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On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 14:24:11 GMT,
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On 2004-12-08 said:
Plexiglas ain't cheap, but neither are good electronic drums.
Methinks that the electronic drums are the Final Solution.
Electronic drums remove any possibility of playing with musical
subtlety. It's like playing a bad electric keyboard when you
wanted a piano.
Next time you're around an electronic kit ask for a snare drum roll.
Ask for jazz brushes. Ask for soft beaters on tom-tom quasi
timpani.
WHich is why gOod electronic drums is an oxymoron. IF I"m paying a
drummer I expect real drums. OTherwise I can do waht those electronic
drums can do with a rack mounted drum module.

You're solving the wrong problem. I'd love to play a 50 rank tracker
organ. I usually get stuck playing an electronic in a questionable
state of repair, or worse, "A wonderful pipe organ" that's falling
apart, the only two working stops being the swell Salacional Celeste and
the pedal Bombarde. Trust me, that's damn near unplayable.

In such situations, Digital Works. It's not ideal, but it's nearly
always playable. If I insisted on a Perfect gig, I'd not have any at
all, there not being so great a demand for organists outside of
religious environments.

Moving to "praise band" situations, you can either have an unworkable
situation with "real drums" vs an untuned "baby grand"--whatever THAT
means, or an E-kit and a digital piano that's "Good Enough." I'd no
sooner confuse an E-piano action with a Steinway, but it Just Works and
solves a HEAP of technical problems in an affordable way.