Hey folks! I’m a singing bass player bravely exploring the radical concept of making music without being legally and emotionally tied to a drummer. Don’t get me wrong, I adore being in a band. Nothing warms my heart quite like our drummer arriving “fashionably” late, heroically forgetting his cymbals again, and launching into the first song like he’s starting a different gig entirely.

Then there’s the magical tempo surfing: It’s like watching a metronome have an existential crisis.

Of course, post-show brings its own joys: watching him flirt with the barmaid while we disassemble the Great Pyramid of Drum Hardware; discovering he’s had one pint too many and now needs one of us to chauffeur his van; providing emergency kebab procurement services; and then coordinating a second driver retrieval mission from the gig. Truly, a team-building exercise.

And yet… somehow… using a BeatBuddy live just feels so much less… I don’t know… freaking stressful?