On Budgeting
A few months back, I mentioned that I’ve been trying to do better with my budget. For the most part, I’ve made more positive progress than negative. I’m not sitting where I wanted to be at this point, but I have paid off a couple of debts that I’d set a goal to pay off by this time.
Most people that know me also know that I like my “stuff.” Seems like I always have something on my wishlist. Being content is definitely something I need to work on!
With that said, having a lot of “stuff” in the drum world also leads to flexibility. How does this relate to a budget, you say? With my hybrid drum concept over the last month or so, it led me to think that I needed more stuff to make it happen. With my electronic drums living at church most of the time, I wanted to put together another hybrid drumset that I could have at home and take to gigs with me. It would save me a lot of time and effort if I didn’t have to go to church every time I have a JMB gig.
Here’s a rundown of what I thought I needed to make another hybrid drumset:
- Drum module - $500-1000
- Cables - $100
- Rack - $180-300
- Drum pads - $200
- Cymbal pads - $200
- TOTAL - $1180-1800 (basically the price for another electronic kit)
Here’s what has happened instead:
- Drum module - traded a drumset for a drum machine; will also transport my Yamaha module back and forth from church.
- Cables - put to use some cables I had at home and only ended up spending about $50 on what I needed.
- Rack - Elected to use actual drum hardware instead (see next item).
- Drum pads - My roommate had some very nice Pintech pads that he wasn’t using; I’m taking them off his hands for $160. They can be mounted with standard L-shaped tom mounts, meaning I can use regular acoustic tom mounts.
- Cymbal pads - transporting my Yamaha pads back and forth from church; putting them on regular cymbal stands.
- TOTAL - $210
So, I was able to put to use several items that I already had on hand and saved a lot of money. Always a good thing.
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