Fun decision that makes a lot of sense, right? Christmas for my family was a lot of gift card “tell me what you used it for” sort of gifts, which l generally prefer these days.
I have enough to get an electronic drum set I could learn the drums on without annoying the hell out of everyone around me (I could use a headset with them). I do want to learn drums some day, but just for fun. There’s no real goal outside if it looking fun to do.
The quality of pressure washer I would want to use would cost about the same as the drum kit and I cannot justify getting booth right now. I have used pressure washers before and I quite enjoy it. Someday I might even consider a cleaning business, so seeing if the magic grows or fades with a quality unit would be helpful.
I lean towards the later just because I don’t know that I have the room for a drum kit right now. Thoughts, opinions?
Pressure wash a few neighborhood walkways or houses, use income to buy drums.
Use the drumset on speaker mode at 3am, sell silence to your neighbours for money and use the ransom to buy a pressure washer.
Chaotic good and chaotic bad.
Just keep in mind the electronic drums still make noise, just not as much as the real thing. If it’s in a separate room a bit far away from the other people it’s fine but don’t expect to play it next to your sleeping partner in the same room.
This. Your downstair neighbors will be able to hear the kick drum pedal through the ceiling. They will he able to hear the compressor of the power washer as well.
Luckily it’d be in a finished basement. Shared walls, but where I’d have the set is as far from the shared wall as out could be.
I mean, if you NEED a pressure washer, get that. If you don’t, get some fucking drums dude. I need a pressure washer and will be buying an electric drum kit instead.
Exactly. My kid’s going to college next year and we’ll almost certainly be taking out loans, but I just bought myself another synthesizer. Because… synths.
Pressure washer. In the spring you can make enough money with it to buy a drum kit.
Drums are more fun. Music is more fun, and will last you a lifetime.
But absolutely make sure you factor in the cost of lessons.
YouTube is free
Kinda
You can rent a pressure washer from home Depot.
The hardest part of learning a new instrument is sticking with it. Learning on a pad is kinda boring, adding a barrier to playing. Learning on a drum kit is more fun but bothers everyone around you, adding a barrier to playing. Small electric drum kits are a good route, and like you said you can use headphones, but can also plug in any speaker and jam with some friends or plug in to an aux in and jam with a song. The pounding on the electric kit is still kinda loud, especially if there’s someone who lives below you, but there’s ways to insulate and minimize the floor noise.
Also makes sure you get some real sticks, not whatever crap they include with an ekit.
Drums are super fun and I hope you successfully get your foot in the door with whatever gets you consistently playing! Lmk if you have any questions.
Idk much about power washers other than I’ve rented one from home depot once and it worked fine. I’m sure you could get a used one pretty cheap too.
I actually do have a question for you, since you sound like you have some familiarity. One of the things I saw you can do with electronic kits or those rhythm guitar hero/rockband style games with em too. Just like guitar hero is not playing a guitar, I imagine those things are not playing the drums, but are they something you’d actively avoid doing while learnin’?
They are similar but not quite the same. I haven’t played in a while but those games don’t have as robust hi hat capabilities as well as some of the other ways you can play a drum, such as using brushes or using the bell of the ride.
Also depends on the type of e kit you buy. Some of those things are for more expensive models
THIS is what I was looking at.
Yeah I think that’s a great kit to dip your toes in with. Should work with Clone Hero and YARG too.
Go for it man. It looks awesome. I might actually save up and get one myself. Fuck pressure washers!
I’d say try renting a power washer to see if that is for you before sinking money into it as a business.
Don’t buy a pressure washer, rent one. You won’t need it very often, and if you do consider a business it’ll let you try one or two more out first before committing to a purchase. Also learning a musical instrument is really fulfilling for a lot of people.
As a fellow drummer myself, I would def get an E kit. I got myself a Roland kit a couple years ago and it’s been amazing. It has really allowed me to improve and hone my skills. Also, just because you have enough for a drum kit, I wouldn’t get the cheapest one out there. You want it to last you a good while.
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It’s the boring truth–without getting the rudiments and stick control and proper technique, the drum set is not gonna make you a good drummer. It’s fun as hell to have one to play, no doubt–but if the goal is to be a good drummer you really gotta focus on the basics first.
A second hand drum kit will be more reliable than a second hand power washer, so you could get a washer with gift cards and then look for a good deal on a drum kit.
That being said, playing drums makes you more fun and interesting. Having a power washer makes you more likely to be asked to clean things.
You could set up a small business with the pressure washer.
Ah, but with a drum kit you could join a band, tour the world and pick up lots of hot chicks.
With a pressure washer you might be able to clean a patio or two, earn some loose change and be constantly covered in mud.
Reminds me of an old joke.
A beautiful princess is galivanting across the sward one fine morning. She comes upon a muddy pond. A frog jumps out of the slimy water and bows at her feet.
“Oh princess, I am under the curse of an evil witch. If you give me but a single kiss I shall return to my true form. Kiss me and I’ll become the world’s best drummer.”
The princess gathers her skirts, bends over, picks up the frog, and shoves him into her purse.
“Aren’t you going to kiss me and break the witch’s spell?”
“Hell, no! I can make a lot more money with a talking frog than I can with the world’s best drummer.”
Drum kit.
Pressure washers seem great ‘n’ all until you use them. Then you end up soaked, splattered and covered in all kinds of shit. I used mine once to clean a driveway and no longer wish to repeat the experience. I didn’t even bother trying to wash the clothes I was wearing as it would have buggered up my washing machine. I just dumped them in the trash.
With a drum kit you don’t even have to leave the house.
You can pressure your wash drums, but drumming on a pressure washer is less reliable.
