Stevie's Drummers
 

This may seem like a weird question, but I just want to know if anyone knows this. Why are the drummers in Stevie's band surrounded by glass or plastic? It looks kind of weird. Does it make the sound better or something? Maybe a drummer might know the answer to this. They did a really good job, btw, at the Philly show.

Lee :)

The plexiglass acts as a shield to help control the sound onstage and keep the drums from overpowering/bleeding into the other instruments.

Thanks, that's really interesting. I don't think I've ever seen Mick use this.

Lee :)

You're welcome. I always wondered what it was for too, so I asked my drummer friend one day and got a whole lesson. I've never seen Mick use one either. Some drummers don't like them because they feel it changes the sound and cuts them off from the rest of the band. There are other ways to control the sound that have to do with the size and placement of the amps, the position of the drumkit and the other musicians onstage, monitors, etc, so many get along without the shield. It's not something that is specific to Stevie though, a lot of drummers use them.

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i always wondered what it was for also, but i did recently notice this why surfing claudia's site, here is a pic of mick using 1 during a say you will show~, thanx 4 the info :D ~

Remember in the old days how drummers would always use rugs?

my brother is a percussionist and a lot of them put a folded up rug or a blanket in the bass drum to damper it a bit, in order to get a better sound depending on what type they are shooting for.