UK Drum Show: BiD Beresford unlocks the real power of electronic drums
When BiD Beresford stepped onto the stage to launch the digitalDrummer E-drum Labs at the UK Drum Show, he set the tone immediately: this was not going to be another showcase of electronic kits designed to imitate acoustic drums. “Congratulations,” he told the audience, “you’re here to see someone that isn’t going to play a drum kit the way everybody else outside is playing a drum kit.” Beresford – long-time Leftfield drummer, educator and author – is an unapologetic advocate for electronic drums, but he is equally clear on their limitations. “I do not use them to mimic acoustic drums because in my honest opinion, they will never sound as good as acoustic drums,” he said. But where electronic kits […]