I'm here to address the age-old problem of being a musician: The fact that we make virtually no money, but have to buy and maintain very expensive equipment. This is a problem for virtually all start-up musicians, and drummers are easily burdened by it the most. While I will not be able to help you buy a new drum kit, I can share with you the cheap alternative to laying down your hard earned cash when it comes to repairing it. After over 10 years of playing and gigging out, I have found numerous solutions for to problems that require materials that you as a drummer already own. Many of these repair materials you think need to be purchased at a big box store can simply be extracted or produced by you!
I have an extreme interest in this topic because after playing as many gigs as I have, you start to get irritated with the amount of money it is takes to simply continue what you love. An on-going joke among my fellow musician friends is “what is the first thing you think about after your last song?” The answer is “what broke.” Slowly I began to find easy ways to fix minor things, and felt that other drummers could benefit from my findings as well. I hope to build a community within this blog that is very interactive. This will be a place for readers to bring their ideas to the web as well, all in the name of saving a buck!
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