size, like big botom bass drums...well you run around todays field carrying a 36 inchbass drum and see how long you last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rd Glasgow BB Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Are you speaking figuratively, as in a more significant presence of drums/drumming in the overall mix, or do you mean like someone using, for instance, koto drums or some other physically large membranophones in their show? Holiday regards, Fred O. I mean as in a more significant presence during the show not the physical size of the instrument. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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