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Hear me out…
I think there’s been a change to the way we play the drums in the past few years, and I think it’s going to be a lasting one.
Last year I contemplated the proliferation of this stack of cymbals that looks like a pancake stack or Dali painting, and asked whether it was a “fad”, like Zil-bells or roto-toms, or whether it was going to have an enduring effect on the way we play, like - say - the double kick pedal.
Increasingly, I’ve been coming down on the side of the latter. I think these stacks are here-to-stay, and I think they’re rewiring how we approach the drums. In a way, though, that’s the least interesting question.
I’m far more interested in the “how/why”, and the “what do we do about it”.
In today’s video, I’ll explore, at least at surface-level, a trend in music that began in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, and how that contributed to drummers changing their equipment and style of playing a few years later. Then we’ll talk about the unique characteristics of the music the “Dali stacks” were emulating, and why it’s got more staying power than some of the other trends.
Finally, we’ll explore a bunch of categories of beats we can make with these contraptions, now that they’re here.
Know you’ll enjoy!