Horse people and musicians...

Got your curiosity up, haven't I?

they have something very much in common.... both have taken the quickest path to the poor-house.

When electronic drums came out I bought a set.. or I did so a bit after they came out anyway. Loved the 'sound'... hated the feel. Pads simply were not developed enough in tech to handle the nuances and anything beyond single stroke drum licks. I eventually packed them away and went back to acoustic drums.

Skip to today:

I 'hear', I have not confirmed it, that today's electronic drum pads have "IF NOT" mastered acoustic drum emulation they have at least come very close... thus... thinking about a set of electronic drums again. Benefits:

1. Sound is always right. Plug them in, play.

2. I'm old. This loading, unloading, setting up, tearing down, loading again, unloading again thing with acoustic drums for every gig is wreaking havoc on my aged bones. I want, need, desire the ease of an electronic kit.

The bad:

Good electronic kits... the type that actually have the feel and response of an acoustic kit.... cost the same as the GNP of Canada. So here's what will happen:

I will firmly, resolutely, rationally, know the 'expensive' is not worth it and I'm too old to consider such nonsense... I will forget the electronic kit.. move on with my life.. WHICH...

will eventually include a trip to the music store at which time I'll come home with a $7,000 set of new electronic drums.

Spending money on booze and tobacco is hard to give up... but it can be done.. with therapy and a lot of pain. Spending money on musical gear, for a musician, cannot be given up... ever. It's an addiction with no known cure. - JamesJM