Man fuck.....drummer quit.

[Executioner213]

My drummer came over last night to tell me he has to quit the band. He has to move back to Norway to take care of family issues. He says he's needed to do so for a while, but hadn't found the will to tell us yet. He was damn near in tears. We were kinda wondering if something was going on because he had started to seem like he wasn't interested at all anymore...he was really just avoiding it because he felt terrible.

So "like sand through the hourglass...", we need a rehearsal/recording space, a permanent bassist (we have a fill in from another town), and now we need a drummer. Muthafuckin goddamn...:zombie:

 

[Styvo]

Could be a blessing in disguise.

 

[crazykarl]

That sucks! You could always just play drum tracks through an ipod into the PA system. That would be BRUTAL.

 

[Executioner213]

Could be a blessing in disguise.

Yeah...that is possible. I'm trying to hold some of that optimism, but it's hard to stay up-and-up about it considering I don't exactly have the best pool to draw from here.

 

[Executioner213]

That sucks! You could always just play drum tracks through an ipod into the PA system. That would be BRUTAL.

Not that I have a keyboard player like them, but I'm pretty sure Samael tours like this.

 

[LeSedna]

Samael uses a rhytm box yes, and the keyboard player/samples trigger/drummer also uses some pieces of a real kit to enhance some parts or play them himself (like snare / crash) as a lot of industrial or ebm bands do. But that's part of the industrial trip, if you are a metal band with recorded drum performance and you don't make it a "plus" by giving it added value, it sucks a lot.

 

[Executioner213]

Yeah...I wasn't exactly saying I'd be down for it though, either. Theres always going to be something more human about having a competant drummer. We might have to settle for a session drummer...we were hoping to record soon. This is a big setback.

I'm already contemplating recording the drums myself "Black Album" style. I'm sure I can do every part of the drum parts solid for about 10secs at a time . My stamina isn't anywhere near enough to play all our songs all the way through yet though.

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

It's better that it happens that way though. One of my bands is great; we work brilliantly together, we all love the music we play, and we're raring to go with new material etc. The problem is the drummer lives 300 miles from me, the bassist lives 200 miles from me, they live 350 miles away from each other and none of us drive...

Steve

 

[Matula]

It seems like the end of the world when that happens, and probably it is for a while, but i've seen band in the same situation that find just the next drummer (for your case) even when they weren't even looking.

It's not easy to get a replacement (ugly word for a human being), it takes patience, work and hope that the next one is as good as a person (and musician) than the last one.

 

[ze kink]

Haha, well, I play in a band without a drummer myself. The old drummer (along with old bassist and guitarist) was so unmotivated, that the two "core members" of the band (keyboardist and singer) decided to form a new lineup. We just program the drums. Makes gigging pretty easy too, we can just use public transportation and we never have problems with micing or not hearing what's going on on the stage at gigs. We just need a few monitors on stage and we're ready to go.

The thing that sucks though is that our keyboardist still uses the original DFH for the acoustic drum stuff (a lot of it is electronic) the ride bell sound kills my ears at every gig

 

[SuperD]

fuckin drummers

+1

 

[AudioPhile777]

Man fuck.....

...nothing good can come of this...

 

[digitaldeath]

My drummer came over last night to tell me he has to quit the band. He has to move back to Norway to take care of family issues. He says he's needed to do so for a while, but hadn't found the will to tell us yet. He was damn near in tears. We were kinda wondering if something was going on because he had started to seem like he wasn't interested at all anymore...he was really just avoiding it because he felt terrible.

So "like sand through the hourglass...", we need a rehearsal/recording space, a permanent bassist (we have a fill in from another town), and now we need a drummer. Muthafuckin goddamn...:zombie:

I know exactly how your drummer feels as I had to do the same thing around 3 months ago although under different circumstances. I'd been drumming in this band for around 4 years and I felt that the band had accomplished everything it was going to. I really didn't want to be spending so much money on replacing gear (drumskins, cymbals, sticks etc.) when I saw no viable future within the band. Took me a while to tell them, I guess a part of you feels a bit guilty that you're letting friends down. What finally gave me the courage to tell them was when I started getting txt msgs from mates informing me of loads of gigs, none of which everyone in the band had agreed to, especially when we had stated that we need to take time out to write a new album and spend quite some time on pre-production so we'd have polished songs before entering the studio. They understood, although more than one member has yet to speak to me since! They have yet to find a replacement, yet are still booking gigs for August and onwards - just another fine example of the kind of decisions the band make which made me want to leave in the first place.

Yes, people can always say "fuckin' drummers" etc. but over here, guitarists are dime a dozen. Good drummers are a rare commodity and usually very under-appreciated. Politics in a band can never be avoided but when a band starts to take their drummer for granted, something's wrong. And as you've now learned, being without a drummer is going to really impact your band.
Feel free to replace him with a drum-machine, no-one is stopping you. I just don't see it being a positive replacement. I dunno about you, but I go to gigs to watch musicians perform, including the drummer. A drummer will be dynamic and adjust his performance based on crowd-reaction, energy on stage etc. A drum-machine will not.

Niall.

 

[Jackal_Strain]

Haha, well, I play in a band without a drummer myself. The old drummer (along with old bassist and guitarist) was so unmotivated, that the two "core members" of the band (keyboardist and singer) decided to form a new lineup. We just program the drums. Makes gigging pretty easy too, we can just use public transportation and we never have problems with micing or not hearing what's going on on the stage at gigs. We just need a few monitors on stage and we're ready to go.

The thing that sucks though is that our keyboardist still uses the original DFH for the acoustic drum stuff (a lot of it is electronic) the ride bell sound kills my ears at every gig

How is the audience responding to this? Have you got any comments from people regarding your lack of a drummer?

 

[joeritson]

My drummer came over last night to tell me he has to quit the band. He has to move back to Norway to take care of family issues. He says he's needed to do so for a while, but hadn't found the will to tell us yet. He was damn near in tears. We were kinda wondering if something was going on because he had started to seem like he wasn't interested at all anymore...he was really just avoiding it because he felt terrible.

So "like sand through the hourglass...", we need a rehearsal/recording space, a permanent bassist (we have a fill in from another town), and now we need a drummer. Muthafuckin goddamn...:zombie:

ill track for you online dude!!!

 

[Death_Work]

Tell me 'bout it, we had to fire our drummer in middle of recording, and he's been my best friend since 7 years. That was really hard to do.
It's just as hard as breaking up weith your girl friend, In there's never a good time to do it.
But now finally, we probablly found the right drummer for us!

 

[Executioner213]

ill track for you online dude!!!

Got some vids/mp3s? I'd be for it if you fit the bill...the music is pretty much written, but there is some room for polishing.

 

[ze kink]

How is the audience responding to this? Have you got any comments from people regarding your lack of a drummer?

Our music is pretty weird too, so I don't think they're very surprised just by the lack of the drummer most of the comments we get after gigs are about our singer (who is an opera singer, skinny 2m long male bass who looks scary as fuck, and often crossdresses at gigs ) and our songs. The people who are most surprised are the FOH guys when we arrive to do the soundcheck. It's always "What? No drummer?" "What, this many DI boxes?" "What? Backing tracks?" I guess most of them are just used to mixing drunk rockbands.

 

[Jackal_Strain]

Haha! That sounds like a crazy and fun setup, man!
However, I feel that playing without a live drummer in a "traditional" metal band would be received rather poorly. Most metal fans are pretty conservative when it come to what they expect to hear and see from a band.

 

[neverpurify]

I'd quit too if man fuck