Our snareline has a member who is obviously on drumline just to look cool (cuz lets face it, the drumline makes the band)...but she feels that since she made it on the line she doesnt really have to practice. Not only that, but she sucks and is obviously the worst snare player and therefore needs the most practice. She is also creating a lot of friction between the line because many people (myself included) find her very annoying. Please, what do i do? The only time the snares sound clean is when she is not playing!

Sounds EXACTLY like my snare line. We told our B D, but he really hasn't done anything about it yet, which is uber annoying. But that's really the only thing you can do.

Me and my friends who feel the same way talked to our BD. He basically said "deal with it"...and let me say that I could not be more furious or frustrated about this whole situation!! She makes the snareline sound so unclean, and even though I'm the section leader and center snare, she won't accept help from me because of..."personal issues". We have a really cool snarebreak this year with tight backsticking, and I know she won't be able to do it and our drum instructor will pull it. I practice that Monkey Man at least 2-3 hours a day, but i know she doesnt practice and its unfair to everyone on our line who loves drumming and practices so we sound good. Please, I need some advice...I'm starting to hate our drumline now cuz of this one STUPID thing!!

dude that is exactly like my line.
my suggestion... put a pillow in her drum.
i want to with our uncleanliness(her)

yeah we have the same problem but she plays tenors. No offense to the girls on the forum but most girls just are not drumline material. There are exceptions however.

uh oh..

you just opened a can of worms with that one, boy!

Talk to her, have her practice more. We did that to my guy, and he is getting better.

I say make her play in front of the band like play offs things well not just her but the whole line and see how she feels. After that she might want to practice since she would be embarrased about her doings.

If you're starting to hate the drumline because of her, because of one person, that's pretty bad. After awhile, you will get disinterested because of her too. Sheesh.

So anyway, the way you should probably deal with this to do what I like to call the big ol fashioned, verbal wake up call. The girl won't ask for help because of her pride. So, pretty much the way you're going to have to deal with this is to just tell her to quit her skitchin(replace the "sk" with a b) and moaning, stfu(shut the fudge up, replace the f word with the apporpriate word), and play. You need to ask her if she is going to commit to this line like the others, and that is the way to do it right now.

Why are you dealing with this anyway? Where is your instructor? He should have done this a long time ago. But that would be advised right now. Give her an earful, and see how she likes it.

My drum instructor is the moron who put her on line in the first place (don't ask me why)...there is this really cool freshman who i think should have been put on snare instead of "her", but our instructor said that since he had a better sense of rhythm he would be better on bass. I say bullshiznigit to that! And even so, he could have put her on cymbals...but my instructor does not believe in cutting, so we're stuck with her...

Awhile ago, we were practicing triplet diddle, and quiet uncleanly, so our instructor had us play it individually...well, when it got to "her" it was obvious she couldn't even play a didle...so our instructor had her play straight triplets through it...

Is there a way for a snare line to sound clean if there is a member who can't play diddles?? Thats like putting me on the blue devils' snareline (sort of), no matter how perfectly 9 or 10 of them play, if I am playing badly then they will all sound like dirt.

I guess I should just come out and say it, me and her used to go out...and it's pretty obvious that the reason she is on drumline is to make my life miserable (she's trying to turn the line against me). What do I do, how do I keep my line? I don't care if she's on drumline if she works hard, but she doesnt!!