E-drums: could they be a common thing for small bands gigs?

[Orvillain]

In my neck of the woods, I would say about every 5th band uses eDrums, but it is growing for sure.

BTW - this is a statistical anomaly. Seeing an e-kit on a stage every 5 times, is a ludicrously "common" occurrence, that the usage statistics do not support. So either it is a completely invented and meaningless stat, or you live in the Burmuda Triangle for drummers.

Worldwide, as I've said before, the stats show that e-kits are used in:
- education
- praise and worship venues
- home studio & production environments

They are largely not used on stage. You do see them, sure. I'm not saying they're never used on stage. But they are not common, for the reasons cited in my very first post in this thread; which you still haven't tackled nor responded to in any form.

 

[DrewJD82]

I think we all had crushes on Shirley back in the day...I saw them in 1996 or so as a 13-14 year old...my friends and I definitely pushed our way to the front row if you know what I'm saying.

Hahahah my best friend saw them open for Smashing Pumpkins around that time and was saying how embarrassed he got whenever she did anything that showed her underwear while his dad was sitting next to him.

I’m pretty certain she was open about dealing with depression even back in the 90’s before it was a thing to discuss openly and I also recall her having a bit of a hard edge as a result of being a female in the rock world and her pre-Garbage experiences.

She’s probably 90% of the reason I ended up with moody, redheaded goth girlfriends ever since high school.

 

[Jarick]

Hahahah my best friend saw them open for Smashing Pumpkins around that time and was saying how embarrassed he got whenever she did anything that showed her underwear while his dad was sitting next to him.

I’m pretty certain she was open about dealing with depression even back in the 90’s before it was a thing to discuss openly and I also recall her having a bit of a hard edge as a result of being a female in the rock world and her pre-Garbage experiences.

She’s probably 90% of the reason I ended up with moody, redheaded goth girlfriends ever since high school.

Oh man that checks out! If I didn't have a Shirley Manson poster I definitely had her as a computer background (next best thing).

I can only imagine she likely went through hell before Garbage, then she was one of the biggest stars on the planet, then they all fell completely off the map. Probably took a lot of therapy to get to a good spot after all that.

 

[Jarick]

I haven't been following the back and forth on electronic vs acoustic drums, but as a former drummer I'd be much more worried about being replaced by a backing track than I would about having to play on an e-kit. With the current state of music, I could see a singer/songwriter doing a lot of smaller gigs with a laptop and maybe a side man to share the stage.

 

[Orvillain]

I haven't been following the back and forth on electronic vs acoustic drums, but as a former drummer I'd be much more worried about being replaced by a backing track than I would about having to play on an e-kit. With the current state of music, I could see a singer/songwriter doing a lot of smaller gigs with a laptop and maybe a side man to share the stage.

Yeah but honestly, who the fuck wants to go and watch that. It's one step below an Elvis impersonator at the local Dog & Duck.