Behind every great drummer, there is always a great drum tech. What some people don't realize is that a lot of drummers have drum techs and for those who don't really know what drum techs are, let me break it down for you. A drum tech is a person that pretty much takes care of the drummer and by that I mean they are there before a show or a performance and they set up the kit, clean it, tune it, change heads, take it back down, and etc., but the main thing why the drum tech is there is so that the drummer can feel comfortable. That is the main purpose of why drummers hire drum techs. It's so that the drummer doesn't have to worry about showing up before the show or performance and spend a decent amount of time setting up and doing maintenance on the kit because come on lets face it most drummers don't have the patience to do that and we kinda just want to play and not worry about all that stuff.
There are also some benefits to being a drum tech as well. They get to travel to different places and if you get a good on gig the money is actually pretty good, but that doesn't mean who ever wants to be a drum tech will get the top notch gig right away. Every tech has to start from the very bottom to work there way up and yes most like a high percentage of the techs that work for all these famous drummers all started from the shity low payed (probably not even payed) gigs. A good example of that is Sean Bates a.k.a. the tech for Jose Pasillas from the band Incubus and he talks about his experience on what he does and the life as drum tech.
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