Drummers

redhead · December 29, 2005, 9:54am

For now could you do “You’re my temptation.” By Alice Coper

vivalargo · December 29, 2005, 2:46pm

Not a career as in a living, though I´ve done pretty well with the various climbing texts I´ve written. My actual job is a writer, usually TV, but also books. But climbing was my real love. Now I just muni and hardly climb at all.
But I still bang on my hand drums all the time. Was thinking about getting a snare and working up the chops to do some rudimentary comps, but that´s a lot of time getting my sight reading back to speed.

JL

andrew_carter · December 29, 2005, 4:25pm

Remind me next month when our internet isn’t capped and I can download the song.

Andrew

redhead · December 29, 2005, 4:45pm

ok

GILD · December 29, 2005, 10:46pm

Care to mention any titles?
I’m curious to know if I’ve read any of your stuff.

vivalargo · December 30, 2005, 7:09am

How to Rock Climb
Climbing Anchors
More Climbing Anchors
Clip and Go
Sport Climbing
Big Walls
Advanced Rock Climbing
Gym Climbing

Those are all How-To texts. I´ve done others that are short story books and so forth. I can´t remember all the titles.

Ciao,
John Long (JL)

brandon_l · December 30, 2005, 6:46pm

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nice set i couldnt play without toms

brandon_l · December 30, 2005, 6:50pm

me

i have a excel drumset and i need new heads,i have new cymbols called pulse 357 i like them alot they have a nice sound.

redhead · December 31, 2005, 3:10pm

Pic’s?

I have not got my snare drum tuned and the toms sound “ok” I found cuting my moongells in half helped out alot! I have 3 on the snare and the rest evenly divided among thr toms! I can allso place them in difrent spots withch helps alot.

MERCYME · December 31, 2005, 3:22pm

You have a nice set redhead, I saw it on drummerworld. I might join that forum.

redhead · December 31, 2005, 3:26pm

=) =) =) =) =) =) =)
Thake you very much! I got it for christmass,I have the same picks on here thow? Join that forum Its good, not as good as Us here at unicyclist thow> Nope this is the best forum ever. I like you set two.

fishnchipsx2 · January 1, 2006, 11:23am

is drummerworld the best drum fora? i’ve only come across the drummers’ forum on taborama, and on mxtabs. neither of them much good really . . .

andrew_carter · January 1, 2006, 1:39pm

I just joined the drummerworld forums. It’s a fantastic site and it doesn’t sound like there are too many idiots there just out to compare their skills with others and boost their confidence. Also, there’s a whole bunch of great videos on the site…check out the Stanton Moore video - he’s one of my favourite drummers.

Andrew

redhead · January 1, 2006, 3:13pm

I like him too, ive heard him before on Vicfirth.com( another great web site) but his style if allmost to slopy for me.

andrew_carter · January 1, 2006, 5:57pm

Here it is. In case you’re not familiar with the notation, the crosses with a circle aroudn them are crash cymbal hits, the circles above the hats are for hat openings (followed by a plus sign for closing them), and the wierd symbol that takes up a whole bar is an abbreviation meaning repeat the last bar. Oh, and the long one of these “<” means crescendo.

I’ve transcribed all the important parts.

Good luck!
Andrew

redhead · January 1, 2006, 6:45pm

Thanks you so have i picked a good first song or what? Its uber eazy from the looks of it, or did you turn the difictuly down a few notches? any way thank you Ill try and learn it tomarow. thanks

andrew_carter · January 1, 2006, 9:16pm

Looks like a good first song to me. The bit after the guitar solo is probably a bit tricky to play and make it sound good because you have to be kind of fast with your right hand on the hats. While you’re learning it, just get rid of the floor tom in that section and use two hands on the hats.

Once you think you can play it all properly, then you have to sit back and really think of how you can play it well and make it sound good. My teacher often tells me to go back to the basic rock beat with snare on 2 and 4 and bass on 1 and 3 and quavers (8th notes) on the hats and play that, just that, properly with a good groove to it.

Andrew

brandon_l · January 2, 2006, 4:52pm

thats kool i am looking for a new snare some day down the line.but im not totally sure yet

MERCYME · January 2, 2006, 5:18pm

I joined drummerworld. I’m liking it a lot. The people on there seem really nice.

andrew_carter · January 5, 2006, 9:04pm

I bought a Sabian AAX 15" Studio Crash today. It’s absolutely beautiful. I have to try to limit how much I spend on drum stuff though…every time I go to this shop I seem to buy something. This afternoon I’m going to get a cymbal case, hardware case, crash stand (had mine stolen at a gig :(), and Stanton Moore DVD. That was limiting myself too…I was going to get a cowbell and attachment for it.

They know me there though so they’re always giving me great prices. Crash was $295 instead of the retail of $345.

Andrew