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Use Your Limitations To Your Advantage

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We live in a world of excess. Everyone wants more, needs more, only feels complete when they get more. But is more always best? Think of 2 restaurants, 1 with 15 menu items and 1 with 100 menu items.  Which one is better?  Which one is easier? The answer is probably up to each of us. Some people like more choices. Some like less. Some take what is in front of them at any given moment. Percussion can be like that. We can have 10 instruments or 100. Are you a better musician if you have more? Not necessarily. If you are not satisfied with your musicianship, will buying another snare drum or cymbal make you better? Not really. Yes please, I'll take one of everything. (Photo by Yamaha) I own boxes and cases full of percussion. I love choices. But I often put limits on my choices, because there's only so much gear I can haul around to each gig by myself. And often there's a limited amount of space to set up in. But I use my limited choices to my advantage. I a