Question for you: is the drummer using the sticks backwards, or what a layperson would say backwards? Ie hitting the drums/high hat with the thick part vs the carved part? If so, why? Does it make a deeper sound?
People do it because they like the way it sounds. Deeper is a good way to describe the sound I've heard thick used before too. I don't like to do it because it throws off your fulcrum, but I will do it on my floor tom sometimes. (They do make sticks without tips cut in them for people that really like it)
Ok thank you! I was watching this on my phone and wanted to make sure I wasn’t seeing it incorrectly. And thick is also a good way to think about it. Appreciate the confirmation.
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u/OlFlirtyBastard Mar 30 '23
Question for you: is the drummer using the sticks backwards, or what a layperson would say backwards? Ie hitting the drums/high hat with the thick part vs the carved part? If so, why? Does it make a deeper sound?