Tell the drummer to get his own wired rig and be done with it. Everyone else in our band is wireless but the drummer bought his own wired system. Drummers = different beasts.
Both of the drummers I play with bought a couple of inexpensive headphone amps with belt clips and go wired.
Same for my drummer, although, he is the most picky mofo with his mix, that I have ever seen, and he ONLY puts a couple of his drums in his ears. It's quite annoying.
With the change over to digital boards, there's no reason he can't get a cheap tablet and run his own mix. We do that. It's super easy and the only person to blame for a bad mix is in the mirror.Same for my drummer, although, he is the most picky mofo with his mix, that I have ever seen, and he ONLY puts a couple of his drums in his ears. It's quite annoying.
Consequently, he doesn't always come in on time, when someone else starts a song
Oh I know, trust me.
I can’t stand the VFWs I’ve been in lol even as a veteran - it’s like a cock measuring contest with those old dudes every timeBack in the day I had the joy many others experience in the VFW (basically a run down bar made for veterans to drink cheap beer in, they're always renting them out for bands to play) world where there's 8 bands playing over 3 hours and 5 people are screaming at you to get your gear on/off the "stage" in seconds. Your first song is the line AND soundcheck and if you're lucky, the "soundman" realizes he's muted the kick mic 3 minutes into your last song.
Set everything up side-stage so when it's your turn you're just carrying shit up to the stage and plugging it in once everything is onstage. Especially the drums. Then when it's time to setup, EVERYONE in the band gets ALL the gear onstage first so Mr. Drummer isn't making 10 trips while you're polishing your pedals so no one captures the jizz stains on them when snapping pics of your band. Once all the gear is onstage, then everyone can plug shit in and turn it on. Then do the same in reverse for tear down.
I can’t stand the VFWs I’ve been in lol even as a veteran - it’s like a cock measuring contest with those old dudes every time
Omg the cigarettes lmaoI've never been in one other than to play a gig! They're BIG in New England for metal shows.
Nothin' better than screaming your face off unintelligibly to 15 teenagers and 7 old dudes who don't get heavier than Zeppelin through a shit PA system with the smell of old beer and cigarettes permeating your pores.
My guy's problem is, he knows too much for his own good. Like, he's smart and even tells the soundmen what frequencies to cut or boost so it's not boomy, etc, but, for someone with so much knowledge, and so much control, he sure seems to have a problem at every gig.
