Choosing Drums For Your Church by Gerald Heyward

With a strong foundation in Gospel Drumming, Gerald has been called upon by many for advice on buying "the right" drum kit for a church. In this video, he shows you 3 levels of DW kits and their particular features. The kits are a PDP X7 (about $1000), DW Performance (about $2000), and DW Collector's kit (about $4000).

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[joebruiser77]

Can u guys make a video of someone testing out the pdp concepts? And giving the details and specs about them? Maybe kirkee B? Or Gerald? Shoot, they all are great...I think it would be great to hear them from a pro.

[DrumWorkshopInc]

@joebruiser77 Noted and a great idea. We are working hard on getting all content and specs onto pacificdrums(dot)com at the moment. Soon there after hopefully we can get something like what you have mentioned next. Thanks!

[Realdealgear]

great to see a big company demoing there stuff for religious music :)

[DrumWorkshopInc]

@Realdealgear We love all types of music and we were very happy to have Gerald do this video with us for drums for the church!

[PyrogenicA]

What are the shell sizes and SSC specs for the Collectors kit in this video? Do any of the shells have reinforcement rings?

[nils1]

@Dav0London But the most important thing is TUNING. The drumhead oscillation (movement) is coupled to the room acoustics so you need to keep an eye on how the sound develops in the church's environment. If the room gives back a lot of energy to the drumhead (echo) then you will have to limit the sustain of the drum very much - and it's better to do it via tuning then via muffling.

[macktransform2012]

@Dav0London No harm man, but you still have to do your own research. Go to your local drum store ask them. Hit some drums, rent some drums. No drummer is going to tell you the exact sticking to their favorite lick all the time. Somethings you have to find out on your own. Don't be lazy. I've been to live concerts and the music sounded great, but once I later seen the video everything sounded like crap. Grooves sounded like child's play. So do your own research, don't depend on no one else.

[DrumWorkshopInc]

@kemallett Thank you very much for your honest feedback! We love it!

[kemallett]

@DrumWorkshopInc I can vouch for this too. I've been playing a PDP CX 8 pc kit for years and recorded with it a number of times and have recorded with a DW kit as well and it's just how the drums respond. The DW kit I recorded with had 4 or 5 year old skins on it, including the snare which was inthe worst shape, and the kit still out performed my PDP kit sonically inthe studio under similar cirmcumstances, mics etc. Granted, my PDP kit records BEAUTIFULLY on it's own.

[BETZ5000]

Why would a church have 24 carat gold hardware on its drums?

[DrumWorkshopInc]

@SuperDrummerJoe Not necessarily true Super Drummer Joe. None of these kits got any extra "sonic love" for this vid. :)

[SuperDrummerJoe]

the more expensive the kit is, the better mic'd and eq'd it is

just marketing DW, not actual info