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drummers vs. hearing
It sounds to me like the drummer is the one with the promble. Is he playing the drums for the Lord or to hear himself. I think a time of decision with the praise team with him or with the team leader is in order and not to let the promble keep going on.It will come out in your worship and you will have strife on the worship team and you will not be effective in leading people into the presence of the Lord. How can you if you are having prombles among your selves and there is not harmony?
please pray about it and seek the Lord for guidance.
The Lord bless you as you seek to grow in Him

Submitted by: Diana
Location: hornbrook
Date Added: 2002-11-22
Open Door Freedom
Our Worship Leader "Fred Davis" would agree that Most Drummers are Different than Normal Musicians, And A Cage Just might be a pre-requisite....
I like the Drum Barriers, I only have a (4) 4ft panel front Barrier, But would rather be encased in a full cage with a door with VERY ADEQUATE (Adjustable) monitors....
It helps me in Freedom To Worship while I'm Playing, and takes the focus off of me on the stage..... We are supposed to be Worshiping , Aren't We ?

Submitted by: Greg Fontenot
Location: The Open Door, Lafayette, LA
Date Added: 2002-11-01
Drum shields vs. others' hearing
I play bass and my drummer plays so loud, I am tone deaf in the first 15 minutes. We say something to him and he takes it personal and plays even louder. I am currently trying to find a "spot shield" about 2 feet by 3 feet on legs about 6 feet tall. Anyone have any ideas?

Submitted by: Royer
Location: Pocahontas, AR
Date Added: 2002-04-08
I don't do windows.
Go to a bank and conduct a transaction with a teller behind the bullet proof glass and no mic/speaker set-up. Can you hear everything the teller is telling you? In most cases no. Why? The barrier serves to decrease the high-frequency information to the customer. Why is this a big deal? Because, in order to hear speech clearly we need to hear the high frequency information. Imagine buying some wonderfully engineered speakers. Take them home and place them outside your closed windows and listen from inside to your favorite songs. Silly? Drum shields function only to attenuate the clarity of the drums. The highs are muddled and the low frequencies are still in tact. The drum sound is muddy to the audience unless mic'd appropriately AND the band sound is muddy to the drummer!! I'd rather play with smaller/thinner cymbals and a less powerfull snare drum than play behind the mud factory.

Submitted by: Andy Vermiglio
Location: LA, CA
Date Added: 2001-11-03
drum shield
As a professional sound engineer who is now dealing with a drum shield from the other (drummer) side, I have
mixed feelings. As a drummer, I use in ear monitors and still don't like the shield. I (lovingly) refer to it as the cone of silence that serves only to annoy the drummer. It may indeed make a small volume difference to the other players but at what cost? It takes all the dynamics of a well tuned kit, reflects it off of a couple of walls and
presents the congregation with non-descript mush. If the room is not big enough or anechoic enough to allow the
kit to go unshielded, it will most likely not support the additional volume of the kit being miked to overcome the
crummy stage sound. Buy one if you want but don't expect it to be the answer to all you acoustic problems. You
will also need to get your drummer on ears or plan on having post-nuclear monitor volume for him/her.

Submitted by: Bill
Location: Rose Hill, KS
Date Added: 2001-09-10
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