Nothing more controversial than drums in church. I'm going to keep this brief and just cause a riot. There are lots of things to try if you had forgotten these. It's all good.
- Brushes
- Hot Rods(tm)
- Deadening Rings / materials
- Sound booth
- Carpet or heavy material BEHIND the drummer
- Shield in front of the drummer
- Mics for overheads / snare / Kick at least
- Jazz (7a) sticks
- Just play quieter
- Don't play on everything. Be willing to just sit out a song.
- Put the hi-hat everyone else's in the monitor so they can hear subdivisions
- Leave space
- Use in-ear monitors so the drum monitor isn't loud
- Light cymbals
- Play with a drum machine or a loop in your ear monitors (Boss Dr. Rhythm or another drum machine)
- Research linear patterns for new, simple challenges
- Make sure you pray
- Check with other people and be open to balance issues
- Make sure that prayer is not second to the emotion of drumming. It should be first.
- Listen.
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