JPF Home Page Forums Musician Gear and Techniques Bass and Drum Forum Does Size Matter? Big kit or small kit?

I'm with Gary, some of the best drummers I ever played with used small kits (by small I mean fewer not tiny drums).. My favorite before he stopped playing secular music was jazz trained. All kinds of creative bass lines just came to my fingers playing with him. My current guy has a kit that fills a whole room. He never leaves any space and figures since he has 8 cymbals me must play them all (all the time). It;s like killing a fly with a cannon. People like him though. I find myself totally just dropping out or leaving huge rests just so when I start playing again you notice the difference. It's not the kit, it's the player, but sometimes a smaller kit may force a guy to be more creative with what he's doing instaed of just banging away to justify being surrounded by a zillion surfaces to smack on.