Any of you guys bucket drummers? Also i was wondering how you guys feel about them. Do you Respect them? or look at them funny? I personally love bucket drummers. nothing better than leaving a bar or club and hearing some buckets imo. i just made a site on it.

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Word. I've always dug that kind of stuff. How do you get a good bass tone?








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tone doesn't matter all that much. you get the bass feel by holding a bucket between your feet and slamming it down for the right beats.

i love bucket drummers. every time i'm in NYC i make sure to hang out in Grand Central Station for a little while to hear em.








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Just another style of drumming that is fun. Love to watch them! Who says you have to spend alot of money? Talent comes in many forms and fashions. Peace and respect!








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I think the bass comes when the bucket is completely down on the ground. But they also use their feet to lift the bucket... So i am not exactly sure. So true about talent. You either have it or you don't. I believe they could probably make a great living if they didn't spend the money on substances.... Seems on a good day they could make 100 dollars an hour.








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I think the bass comes when the bucket is completely down on the ground. But they also use their feet to lift the bucket... So i am not exactly sure. So true about talent. You either have it or you don't. I believe they could probably make a great living if they didn't spend the money on substances.... Seems on a good day they could make 100 dollars an hour.

the tone is lower when you lift the side of the bucket up. i've played around with this myself. its pretty fun. theres a vid floating around here somewhere of a crazy dude ripping it up on buckets in NYC.

i've seen some bucket drums in seattle. some of them are amazing. i've seen some guys with crazy speed but making awesome beats. and they had different buckets ranging in size so they could get some different sounds and stuff. super cool!

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I thoght this would be about Buckethead's drummers
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here is a project i did with my friend chris, not quite street bucket drumming, but i think you guys will like it www.myspace.com/junkdrums

that bucket drummer site is awesome... there crazy fast, i wonder how good they would be with a real set of drums








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wow, this is an awesome topic. I have been doing this for about 3 years now, buckets I mean. I live in charlotte nc. I have a partner, him and I we hit all major events in the city and hustle them on buckets. we do events like big concerts, basketball games, nfl games, etc... anywhere there is going to be drunk people leaving with cash in their pockets. we do about an hour at a time and walk off usually with anywhere from 100-500 bucks per event. You have to get more than one bucket, use one of them with the bottom side up and hit the center with the lip tilted up off the grand just a bit for bass and use another bucket right side up and use the rim for snare or downbeats. although, if you are not funk or hip hop oriented, you will not be all that good at it. if you are just rock or jazz, etc.... its not for you. You gotta have a little soul to do it, but I think I have just as much fun doing buckets as drums.

not bad ,never seen it before.much better than the accordian player in boston subway

that's some pretty cool stuff








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wow i didn't think i was gonna get a huge response.... awesome.








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I like the guy from Boston. Way creative than the rest of the ones on video. I personally like them since they look easier to transport. And they cost less. Just don't let Pearl, Tama or any of the major drum makers get any big ideas about making their own buckets with better sound.

I always love watching the bucket drummers outside of Fenway in Boston. Sometimes they do duet drum battles, it's awesome.

well one time i was in the city at a peace rally. walked around the city for 2 or more hours while playing drums on a bucket that was strapped on me. it was really fun.

wow alot of you are from Boston. So am I. Imagine that ... if major companies started selling buckets as drums.... wow








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Kinda makes me feel guilty about owning multiple kits... I would think that'd be hell on breaking sticks. Good drumming, though...

does anyone have any cool footage audio or stories related to this topic?








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bucket drummers i have seen do i like........ hell yea there the real drummers lol when u can play play better than a spoiled rich kid with a 10 cent bucket ur the man

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I like the guy from Boston. Way creative than the rest of the ones on video. I personally like them since they look easier to transport. And they cost less. Just don't let Pearl, Tama or any of the major drum makers get any big ideas about making their own buckets with better sound.

i live in boston and i love leaving a celtics game or bruins game and hearing this guy, he is awesome.








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I think its another great example of drummers thinking outside the box! You go bucketdrummers!!!

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mucho respect for bucketdrummers. it's not what you're playing on. it's what you're playing. the technique. the chops. the sound. if you can make a bucket sound musical, I'm all for it. drum on!








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Here's a guy in Austin with a different approach to buckets
http://www.chantproject.com/bio/biography.html








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thanks everyone for all the comments.








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When ever i see theses guys playing on the sunset strip by my apartment i always watch them and they do make some good money by all the people walking by

The guy in the NY subways is Larry Wright. You Tube his name and you'll come up with tons of videos.
He's been doing it for 10 or 15 years or something. Him and his wife have made a living off of it. Craziness.

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I like the guy from Boston. Way creative than the rest of the ones on video.

Yea that guys insane, coming out of the fleet center or fenway he's always there and its pretty amazing. Ive wanted to try this for a while and i damn well might now that i see how many other people like it.








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Boston Drummers are amazing. Just added some more posts thanks. bucketbeats.com








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I've always wanted to get into it, but I'm working so hard to improve on the kit, and hosting rehearsals for two bands doesn't leave me much time to do something like that. It's badass nevertheless








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