I know I may get shot down by drummers here, but here's my situation.
In the UK smaller clubs that used to hire live bands now expect an evening's entertainment from a singer with backing tracks, or maybe a duo. Country music's pretty big in the East of England, but most now hire duos and solos. I've been playing in a 5 or 6-piece country band. It's the ideal country line-up, but of course, the money's sometimes not even enough to cover the petrol.
My idea - could I be hired as bass AND drums using a simple drum machine?
The front man will often start strumming an intro. A real drummer (and the rest of the band) will suss the key, the tempo and maybe the song, and join in after 2, 4 or 8 bars. Is there a drum machine that can do this? I don't want to have to pre-programme whole songs - don't know what the singer's going to do anyway.
Just need to set maybe 'straight 8's', shuffle or waltz, tap in the tempo in real time and go: tap-tap-tap-tap-start.
The new Beat Buddy seems to claim hands-free, but...?
Alesis SR-16 with some footswitches?
Don't even need any great versatility, or fills or anything, just quick and intuitive...?
Thanks for any ideas.
In the UK smaller clubs that used to hire live bands now expect an evening's entertainment from a singer with backing tracks, or maybe a duo. Country music's pretty big in the East of England, but most now hire duos and solos. I've been playing in a 5 or 6-piece country band. It's the ideal country line-up, but of course, the money's sometimes not even enough to cover the petrol.
My idea - could I be hired as bass AND drums using a simple drum machine?
The front man will often start strumming an intro. A real drummer (and the rest of the band) will suss the key, the tempo and maybe the song, and join in after 2, 4 or 8 bars. Is there a drum machine that can do this? I don't want to have to pre-programme whole songs - don't know what the singer's going to do anyway.
Just need to set maybe 'straight 8's', shuffle or waltz, tap in the tempo in real time and go: tap-tap-tap-tap-start.
The new Beat Buddy seems to claim hands-free, but...?
Alesis SR-16 with some footswitches?
Don't even need any great versatility, or fills or anything, just quick and intuitive...?
Thanks for any ideas.
Drum machine for live?
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