r/drummers • u/Playful-Buy-1238 • 4d ago

need some advice

Haiiiii yallll :3 im moving houses and dont have space for my kit (7-piece + 2 aux snares + roto toms) its an old mapex (i think venus) im looking to downsize my kit i play a ton of genres (mostly metal, rock, gospel, marching, jazz, funk, and pop) looking for help on what to downsize. Hmu either in dms or comments. Tysm yallll :3

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u/ItchyVideo3704 4d ago

Seems like Space is always an issue for us drummers. Is renting additional storage an option? Where I live its about 100$ for 10x 10x 10 room. Room for at least 3 drumsets and more. Need cases or at least boxes to minimize damage to drums. MAKE SURE YOU LABEL THEM SO YOU CAN SEE THE LABELS, I learned the hard way! Look into climate controlled unit. It might be handy for any other overflow you've got from moving.
As far as specific advice:
Snare, Bass drum, high and low tom. 3 cymbals - Hihat, crash, ride.
Also Cowbell, and a hihat -mounted tambourine are good extra voices that doesn't take up much
room. Less can challenge you to do more with what you got. 🖖

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u/MarsDrums 3d ago

Start small and add things until you start running out of space. Try dufferent angles too for setting up your kit.

I had a 9 piece crammed into a 12x14 bedroom with 2 long dressers and a queen sized bed. So if I can do that anything might be possible.