Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Hi Steph,
I don't live in Texas, I live in Boston, but I have some experience you
might be interested in.  I have a DTXpress I kit with a lot of extra pads
added on.  I have a photo of my set under Pinachee in the photo section.  I
have been using my set live, through Yamaha PA and speakers.  My band is
"Back Again" and you can listen to recordings of us which include my
electronic set at www.rockisbackagain.com.  Many of the band members were
skeptical about the electronic drums at first, but they were soon won over
because the sound was so realistic and they no longer had the drummer
crashing cymbals in their ears, aside from the fact that balancing the drums
with the rest of the band was so much easier than with a miked acoustic set.
The added value of being able to quickly switch your set to add a cow bell,
wood block or other percussion instruments has the other band members
realizing how cool these drums really are.  I originally had a little
problem playing the cymbals without having them choke up, but that was more
of a learning curve thing for me than anything else.  The people in the
audience look at me in amazement.  Many of them wondering what
the hell I'm playing because they are not used to seeing electronic sets in
a rock band.  I also had a sign with the bands name made up that I Velcro in
front of the rack to give the set more of a mass look so it doesn't look
like I'm playing the kitchen pots and pans.  You can see some pics on our
web site.  So I don't know how those southern Texans will react to
electronic drums, but us Bostonian pilgrims don't seem to mind too much.

Steve (pinachee)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephanie" <sellison-unix@...>
To: <DTXpress@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 5:51 PM
Subject: Re: [DTXpress] Re: Electronic kits a no-no in live playing?


> >  Hey Steph, I'm in south texas,
>
> Uhh, do I know you UN.H?
>
> My last name's Ellison, Carrizo Springs class of 1985 (if you've seen the
> senior pictures, I'm the only Ellison listed, and yes, my name's
Stephanie).
> Ring a bell?
>
> > And who knows that the audience will think?  They're not all experts
> > on music anyways, they just wanna be entertained and the xpress is
> > quite capable of doing just that.  Play for the music.  I say try it
> > and then tell us how it goes. :) I know some other members have
> > played live with it recently and, even though they may not be from
> > texas, maybe they can share some insight on their gigs.
>
> That's something I'll try...  Anybody else (anywhere) with experience on
this?
>
> I am upgrading this drum kit with mesh head pads.  Right now, I have a 13"
> mesh pad which I'll use for a snare.  I just need to get a snare stand for
it
> and swing the 3-zone pad outward, so it'll be my auxillary snare for the
rim
> stuff.  Eventually, I'll replace the tom pads with 10" mesh pads (which I
> will make).  I'll end up keeping one extra pad for effects (then I'll be
out
> of inputs (THIS is plenty for me, really)).  I'll have spare pads for when
> one wears out.
>
> Stephanie
>
>
> Community email addresses:
>   Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com
>   Subscribe:    DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com
>   Unsubscribe:  DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com
>   List owner:   DTXpress-owner@onelist.com
>
> Shortcut URL to this page:
>   http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>