Are you wearing shoes when drumming ?

[DGKarehere]

Are you wearing shoes when drumming ?
Do you always need to adapt your technique when you change your shoes?

I personnally never have been able to play with shoes. I'm more confortable just with socks. I want to know why people are wearing these when playing drums.

 

[josh pelican]

I play naked.

I'm the old drummer for searchingforchin.

 

[MikeH]

It doesn't really affect me. I'll wake up in the morning and jam in bare feet, or I'll come home from school and leave my shoes on. Or my socks. It doesn't really affect my technique any.

 

[CrushingAnvil]

Pete Sandoval plays with cowboy boots.

Your argument is invalid.

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

I always play barefoot

 

[CrushingAnvil]

I always play barefoot

I always play nofoot

 

[CrushingAnvil]

It doesn't really affect me. I'll wake up in the morning and jam in bare feet, or I'll come home from school and leave my shoes on. Or my socks. It doesn't really affect my technique any.

For real?

 

[Asrial]

When I used to drum, I preferred to play with vans for the most part. Flexible, but stiff enough for me to do really fast single-pedal strokes.

Now the only drums I play is on GH:M...

 

[daemon barbeque]

As long as I don't have hiking boots, I am okay. For very fast action, I prefer good gripping Indoor shoes. I can't play barefoot. I can play with socks only on eliminators.

 

[rogrotten]

I normally play either with flip flops or with my vibram fivefingers . The footboard of the axis pedals (old ones not the 21 bla bla bla ones) cuts me whenever I play barefoot

 

[gunshow86de]

I wear my Tom's when I play. They actually make for a pretty awesome drumming shoe. They're padded, but very light with a flexible sole.

 

[Steve08]

It doesn't really make much difference to me, I switch between socks, flip flops and shoes, but I think overall I prefer to play only wearing socks because I like the feel of the pedal being right beneath my foot.

 

[thedrummerkid]

socks. protection from cold metal, provides a slight amount of slip for quick slide triplets, and they look sexy!

 

[ryaneatsbrains]

I've never worn shoes when drumming. Every pair/brand/style etc etc yields different results in terms of technique, dynamics, and so on. I play barefoot simply because I can attain and maintain a consistent means of playing heel up or heel down. I don't need to worry about a specific shoe style or company being discontinued or going out of business.

 

[Kurkkuviipale]

I wear swimming shoes. I mean, those flexible soft-based ones, used with something like swimming suits or something. Hard to describe...

E: They're really comfortable, though after a long use they tend to brake up. But that's only my feet growing.

 

[DLG]

Pete Sandoval plays with cowboy boots.

Your argument is invalid.

gene hoglan plays in loosely tied doc marten-esque boots.

 

[gunshow86de]

I wear swimming shoes. I mean, those flexible soft-based ones, used with something like swimming suits or something. Hard to describe...

E: They're really comfortable, though after a long use they tend to brake up. But that's only my feet growing.

Aquasocks ftw!!!

 

[josh pelican]

gene hoglan plays in loosely tied doc marten-esque boots.

Which looks hilarious with his pants... but damn, I'm sure he could play just as good with anything on his feet.

 

[drgordonfreeman]

This was one of the biggest dilemmas I faced back when I was gigging a lot as a drummer.

I couldn't stand playing barefoot, and socks made my feet slip on the pedals.

I went through almost an infinite array of different styles and types of shoes before I finally found what worked for me.

For me, Airwalk One's have always worked. Back when they were still making them, I bought like 20 pairs of them. I still have several that are unworn to this day. The ones that I have worn look almost new, as I only wear them to drum in.

Crazy but true story.

 

[Methosborgoff]

At home and practice with band socks. Performing and recording wresteling shoes, nice and tight with plenty of support. Plus very thin with a non-restricted feel.