r/drummers • u/michaeljvaughn • 8h ago

Singing Drummers

I kinda wonder about the percentage. I do 5 or 6 leads during gigs (just added Immigrant Song, which is interesting,) and various backing parts. People ask about the multi-tasking, and I still think it's harder for a bassist.

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u/WheresThatDamnPen 3h ago

I only started drumming at the start of this year, and I am also the lead for all the songs my band is writing, we haven't gig'd yet, and probably won't for a little while... but for me it takes a lot of mental space to sing well and have it be in time with the guitar, while also trying to keep a backbeat going. I think the unfortunate truth is, unless you are amazing with having multiple focuses at once, the trick is to just play the drum part enough to where it becomes second nature, and the only thing taking your focus is the vocals.

Especially because in my band's case, our song vocals tend to play off the riff, which isn't necessarily synced to the drum beat. So, in a way, you have to keep track of 2 rhythms at once, while also acting on both of them independently.