no drummer

[daveyo]

Anyone play in a band with no drummer?
May joina band with a percussionist only,no kick drum,
Dave

 

[Wisebass]

Hi daveyo

a band with no drummer?

When you still have problems with your live sound...

May joina band with a percussionist only

...fire the percussionist?

Sorry that 's all I have

Wise(b)ass

 

[CallMeAl]

My band is guitar-bass-cajon. We dont miss the kit at all

 

[AGCurry]

As Chet Baker said:

"It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all."

 

[Biggbass]

I've been playing in a trio with no drummer. just ac gtr, bass & light hand percussion. 3 vocals
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am beginning to prefer it to a full band. Set up is easier, load in/out is easier, scheduling is easier....everything about it is easier.
and I think it sounds better....much less clutter

 

[neckdive]

I'm in an acoustic rock trio; two acoustic guitars and a double bass. No drums needed.

 

[BossOnBass]

I've done gigs with a beat buddy drum pedal instead of a live drummer. It took a little time to adjust but worked out ok.

 

[Zbysek]

We have cajon instead of drums. I play my NXT EUB in this band...

 

[portpc]

I've done plenty of duo/trio gigs without a drummer, I totally enjoy it as it's usually very vocal oriented and as mentioned a lot less of a production.

 

[G Aichele]

No drums here, although our mandolinist does sometimes work a washboard.

 

[BLDavis]

It took me nearly thirty years to finally get in a band w/o drums. And life is good. Now if I could just do something about that damn banjo player.
B.

 

[4Mal]

It took me nearly thirty years to finally get in a band w/o drums. And life is good. Now if I could just do something about that damn banjo player.
B.

Perfect pitch is when you toss a banjo into a dumpster and it lands on an accordion...

The low gear carry, generally lower volumes aspects of no drummer are nice. In my vocL pop band, I find I have to work a lot harder to keep my band mates in the groove so I tend to back off my lead vocals as a result. It's cool, different.

 

[Somanytoys]

I've done gigs with a beat buddy drum pedal instead of a live drummer. It took a little time to adjust but worked out ok.

The beat buddy is what I use through a pa for playing at home, midi controlling an infinity looper.

Find a nice beat, create a good bassline to go with it on the infinity looper, push the bass out through the pa and/or bass amps, and then play guitar along with all that.

No arguing, I set all the volume levels, and the only one ever screwing anything up is me on guitar.

I could also loop a guitar part on the infinity looper and go crazy with bass instead. Kind of like the Trio, but it's just you and the beat buddy, doing almost anything you want, limited only by the drumbeats.

It's a really solid rhythm section...